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Kansas, Bill Self Set for Major New Home-and-Home Series

Originally posted on Heartland College Sports
By Bryan Clinton | Last updated Jun 4, 2025 11:06 AM ET

The Jayhawks will face one of college basketball’s most decorated programs in an exciting home-and-home series over the next two seasons.

College basketball fans just got an early holiday gift. According to College Hoops Today’s Jon Rothstein, Kansas and UConn—two of the sport’s gold-standard programs—will open a home-and-home series on December 2 at Allen Fieldhouse, with a return game slated for the 2026–27 season in Connecticut.

An official announcement is expected soon, but the stakes are already clear: this is a battle between bluebloods who’ve accounted for three of the last four national championships.

Kansas cut down the nets in 2022, while UConn went back-to-back in 2023 and 2024 under Dan Hurley’s leadership.

NEWS: UConn and Kansas will begin a home-and-home series on December 2nd in Lawrence, according to a source.

Return game at UConn during the 2026-27 season.https://t.co/60aUUcwE27
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 4, 2025

Both teams are projected top-25 squads heading into the 2025–26 season and ranked inside the Rothstein 45—UConn at No. 6 and Kansas at No. 11. With star power on both benches and Final Four expectations never far off, the series should have the feel of a March matchup, even in early December.

The first leg will take place in Lawrence, where the Jayhawks will likely have a reloaded roster under Hall of Famer Bill Self. The return trip to Connecticut in 2026–27 sets up a rare cross-regional home game for UConn against a nonconference heavyweight.

For fans and television partners alike, this is the kind of non-league showdown that moves the needle. And with the SEC and Big Ten monopolizing headlines over realignment and scheduling power, a Kansas-UConn clash is a reminder that the soul of college basketball still runs through matchups like this.

This article first appeared on Heartland College Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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