TNT Sports tipped off its most expansive protection of normal season males’s school basketball — 98 video games in all — with a blockbuster Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas doubleheader final night time.
At 7 p.m. ET, the defending NCAA nationwide champion No. 3 Florida Gators put their formidable roster, that includes key transfers Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee becoming a member of returning stars in Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh from final season’s championship squad, to the check in opposition to the No. 13 Arizona Wildcats and their second-ranked recruiting class, which options five-star recruits Koa Peat and Brayden Burries together with guard Bryce James.
Later at 9:30 p.m., consensus No. 1 recruit AJ Dybantsa, who was additionally named to the Associated Press preseason All-America staff, made his collegiate debut as he led the No. 8 BYU Cougars in opposition to a new-look Villanova Wildcats staff that includes high 50 recruit Acaden Lewis and new head coach Kevin Willard.
Brian Anderson offered play-by-play for each video games, alongside Grant Hill, with Andy Katz reporting.
TNT Sports College Basketball Pregame offered by Vanda Pharmaceuticals protection began at 6:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max, that includes Bruce Pearl, four-time SEC Coach of the Year and one of the vital achieved coaches of all time, basketball legends Jalen Rose and Jamal Mashburn, and versatile host Adam Lefkoe. The studio staff will return with an AT&T on the Half report throughout every recreation, and for postgame protection on the conclusion of the night time’s motion.
TNT Sports’ opening week of males’s school basketball protection will proceed later within the week with back-to-back nights of Big 12 non-conference matchups on TNT, truTV, and HBO Max.
On Thurs., Nov. 6, the TCU Horned Frogs will host the St. Francis (PA) Red Flash at 8 p.m. from Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Pregame protection will begin at 7:30 p.m. with Pearl, Rose, Mashburn and Lefkoe. Anderson, Hill and Katz will name the sport.
On Fri., Nov. 7, No. 13 Arizona will tackle the visiting Utah Tech Trailblazers at 9 p.m. from the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Arizona. Pregame will begin at 8:30 p.m. with Pearl, Rose, Mashburn, and Lefkoe. Spero Dedes, Greg Anthony and Nabil Karim can be on the decision, with every additionally contributing usually all through TNT Sports’ school basketball protection this season.
This 12 months will mark TNT Sports’ inaugural 12 months of BIG EAST males’s and ladies’s school basketball protection — 72 video games in all — in addition to Big 12 males’s school basketball protection. TNT Sports will even function the unique U.S. distribution associate for the 2025 GEICO Players Era Men’s and Women’s Championships throughout Thanksgiving week. The 2025-26 school basketball season will culminate with the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, collectively produced by TNT Sports and CBS Sports.
Bleacher Report will even showcase essentially the most compelling storylines, key moments, and high gamers 24/7 throughout its digital and social platforms, together with House of Highlights and B/R Hoops, its basketball-focused vertical. This will embody behind-the-scenes content material at Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas and GEICO Players Era Championship, choose BIG EAST and Big 12 video games throughout the season, and different high non-conference occasions.