BIG EAST Announces #MUBB Start Times, TV Info

The BIG EAST Conference has released television network assignments and tipoff times for the 2025-26 men's basketball season, maintaining its position as one of the most nationally televised conferences in all of college athletics.

The upcoming season marks the first of a six-year media agreement, which will span from 2025-26 through 2030-31, encompassing coverage on FOX Sports (FOX, FS1), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock), TNT Sports (TNT, truTV), and ESPN (ESPN+).

The agreement will provide wall-to-wall coverage on major national broadcast, cable and direct-to-consumer streaming outlets for more than 150 BIG EAST regular season men's basketball games, including all conference games and all BIG EAST Tournament matchups.

FOX Sports, the BIG EAST's television partner for the last 12 years, will continue as the conference's lead network provider, featuring more than 60 BIG EAST regular season men's basketball contests beginning in 2025-26. The FOX broadcast network will again air the BIG EAST Tournament championship game on Saturday night from Madison Square Garden. FOX remains the home of the BIG EAST Men's Tournament Final through 2031.

NBC Sports and Peacock will present over 40 men's regular season games during the 2025-26 season. For the second consecutive year, Peacock will be the home for five early-round and quarterfinal matchups from the BIG EAST Tournament. Peacock launched its coverage of BIG EAST men's basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season and five conference tournament games.

TNT Sports will feature 40 regular season men's basketball games - including 30 in BIG EAST play. TNT will serve as its primary network, along with truTV, during the 2025-26 season - the first year of the new, comprehensive broadcast partnership between TNT Sports and the BIG EAST Conference.

ESPN and the BIG EAST Conference also begin the first of a six-year digital media rights agreement in 2025-26, with 40 non-conference men's basketball games set to stream live on ESPN+.

Below is a breakdown by network:

FOX Sports

The BIG EAST Tournament has been held at Madison Square Garden since 1983 and at it is college basketball's longest running conference postseason tournament held at the same venue. The 2026 BIG EAST Tournament will mark the 44th consecutive year the conference championship will be held at the World's Most Famous Arena.
UConn will play a pair of high-profile November contests on FOX, beginning on Saturday, Nov. 15 against BYU in Boston. On Friday, Nov. 28, the Huskies host Illinois at Madison Square Garden in a rematch of the 2024 NCAA East Regional final.
FOX will air a pair of high-profile December games, as UConn finishes its home/home series with Texas on Friday, Dec. 12 before Creighton hosts Kansas State on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Providence heads to MSG for a matchup with St. John's on Saturday, Jan. 3. FOX will air as many as 10 BIG EAST matchups during the regular season.
The first of two matchups between St. John's and UConn will air live on FOX, as the Huskies travel to MSG on Friday, Feb. 6.
Villanova - under new head coach Kevin Willard - takes his Wildcats to Omaha to face Creighton on Saturday, Feb. 14
On Saturday, Feb. 21, FOX will broadcast a rematch of the 2025 BIG EAST title game, as Creighton travels to face St. John's

FS1

The BIG EAST kicks off the 2025-26 season with a robust slate of games on FS1, beginning with a pair of St. John's games - opening night against Quinnipiac on Monday, Nov. 3 and a matchup with Alabama at MSG on Saturday, Nov. 8.
FS1 will also broadcast a non-conference doubleheader on Monday, Nov. 10 with UConn hosting Columbia, followed by Santa Clara visiting Xavier.
The Huskies will begin a home/home series with Arizona on FS1 from Gampel Pavillion on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Providence will take part in the Rady Children's Invitational multi-team event in San Diego. The Friars' first game against Wisconsin can be seen on FS1 on Thursday, Nov. 27, with Friday's game airing live on FOX.
A pair of long-time rivalries will be settled on FS1, as Villanova hosts Temple on Monday, Dec. 1 and Seton Hall welcomes Rutgers on Saturday, Dec. 13.
The first of 38 BIG EAST matchups on FS1 begins with a doubleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 17, as Creighton heads to Xavier, in Richard Pitino's BIG EAST debut as the head coach of the Musketeers. The second half of the tandem features Georgetown visiting Marquette.
FS1 will host seven BIG EAST regular season doubleheaders, including a New Year's Eve tandem of games featuring DePaul at Villanova and St. John's at Georgetown
Providence will visit Marquette on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19.
On the final day of the regular season - Saturday, March 7 - Butler travels to DePaul for an afternoon tilt on FS1

