WVU women's basketball Big 12 schedule highlighted by favorable home lineup

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As the Big 12 released the 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule matrix on Wednesday, one thing likely jumped out at many fans of the West Virginia women’s basketball program -- the Mountaineers were lucky enough to draw home matchups with what will likely be many of its toughest opponents.

With the top two finishers in the conference standings last season -- Oklahoma and Texas -- leaving for the SEC, new programs will rise to the top of the league this winter. WVU finished sixth in the conference standings last year, with only Baylor, Iowa State, and Kansas State amongst returning teams that finished conference play better than WVU. All three programs also finished the season in the AP Top 25, along with WVU. The Mountaineers will face each team only once, and will get both the Cyclones and Wildcats at the WVU Coliseum. In addition, of the six returning Big 12 programs WVU will have to face on the road, five finished in the bottom half of the conference standings last season. 

Two teams who will join the league for the first time -- Colorado and Utah -- finished in the final AP Top 25 poll last season. WVU’s only battle with Utah this season will also come at home, while Colorado is one of three teams in the Big 12 the Mountaineers will face twice in the regular season -- once at home and once on the road. The Mountaineers also get a second consecutive home-and-away season series with Cincinnati, a former prominent Big East rival who returned to the conference last year. The full list of opponents and locations for the Big 12 women’s basketball 2024-25 conference schedule is posted below.

Big 12 2024-25 Schedule Matrix

Arizona

Home-and-away: Arizona State, BYU, Utah

Home-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Arizona State

Home-and-away: Arizona, BYU, Utah

Home-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

Away-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Baylor

Home-and-away: Colorado, Houston, TCU

Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech

BYU

Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, Utah

Home-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Away-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

UCF

Home-and-away: Houston, Iowa State, TCU

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech

Away-only: BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah, West Virginia

Cincinnati

Home-and-away: Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

Home-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Utah

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech

Colorado

Home-and-away: Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State

Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah

Houston

Home-and-away: Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Iowa State, TCU, Utah

Iowa State

Home-and-away: UCF, Kansas, Kansas State

Home-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, West Virginia

Kansas

Home-and-away: Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech

Away-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Utah, West Virginia

Kansas State

Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, UCF, TCU, Texas Tech

Away-only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

Oklahoma State

Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Kansas, West Virginia

Home-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU

Away-only: Baylor, BYU, UCF, Houston, Texas Tech, Utah

TCU

Home-and-away: Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech

Home-only: BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Utah, West Virginia

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Texas Tech

Home-and-away: Colorado, Houston, TCU

Home-only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State

Utah

Home-and-away: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU

Home-only: UCF, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State

Away-only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia

West Virginia

Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Colorado, Oklahoma State

Home-only: BYU, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah

Away-only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas Tech