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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Eleven of the University of Iowa men’s basketball team’s 12 nonconference games for the 2026-27 season will be played inside the state of Iowa, the announcement was made Thursday by head coach Ben McCollum.
The Hawkeyes will play eight games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, two neutral site games in Des Moines and one in Sioux City during the nonleague slate. Iowa’s lone road game will be played in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 20 against Big East foe Xavier.
Iowa will open the season with back-to-back home contests, facing Lipscomb (Nov. 3) and Eastern Illinois (Nov. 6) in Iowa City before playing back-to-back neutral site games. The Hawkeyes will square off against Virginia Tech in Sioux City on Nov. 10 and Creighton in Des Moines on Nov. 15.
Following the Nov. 20 road game against the Muskateers, the Hawkeyes will face UMBC (Nov. 24) and Prairie View A&M (Nov. 28) to sandwich the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Hawkeyes will play a pair of yet-to-be released Big Ten contests in early December before hosting an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series contest against Iowa State on Dec. 10 on Mediacom Court.
Iowa will close out the nonconference portion of the schedule with games against Western Illinois (Dec. 13) and Bethune-Cookman (Dec. 17). The team’s final neutral site contest will be against Alabama at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines on Dec. 21 and the non-league finale will be against South Dakota on Dec. 29.
Season tickets for the 2026-27 season are on sale at hawkeyesports.com or through the Iowa Athletics Ticket Office.
The complete schedule, along with times and television information, will be announced once finalized.
2026-27 Nonconference Schedule
Nov. 3 - Lipscomb
Nov. 6 - Eastern Illinois
Nov. 10 - vs. Virginia Tech (Sioux City, Iowa)
Nov. 15 - vs. Creighton (Des Moines, Iowa)
Nov. 20 - at Xavier
Nov. 24 - UMBC
Nov. 28 - Prairie View A&M
Dec. 10 - Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Dec. 13 - Western Illinois
Dec. 17 - Bethune-Cookman
Dec. 21 - vs. Alabama (Des Moines, Iowa)
Dec. 29 - South Dakota