Head Coach Natasha Adair and her Sun Devil women's basketball team are set to begin their first season in the Big 12, with the regular season starting on Monday, Nov. 4, in Tempe with Jacksonvile State. ASU will host Arkansas State on Friday, Nov. 8. The Big 12 announced the schedule, as dates are subject to change and complete television designations will be released at a later date. Ticket information can be found here.
"I'm excited for the release of our 2024-25 women's basketball schedule, which features a competitive non-conference slate aimed at preparing our team for its first season in a rigorous Big 12 conference," said Adair. "As previous released, we are so thrilled to be invited back by the HOF College Series. We are excited to compete against our crosstown rival, GCU at the Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury. This is the first time in ASU WBB and MBB program history we are both playing GCU in a doubleheader. Let's Activate the Valley!"
It's time to hoop in the Valley of the Sun ??
— Sun Devil WBB (@SunDevilWBB) September 26, 2024
The 2024-25 schedule is here!#ForksUp /// #Onward pic.twitter.com/zymbOmHHsw
TOP RETURNING SCORERS IN BIG 12 WOMEN'S HOOPS FROM PAST TWO SEASONS
21.0 -- Temira Poindexter, Kansas State (2023-24 at Tulsa)
20.7 – Kaitlin Peterson, UCF (2023-24)
19.8 – JJ Quinerly, West Virginia (2023-24)
19.7 -- Ayoke Lee, Kansas State (2023-24)
19.2 – Madison Connor, TCU (2023-24)
19.2 – Audi Cooks, Iowa State (2023-24)
19.2 -- Tyi Skinner, Arizona State (2022-23)
17.8 – Gianna Kneepkens, Utah (2023-24)
17.3 – Jalyn Brown, Arizona State (2023-24)
BIG 12 TRANSFERS
Three Sun Devil newcomers were on a Big 12 campus in the past year. Heaveny Greer played the past two years at Kansas State, Dallas native Jazion Jackson was at Texas Tech last year and Kennedy Fauntleroy was at Oklahoma State last year after earning 2022-23 Big East Freshman of the Year at Georgetown.
THE BIG 12 FORMAT
Teams will play three opponents home and away while facing six teams only at home and six opponents only on the road for a total of 18 Conference games. Opponents were selected based on a combination of geography, historical results and a poll of the coaches to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness.
WHEN IT STARTS, WHEN IT ENDS
League play begins Saturday, Dec. 21 with six games and concludes Sunday, March 2. The regular season will be followed by the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, which will take place in Kansas City's T-Mobile Center for the second consecutive season.
ABOUT THE LEAGUE
The current league members combined to go 8-0 in their first game of the 2024 NCAA Tournament while 15 of the 16 teams finished the 2023-24 season in the top 101 of the NET rankings. Four Big 12 teams are ranked in the top 16 of ESPN's Women's Basketball Way-Too-Early Top 25, tied for the most of any league.
2024-25 Big 12 Women's Basketball Conference Schedule
Saturday, December 21: at Utah
Wednesday, January 1: vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, January 4: at Houston
Wednesday, January 8: vs. Iowa State
Saturday, January 11: vs. Baylor
Thursday, January 16: at Kansas
Sunday, January 19: at K-State
Wednesday, January 22: West Virginia
Saturday, January 25: Cincinnati
Wednesday, January 29: at Oklahoma State
Saturday, February 1: vs. BYU
Saturday, February 8: at Arizona
Wednesday, February 12: at UCF
Saturday, February 15: vs. Utah
Wednesday, February 19: vs. TCU
Saturday, February 22: at BYU
Wednesday, February 26: at Colorado
Saturday, March 1: vs. Arizona