KU Jayhawks Big 12 men’s basketball schedule released. Here are the Big Monday games
Kansas’ men’s basketball team will open its 2021-22 Big 12 schedule with a home game against TCU on Jan. 1, the league announced Wednesday.
Other highlights of the 18-game slate include four Big Monday games in five weeks, which includes contests at Oklahoma (Jan. 17) and Texas (Feb. 7) and home against Texas Tech (Jan 24) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 14).
KU has had four Big Monday games 15 times in the last 16 seasons.
This will mark the 11th-consecutive season the Big 12 will play a double round-robin format in men’s basketball.
The nonconference portion of the schedule, which was announced on June 8, includes a home game against Kentucky in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 29. The season opens with a game against Michigan State in the Champions Classic on Nov. 9 in New York.
KU will officially tip off the 2021-22 season with the 37th annual Late Night in the Phog on Friday, Oct. 1, in Allen Fieldhouse with festivities slated to start at 6:30 p.m. The event will be also televised on ESPN+.
KU Jayhawks 2021-22 men’s basketball schedule
Wednesday, Nov. 3 – Emporia State (exhibition)
Tuesday, Nov. 9 – vs. Michigan State (Champions Classic, New York)
Friday, Nov. 12 – Tarleton State
Thursday, Nov. 18 – Stony Brook
Thursday, Nov. 25 – vs. North Texas (ESPN Events Invitational, Orlando, Florida)
Friday, Nov. 26 – vs. Dayton or Miami (ESPN Events Invitational, Orlando)
Sunday, Nov. 28 – vs. TBD, TBD (ESPN Events Invitational, Orlando)
Thursday, Dec. 3 – at St. John’s (Big East – Big 12 Battle)
Tuesday, Dec. 7 – UTEP (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City)
Saturday, Dec. 11 – Missouri
Saturday, Dec. 18 – Stephen F. Austin
Tuesday, Dec. 21 – at Colorado
Wednesday, Dec. 29 – Harvard
Saturday, Jan. 1 — TCU
Tuesday, Jan. 4 — at Oklahoma State
Saturday, Jan. 8 — at Texas Tech
Tuesday, Jan. 11 — Iowa State
Saturday, Jan. 15 — West Virginia
Monday, Jan. 17 — at Oklahoma
Saturday, Jan. 22 — at Kansas State
Monday, Jan. 24 — Texas Tech
Saturday, Jan. 29 — Kentucky
Tuesday, Feb. 1 — at Iowa State
Saturday, Feb. 5 — Baylor
Monday, Feb. 7 — at Texas
Saturday, Feb. 12 — Oklahoma
Monday, Feb. 14 — Oklahoma State
Saturday, Feb. 19 — at West Virginia
Tuesday, Feb. 22 — Kansas State
Saturday, Feb. 26 — at Baylor
Tuesday, March 1 — at TCU
Saturday, March 5 — Texas
March 9-12 – Big 12 Tournament (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City)
This story was originally published September 15, 2021 at 2:13 PM with the headline "KU Jayhawks Big 12 men’s basketball schedule released. Here are the Big Monday games."
