TAMPA, Fla. (USF) – The University of South Florida Men’s Basketball program and American Conference have announced the Bulls’ 2025-26 conference schedule, presented by TGH. The Bulls are unveiling a slate that will feature marquee home matchups inside the Yuengling Center and critical road tests across the conference.
USF will play an 18-game conference schedule, facing each league opponent at least once, with select home-and-home series highlighting the grind of the AAC season.
The Bulls have home-and-home matchups against half of their conference opponents: UAB, Tulsa, Wichita State, FAU, Tulane, and Memphis.
The other six conference opponents will see the Bulls only once, with South Florida traveling to North Texas, Temple, and Rice. The Yuengling Center will host ECU, UTSA, and Charlotte as they travel to Tampa to play the Bulls.
The Bulls will open conference play on Jan. 4 at home against UAB and conclude the regular season on March 8 at home against Charlotte.
This season marks the first under head coach Bryan Hodgson, who arrives in Tampa with a reputation as one of the nation’s top recruiters and a rising leader in college basketball. Hodgson and his staff look to energize the program and build on USF’s strong tradition while navigating one of the most competitive leagues in the country.
Broadcast assignments and tip-off times will be announced at a later date by the American Conference and its television partners.
Full Conference Schedule
- Jan. 4 – UAB at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Jan. 7 – South Florida at North Texas (The Super Pit)
- Jan. 10 – South Florida at Tulsa (Donald W. Reynolds Center)
- Jan. 14 – East Carolina at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Jan. 18 – Wichita State at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Jan. 22 – South Florida at UAB (Bartow Arena)
- Jan. 25 – Florida Atlantic at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Jan. 28 – South Florida at Tulane (Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse)
- Jan. 31 – South Florida at Temple (The Liacouras Center)
- Feb. 4 – UTSA at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Feb. 8 – Tulsa at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Feb. 11 – South Florida at Wichita State (Charles Koch Arena)
- Feb. 15 – South Florida at Florida Atlantic (Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena)
- Feb. 19 – Memphis at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Feb. 25 – South Florida at Rice (Tudor Fieldhouse)
- Mar. 1 – Tulane at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
- Mar. 5 – South Florida at Memphis (FedExForum)
- Mar. 8 – Charlotte at South Florida (Yuengling Center)
The full schedule, including dates and opponents, is available here.
New American Athletic Conference Championship Format
The American Conference also announced adjustments to its postseason championship format, effective with the 2026 AAC Men’s Basketball Championship. This five-day tournament will be held from March 11 to 15.
The updated structure features:
- A 10-team field, seeded based on regular-season standings.
- First Round play-in games on Wednesday, March 11, between the bottom four seeds (No. 8 vs. No. 9 and No. 7 vs. No. 10).
- First Round winners will move on to play the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds in the Second Round on Thursday, March 12.
- The Top 6 seeds earn byes. The top two seeds do not have to play until the Semifinals on Saturday, March 14, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds begin play in the Quarterfinals on Friday, March 13.
- The tournament culminates with the Championship game on Sunday, March 15.
The winner will earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Full details, including bracket matchups and television coverage, will be announced by the conference closer to the Championship.
Tickets:
Men’s basketball single-game and season tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls or by visiting USFBullsTix.com.