The 2025-26 Men’s college basketball opening night TV schedule is almost here. We’ve include the games over the opening two days of the college basketball season for you to check out below. All ranked teams that are being shown on TV or streams are included for you to checkout as we get moving with the college basketball season.
2025-26 Men’s College Basketball Opening Night TV Schedule – Nov 3-4, 2025
Here’s the 2025-26 Men’s college basketball opening night TV schedule for you. We’ve included the games on both November 3rd and 4th for you to checkout. All ranked teams are listed here for you. There are a ton of basketball games on TV these two days for fans of all 300+ teams in DI.
| Date | Time | Matchup | TV |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | Florida (3) @ Arizona (13) | TNT/truTV |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | UConn (4) @ New Haven | ESPN+ |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | Arkansas (14) @ Southern Arkansas | SECN+ |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | Tennessee (18) @ Mercer | SECN+ |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | Michigan State (22) @ Colgate | B1G+ |
| 11/03 | 7:00 PM | North Carolina (25) @ Central Arkansas | ACCN |
| 11/03 | 7:30 PM | Houston (2) @ Lehigh | CBSSN |
| Nov. 3, 2025 | 8:00 PM | Alabama (15) @ North Dakota | SECN+ |
| Nov. 3, 2025 | 8:00 PM | Iowa State (16) @ FDU | ESPN+ |
| Nov. 3, 2025 | 8:00 PM | Kansas (19) @ Green Bay | ESPN+ |
| 11/03 | 8:00 PM | Auburn (20) @ Bethune-Cookman | SECN+ |
| 11/03 | 8:00 PM | Wisconsin (24) @ Campbell | B1G+ |
| 11/03 | 8:30 PM | Michigan (7) @ Oakland | FS1 |
| 11/03 | 8:30 PM | Illinois (17) @ Jackson State | BTN |
| 11/03 | 9:00 PM | Louisville (11) @ SC State | ACCN |
| 11/03 | 9:00 PM | Gonzaga (21) @ Texas Southern | ESPN+ |
| 11/03 | 9:30 PM | BYU (8) @ Villanova | TNT/truTV |
| 11/03 | 10:30 PM | UCLA (12) @ Eastern Washington | BTN |
| 11/04 | 6:30 PM | Evansville @ Purdue (1) | BTN |
| 11/04 | 7:00 PM | Nicholls @ Kentucky (9) | SECN+ |
| 11/04 | 8:00 PM | Lindenwood @ Texas Tech (10) | ESPN+ |
| 11/04 | 8:45 PM | Texas @ Duke (6) | ESPN |
2026 Men’s Basketball Postseason Schedule
We have the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule up here if you want to get way ahead on your planning. The printable, blank NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is here for you to start working your bracketology throughout the season. You can get all of the college basketball schedules throughout the season to follow your favorite team.
