The 2024-25 college basketball season is just around the corner, and CBS announced its full schedule of games Tuesday featuring nearly 300 games across multiple platforms on CBS, CBS Sports Network and Paramount+. The schedule, which includes 20 ranked teams from the AP Top 25 men’s preseason poll, will be highlighted by appearances from marquee programs and top conferences from across the country — including 15 conference tournament championship games with 15 automatic bids to men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments decided.
CBS Sports will also broadcast the men’s NCAA Tournament in 2025 in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports to bring exclusive live coverage to audiences across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV platforms. The Final Four, on Saturday, April 5, and the NCAA championship, on Monday, April 7, will be carried on CBS.
The beginning of CBS’ coverage for the 2024-25 season will be a marquee matchup in the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic, as No. 16 Arkansas will face Illinois in Kansas City on Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. ET.
Here’s the full 2024-25 CBS and CBS Sports Network college basketball schedules with all times listed ET.
2024-25 CBS college basketball schedule
Date Matchup Time (ET) Thu., Nov. 28 CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic
Illinois vs. Arkansas
T-Mobile Center | Kansas City
4 p.m. Sat., Dec. 7 Washington State at Boise State
Idaho Central Arena | Boise, Idaho
4 p.m. Sat., Dec. 14 Indy Classic
Texas A&M vs. Purdue
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indianapolis 12 p.m. Sat., Dec. 21 Mississippi State at Memphis
FedEx Forum | Memphis, Tenn.
12:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 21 CBS Sports Classic
North Carolina vs. UCLA
Madison Square Garden | New York
3 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Ohio State
Madison Square Garden | New York 5:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 28 CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase
North Carolina Central at North Carolina A&T
Corbett Sports Center | Greensboro, N.C.
2 p.m.
Howard at Hampton
Convocation Center | Hampton, Va.
4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 North Carolina at Notre Dame
Joyce Center | Notre Dame, Ind.
12 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 Baylor at Iowa State
Hilton Coliseum | Ames, Iowa
2 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 San Diego State at Boise State
ExtraMile Arena | Boise, Idaho
4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 San Diego State at New Mexico
The Pit | Albuquerque, N.M.
TBD Sat., Jan. 18 Kansas State at Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse | Lawrence, Kan. 1 p.m. Sun., Jan. 19 Illinois at Michigan State
Breslin Student Events Center | East Lansing, Mich.
12 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 Michigan State at Rutgers
Madison Square Garden | New York
1:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 26 Maryland at Indiana
Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall | Bloomington, Ind.
12 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 Arizona at Arizona State
Desert Financial Arena | Tempe, Ariz.
1 p.m. Sun., Feb. 2 Ohio State at Illinois
State Farm Center | Champaign, Ill.
1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 Michigan at Indiana
Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall | Bloomington, Ind.
1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 Wisconsin at Purdue
Mackey Complex | West Lafayette, Ind.
1 p.m. Sun., Feb. 16 Michigan at Ohio State
The Schottenstein Center | Columbus, Ohio 1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Oklahoma State at Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse | Lawrence, Kan. 4 p.m. Sun., Feb. 23 Purdue at Indiana
Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington | Ind. 1:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 23 Ohio State at UCLA
Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles 3:45 p.m. Sat., Mar. 1 UConn at Providence
Amica Mutual Pavilion | Providence, R.I. 12 p.m. Sat., Mar. 1 Seton Hall at St. John’s
Carnesecca Arena | Jamaica, N.Y. 2:15 p.m. Sat., Mar. 1 Cincinnati at Houston
Fertitta Center | Houston 4:30 p.m. Sun., Mar. 2 Wisconsin at Michigan State
Breslin Student Events Center | East Lansing, Mich. 1:30 p.m. Sun., Mar. 2 Illinois at Michigan
Crisler Center | Ann Arbor, Mich. 3:45 p.m. Sat., Mar. 8 Iowa State at Kansas State
Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kansas 1:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 8 Ohio State at Indiana
Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall | Bloomington, Ind. 3:45 p.m. Sun., Mar. 9 Michigan at Michigan State
Breslin Student Events Center | East Lansing, Mich. 12 p.m. Sun., Mar. 9 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Championship
Enterprise Center, St. Louis 2:15 p.m. Sun., Mar. 9 Big Ten Conference Women’s Championship
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 4:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 15 Big Ten Conference Men’s Tournament
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
Semifinal 1 1 p.m.
Semifinal 2 3:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 15 Mountain West Conference Men’s Championship
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas 6 p.m. Sun., Mar. 16 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Championship
Capital One Arena | Washington, D.C. 1 p.m. Sun., Mar. 16 Big Ten Conference Men’s Championship
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indianapolis 3:30 p.m.
2024-25 CBS Sports Network college basketball schedule
CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games
