ASU men’s basketball reveals 2026 non-conference schedule, includes 3 SEC matchups

Arizona State men’s basketball revealed its 2026 non-conference schedule, which will include three games against SEC opponents, on Monday.

The Sun Devils will play 10 home games before beginning Big 12 play, which is the most for the program since 2011-12, giving fans many opportunities to see Randy Bennett’s new-look team.

ASU will play an exhibition game at New Mexico on Oct. 25 before opening its season at home on Nov. 2 against East Tennessee State.

That will start a run of five home games at Desert Financial Arena to begin the season. Then, the Sun Devils will travel to Palm Springs, California, to face LSU and South Carolina on back-to-back days (Nov. 26-27) in the Acrisure Series.

ASU will return home to face Montana (Nov. 30) before traveling to Tulsa to play Oklahoma (Dec. 5), as the neutral-court return game from when the two programs matched up in Phoenix last season.

Then, four of the Sun Devils’ last five non-conference matchups will be at home, with a trip to Corvallis to face Oregon State (Dec. 14) squeezed in the middle.

The times and broadcast details of the games will be provided at a later date.

ASU men’s basketball’s full non-conference schedule

Oct. 25: at New Mexico (exhibition)
Nov. 2: vs. East Tennessee State (home/season opener)
Nov. 6: vs. Northern Colorado
Nov. 10: vs. Hofstra
Nov. 13: vs. UL Monroe
Nov. 18: vs. Oakland
Nov. 25: vs. LSU (Palm Springs, California; Acrisure Series – Acrisure Arena) at 11 a.m. MST
Nov. 26: vs. South Carolina (Palm Springs, California; Acrisure Series – Acrisure Arena) at 11 a.m. MST
Nov. 30: vs. Montana
Dec. 5: vs. Oklahoma (Tulsa, Oklahoma; BOK Center)
Dec. 8: vs. Mercer
Dec. 14: at Oregon State
Dec. 20: vs. San Diego
Dec. 23: vs. Idaho
Dec. 29: vs. Southern Illinois

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