Men’s Basketball Schedule Showcased by 79 National Telecasts, 135 League Games

9/6/2023 2:00:00 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The 2023-24 Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball schedule will have 79 nationally televised and digitally produced games, and every home game will be available to A-10 fans across the league’s three media partners: ESPN, CBS Sports, and NBC Sports, either on television or through streaming platforms. The A-10 announced the 135-game conference schedule and TV selections for the upcoming season Wednesday. The comprehensive streaming package for all games not on television will again be through ESPN+.
 
For the 15th straight year, the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Final will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network as a part of the network’s overall Selection Sunday coverage. The game will also stream live on Paramount+. In total, 11 games of the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship at Barclays Center will be nationally telecast, with the opening round games streaming live, exclusively on ESPN+. NBC Sports will carry the second round and the quarterfinals on USA Network, and CBS Sports Network will air the Saturday semifinal games.
 
The 2023-24 conference season will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 3 with seven games, including a nationally-televised CBS Sports Network doubleheader spotlighting St. Bonaventure at VCU and Dayton at Davidson. Through the course of the season, there will be 62 televised conference games, three televised non-conference games and three conference games on NBC digital as part of the A-10 package. Each of the league’s 15 teams will make at least three appearances on national TV.
 
For the ninth straight year, ESPN and the Atlantic 10 will once again present A-10 Friday Night Showcase, featuring nine Friday primetime conference games. The eight league games begin Jan. 12 with Dayton at Duquesne, and continue every Friday into March, concluding with VCU at Dayton on Friday, March 8. In all, eight different league teams will make at least one appearance on an ESPN Friday night game. In total, ESPN networks will carry 14 conference matchups and one non-conference game. All A-10 games across ESPN networks will also be available via the ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider. All games not carried as part of the A-10’s national television packages will stream live on ESPN+.
 
CBS Sports Network will carry 27 games, including 24 league contests and one non-conference matchup for 25 total regular season games, plus the two championship semifinals. For the third straight year, CBS Sports, in collaboration with the A-10 Commission on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, will air a full slate of basketball on Jan. 16, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The special Monday men’s basketball doubleheader will feature rivals La Salle at Saint Joseph's and George Mason at George Washington, blanketed by wraparound programming. There will also be an A-10 women’s basketball game on CBS Sports Network that day, resulting in an A-10 tripleheader.
 
For the ninth year, in addition to the game coverage, CBS Sports Network will air four episodes of “Inside College Basketball, A-10 Tip-Off.”  CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

NBC Sports’ A-10 schedule will again feature 33 total games on USA Network, of which 24 are conference matchups, and one is a non-conference game, with three additional league games set for digital distribution on NBC Universal digital platform. NBC Sports will also carry eight A-10 Championship games, airing the second round and quarterfinals. All games televised on USA Network and the three digital-exclusive games will be available live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app through authentication with select providers

The Atlantic 10 has long-standing agreements with all three media partners, and the 2023-24 season is the 11th year of the continuing agreements with ESPN, CBS Sports and NBC Sports. The Atlantic 10 institutions reside in states that comprise 39.9 million television households, 33 percent of the total national market. The A-10 is in seven of the top 30 media markets, including New York (1), Chicago (2), Philadelphia (4), Washington (9), Charlotte (22), St. Louis (23) and Pittsburgh (26). All 15 institutions are within or adjacent to the top 60 media markets.

Additional regional and local television coverage will be announced at a later date.