Villanova Men's Basketball

Villanova Men’s Basketball’s 2025-26 Big East Schedule

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September 11, 2025

OMAHA, NE - JANUARY 17: Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard reacting to the play on the court during the first half of a college basketball game against Creighton on January 17, 2018 the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Creighton defeated Seton Hall 80 to 63. (Photo by John Peterson/Icon Sportswire)

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The Big East Conference released their full 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule on Thursday, Sept. 11, including all 20 games the Villanova Wildcats will play during their conference slate.

The schedule drop confirmed dates already made public via reports from Jon Rothstein, including a Tuesday, Dec. 23 road date against Seton Hall in the Wildcats’ conference opener, and a Thursday, Dec. 31 home game against the DePaul Blue Demons, their first Big East game at the Finneran Pavilion this season. That game against the Pirates will mark head coach Kevin Willard’s first game against his former team, as he coached Seton Hall from 2010 to 2022.

Other highlights include home games against Creighton (Jan. 7), St. John’s (Jan. 17), Marquette (Feb. 10), UConn (Feb. 21) and Xavier (March 7), all of whom made the NCAA Tournament last season. As of right now, starting time for the games hasn’t been announced.

The games against UConn and St. John’s will take place at the XFinity Mobile Arena, formerly known as the Wells Fargo Center, while their road date at UConn will take place at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford rather than in Storrs. The Wildcats will also face the Red Storm at Madison Square Garden.

Villanova’s Big East Schedule

Tuesday, Dec. 23: at Seton Hall
Wednesday, Dec. 31. vs DePaul
Saturday, Jan. 3: at Butler
Wednesday, Jan. 7: vs Creighton
Saturday, Jan. 10: at Marquette
Tuesday, Jan. 13: at Providence
Saturday, Jan. 17: vs St. John’s
Wednesday, Jan. 21: vs Georgetown
Saturday, Jan. 24: at UConn
Friday, Jan. 30: vs Providence
Wednesday, Feb. 4: vs Seton Hall
Saturday, Feb. 7: at Georgetown
Tuesday, Feb. 10: vs Marquette
Saturday, Feb. 14: at Creighton
Tuesday, Feb. 17: at Xavier
Saturday, Feb. 21: vs UConn
Wednesday, Feb. 25: vs Butler
Saturday, Feb. 28: at St. John’s
Wednesday, March 4: at DePaul
Saturday, March 7: vs Xavier

Villanova will also play an 11 game out of conference schedule that includes three Big 5 games, a former Big East matchup against Pitt at the Finneran Pavilion, and a 2018 National Championship game rematch against Michigan: click here for the full out of conference schedule.