August 19, 2025
Men's Basketball Announces 2025-26 Schedule
29-game slate, both conference and non-conference was unveiled on Tuesday
The Central Connecticut State men's basketball team announced its complete 29-game 2025-26 schedule on Tuesday. The Blue Devils will have an 11-game non-conference schedule in advance of the NEC campaign, which begins January 2nd.
2025-26 SCHEDULE | NEC SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT
CCSU will host 12 home games at Kaiser Hall including two in-state foes and will play three of the five Connecticut Division I programs during the campaign.
2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule Highlights
- The Blue Devils open at home for the first time since 2019 when they host Vermont State Johnson on November 3rd, the first of four non-conference home games
- CCSU welcomes two Connecticut rivals to Kaiser Hall this season, with Sacred Heart coming to town on November 24th and Fairfield on December 18th, in the non-conference finale
- Central will travel to another former conference rival, Quinnipiac, on November 6th
- The MAAC is the only league that CCSU will have two opponents from (QU and Fairfield) amongst their non-conference slate
- Following the road opener at Quinnipiac, the Blue Devils will play at Boston College (11/11), UMass (11/16) and Rutgers (11/21) as part of a season-long four-game road trip
- The Blue Devils' other home opponent is Johnson & Wales, November 30th, as part of a two-game homestand with the SHU game
- A game at Seton Hall (12/3) begins a three-game swing that takes CCSU to Northeastern (12/7) and Binghamton (12/13)
- Central begins the NEC schedule at LIU on January 2nd as the Blue Devils play home-and home with its nine other conference opponents
- The NEC Tournament, which begins March 4th, features an eight-team field from which the champion emerges as the NEC's NCAA Tournament representative
