NEW YORK / IRVING (April 25, 2024) -- The BIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences have announced the 2024 schedule for the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle, the men's basketball non-conference scheduling alliance which is in its sixth year. Games for the upcoming season will be played December 3-8.

Each conference has added member schools since the start of the original agreement. The Battle will include 11 matchups for the second straight season. The BIG EAST will host six games in 2024-25 while the Big 12 will host five. The 2024 matchups will feature seven teams ranked in the final AP poll of the 2023-24 season, including defending national champion Connecticut. Five of the 11 participant teams made it to the Sweet 16 in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

The Battle matchups are jointly determined by the two conferences, with the home team choosing the venue of its game. Broadcast arrangements for the contests will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is FOX Sports for the BIG EAST and ESPN for the Big 12.  

Game times and television networks will be announced when available.

This will be the 11th all-time meeting between the Wildcats and Bearcats and first since 2013. The Bearcats were part of the BIG EAST from 2005-13. Villanova leads the all-time series 6-4.

Big 12-BIG EAST Battle Schedule
December 3                  
Cincinnati at Villanova
BYU at Providence
 
December 4                  
Baylor at Connecticut
Kansas at Creighton
DePaul at Texas Tech
Marquette at Iowa State
 
December 6                  
Georgetown at West Virginia
Xavier at TCU
 
December 7                 
 Kansas State at St. John's
Butler at Houston
 
December 8                 
Oklahoma State at Seton Hall