Michigan Basketball: Tip times, TV broadcast designations announced for 2025-26 season

The Michigan Basketball season is just around the corner, and the program has announced all game times and television broadcast designations for the entire 2025-2026 campaign on Tuesday.

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All of the 33 games the Wolverines will play this season will be televised or streamed across various platforms, with the program announcing that it has four appearances on CBS and FOX, five on FS1 and Big Ten Network, six on Peacock, two on ESPN, and one on NBC, TNT and TruTV.

While the Wolverines’ season doesn’t officially begin until November 3, when Oakland University comes to Ann Arbor, the Wolverines’ first of two exhibition games will be streamed on B1G+ as the program takes on Cincinnati on Oct. 17 at 6:00 p.m.

U-M will have two more games streamed on B1G+, with the exhibition against St. John’s and the non-conference game against McNeese State also featured on the platform.

Below are tip times and TV designations for the entire U-M basketball season (all times are in Eastern unless stated otherwise):

Exhibition:

Friday, Oct. 17: Cincinnati, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 6:00 p.m. B1G+
Saturday, Oct. 25 vs. St. John’s, New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) 7:00 p.m. B1G+

Regular Season:
Monday, Nov. 3 Oakland Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 8:30 p.m. FS1
Tuesday, Nov. 11 vs. Wake Forest Detroit, Mich. (Little Ceasars Arena) 6:30 p.m. FS1
Friday, Nov. 14 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas (Schollmaier Arena) 8:00 p.m. CT ESPN2
Wednesday, Nov. 19 Middle Tennessee Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 6:30 p.m. BTN
Monday, Nov. 24 vs. San Diego State (3) Las Vegas, Nev. (Michelob ULTRA Arena) 7:30 p.m. PT truTV
Tuesday, Nov. 25 vs. Auburn (3) Las Vegas, Nev. (Michelob ULTRA Arena) 5:30 p.m. PT TNT
Wednesday, Nov. 26 vs. Players Era (3) Las Vegas, Nev. (championship games) TBD TBD
Thursday, Nov. 27 vs. Players Era (3) Las Vegas, Nev. (consolation games) TBD TBD
Saturday, Dec. 6 Rutgers + Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 4:00 p.m. BTN
Tuesday, Dec. 9 Villanova Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 6:30 p.m. FS1
Saturday, Dec. 13 at Maryland + College Park, Md. (Xfinity Center) 8:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, Dec. 21 La Salle Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 4:00 p.m. Peacock
Monday, Dec. 29 McNeese Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 7:00 p.m. B1G+
Friday, Jan. 2 USC Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 7:00 p.m. Peacock
Tuesday, Jan. 6 at Penn State University Park, Pa. (Bryce Jordan Center) 7:00 p.m. FS1
Saturday, Jan. 10 Wisconsin Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 1 or 2:00 p.m. CBS (by Jan. 5)
Wednesday, Jan. 14 at Washington Seattle, Wash. (Alaska Airlines Arena) 7:30 p.m. PT BTN
Saturday, Jan. 17 at Oregon Eugene, Ore. (Matthew Knight Arena) 1:00 p.m. PT NBC
Tuesday, Jan. 20 Indiana Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 7:00 p.m. Peacock
Friday, Jan. 23 Ohio State Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 8:00 p.m. FOX
Tuesday, Jan. 27 Nebraska Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 7:00 p.m. Peacock
Friday, Jan. 30 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. (Breslin Center) 8:00 p.m. FOX
Thursday, Feb. 5 Penn State Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 6:30 p.m. FS1
Sunday, Feb. 8 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio (Value City Arena) 1:00 p.m. CBS
Wednesday, Feb. 11 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. (Welsh–Ryan Arena) 7:30 p.m. CT BTN
Saturday, Feb. 14 UCLA Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 1:00 p.m. CBS
Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. (Mackey Arena) 6:30 p.m. Peacock
Saturday, Feb. 21 vs. Duke Washington, D.C. (Capital One Arena) 6:30 p.m. ESPN
Tuesday, Feb. 24 Minnesota Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 8:30 p.m. BTN
Friday, Feb. 27 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Field House) 7:00 p.m. CT FOX
Thursday, March 5 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa (Carver–Hawkeye Arena) 7:00 p.m. CT Peacock
Sunday, March 8 Michigan State Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center) 4:30 p.m. CBS