Kansas head coach Bill Self talks about the Jayhawks’ seeding during a press conference following the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas will face Arkansas in the first round in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo by Nick Krug

The Kansas men’s basketball team learned on Tuesday afternoon which teams it will face and when over the course of its 12 Conference schedule.

The Jayhawks will play 18 games between Jan. 3 and March 7 as part of the slate, which was reduced from 20 games to 18 this season. KU will face Arizona, Iowa State and Kansas State both home and away; host Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU and Utah; and travel to Arizona State, UCF, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

The schedule begins in a place where KU has had its first league road game every year since the Knights joined the conference: Addition Financial Arena. After taking on UCF on Jan. 3, the Jayhawks will return home for TCU on Jan. 6 before heading back out to the east to take on WVU on Jan. 10.

KU will welcome Iowa State to Allen Fieldhouse three days later before hosting Baylor on Jan. 16 for a rare Friday night league matchup, as the Big 12 experiments with new time slots.

The following week features a pair of road trips, first to the CU Events Center, where KU won last year, to take on the Buffaloes on Jan. 20, then to Bramlage Coliseum for the Sunflower Showdown on Jan. 24. The Jayhawks get a quick stop back at home for an open date and then a battle with BYU on Jan. 31, in a game that will feature the consensus top two players in the 2025 recruiting class in AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson, before making the trip to Texas Tech for their first Big Monday game on Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. (as was previously announced).

Utah will visit Lawrence for the first time as a conference foe on Feb. 7, and Arizona will come to Allen Fieldhouse for another Big Monday on Feb. 9. Then comes a pair of close-range road trips, as KU takes on ISU at Hilton Coliseum on Feb. 14 and OSU at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Feb. 18 in the only Wednesday game of the Jayhawks’ league schedule.

That means a shorter break before Cincinnati on Feb. 21 and Houston on Feb. 23, the third and final Monday.

The final stages of KU’s schedule feature a two-game road swing through Arizona — to take on the Wildcats at the McKale Center on Feb. 28, and the Sun Devils at Desert Financial Arena three days later — and then a senior-night Sunflower Showdown at Allen Fieldhouse on March 7, before the Big 12 tournament starts March 10.

KU features a revamped roster this season led by Peterson, whom KU coach Bill Self has called the best player he’s ever recruited. Joining the guard from Canton, Ohio, are returners Flory Bidunga, Elmarko Jackson and Jamari McDowell; transfers Melvin Council Jr., Jayden Dawson, Nginyu Ngala and Tre White; and freshmen Corbin Allen, Samis Calderon, Paul Mbiya, Kohl Rosario and Bryson Tiller. The Jayhawks will hope for a deeper run in the NCAA Tournament after their first-round elimination at the hands of Arkansas last March.

Here is the full conference schedule:

Jan. 3 (Sat.) — at UCF

Jan. 6 (Tue.) — vs. TCU

Jan. 10 (Sat.) — at West Virginia

Jan. 13 (Tue.) — vs. Iowa State

Jan. 16 (Fri.) — vs. Baylor

Jan. 20 (Tue.) — at Colorado

Jan. 24 (Sat.) — at Kansas State

Jan. 31 (Sat.) — vs. BYU

Feb. 2 (Mon.) — at Texas Tech

Feb. 7 (Sat.) — vs. Utah

Feb. 9 (Mon.) — vs. Arizona

Feb. 14 (Sat.) — at Iowa State

Feb. 18 (Wed.) — at Oklahoma State

Feb. 21 (Sat.) — vs. Cincinnati

Feb. 23 (Mon.) — vs. Houston

Feb. 28 (Sat.) — at Arizona

March 3 (Tue.) — at Arizona State

March 7 (Sat.) — vs. Kansas State