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Iowa and UConn Announce Two‑Game Women's Basketball Home‑and‑Home Series

UConn will visit Carver‑Hawkeye Arena for the first time since 1999 with exact dates and tip times still to be announced.

Overview

  • Both schools confirmed a two-game home-and-home nonconference series that will take place across the next two seasons.
  • UConn will host the first game in the 2026–27 season and Iowa will host the Huskies in the 2027–28 season.
  • The Iowa home game will mark UConn’s first trip to Carver‑Hawkeye Arena since 1999, renewing a matchup that has not been played in Iowa City for more than two decades.
  • UConn leads the all-time series 7–4, and Iowa’s most recent win came in the 2024 Final Four when Caitlin Clark helped the Hawkeyes beat the Huskies.
  • The matchup pairs two of women’s college basketball’s premier programs and is expected to draw national interest, with game dates, tip times and broadcast details to be announced later.