UConn women’s basketball to begin series with Michigan in 2026-27 season

UConn’s women’s basketball’s non-conference schedule is filling up with marquee matchups for next season.

It was previously announced the Huskies — coming off their 25th trip to the Final Four — will face South Carolina at Mohegan Sun Arena on Nov. 25, Duke in Boston on Nov. 28 and Maryland at Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center on Dec. 5. UConn is also set to face LSU in a neutral-site game in Nashville, Tennessee in the 2026-27 season, though a date has not been finalized.

On Wednesday, the Huskies announced another big-time game for the upcoming season. UConn will face Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It will mark the first time Geno Auriemma’s team has played in the state of Michigan.

It’s the first of two games in a home-and-home series, as Michigan will visit UConn during the 2027-28 season.

UConn is 1-0 all-time against Michigan, facing the Wolverines for the first time in program history last season. Before the Huskies fell to South Carolina in the Final Four — snapping a 54-game winning streak — Michigan was the team that had played UConn the closest, losing by three points at Mohegan Sun Arena in November. Wolverines guard Syla Swords filled up the stat sheet in the loss, tallying 29 points and nine rebounds. No. 1 overall WNBA Draft pick Azzi Fudd countered with 31 points for the Huskies.

Michigan is coming off a season where it went to the Elite Eight for just the second time in program history. The Wolverines lost in the Fort Worth 3 regional finals to Texas, 77-41.

Michigan is widely viewed as a continued contender, as their core of soon-to-be juniors — Swords, Olivia Olson, Mila Holloway and Te'Yala Delfosse — are all returning. Ashley Sofilkanich, a rising senior, will also be back. The Wolverines are also adding two ESPN-ranked top 100 recruits.

Additionally, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico signed Stanford forward Courtney Ogden out of the transfer portal.

With National Player of the Year Sarah Strong returning — along with the likes of Blanca Quiñonez, KK Arnold, Ashlynn Shade, Allie Ziebell and Kayleigh Heckel — UConn will be contend for another Final Four trip.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: UConn women’s basketball to begin series with Michigan in 2026-27 season