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College basketball schedule today: TV channels, start times for every NCAA top 25 game during opening week – Sporting News
College basketball is back!
The 2023-24 NCAA basketball season gets underway on Monday, Nov. 6 with 20 of the AP top 25 teams in action. Each of the top six teams in the country — Kansas, Duke, Purdue, Michigan State, Marquette and UConn — will host their season-opener, giving fans an instant look at programs that will be hoping to compete for a national championship in March.
The majority of games will be broadcast on conference networks, including the ACC Network, Big Ten Network, Big 12 Network, SEC Network and Pac-12 Network, but there will also be a handful of nationally televised games.
No. 21 USC will take on Kansas State in Las Vegas on TNT on Monday, marking the first nationally televised college hoops game of the year. No. 20 Baylor will host Auburn on ESPN on Tuesday, and No. 2 Duke will host No. 12 Arizona in the first head-to-head ranked matchup of the season on ESPN2 on Friday.
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If you’re looking to tune into any of the major college basketball action during the first week of the season, you’ve come to the right place. The Sporting News has you covered with a full guide to all top 25 games in the opening week.
Here’s a look at each of the men’s college basketball games featuring top 25 teams during the opening week.
(National broadcast games bolded)
There will be nine nationally broadcast games during the first week of the college basketball season, with the games appearing on ESPN and Fox’s family of networks. Those hoping to stream those games, and several others on the schedule, can find them available on Fubo, which offers a free trial.
Kyle Irving is an NBA content producer for The Sporting News.