2023 - 2024 College Basketball on CBS Schedule

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• 2023-24 Regular Season Slate features appearances by 24 teams from AP Men's Top 25 Poll, and all eight schools from last season's Elite Eight.
• CBS Sports televises more women's games than ever, including the Big Ten Women's Basketball Championship on broadcast television for the very first time.
• 15 Automatic bids to the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments to be awarded on CBS and Paramount+ & CBS Sports Network.

With the college basketball season approaching, CBS is set to begin yet another season of college basketball coverage on the CBS Television Network. CBS plans to start its' 43rd season of live college basketball game coverage on Saturday, December 9 with a Top 25 matchup as No. 9 Tennessee hosts No. 25 Illinois at 12:00 PM (ET) All college basketball games on the CBS Television Network is also available for you stream on Paramount+.

CBS Sports is slated to showcase 15 automatic bids to the NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments, including five matchups on CBS. For the 26th time, CBS is the home of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals (Saturday, March 16) and Championship (Sunday, March 17), in addition to the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Championship for the very first time (Sunday, March 10). The Missouri Valley Championship will be determined on Sunday, March 10, with the Mountain West Championship (Saturday, March 16) and the Atlantic 10 Championship (Sunday, March 17), set to take place the following weekend.

CBS hosts a marquee tripleheader on Saturday, December 16, starting at 1:00 PM (ET). No. 1 Kansas takes on Indiana to begin the afternoon and leads into the 10th annual CBS Sports Classic doubleheader with UCLA facing Ohio State at 3:00 PM (ET) followed by No. 19 North Carolina taking on No. 16 Kentucky from State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

This year's broadcast schedule has a total of 38 appearances by Top 25 teams, with 21 ranked schools represented on CBS, including nine Top 10 teams: No. 1 Kansas, No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Michigan State, No. 5 Marquette, defending champion No. 6 Connecticut, No. 7 Houston, No. 8 Creighton, No. 9 Tennessee and No. 10 Florida Atlantic.

Top-ranked Kansas will play three regular season games on CBS, No. 4 Michigan State will play four games, and No. 16 Kentucky will make five appearances. Other programs set to make multiple CBS appearances include No. 3 Purdue, No. 7 Houston, No. 8 Creighton, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 17 San Diego State & No. 25 Illinois.

So, with that information in mind, it's time to disclose the full 2023-24 College Basketball on CBS schedule, with announcing assignments to be updated throughout the season.

• 2023-24 College Basketball on CBS Regular Season/Conference Tournament Schedule (All Times ET; Subject to Change)

| Saturday, December 9

. Illinois at Tennessee - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Rich Waltz, Bill Raftery, Jay Wright, Jon Rothstein

| Saturday, December 16

. Kansas at Indiana - CBS, 12:30 PM (ET) - Rich Waltz, Jim Spanarkel

. UCLA vs. Ohio State (State Farm Arena) - CBS, 3:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jenny Dell

- CBS Sports Classic (Atlanta)

. North Carolina vs. Kentucky (State Farm Arena) - CBS, 5:30 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jenny Dell

- CBS Sports Classic (Atlanta)

| Saturday, December 23

. Vanderbilt at Memphis - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Tom McCarthy, Bill Raftery, Jon Rothstein

| Saturday, December 30

. Creighton at Marquette - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - John Sadak, Bill Raftery

. UCLA at Oregon - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Rich Waltz, Clark Kellogg

| Saturday, January 6

. Mississippi State at South Carolina - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - John Sadak, Steve Lappas

. TCU at Kansas - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery

. UNLV at San Diego State - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Rich Waltz, Clark Kellogg

| Saturday, January 13

. San Diego State at New Mexico - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Bill Raftery

| Saturday, January 20

. San Diego State at Boise State - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Clark Kellogg

| Sunday, January 21

. Michigan State at Maryland - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery

| Saturday, January 27

. Kansas at Iowa State - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Jay Wright

| Saturday, February 3

. Wichita State at Memphis - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Clark Kellogg

| Sunday, February 4

. Purdue at Wisconsin - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery

| Saturday, February 10

. Illinois at Michigan State - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

. Gonzaga at Kentucky - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jay Wright

| Saturday, February 17

. Texas at Houston - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery

| Sunday, February 18

. Purdue at Ohio State - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Tom McCarthy, Jim Spanarkel

| Saturday, February 24

. Houston at Baylor - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel

. Washington at Arizona - CBSSports.com (to start)/CBS (JIP), 2:00 PM (ET) - Tom McCarthy, Chris Walker

- Note: Washington at Arizona started on CBSSports.com, CBS JIP'ed at 2:29 p.m. ET and with 12:23 to go in the 1st half.

. Alabama at Kentucky - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery

| Sunday, February 25

. Creighton vs. St. John's (Madison Square Garden) - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

. Purdue at Michigan - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner

. Ohio State at Michigan State - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Jay Wright

| Saturday, March 2

. Arkansas at Kentucky - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Jay Wright

. USC at Washington - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

| Sunday, March 3

. Seton Hall at Connecticut - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson

. Indiana at Maryland - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner

. Michigan at Ohio State - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel

| Saturday, March 9

. Memphis at Florida Atlantic - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas

. Texas A&M at Ole Miss - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Jay Wright

. Kentucky at Tennessee - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill

| Sunday, March 10

. (5) Nebraska vs. (2) Iowa (Target Center) - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Lisa Byington, Julianne Viani-Braen, AJ Ross

- Big Ten's Women Championship (Minneapolis)

. (2) Drake vs. (1) Indiana State (Enterprise Center) - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Evan Washburn

- Missouri Valley Championship (St. Louis)

. Michigan State at Indiana - CBS, 4:30 PM (ET) - Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel

| Saturday, March 16

. (5) Wisconsin vs. (1) Purdue (Target Center) - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson

- Big Ten's Men Semifinal #1 (Minneapolis)

. (3) Nebraska vs. (2) Illinois (Target Center) - CBS, 3:30 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson

- Big Ten's Men Semifinal #2 (Minneapolis)

. (6) New Mexico vs. (5) San Diego State (Thomas & Mack Center) - CBS, 6:00 PM (ET) - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Evan Washburn

- Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas)

| Sunday, March 17

. (6) Duquesne vs. (5) VCU (Barclays Center) - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, AJ Ross

- Atlantic 10 Men's Championship (Brooklyn)

. (5) Wisconsin vs. (2) Illinois (Target Center) - CBS, 3:30 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson

- Big Ten's Men Championship (Minneapolis)

|| Sources: Paramount Press Express.

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