Big Ten Network Presents Coverage of 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament
BTN will broadcast 10 games from the United Center, March 11-13
The Big Ten Network’s coverage of the 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament begins Wednesday, featuring 10 games, on-site studio programming throughout the tournament and an experienced group of broadcasters and analysts on-site in Chicago.
For the first time ever, the 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will feature all 18 programs, including six teams ranked in the top 25, led by No. 3 Michigan, and followed by No. 8 Michigan State, No. 9 Illinois, No. 11 Nebraska, No. 18 Purdue and No. 23 Wisconsin.
BTN will broadcast 10 games across the second and third rounds, as well as the quarterfinals. Throughout BTN’s coverage Kevin Kugler, Jeff Levering and Guy Haberman will deliver play-by-play, while Robbie Hummel, Don MacLean and Jordan Taylor will appear as analysts. Rick Pizzo and Andy Katz will serve as sideline reporters across the 10 games.
Dave Revsine, Mike Hall and Pizzo will lead the network’s studio coverage across the full tournament, March 10-15, with appearances throughout the week by Katz, Taylor, Rapheal Davis, Seth Davis and Bruce Weber. The group will provide analysis across several editions of B1G Live programming, including B1G Live: Basketball Tip-Off Show, Halftime, Game Break and Postgame as well as The B1G Show. A full schedule of BTN’s tournament programming can be found at bigten.org/btn/btn-tv-schedule .
BTN’s game coverage begins with two games during Wednesday’s second round at 6:30 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET. The third round on Thursday tips off with the first game at noon ET, followed by a contest at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET. The night session of the third round begins at 6:30 p.m. ET and concludes with the final game of the day at approximately 9 p.m. ET.
Friday's quarterfinals follow the same schedule as Thursday, with games at noon ET, 2:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET.
The Journey, the Big Ten Network’s Emmy-nominated original series, will also be on-site to capture behind-the-scenes footage throughout the tournament airing on various BTN platforms. The season finale of The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2026 will highlight the winner of the 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament and their run to the championship. The episode is set to debut following the winner’s run in the NCAA Tournament.
Game broadcasts may be available in 4K with select providers, including Xfinity, Spectrum, DIRECTV, DISH, YouTube TV, Verizon Fios and Fubo. Additionally, games can be streamed in 4K on the FOX Sports App via connected devices such as Apple TV 4K, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
All games and studio programming on the Big Ten Network can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through the FOX Sports App. Throughout the tournament, additional coverage can be found via the Big Ten Men’s Basketball accounts on X , Instagram and YouTube .