The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is ready to tip off. This winner-take-all, $1 million event features 64 teams—many of them alumni squads from top college conferences and select at-large entries—competing from July 18 through August 3.
Find out how to watch The Basketball Tournament 2025 below.
When does The Basketball Tournament 2025 start?
The Basketball Tournament 2025 will start on July 18, 2025. There will be 14 games on the first day starting at 1 p.m. ET.
How can I watch The Basketball Tournament 2025? What channels will it be on?
The Basketball Tournament will have a total of 26 games televised across FOX, FS1 and FS2, culminating with the championship on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 4 p.m. ET on FOX. Other TBT games will be streamed on YouTube.
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How can I stream The Basketball Tournament 2025 or watch without cable?
All TBT games on FOX networks will be available to be streamed live on the FOX Sports website and the FOX Sports App. Other TBT games will be streamed on YouTube.
For those without cable, there are live-streaming services that carry FOX, FS1 and FS2, including YouTube TV, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV and fuboTV.
If you have an antenna in a good reception area, you can also watch TBT on your local FOX station. Check out the Federal Communications Commission TV reception maps to see which stations are available in your area.
What is The Basketball Tournament 2025 schedule?
The tournament tips off on July 18 and ends on August 3. The full dates and times for The Basketball Tournament 2025 are available in our schedule article.
Here’s a list of the games on the FOX family of networks:
Friday, July 18
- War Ready vs X-Rayted: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- La Familia vs Stroh’s Squad: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- The Ville vs Boston v Cancer: 12:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Assembly Ball vs Fail Harder: 4:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Boeheim’s Army vs Herkimer Originals: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Stars of Storrs vs Brown Ballers: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 5: 12:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Winner Game 9 vs Winner Game 13: 2:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Winner Game 8 vs Winner Game 12: 5:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Winner Game 15 vs Winner Game 19: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Forever Coogs vs Winner Game 6: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 23 vs Winner Game 27: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 10 vs Winner Game 14: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Winner Game 20 vs Winner Game 28: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 16 vs Winner Game 24: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 30 vs Winner Game 32: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 41 vs Winner Game 44: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 40 vs Winner Game 43: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Winner Game 36 vs Winner Game 38: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Syracuse Regional Winner vs Indianapolis Regional Winner: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Wichita Regional Winner vs Kansas City Regional Winner: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Lexington Regional Winner vs Louisville Regional Winner: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- James Madison Regional Winner vs West Virginia Regional Winner: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Semifinal 1: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Semifinal 2: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Championship Game: 4:00 p.m. ET (FOX)
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