Villanova Men’s Basketball Releases 2026-27 Big East Schedule

The Big East released their 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule on Monday, Sept. 14, giving Villanova Men’s Basketball their calendar for the upcoming season.

Key dates include Saturday, Dec. 19, when the Wildcats will play their conference opener at Creighton; they’ll return to the Finneran Pavilion to host Providence on Tuesday, Dec. 22 in their home opener. Villanova’s Christmas break will last until Sunday, Jan. 3 when they travel to face Georgetown, and their first game at home in the New Year will come against Marquette on Saturday, Jan. 9.

The Wildcats will host St. John’s (Saturday, Feb. 6) and UConn (Sunday, Feb. 14) at XFinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia, the latter game taking place at noon on Super Bowl Sunday. The Big East Tournament will begin on Thursday, March 10.

Here’s Villanova’s full 2026-27 regular season schedule: opening tip-off times haven’t been fully released yet.

Villanova Men’s Basketball 2026-27 Schedule

Exhibition: Sunday, Oct. 11 at Rutgers at 1 p.m. on Big 10+
Exhibition: Saturday, Oct.17 vs. George Mason at 1 p.m.
Exhibition: Thursday, Oct. 22 vs. Virginia at 7 p.m.
Game 1: Sunday, Nov. 1 vs. Notre Dame in Rome, Italy at 9 a.m. EDT on FOX
Game 2: Friday, Nov. 6 vs. Holy Cross at 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 3: Tuesday, Nov. 10 vs. La Salle at 7 p.m. on truTV
Game 4: Saturday, Nov. 14 vs. Rider at 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 5: Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. on ACC Network
Game 6: Saturday, Nov. 21 vs. Michigan at Xfinity Mobile Arena at 7 p.m. on FOX
Game 7: Tuesday, Nov. 24 vs. Coppin State at 7 p.m. on truTV
Game 8: Friday, Nov. 27 at Kansas
Game 9: Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Temple
Game 10: Saturday, Dec. 5: Big 5 Classic
Game 11: Saturday, Dec. 12 vs. Wisconsin at Xfinity Mobile Arena (neutral site) at 12 p.m. on FOX
Game 12: Saturday, Dec. 19 at Creighton at 8 p.m. on FOX
Game 13: Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Providence at 6:30 p.m. on FS1
Game 14: Tuesday, Dec. 29 vs Fairleigh Dickinson at 7 p.m. on truTV
Game 15: Sunday, Jan. 3 at Georgetown at 12 p.m. on Peacock
Game 16: Wednesday, Jan. 6 at Xavier at 7 p.m. on truTV
Game 17: Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Marquette at 5 p.m. on Peacock
Game 18: Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. Seton Hall at 6 p.m. on Peacock
Game 19: Friday, Jan. 15 at Butler at 6 p.m. on FS1
Game 20: Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. Xavier at 6:30 p.m. on FS1
Game 21: Friday, Jan. 22 at DePaul at 7 p.m. on FS1
Game 22: Wednesday, Jan. 27 vs. Creighton at 7 p.m. on Peacock
Game 23: Wednesday, Feb. 3 at UConn at 7 p.m. on Peacock
Game 24: Saturday, Feb. 6: vs. St. John’s (Xfinity Mobile Arena) at 12:30 p.m. on FOX
Game 25: Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Seton Hall at 8 p.m. on Peacock
Game 26: Sunday, Feb. 14 vs. UConn (Xfinity Mobile Arena) at 12 p.m. on FOX
Game 27: Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Providence at 6:30 p.m. on TNT
Game 28: Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Butler at 12 p.m. on FS1
Game 29: Tuesday, Feb. 23 at St. John’s at 7 p.m. on TNT
Game 30: Friday, Feb. 26 at Marquette at 9 p.m. on FS1
Game 31: Wednesday, March 3 vs. DePaul at 7 p.m. on Peacock
Game 32: Saturday, March 6 vs. Georgetown at 12:30 p.m. on TNT
March 10-13: BIG EAST Tournament