College Basketball Tournaments Lead Tuesday’s TV Lineup

Precise network assignments finalize a fragmented day of coverage across ESPN, TNT, TruTV, CBSSN, Peacock, NBC, FS1, BTN and ESPNU.

Overview

The Players Era Festival runs throughout the day on TNT and TruTV with round‑robin matchups including Rutgers–Notre Dame, Iowa State–Creighton, Syracuse–Kansas, St. John’s–Baylor, Tennessee–Houston, Michigan–Auburn, Maryland–Gonzaga, San Diego State–Oregon and UNLV–Alabama.
The Southwest Maui Invitational features semifinal and consolation games on ESPN and ESPN2 in key evening windows.
Additional early‑season events — Fort Myers Tip‑Off, ESPN Events Invitational, Sunshine Slam and the Acrisure Holiday Invitational — populate CBSSN, FS1/FS2, BTN, ESPNU and ESPN throughout the day.
A featured regional matchup has UCLA facing Cal at San Francisco’s Chase Center on ESPN in prime time.
CBSSN airs a UEFA Champions League doubleheader of Benfica at Ajax followed by Newcastle United at Marseille, while NBC/Peacock carry regional NBA games and NHL Network shows the CHL/USA Prospects Challenge opener from Calgary.