TV And Game Times Announced For Men’s Basketball Season
The TV and game times of all-but two Ohio State games were announced this week, which revealed that the Buckeyes will play on five different TV networks and two streaming services throughout the course of the season.
Ohio State will play nine of its games on Big Ten Network, the most by any network, including its Nov. 11 home opener against Youngstown State (6 p.m.), nonconference home games against Campbell on Nov. 22 (6 p.m.), Green Bay on Nov. 25 (7 p.m.) and Indiana State on Dec. 29 (noon) and Big Ten contests at Maryland (Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m.), vs. Oregon (Jan. 9, 6 p.m.), at Nebraska (Feb. 9, 2 p.m.), vs. Washington (Feb. 12, 8:30 p.m.) and at USC (Feb. 26, 10:30 p.m.).
The network that will broadcast the second-most Buckeye games this season is FOX Sports 1. They will be on site for six conference games, including home contests against Rutgers (Dec. 7, noon), Iowa (Jan. 27, 8 p.m.), Maryland (Feb. 6, 7 p.m.) and Northwestern (Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m.) and road games against Minnesota (Jan. 6, 9 p.m.) and Penn State (Jan. 30, 6:30 p.m.).
Ohio State will also get the chance to perform on the national stage, with seven games on the “big four” major broadcast networks. This includes five weekend games on CBS: Dec. 21 against Kentucky at Madison Square Garden as part of the CBS Sports Classic (5:30 p.m.); Feb. 2 at Illinois (1 p.m.); Feb. 16 at home against Michigan (1 p.m.); Feb. 23 at UCLA (3:45 p.m.) and March 8 at Indiana (3:45) to close the season; and two primetime Friday night home games on FOX: Jan. 3 at home against Michigan State (8 p.m.) and Jan. 17 at home against Indiana (8 p.m.).
The only other game Ohio State is playing on network television is its season opener against Texas on Nov. 4 in Las Vegas as part of the Hall of Fame Series, which will be broadcast on TNT with tip-off at 10 p.m.
As was the case last year, Ohio State will play multiple games on streaming-only services. Five games will be streamed exclusively on Peacock, including home games against Pitt (Nov. 29, 2:30 p.m.), Valparaiso (Dec. 17, 8 p.m.) and Nebraska (March 4, 9 p.m.) and road games at Wisconsin (Jan. 14, 9 p.m.) and Purdue (Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.). Ohio State will also play one game on Big Ten Plus at home against Evansville on Nov. 19 (7 p.m.).
The only two Ohio State games that have yet to have their full TV designations and tip-off times announced are at Texas A&M on Nov. 15 and against Auburn at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Dec. 14, although it is known that the game will tip off at 1 p.m.