WVU‘s men’s and women’s basketball teams have their Big 12 schedules set for the 2026-27 season.
Both slates released Thursday, giving the Mountaineers their conference opponents and dates for the upcoming season. Read more: WVU basketball teams get look at 2026-27 Big 12 schedules.
Men’s basketball
Big 12 ball kicks off for the men with a big-time matchup against Kansas, a blue-blood program which WVU has seen success against, on January 2.
The Mountaineers get their first conference game at home three days later, when Oklahoma State comes to Hope Coliseum on January 5.
Top games slated for Hope Coliseum include Arizona, who will make the trip to Morgantown on January 30, followed by Iowa State on February 6 and Houston on February 27.
Cincinnati, Kansas State, Arizona State, UCF, and TCU are the other Big 12 teams coming to Morgantown.
WVU’s other road games include trips to Kansas, Cincinnati, Arizona, Houston, TCU, UCF, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and Iowa State.
The regular season wraps up March 6 at Iowa State.
The Big 12 Tournament will follow March 9-13 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Women’s basketball
The women’s team gets started in conference play earlier, traveling to UCF on December 20.
Kansas then comes to Morgantown for WVU’s Big 12 home opener on December 30.
The Mountaineers have Iowa State and Cincinnati coming to the Coliseum in January, with Texas Tech also making the trip to Morgantown on February 20.
TCU, Kansas State, Colorado, Utah, and BYU round out WVU’s home conference schedule.
On the road, the Mountaineers will visit UCF, Oklahoma State, Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Arizona State, Arizona and Cincinnati.
The regular season ends February 27 at Cincinnati.
The women’s Big 12 Tournament is scheduled for March 3-7/8 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
Game times and television information will be announced later.
What’s next
Both squads have high expectations following successful 2025-26 campaigns. Men’s basketball won the College Basketball Crown postseason tournament, while the women nabbed a Big 12 Tournament title and made it to the second round in March Madness.
With the announcements, schedules are almost complete for both teams.
Previous coverage of non-conference schedule announcements can also be found on wvsportsnation.com right now.
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