TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball program has unveiled its 2025-26 schedule, featuring 16 home games inside Fifth Third Arena, an 18-game Big 12 slate and the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout.
The Bearcats will take the court for the first time on Oct. 27 in an exhibition matchup against Taylor University before officially tipping off the season on Tuesday, Nov. 4 against Lehigh at 6:30 p.m. inside Fifth Third Arena.
UC will hit the road for contests at Penn State (Nov. 7) and Saint Joseph’s (Nov. 11) before returning home to host Georgetown College on Nov. 16. The Bearcats then travel to MAC champion Ball State (Nov. 20) before welcoming Canisius to Fifth Third Arena on Nov. 23.
Cincinnati will head to Florida for its multi-team event, participating in the Florida Gulf Classic with games against Alabama A&M (Nov. 28) and New Mexico (Nov. 29).
Non-conference action concludes with four straight at home: Miami (OH) (Dec. 3), Xavier in the Crosstown Shootout (Dec. 7), UNLV (Dec. 13) and Howard (Dec. 16).
Times for non-conference matchups can be found below.
// BIG 12 ANNOUNCES LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Cincinnati opens conference play at home on Dec. 21 against Oklahoma State. The Bearcats will also host Iowa State (Jan. 7), Texas Tech (Jan. 10), West Virginia (Jan. 18), Arizona State (Jan. 24), Baylor (Feb. 4), Arizona (Feb. 10), UCF (Feb. 21) and TCU (Feb. 25).
Road contests feature trips to Kansas State (Dec. 31), Colorado (Jan. 3), UCF (Jan. 14), Iowa State (Jan. 21), Houston (Feb. 1), Kansas (Feb. 7), Utah (Feb. 14), BYU (Feb. 17) and West Virginia (March 1).
The Bearcats will play Iowa State, West Virginia and UCF twice, while facing the remaining 12 league opponents once to round out the Big 12 schedule.
The Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament is slated for March 4-8/9 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Finalized details on times and television designations will be released at a later date.
// SEASON TICKETS ON SALE
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2025-26 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Nov. 4 – vs. Lehigh (6:30 PM)
Nov. 7 – at Penn State (TBD)
Nov. 11 – at Saint Joseph’s (7:00 PM)
Nov. 16 – vs. Georgetown College (12:00 PM)
Nov. 20 – at Ball State (6:30 PM)
Nov. 23 – vs. Canisius (2:00 PM)
Nov. 28 – vs. Alabama State# (TBD)
Nov. 29 – vs. New Mexico# (TBD)
Dec. 3 – vs. Miami (OH) (11:30 AM)
Dec. 7 – vs. Xavier^ (2:00 PM)
Dec. 13 – vs. UNLV (2:00 PM)
Dec. 16 – vs. Howard (6:30 PM)
Dec. 21 – vs. Oklahoma State*
Dec. 31 – at Kansas State*
Jan. 3 – at Colorado*
Jan. 7 – vs. Iowa State*
Jan. 10 – vs. Texas Tech*
Jan. 14 – at UCF*
Jan. 18 – vs. West Virginia*
Jan. 21 – at Iowa State*
Jan. 24 – vs. Arizona State*
Feb. 1 – at Houston*
Feb. 4 – vs. Baylor*
Feb. 7 – at Kansas*
Feb. 10 – vs. Arizona*
Feb. 14 – at Utah*
Feb. 17 – at BYU*
Feb. 21 – vs. UCF*
Feb. 25 – vs. TCU*
March 1 – at West Virginia*
* - Big 12 Conference game; ^ - Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout; # - Florida Gulf Classic