SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana men's and women's basketball programs have announced their 2025-26 schedules with the two teams combining to play 29 home contests including 11 doubleheader dates, all at the Elmen Center. The teams will return to campus at Augustana University for all home games in conjunction with the Elmen Center Revitalization Project. 

"We've had and continue to have such a great partnership with the Sanford Pentagon and have really enjoyed playing basketball in the facility," said Vice President for Athletics Josh Morton. "We're grateful to the staff and gameday operations crew at the Pentagon who helped make our games special over the past six seasons.  Over the past several years, as we've enhanced our on-campus facilities, we have grown to love playing our games on campus. With the improvements that have been made to the Elmen Center this summer and with what's still to come, this is the right time to move all of our basketball games back to campus.""
 
Nonconference Action
In exhibition action, the Augustana women's basketball team will travel north to Brookings for a matchup against reigning Summit League Champion South Dakota State on Oct. 29. The women's program then welcomes Missouri Southern, Central Missouri and UMary to the Elmen Center on November 14 and 15 for the NSIC/MIAA Crossover to open the season. The Vikings will take on Missouri Southern on Nov. 14 before a Nov. 15 matchup against Central Missouri. 

The Augustana men open in St. Joseph, Missouri, for the second season in a row at the Hillyard Tip-Off Classic hosted by Missouri Western. The men take on 2023 Central Region the host Griffons on Nov. 14 before a Nov. 15 matchup with Northwest Missouri State. 

Other key nonconference dates include the Viking men traveling to Moorhead for the East/West Classic and then the home debut for the men's team when AU hosts Randall on Nov. 29 and Bellevue on Nov. 30. Following the women's opening tournament, they will host MIAA foe Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 20 inside the Elmen Center. 

The women round out their nonconference schedule on Dec. 30, welcoming Hastings College to the Elmen Center. 
 
NSIC Play
Augustana opens the NSIC slate on the road, traveling south to Wayne State for a conference doubleheader on Nov. 25. The women will play at 5:30 p.m. while the men are scheduled to tip off at 7:30 p.m. 

The NSIC home opener is scheduled for Dec. 4 as reigning NCAA Regional teams from Southwest Minnesota State come to town with the men kicking it off against the co-NSIC champions at 5:30 p.m., and the women following. They will then go a few blocks north for games at the Stewart Center against Sioux Falls on Dec. 6

League play continues Dec. 11-13 with road games at St. Cloud State and Minnesota State. The Maverick women reached the NCAA Tournament a season ago. 
 
Augustana welcomes Winona State to the Elmen Center on Dec. 18 and Concordia-St. Paul on Dec. 20. The Warrior men played the NCAA Tournament in 2024-25 while both Golden Bear teams earned at least a share of the NSIC title and made the Central Regional. 

NSIC play resumes in 2026 with Augustana hosting a three-game home stretch. The Vikings will host Wayne State Jan. 3 before welcoming new NSIC foe Jamestown and Northern State Jan. 9-10.

The squads then embark on a four-game road stand by traveling to MSU Moorhead and Minnesota Crookston on Jan. 10-11, respectively, and close the stretch by heading to Minot State and UMary Jan. 23-24.
 
The teams return home for a pair of games Jan. 30-31, welcoming Bemidji State and Minnesota Duluth. Jan. 31 will feature an NSIC Tournament rematch between the Viking and Bulldog men, a game that ended with an Augustana road victory. 
 
On Feb. 5, Concordia-St. Paul and Winona State play host to the Vikings at the teams return to their NSIC South schedule. 
 
The Vikings will play three of their final four games at home, starting with a Thursday/Saturday weekend against Minnesota State and St. Cloud State Feb. 12-14 at the Elmen Center. After traveling to Marshall, Minnesota for a Feb. 19 matchup against Southwest Minnesota State, the regular season concludes in the Elmen Center with a Feb. 21 tangle with Sioux Falls. 

For the fifth-straight year, there will be an alteration of tipoff times for NSIC contests. After the opening conference game, the men will play the first game of the doubleheader while the women will play the first game of the doubleheader in the other half of the season. Fans are encouraged to check the schedule page for the most up-to-date start times.