NEW YORK – The two-seed UConn men's basketball team (27-4) heads to Madison Square Garden to open play at the 2026 BIG EAST Tournament on Thursday night with a quarterfinal match-up against either 7-seed Marquette (12-19) or 10-seed Xavier (14-17). The contest will air at 7 p.m. on FS1 with Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery and Allison Williams on the call.