Basketball TV schedule

[swilsonsp4]

Am I the only person who thinks the TV coverage for hoops is pure garbage? ESPN+ is the dregs of college sports and we get a ton of it. Peacock? WTF, Home Shopping Network wasn't an option? No way I'm buying Peacock to watch a couple UC games. UC would have better TV coverage if they stayed in C-USA or the American. Time to fire the Big-12 Commish if this is the best they can do.

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:

• 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.

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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.)

[leo from jersey]

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:

• 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.)

I like Peacock as they used to have rasslin classics besides the horrid wwe. I keep it because my favorite horror talkie movie is on it. The Wolf man with Lon Chaney Jr. I have no clue of the cost as my wife handles that. My wife likes Psych and I also laugh at it. As I said before, it may seem like a lot of stuff, but I sit in this chair all day and only get up 4 times a week for rehabilitation plus bathroom. The net, radio and tv have me during the night. I study during the day. I also like listening to the radio with Dan H and Terry as my eyesight is very limited but I have a giant tv and a special computer.. Can't miss the Cats.