Miami Basketball Has ACC Schedule Set; Home Games Against UNC, Florida State
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The University of Miami men’s basketball program and the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the Hurricanes’ full 18-game conference slate for the 2025-26 season.
Miami’s schedule consists of nine home contests and nine road matchups, and the Canes will face a trio of NCAA Tournament teams in Clemson, Louisville and North Carolina.
The Hurricanes tip off their ACC schedule on either Dec. 30 or 31 at home against Pitt before hitting the road to Wake Forest on Jan. 6 or 7. Following its home game against Georgia Tech on Jan. 10, Miami travels to Notre Dame (Jan. 13-14) and Clemson (Jan. 17).
The Hurricanes welcome Florida State to the Watsco Center on Jan. 20 or 21 before traveling to Syracuse on Jan. 24. Miami then hosts back-to-back home games against Stanford (Jan. 27-28) and Cal (Jan. 31).
In February, the Hurricanes host North Carolina (Feb. 10-11), Virginia Tech (Feb. 17-18) and Boston College (Feb. 28) and travel to Boston College (Feb. 7), NC State (Feb. 14), Virginia (Feb. 21) and Florida State (Feb. 24-25).
Miami hits the road to play SMU on March 3 or 4 before closing out the regular season at home against Louisville on March 7.
Miami Basketball Announces 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
University of Miami men’s basketball head coach Jai Lucas announced the 2025-26 non-conference slate which features nine home games at the Watsco Center.
The schedule includes a neutral site contest against Florida, a trip to Orlando, Florida, for the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational and a trip to Oxford, Mississippi, to face Ole Miss in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Additionally, the slate includes seven games against foes from the state of Florida.
The Lucas era officially begins Nov. 3 as the Hurricanes take on Jacksonville before home games against Bethune-Cookman and Stetson on Nov. 6 and 10.
Following the previously announced Jacksonville Hoops Showdown against the Gators, Miami returns to the Watsco Center for a pair of games against Elon on Nov. 20 and Delaware State on Nov. 23.
The Hurricanes travel to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational for two games on Nov. 27 and 28. Other teams in the field include BYU, Dayton and Georgetown with the schedule to be announced at a later date.
On Dec. 2, Miami takes on Ole Miss in the ACC/SEC Challenge before closing out the non-conference schedule with four home games against Southern Miss (Dec. 6), ULM (Dec. 13), FIU (Dec. 16) and North Florida (Dec. 21).
Courtesy of Miami Athletics
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