The U SPORTS Canada West schedules have been released and UNBC Timberwolves men’s and women’s basketball teams will start their seasons with five-game homestands.
The 2025-26 season tips off with a Sunday matinee for both teams on Oct. 26 when they host the UBC-Okanagan Heat of Kelowna.
Men’s team head coach Todd Jordan will return to the court for his 16th season at UNBC, while women’s team head coach Sergey Shchepotkin is back for his 13th season. Like Jordan, Shchepotkin has been at the helm at UNBC since the T-wolves entered the Canada West league in 2012.
The University of Alberta Golden Bears men’s team and Pandas women’s team return to Brownridge Court for the first time since 2016, with games scheduled for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. That opening stretch concludes Nov. 7 and 8 when divisional foes Trinity Western visit Prince George.
UNBC hits the road next for back-to-back games at UBCO on Nov. 14 and 15, followed by another road weekend at UFV on Nov. 21 and 22.
The Timberwolves will wrap up their home slate for 2025 with a pair of games against the Victoria Vikes on November 28 and 29, before heading to Kamloops for a single Dec. 5 showdown with Thompson Rivers.
The first opportunity to catch the Timberwolves at home in 2026 comes Jan. 15 (against UBC) and Jan. 17 (against UFV). That’s followed by road matchups against Victoria (Jan. 22) and Trinity Western (Jan. 24), then a two-game set at UBC on Jan. 30 and 31.
UNBC will close out its regular season at home on Feb. 6 and 7, hosting the TRU WolfPack at Brownridge Court.
Each UNBC team plays matching 20-game schedules and will travel together to opponents’ gyms for Canada West road games.
The men’s games will be preceded two hours earlier by the women’s games throughout the season for all games except for Nov. 14 and 15 at UBC-O. On both those dates, the men’s games will start two hours ahead of the women’s games.
UNBC Timberwolves Canada West women’s and men’s basketball schedules
Note: Women’s game start ahead of men’s games except on Nov. 14 and 14
- Oct. 26: UNBC vs. UBC-Okanagan (women at 2 p.m., men at 4 p.m.)
- Oct. 31: UNBC vs. Alberta (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Nov. 1: UNBC vs. Alberta (5 and 7 p.m.)
- Nov. 7: UNBC vs. Trinity Western University (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Nov. 8: UNBC vs. Trinity Western University (5 and 7 p.m.)
- Nov. 14: UNBC at UBC-Okanagan (men at 5:30 p.m., women at 7:30 p.m.)
- Nov. 15: UNBC at UBC-Okanagan (men at 4:30 p.m., women at 6:30 p.m.)
- Nov. 21: UNBC at University of Fraser Valley (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Nov. 22: UNBC at University of Fraser Valley (4 and 6 p.m.)
- Nov. 28: UNBC vs. Victoria (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Nov. 29: UNBC vs. Victoria (5 and 7 p.m.)
- Dec. 5: UNBC at Thompson Rivers University (5:30 and 7:30 p.m.)
- Jan. 15: UNBC vs. University of BC (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Jan. 17: UNBC vs. University of Fraser Valley (5 and 7 p.m.
- Jan. 22: UNBC at Victoria (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Jan. 24: UNBC at Trinity Western University (4 and 6 p.m.)
- Jan. 30: UNBC at University of BC (5:30 and 7:30 p.m.)
- Jan. 31: UNBC at University of BC (4 and 6 p.m.)
- Feb. 6: UNBC vs. Thompson Rivers University (6 and 8 p.m.)
- Feb. 7: UNBC vs. Thompson Rivers University (5 and 7 p.m.)
