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Arizona sets dates for 2026-27 Big 12 women’s basketball schedule

Arizona will open Big 12 play against BYU on Dec. 19 at McKale Center and close the regular season against Arizona State.

Lena Quill

September 19, 20262 min read

Arizona’s 2026-27 Big 12 women’s basketball schedule includes 18 conference games, beginning with a home matchup against BYU on Dec. 19, 2026, and ending with Arizona State’s visit to Tucson on Feb. 27, 2027. The conference released game dates and times on Sept. 17, according to azdesertswarm.com.

The Wildcats will play home-and-home series against Arizona State, Utah and BYU. Arizona’s other league opponents will be divided between six additional home games and six road contests, with one game against each of the conference’s remaining 12 teams.

After the BYU opener, Arizona will host Northern Arizona and Oakland during a seven-day stretch before an 11-day break. The Wildcats then visit Oklahoma State on Dec. 30 and host Iowa State on Jan. 3. Road games at Kansas on Jan. 6 and Kansas State on Jan. 9 will follow, before home contests against Texas Tech on Jan. 13 and TCU on Jan. 17.

Arizona will travel to UCF on Jan. 20 and Houston on Jan. 23. The team will host Utah on Jan. 27, then play at Arizona State in Tempe on Jan. 30. West Virginia will visit Tucson on Feb. 6, followed by Arizona’s second game against BYU in Provo on Feb. 10 and a home game against Baylor on Feb. 13.

The Wildcats will host Cincinnati on Feb. 16, visit Colorado in Boulder on Feb. 20 and play at Utah in Salt Lake City on Feb. 24 before closing the regular season against Arizona State at home. The conference season is scheduled to run through Feb. 28, with the Big 12 tournament set for March 3-7 or March 8 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The final would be played on March 8 only if BYU is one of the participating teams.

Arizona finished 15th in the conference last season with a 3-15 record. Its nonconference schedule begins Nov. 2 against Stanford in Las Vegas as part of the Hall of Fame Series. The Wildcats are also scheduled to play Vanderbilt and George Washington in the Jacksonville Classic, with the Vanderbilt game set for Nov. 23 at 3 p.m.

MST. Further details about the George Washington matchup were not provided.

Source: [azdesertswarm.com](https://azdesertswarm.com)

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