You can now block out your calendars for Arizona men’s basketball viewing. And you’ve got a few weeks to make sure you’ve got access to all the necessary channels and streaming services.
The entire TV schedule for the Wildcats’ 2026-27 season was announced Tuesday, and it won’t require staying up extra late too often. Other than the Maui Invitational, Arizona has only four games scheduled to start at 8 p.m. or later Tucson time.
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That applies to the first two games, the opener against UCLA in Las Vegas on Nov. 2 (8 p.m. MT) and the home opener Nov. 5 against Cal Poly (8:30 p.m.). The other late contests are both at ALKEME Arena at McKale Center, with the Wildcats tipping off against BYU on Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. and their Jan. 26 matchup with Utah starting at 8 p.m.
There are six scheduled day games, including the clash with St. John’s at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5 and the Jan. 9 trip to Kansas State, both of which tip at 10 a.m. MT.
As for who is airing the games, that’s where it gets more complicated. Including the three exhibition games, Arizona has 15 on linear ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU), six on linear Fox networks (FOX/FS1), four on linear CBS channels (CBS/CBS Sports Network), two on truTV and one on TNT. The rest require streaming subscriptions, with five on ESPN+ and two on Peacock.
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Arizona opens exhibition play Tuesday at 7 p.m. PT on ESPN+ against San Francisco, the first of two warmup games this week including Friday against San Diego State.
2026-27 Arizona MBB schedule
*exhibition
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Oct. 13 vs. San Francisco* (7 p.m., ESPN+)
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Oct. 16 vs. San Diego State* (7 p.m. ESPN+)
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Oct. 23 vs. Eastern Washington* (7 p.m., ESPN+)
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Nov. 2 vs. UCLA in Las Vegas (8 p.m., TNT)
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Nov. 5 vs. Cal Poly (8:30 p.m., truTV)
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Nov. 10 vs. NAU (7 p.m., ESPN+)
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Nov. 13 at Auburn (7 p.m., ESPN2)
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Nov. 18 vs. UConn (7 p.m., FS1)
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Nov. 23 vs. Colorado State at Maui Invitational (9:30 p.m., ESPN2)
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Nov. 24 vs. Providence/VCU at Maui Invitational (TBA, ESPN2/U)
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Nov. 25 vs. TBD at Maui Invitational (TBA/TBA)
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Dec. 1 vs. LSU-New Orleans (7 p.m., ESPN+)
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Dec. 5 vs. St. John’s in New York City (10 a.m., FOX)
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Dec. 12 vs. Tennessee Tech (12:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network)
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Dec. 19 vs. Arkansas in Phoenix (4:30 p.m., ESPN)
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Dec. 21 vs. Northern Illinois (7 p.m., CBS Sports Network)
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Dec. 28 vs. Incarnate Word (7 p.m., truTV)
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Jan. 2 at Iowa State (6 p.m., ESPN)
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Jan. 6 vs. UCF (7 p.m., Peacock)
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Jan. 9 at Kansas State (10 a.m., CBS)
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Jan. 12 vs. BYU (9 p.m., ESPN)
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Jan. 16 vs. ASU (4 p.m., ESPN/2)
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Jan. 22 at Texas Tech (6 p.m., FOX)
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Jan. 26 vs. Utah (8 p.m., FS1)
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Jan. 30 at West Virginia (6 p.m., ESPN/2)
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Feb. 2 at Cincinnati (5 p.m., Peacock)
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Feb. 6 vs. Houston (2 or 2:30 p.m., ESPN)
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Feb. 8 vs. TCU (7 p.m., ESPN2)
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Feb. 13 at ASU (6 p.m., FOX)
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Feb. 16 at Oklahoma State (7 p.m., ESPN/2)
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Feb. 20 vs. Kansas (2 or 2:30 p.m., ESPN)
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Feb. 22 at BYU (7 p.m., ESPN)
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Feb. 27 vs. Baylor (12 p.m., CBS)
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March 3 vs. Colorado (7 p.m., FS1)
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March 6 at Houston (6 or 6:30 p.m., ESPN)
