Butler Announces Tip Times and National Exposure for 2025-26 Women’s Basketball Schedule

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Butler has announced the game times and national exposure for the 2025-26 women’s basketball schedule.
 
The upcoming season marks the first year of a six-year BIG EAST media agreement, which will span from 2025-26 through 2030-31, encompassing coverage on FOX Sports (FOX, FS1), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock), and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS and truTV). The agreement will provide comprehensive national broadcast, cable, and direct-to-consumer streaming coverage of BIG EAST women’s and men’s basketball games. ESPN+ will also stream a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games.
 

Once again, all of Butler’s games will be available to a national audience.
Butler’s home game against defending national champion Connecticut is scheduled for a 4 p.m. tip on Sunday, Dec. 28 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Huskies’ visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse last season was a sell-out, setting a new Butler Women’s Basketball single-game attendance record with 9,100 fans.
The Dec. 28 game against UConn will air on TNT and truTV. Butler’s road game at Connecticut (in Hartford Saturday, Feb. 7) will tip at Noon and air on FS1.
Butler’s regular season finale, a home game against Seton Hall Sunday, March 1, will tip at 3:30 p.m. and air on Peacock.
Butler’s regular season opener, a Monday, Nov. 3 tip against Wright State, will tip at 11 a.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse as the Bulldogs welcome area students for the program’s annual Kids Day Game.
Twenty-two (22) Butler games will air on ESPN+ this season.
Butler’s home BIG EAST schedule includes five weekend games (three Sunday tips, one Saturday game and a Friday night tilt) and five on Wednesdays.
Both of Butler’s games as part of the 2025 Elevance Health Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off (Nov. 28-29) will air on ION.
Butler’s road game at Indiana Wednesday, Nov. 19 does not yet have a tip time nor television designation announced.

 
Season tickets remain on sale, providing the best seating locations still available for the upcoming season. Contact the Butler Ticket Office at tickets@butler.edu or 317-940-DOGS (3647) to place your order. Single-game tickets for the 2025-26 Butler Women’s Basketball season went on sale beginning today (Thursday, Oct. 2) and are available through ButlerSports.com/BuyTickets.
 
The Bulldogs have earned back-to-back WNIT berths under head coach Austin Parkinson. The 2025-26 roster features three returners, seven transfers and two freshmen. Lily Zeinstra is the top returning scorer for the Bulldogs after averaging 7.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game as a freshman. Butler’s incoming transfers include 2023-24 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year Kennedy Langham (Samford), ESPN’s No. 60 recruit in the Class of 2024 McKenna Johnson (Minnesota), 2024-25 America East Conference Sixth Player of the Year Caroline Dotsey (Maine), twins Nevaeh Jackson and Saniya Jackson from Valparaiso, Mallory Miller (Arizona State), and Gabby Wilke (South Dakota).