Overview
- Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor for the 2025–26 opener.
- The game airs on Fox Sports 1, with streaming available on Fubo, DirecTV and Sling.
- Fubo and DirecTV are advertising free trials or first‑month discounts for new subscribers to watch the broadcast.
- Secondary‑market tickets remain available through Ticketmaster, Vivid Seats, StubHub and SeatGeek, with listed lows around $5.80 to $8 at publication and prices subject to change.
- Michigan turns the page after losing Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin to the NBA Draft and Tre Donaldson to the portal, offset by transfer Yaxel Lendeborg and five‑star freshman Trey McKenney; Oakland comes in off a 16–18 season that ended with an overtime loss in the Horizon League semifinals.