SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara Women's Basketball Team has announced its 2025-26 schedule as it prepares to embark on another year in the Big West. The Gauchos tip off hosting Cal State Monterey Bay for their season opener on Nov. 3.
The Gauchos continue on the road as they visit 2024-25 final four participant UCLA (Nov. 6). Then, their first out-of-state trip lands them in Washington to take on Seattle U (Nov. 9).
The Blue and Gold return to The Thunderdome as they host 2024-25 WAC Champions Grand Canyon (Nov. 15), before they hit the road for six of their next seven games.
The Gauchos will head north on Nov. 19 to take on San Jose State before returning to Santa Barbara to host Westcliff (Nov. 22). The team then heads to Riverside for the Cal Baptist Classic, where they will face the hosts (Nov. 28), and Sacramento State or Chattanooga (Nov. 29).
The Gauchos finish up their road campaign with games at Long Beach State (Dec. 4) and Bakersfield (Dec. 6), before a quick flight to Utah Tech (Dec. 13) to finish off the rigorous away stretch.
The team returns to the Thunderdome to take on Eastern Washington (Dec. 18) to close out the 2025 calendar year. Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 1) and CSUN (Jan. 3) will visit Santa Barbara in what will be the Gauchos' longest home stand of the season.
The Gauchos will go north to UC Davis (Jan. 8) for a quick battle, then make a stop home to take on Cal State Bakersfield (Jan. 15). The team then heads out to the Aloha State for a meeting with Hawai'i (Jan. 17). The Gauchos then hit the town over for a Blue-Green Rivalry showdown at Cal Poly (Jan. 22)
Following the first leg of the Blue-Green Rivalry, UC Santa Barbara will host Long Beach State (Jan. 24) and UC San Diego (Jan. 29), before heading on the road to close out the month and face Fullerton (Jan. 31).
The Gauchos begin February in The Thunderdome against the Aggies of UC Davis (Feb. 5), before driving down to face the UC Irvine Anteaters (Feb. 7). The Gauchos then return home for a stretch against UC Riverside (Feb. 12) before the second rendition of the Blue-Green Rivalry (Feb. 14) this season.
The Gauchos travel to CSUN (Feb. 19) for the teams' last meeting of the season. The Blue and Gold then return home for a match-up against Hawai'i (Feb. 21) before departing Santa Barbara to take on UC Riverside (Feb. 26).
The Gauchos close out their home season against UC Irvine (Feb. 28) before their regular season finale in La Jolla at UC San Diego (March 7).
Renee Jimenez enters her second year at the helm of the Women's Basketball program after leading them to an 18-13 overall record last season. The 18 wins was the most by a first year head coach since Lindsay Gottlieb in the 2008-09 season.
