IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team released its complete 2025-26 schedule on Thursday.  The Hawkeyes’ 20-game Big Ten slate was released live on BTN.

SCHEDULE NOTES

• The Hawkeyes will play their first five games at home, beginning with the Nov. 4 opener against Robert Morris. Iowa will host Big East foe Xavier on Nov. 14 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
• Iowa will play in the Acrisure Classic in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. 25-26, facing Ole Miss and either Grand Canyon or Utah.
• The Hawkeyes will also play a neutral site game against Bucknell at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines on Dec. 20.
• Iowa will play a total of 17 home games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
• The Hawkeyes open Big Ten Conference play at Michigan State on Dec. 2 before hosting Maryland on Dec. 6 for the early portion of the league schedule.
• Iowa will travel to Ames on Dec. 11 for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup against Iowa State.
• Iowa will play back-to-back conference road games twice during the regular season – at Purdue (Jan. 14) and at Indiana (Jan. 17) and at Oregon (Feb. 1) and at Washington (Feb. 4).
• Conversely, Iowa will play back-to-back conference home games twice during the regular season — Rutgers (Jan. 20) ahd USC (Jan. 28) and Purdue (Feb. 14) and Nebraska (Feb. 17).
• The Hawkeyes will play six weekend home games (three Saturdays and three Sundays) with five coming in Big Ten play.
• Iowa will play two Friday home games in games two and three during the regular season.
• The Hawkeyes will host Northwestern on Super Bowl Sunday. It is the sixth time in the last seven seasons Iowa has played on Super Bowl Sunday.
• Iowa closes out the regular season at Nebraska (March 8) for a second consecutive season.
• The Big Ten Tournament will be held March 10-15 at the United Center in Chicago.  All 18 teams will qualify for the tournament.

The Hawkeyes are entering the first season under head coach Ben McCollum.  Iowa has 12 newcomers on its 14-player roster, including eight transfers. Senior Bennett Stirtz is a preseason All-American, leading a portal class was ranked eighth nationally by 247Sports.

Start times and television information will be announced at a later date.

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