2026-27 Big Ten Men's Basketball Television Schedule

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten announced the start times and television designations for the 2026-27 men's basketball conference schedule on Tuesday, which includes all 180 contests set to be televised nationally. The conference also revealed tip times and network assignments for select non-conference games.

The Big Ten Conference season will begin with four games on Tuesday, Dec. 1, with a total of 18 conference games being played between Dec. 1-13 before conference play breaks.  Following the holiday break, Big Ten action will resume on Wednesday, Dec. 30 with a pair of contests.

In addition to broadcast platforms CBS, FOX, and NBC, the Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1 will continue to carry games on cable networks. NBCUniversal’s direct-to-consumer platform, Peacock, will also carry Big Ten games live exclusively on the platform. All games on FOX, FS1, and BTN will also be streamed on FOX One. CBS Sports broadcast coverage will be available to stream live on Paramount+.

Peacock will air its first games of the conference slate on Tuesday, Dec. 1, as Iowa visits Purdue at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Wisconsin at Northwestern tipping two hours later. In total, Peacock will air 31 Big Ten contests, with two February league match-ups slated to air of NBC. NBC’s broadcast will also be available for live streaming on Peacock. The remaining contests will air on Peacock and on NBCSN.

FS1 will also broadcast its first Big Ten Conference matchups on Dec. 1. At 8 p.m. ET, Indiana will play host to Rutgers, with Oregon and UCLA meeting at Pauley Pavilion at 10 p.m. ET. The FOX broadcast network airs its first game on Dec. 12, with Northwestern visiting Michigan at 4:30 p.m. ET. FOX and FS1 will air 60 Big Ten games throughout the season, including 21 games on FOX, 38 games on FS1 and one network designation to be announced at a later date.

BTN will open its conference schedule with a tripleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 2, as Minnesota visits Michigan State at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by Ohio State at Nebraska at 8:30 p.m. ET and Washington at USC at 10:30 p.m. ET. Throughout the season, BTN will air a total of 74 conference games. 

CBS Sports will present a total of 13 regular season Big Ten Conference games on CBS and Paramount+, including its first conference match-up of the season on Jan. 2 as Michigan State visits Nebraska at 3:45 p.m. ET.

Conference play will build up to the 2026 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, set for March 9-14, 2027, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The tournament will open on Tuesday, March 10 with a pair of games featuring the number 15-18 seeds aired on Peacock. Wednesday’s schedule will include four contests, as Tuesday’s winners will join seeds 9-14 in second round action. Peacock and BTN will split Wednesday’s games, with the early session airing on Peacock and the evening games on BTN.

Seeds 5-8 will begin tournament play on Thursday, with the top four seeds slated to open their postseasons in Friday’s quarterfinal round following their double byes. Thursday’s four third round contests and Friday’s quarterfinals will also air on BTN.

The semifinal contests are scheduled for Saturday, with a champion crowned following Sunday’s title game. For the 30th consecutive year, CBS will broadcast the semifinals and championship game with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.