{"id":76529,"date":"2025-06-04T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/76529\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:11:09","slug":"uconn-men-schedule-home-and-home-series-with-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/76529\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn men schedule home-and-home series with Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is little concern in Storrs over the open New York Knicks head coaching job, and whether UConn men\u2019s basketball coach Dan Hurley might be considered<\/a> to fill it.<\/p>\n

There is certainly no concern over the quality of the Huskies\u2019 2025-26 schedule, which added yet another high-profile piece on Wednesday, or its roster, which seems to have an ideal modern mix of returning stars and new faces.<\/p>\n

UConn added to its monster nonconference slate with a home-and-home series against fellow blue-blood Kansas, which was announced Wednesday. The Huskies will make their second visit<\/a> to the historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse in three years for a high-profile matchup on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n

Dom Amore: Dan Hurley to the Knicks? Stop spreading the news; he\u2019s invested in this UConn roster<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Kansas will make the return trip to Connecticut during the 2026-27 season. The Jayhawks have only come to Connecticut once before, winning 73-65 at the Hartford Civic Center<\/a> on Jan. 19. 1997 \u2013 two name changes ago. The XL Center was renamed \u201cPeoplesBank Arena\u201d this week.<\/p>\n

UConn is 0-4 in its all-time series against the Jayhawks, which only includes one regular season matchup since the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

Tristen Newton starred in that game, scoring 31 points as the hobbled Huskies came up just short without Stephon Castle. Cam Spencer, who missed a potential go-ahead 3-point shot in the waning seconds, played most of the game on one healthy foot as UConn fell, 69-65, for the first of only three losses during its 2024 back-to-back national championship season.<\/p>\n

The Kansas game will be UConn\u2019s only true road trip against a power conference opponent in the nonconference slate as the Huskies move away from multi-team events (MTEs) and continue to make clear their focus on scheduling high-level home-and-home series. Three will be at play during the 2025-26 season with Texas scheduled to make a return trip to CT on Dec. 12 and Arizona starting a new series in CT on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

A rare blueblood battle: UConn men\u2019s basketball history vs. Kansas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cDan Hurley has put together the best nonconference schedule in the history of UConn basketball,\u201d College Hoops Today\u2019s Jon Rothstein<\/a> posted on X after announcing the Kansas series Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

UConn will also meet BYU and No. 1 prospect AJ Dybantsa at Boston\u2019s TD Garden for its first major nonconference test on Nov. 15 and later make two trips to Madison Square Garden, first for a rematch of the 2024 Elite Eight against Illinois on Nov. 28 and then for a rematch against reigning national champion Florida in the late game at the Jimmy V Classic Dec. 9.<\/p>\n

Five of the six scheduled opponents were ranked in ESPN\u2019s way-too-early top 25<\/a>. Texas is the only team not on that list, but the Longhorns are mentioned in the \u201cnext in line\u201d category. Kansas, which will welcome a haul of new additions headlined by five-star prospect Darryn Peterson, came in at No. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is little concern in Storrs over the open New York Knicks head coaching job, and whether UConn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[2377,7,17640,4157,4695,217,926,925,2495,17641,2680,17639,2679,231,772,1544,191,17642,2681],"class_list":{"0":"post-76529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-alex-karaban","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-big-12-mens-basketball","11":"tag-big-east-mens-basketball","12":"tag-bill-self","13":"tag-college-basketball","14":"tag-connecticut-news","15":"tag-ct-news","16":"tag-dan-hurley","17":"tag-darryn-peterson","18":"tag-hartford-courant","19":"tag-kansas-mens-basketball","20":"tag-local-news","21":"tag-ncaa","22":"tag-ncaa-basketball","23":"tag-ncaab","24":"tag-new-york-knicks","25":"tag-tristen-newton","26":"tag-uconn-mens-basketball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114625975790442134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}