Actually, the viewing options for both the American and C-USA are woefully lacking, compared to the B12:
The American Conference
The American’s basketball games are spread across CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN+. In practice:
Conference USA
C-USA’s 10 basketball schools play an 18-game schedule, meeting every league opponent once, from December 31 to March 6. The tournament is March 9–13 at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama.
The 2026-27 TV picks were still pending the last time the league announced them. Last season’s pattern was linear games on CBS Sports Network, ESPNU, and ESPN2, with everything else streaming on ESPN+. CBS Sports Network carried 18 C-USA games, including the tournament semifinals and title game. Expect about the same this year. For example, a team like Liberty got about eight linear TV games last season and streamed the rest.
Big 12
The Big 12 has a much wider TV spread than the other two conferences. This season it has 164 men’s basketball games assigned across ESPN, CBS Sports, FOX Sports, NBC, and TNT platforms.
ESPN is the lead partner. ESPN and its affiliated networks have 69 Big 12 games this season, more than any other partner, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, with a few on ABC. ESPN’s Monday night “Big Monday” package starts in February.
FOX has its own package on FOX broadcast and FS1. Oklahoma State, for example, has road games at Kansas and Iowa State on FOX.
CBS has six broadcasts, all conference games, starting in January.
NBC/Peacock and TNT carry smaller packages. Oklahoma State’s home game against Texas Tech on January 27, for instance, is streaming on Peacock.
ESPN+ carries every conference game not picked for linear TV.
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That said, the B12 teams with the best viewing options are the ones who are presently in the public eye. Blue bloods such as AZ and KU, and current powers like UH, ISU, BYU, ISU and TTU will get preferential treatment over UC, until such time that the Bearcats start winning consistently in league play and make a splash in March.
I don't have Peacock and have no desire to add it to my clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk known as streaming services*. I'll set my radio to Dan Hoard's call and enjoy what people did before TV: develop mind images of the action while seated around the radio cabinet (or, in my case, bluetoothed to my hearing aids). There won't be any replays, but I'll live.
(*With apologies to the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.)
The American Conference
The American’s basketball games are spread across CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN+. In practice:
- Most conference games stream on ESPN+. That will cover the majority of any one team’s league schedule.
- A weekly handful go to ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. These are usually the matchups involving Memphis, Wichita State, USF, and the other contenders. Defending champion USF and Memphis should draw the most of these.
- CBS has had an occasional broadcast-TV game.
Conference USA
C-USA’s 10 basketball schools play an 18-game schedule, meeting every league opponent once, from December 31 to March 6. The tournament is March 9–13 at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama.
The 2026-27 TV picks were still pending the last time the league announced them. Last season’s pattern was linear games on CBS Sports Network, ESPNU, and ESPN2, with everything else streaming on ESPN+. CBS Sports Network carried 18 C-USA games, including the tournament semifinals and title game. Expect about the same this year. For example, a team like Liberty got about eight linear TV games last season and streamed the rest.
Big 12
The Big 12 has a much wider TV spread than the other two conferences. This season it has 164 men’s basketball games assigned across ESPN, CBS Sports, FOX Sports, NBC, and TNT platforms.
ESPN is the lead partner. ESPN and its affiliated networks have 69 Big 12 games this season, more than any other partner, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, with a few on ABC. ESPN’s Monday night “Big Monday” package starts in February.
FOX has its own package on FOX broadcast and FS1. Oklahoma State, for example, has road games at Kansas and Iowa State on FOX.
CBS has six broadcasts, all conference games, starting in January.
NBC/Peacock and TNT carry smaller packages. Oklahoma State’s home game against Texas Tech on January 27, for instance, is streaming on Peacock.
ESPN+ carries every conference game not picked for linear TV.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
That said, the B12 teams with the best viewing options are the ones who are presently in the public eye. Blue bloods such as AZ and KU, and current powers like UH, ISU, BYU, ISU and TTU will get preferential treatment over UC, until such time that the Bearcats start winning consistently in league play and make a splash in March.
I don't have Peacock and have no desire to add it to my clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk known as streaming services*. I'll set my radio to Dan Hoard's call and enjoy what people did before TV: develop mind images of the action while seated around the radio cabinet (or, in my case, bluetoothed to my hearing aids). There won't be any replays, but I'll live.
(*With apologies to the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.)
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