NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Conference announced its 2026-27 women’s basketball schedule on Thursday. The BIG EAST will play a 20-game conference schedule, which includes 110 games in a double round-robin format.
Game times and television information will be announced at a later date.
The 2026-27 season marks the second year of a six-year media agreement that runs through 2030-31, encompassing coverage across FOX Sports (FOX, FS1), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock) and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS, truTV and Max). The agreement provides extensive national broadcast, cable and direct-to-consumer streaming coverage of BIG EAST women’s and men’s basketball games. ESPN+ will also stream a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games.
Conference play begins on Nov. 20, with defending BIG EAST Champion UConn hosting Seton Hall. On Dec. 23, Villanova welcomes the Huskies to town in a rematch of the 2026 BIG EAST Championship Game.
Four teams will take the court on New Year’s Eve, with UConn at Xavier and Marquette at Providence.
Thursday, Feb. 4 features UConn at Butler as part of the conference’s annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Five BIG EAST games highlight Valentine’s Day weekend, including Villanova at Butler and Xavier at UConn on Saturday, Feb. 13. Three additional games — Creighton at St. John’s, DePaul at Providence and Georgetown at Seton Hall — will take place on Sunday, Feb. 14.
All 11 BIG EAST teams will be in action during the final week of the regular season, featuring five games between Wednesday, Feb. 24, and Thursday, Feb. 25. Three games on Saturday, Feb. 27, and two on Sunday, Feb. 28, will wrap up league play.
The 2027 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by JEEP returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for a seventh consecutive year.
The BIG EAST had two teams advance to the NCAA Tournament last season: UConn and Villanova. The Huskies earned their 25th trip to the Final Four, while Villanova advanced to the national postseason for the 22nd time in the last 25 seasons.
The BIG EAST also saw two teams earn bids to the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT), with Seton Hall and St. John’s securing national postseason berths in the 32-team event.