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

Exhibition: Saturday, Oct.17 vs. George Mason

Exhibition: Thursday, Oct. 22 vs. Virginia

Game 1: Sunday, Nov. 1 vs. Notre Dame in Rome, Italy at 9 a.m. EDT

Game 2: Friday, Nov. 6 vs. Holy Cross

Game 3: Tuesday, Nov. 10 vs. La Salle

Game 4: Saturday, Nov. 14 vs. Rider

Game 5: Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Pittsburgh

Game 6: Saturday, Nov. 21 vs. Michigan at Xfinity Mobile Arena

Game 7: Tuesday, Nov. 24 vs. Coppin State

Game 8: Friday, Nov. 27 at Kansas

Game 9: Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Temple

Game 10: Saturday, Dec. 5: Big 5 Classic

Game 11: Wednesday, Dec. 9 vs. FDU

Game 12: Saturday, Dec. 12 vs. Wisconsin at Xfinity Mobile Arena (neutral site)

Game 13: Saturday, Dec. 19 at Creighton

Game 14: Tuesday Dec. 22 vs. Providence

Game 15: Sunday, Jan. 3 at Georgetown

Game 16: Wednesday, Jan. 6 at Xavier

Game 17: Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Marquette

Game 18: Tuesday, Jan. 12 vs. Seton Hall

Game 19: Friday, Jan. 15 at Butler

Game 20: Tuesday, Jan. 19 vs. Xavier

Game 21: Friday, Jan. 22 at DePaul

Game 22: Wednesday, Jan. 27 vs. Creighton

Game 23: Wednesday, Feb. 3 at UConn

Game 24: Saturday, Feb. 6: vs. St. John’s (Xfinity Mobile Arena)

Game 25: Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Seton Hall

Game 26: Sunday, Feb. 14 vs. UConn (Xfinity Mobile Arena)

Game 27: Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Providence

Game 28: Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Butler

Game 29: Tuesday, Feb. 23 at St. John’s

Game 30: Friday, Feb. 26 at Marquette

Game 31: Wednesday, March 3 vs. DePaul

Game 32: Saturday, March 6 vs. Georgetown

March 10-13: BIG EAST Tournament