Report: Kansas, UConn to begin home-and-home series in 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse

Kansas and UConn will begin a home-and-home series in 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein. The two blue bloods will put on must-see basketball early next season.

“UConn and Kansas will begin a home-and-home series on Dec. 2nd in Lawrence, a source told College Hoops Today,” Rothstein wrote. There will be a return game in Connecticut during the 2026-27 season. An official announcement is expected soon. The programs have accounted for three of the last four national titles. UConn and Kansas are both ranked in the Top 31 of the ROTHSTEIN 45.”

UConn is actually 0-4 against Kansas lifetime, so seeing this series regularly will be a welcome sight to college basketball. The Huskies fell short of a three-peat last season while the Jayhawks were also bounced from the NCAA Tournament, but in the first round.

Kansas adds UConn for home-and-home

Head coach Bill Self made headlines for stuff not involving opponents. He recently called out the “faux pas” of removing players from rosters to fit the limit.

“You know what, I don’t know what it’s been a huge challenge,” Self admitted. “Lance (Leipold) is going through it as much as me on roster limits, isn’t that right?”

However, of all the possible mistakes that’s part of it, Self does not like the idea of walk-ons not being grandfathered in as part of the settlement. He, in that way, is in alignment with Judge Wilken, who has sent all involved back to continue work on it until those roster spots are taken care of as part of the settlement.

“Is it a challenge? Yes. What’s, to me, the biggest faux pas of the whole thing is how a youngster that has been in your program could be asked to leave your program because of roster limits and they’re not grandfathered in. I don’t know if Lance feels the same way,” Self said as Leipold next him agreed. “So, as far as putting your best team together? I don’t know that that’s the issue. What the issue is is doing what’s right as a program, and a university and a rules standpoint that doesn’t push kids out that have done absolutely nothing wrong other than want to be at your university.”