2024 - 2025 College Basketball on CBS Schedule

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

• CBS Sports announces the full 2024-25 college basketball schedule on the CBS Television Network, with 39 games on tap.

• Automatic bids to the NCAA Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments, including Men's Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Atlantic 10 & Mountain West; Women's Big Ten.

• Several conferences represented, including the BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West, the American, and much more!

• 15 ranked teams set to appear on CBS this season, including four teams in the Top 5 - No. 1 Kansas (two games), No. 3 and two-time defending national champions Connecticut (two games), No. 4 Houston & No. 5 Iowa State (two games).

Happy college basketball season, everyone! CBS Sports has dropped their 2024-25 college basketball schedule on the CBS Television Network.

This year's schedule plans to showcase top-tier games featuring the nation's best teams, top conferences with a expanded game selection of Big Ten and Big 12 games, select women's games - including the Big Ten Women's Basketball Championship on CBS - and five automatic bids to the 2025 NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments, concluding with the Big Ten Men's Tournament Championship for the 27th straight season.

Additionally, CBS Sports will broadcast the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in partnership with Turner Sports, providing live coverage of every single game of the tournament from start to finish across the networks of CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV. This is the 43rd season of CBS's involvement in tournament coverage and the 13th season of the CBS Sports/Turner Sports partnership.

The NCAA Men's Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 5 and the National Championship Game on Monday, April 7 will air exclusively on CBS.

CBS & Paramount+ to feature 15 ranked teams this season, including four teams in the Top 5

CBS Sports continues their long relationship with the sport of college basketball, airing college basketball games on the CBS Television Network for the 44th straight season (1981-present). This season, CBS will be assigned 39 regular season games to air the station, with all of these games streaming live on Paramount+ (the option is yours in terms of how you want to watch).

Highlights of this season's College Basketball on CBS (2024-25) include:

• 24 appearances by AP Top 25 teams, with 15 ranked programs on CBS, including four teams in the Top 5: No. 1 Kansas (two games), the two-time defending national champions No. 3 Connecticut (two games), No. 4 Houston and No. 5 Iowa State (two games).

• A special start to the CBS schedule on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, with the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic when Illinois plays No. 16 Arkansas at 4:00 PM (ET), live from Kansas City's T-Mobile Arena [following the Bears-Lions NFL game].

• The CBS Sports Classic returns as a centerpiece of CBS's regular season calendar on Saturday, December 21, with No. 9 North Carolina facing No. 22 UCLA at 3:00 PM (ET) followed by No. 23 Kentucky taking on Ohio State at 5:30 PM (ET).

• This season, CBS will have MORE Big Ten (13 conference, four non-conference and three Tournament games) and Big 12 (six games) than ever before.

• CBS has TWO HBCU rivalry games in the CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase this December. On Saturday, December 28, North Carolina A&T will host North Carolina Central at 2:00 PM (ET) and Howard will visit Hampton at 4:00 PM (ET).

• CBS will present five automatic bids to the 2025 NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments on the network this season. For the 27th time, CBS will present the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals (Saturday, March 15) and Championship Game (Sunday, March 16). In addition, CBS Sports will televise the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Championship Game (Sunday, March 9). The Missouri Valley Championship will be decided on Sunday, March 9. The following weekend, the Mountain West Championship (Saturday, March 15) & Atlantic 10 Championship (Sunday, March 16) will be decided.

A detailed look at the 2024-25 College Basketball on CBS schedule is located below, with game schedule and announcer assignments to be updated throughout the course of the season.

• College Basketball on CBS: 2024-25 Regular Season Broadcast Schedule (All Times Eastern and Subject to Change)

| Thursday, November 28 [Thanksgiving Day]

. Illinois vs. Arkansas (T-Mobile Center) - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Jon Rothstein

- CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic (Kansas City)

| Saturday, December 7

. Washington State vs. Boise State (Idaho Central Arena) - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - Tom McCarthy, Bill Raftery, Jay Wright

- Capital City Classic (Boise, ID)

| Saturday, December 14

. Texas A&M vs. Purdue (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - Rich Waltz, Bill Raftery, Jay Wright, Jon Rothstein

- Indy Classic (Indianapolis)

| Saturday, December 21

. Mississippi State at Memphis - CBS, 12:30 PM (ET) - Chris Lewis, Steve Lappas

. North Carolina vs. UCLA (Madison Square Garden) - CBS, 3:00 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jenny Dell

- CBS Sports Classic (New York City)

. Kentucky vs. Ohio State (Madison Square Garden) - CBS, 5:30 PM (ET) - Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jenny Dell

- CBS Sports Classic (New York City)

| Saturday, December 28

. North Carolina Central at North Carolina A&T - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - 

- CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase

. Howard at Hampton - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - 

- CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase

| Saturday, January 4

. North Carolina at Notre Dame - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - 

. Baylor at Iowa State - CBS, 2:00 PM (ET) - 

. San Diego State at Boise State - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, January 11

. San Diego State at New Mexico - TBD

| Saturday, January 18

. Kansas State at Kansas - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, January 19

. Illinois at Michigan State - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, January 25

. Michigan State at Rutgers - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, January 26

. Maryland at Indiana - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, February 1

. Arizona at Arizona State - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, February 2

. Ohio State at Illinois - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, February 8

. Michigan at Indiana - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, February 15

. Wisconsin at Purdue - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, February 16

. Michigan at Ohio State - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, February 22

. Oklahoma State at Kansas - CBS, 4:00 PM (ET) -

| Sunday, February 23

. Purdue at Indiana - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - 

. Ohio State at UCLA - CBS, 3:45 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, March 1

. Connecticut at Providence - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - 

. Seton Hall at St. John's - CBS, 2:15 PM (ET) - 

. Cincinnati at Houston - CBS, 4:30 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, March 2

. Wisconsin at Michigan State - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - 

. Illinois at Michigan - CBS, 3:45 PM (ET) - 

| Saturday, March 8

. Iowa State at Kansas State - CBS, 1:30 PM (ET) - 

. Ohio State at Indiana - CBS, 3:45 PM (ET) - 

| Sunday, March 9

. Michigan at Michigan State - CBS, 12:00 PM (ET) - 

• College Basketball on CBS: 2024-25 Conference Tournament Broadcast Schedule (All Times Eastern and Subject to Change)

| Sunday, March 9

. Teams TBD (Enterprise Center) - CBS, 2:15 PM (ET) - 

- Missouri Valley Conference Men's Championship (St. Louis)

. Teams TBD (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) - CBS, 4:30 PM (ET) - 

- Big Ten Conference Women's Championship (Indianapolis)

| Saturday, March 15

. Teams TBD (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

- Big Ten Conference Men's Semifinal #1 (Indianapolis)

. Teams TBD (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) - CBS, 3:30 PM (ET) - 

- Big Ten Conference Men's Semifinal #2 (Indianapolis)

. Teams TBD (Thomas & Mack Center) - CBS, 6:00 PM (ET) - 

- Mountain West Men's Championship (Las Vegas)

| Sunday, March 16

. Teams TBD (Capital One Arena) - CBS, 1:00 PM (ET) - 

- Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Championship (Washington, D.C.)

. Teams TBD (Gainbridge Fieldhouse) - CBS, 3:30 PM (ET) - 

- Big Ten Conference Men's Championship (Indianapolis)

- Sources 🛈: Paramount Press Express (schedule)

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