CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference released the men's basketball conference schedule for the 2026-27 campaign. The High Point University Panthers will take on each of the other eight Big South opponents twice through the months of January and February. The conference regular-season will end on February 27, before the 2027 Big South Men's & Women's Basketball Championships, which returns to Johnson City, Tennessee at Freedom Hall for the third consecutive year.
 
High Point capped the 2025-26 season with a historic run in the NCAA Tournament as the 12-seed upsetting No. 5 seed Wisconsin, 83-82 to make the Round of 32 for the first time in program history. After posting a program record 15-1 in the Big South Conference regular-season, the Panthers went on to win their second straight Big South Tournament title with a 91-76 victory over Winthrop, becoming the first Big South team to win back-to-back tournament championships since Winthrop from 2019-21. Head Coach Flynn Clayman was the first head coach in Big South history to win the Big South Championship in his first-year since 1998-99. HPU finished the season with a Big South and program record, 31-5, breaking the program and conference record of 29 wins set by the Panthers during the 2024-25 season and Winthrop in 2006-07. 
 
High Point will begin Big South play on January 3 with a home game against USC Upstate.
 
Below is a full list of the conference schedule.
 
Big South 2026-27 Regular-Season Schedule:
Jan. 3 – High Point vs. USC Upstate
Jan. 6 – High Point at Presbyterian
Jan. 9 – High Point at Radford
Jan. 13 – High Point vs. Gardner-Webb
Jan. 16 – High Point at Charleston Southern
Jan. 20 – High Point at Winthrop
Jan. 23 – High Point vs. Longwood
Jan. 28 – High Point vs. UNC Asheville*
Jan. 30 – High Point at USC Upstate
Feb. 6 – High Point vs. Charleston Southern
Feb. 11 – High Point at UNC Asheville*
Feb. 13 – High Point at Gardner-Webb
Feb. 18 – High Point vs. Winthrop*
Feb. 20 – High Point vs. Presbyterian
Feb. 25 – High Point at Longwood*
Feb. 27 – High Point vs. Radford
 
Mar. 3, 5-7 – Big South Championships at Freedom Hill Civic Center, Johnson City, Tenn.
*possible ESPNU Wildcard Selection
 
High Point begins the 2026-27 season with an exhibition game at home versus the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) on October 17 at the Qubein Center before opening the season at midnight for the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season by clicking HERE.