NBC Sports/Peacock

NBC will air a pair of regular season games - Oklahoma vs. Marquette in Chicago on Friday, Nov. 28 and the Golden Eagles' visit to UConn on Sunday, Jan. 4. Both games will be simulstreamed on Peacock.
Creighton's non-conference matchup with South Dakota kicks off coverage of BIG EAST basketball on Peacock on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Providence's matchup with Virginia Tech at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, Nov. 8 will be streamed live on Peacock.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, Peacock will air a BIG EAST non-conference doubleheader, with Clemson visiting Georgetown before Maryland plays at Marquette.
Peacock is also home to Ole Miss at St. John's on Saturday, Dec. 6, Marquette at Purdue on Saturday, Dec. 13, and Northwestern at Butler on Saturday, Dec. 20.
BIG EAST action on Peacock begins with a pair of games on Tuesday, Dec. 16, as DePaul travels to St. John's and Butler plays at UConn. Peacock will feature eight multi-game nights, including a trio of tilts on Wednesday, Feb. 4 - Seton Hall at Villanova, Butler at Providence, and Creighton at Georgetown
Kevin Willard returns to the Prudential Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23 as Peacock will air Villanova at Seton Hall. Willard served as the head coach of the Pirates for 12 seasons, from 2010-22.
A Peacock doubleheader on Wednesday, Feb. 25, will feature the second of two meetings between St. John's and UConn at 7 p.m., followed by DePaul at Creighton in a rematch of their double overtime thriller in the 2025 BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals.

TNT Sports

Head coach Kevin Willard makes his debut as the new head coach of Villanova on Monday, Nov. 3 against BYU in a neutral-site game in Las Vegas that will air on TNT.
Villanova will also renew an old conference rivalry, hosting Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 13 in a game that will air on both TNT and truTV.
Creighton and St. John's are among the field of The Players Era Festival - a multi-team event in Las Vegas from Nov. 24-26 - which will be televised live on TNT and truTV.
The annual Crosstown Shootout between Cincinnati and Xavier is set for Friday, Dec. 5 at the Cintas Center and the game will air live on TNT and truTV.
truTV will broadcast the Chicago rivalry matchup between Northwestern and DePaul on Friday, Nov. 14 from WinTrust Arena.
On Saturday, Dec. 6, truTV will air the first game of a home/home series between Butler and Boise State in Indianapolis.
TNT is set to televise a BIG EAST doubleheader on Wednesday, Feb. 18, beginning with Creighton at UConn, followed by St. John's at Marquette.
20 BIG EAST conference games will air on TNT and truTV, beginning with Villanova at Butler on Saturday, Jan. 3. Eight BIG EAST matchups will air on truTV
The first matchup of the season between head coaches Richard and Rick Pitino is set for Saturday, Jan. 24 when St. John's heads to Xavier in a game on TNT and truTV.
In total, six Saturday doubleheaders will air on TNT and truTV.

ESPN+

This past July, the BIG EAST and ESPN agreed upon a six-year digital media rights agreement, adding hundreds of live BIG EAST events to ESPN's robust college sports portfolio.
For the 2025-26 season, 40 non-conference men's basketball games will appear on the ESPN+ streaming platform
10 BIG EAST men's basketball programs will appear at least once on ESPN+ in November and December, beginning with seven games on opening night - Monday, Nov. 3
ESPN and the BIG EAST have a relationship that spans more than three decades. The BIG EAST signed its first national television deal with ESPN in 1980, beginning a partnership that ran through 2013.
As part of the new six-year deal, a minimum of 75 women's basketball and 200 Olympic sports events will stream on ESPN+ annually beginning with the 2025-26 academic year.
The deal will also include a minimum of 25 non-conference games annually for BIG EAST men's basketball.

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