According to a report from Jon Rothstein, the last two national champions will do battle in the regular season.
UConn men’s basketball will head to Allen Fieldhouse and face off against Kansas as part of the Huskies’ first-ever Big East-Big 12 Battle, which will move to 11 games this year because of expansion in the Big 12 to 14 teams. The incumbent 10 Big 12 teams will play, in addition to Houston. BYU, Cincinnati and UCF will not participate.
DePaul will play a contest in the series for the first time since the 2019-20 season, when the Blue Demons took down Texas Tech in overtime.