For the second consecutive season, nearly every Big 12 conference game will be seen nationally, with all 90 league contests slated for national or regional telecast in 2015-16.
Currently, a total of 84 conference matchups will be televised on a national platform - ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS or CBS Sports. In addition, the remaining six contests are slated for national and regional institutionally-branded outlets. The schedule also features a Friday night conference game for the second time in history, when Texas travels to Oklahoma State to conclude the regular season on Friday, March 4.
The Big 12 is the only conference among itself, the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC to play a full double round-robin schedule in basketball to determine its champion. The Big 12 has been rated the No. 1 conference in college basketball and sent a nation’s-best seven teams to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons.
The televised conference games are being carried as part of a multi-year agreement with ESPN that runs through the 2024-25 season. More than 100 games overall (conference and non-conference) will air annually. In men’s basketball, the Big 12 was the first conference to be guaranteed three weekly telecast windows on ESPN or ESPN2, which each reach approximately 100 million homes, respectively.
Two Big 12 conference games have been selected for broadcast on CBS via a sublicense agreement with ESPN. Baylor at Kansas will be part of the network’s schedule on the first Saturday of league play (January 2), followed by Oklahoma at Texas on February 27. The Jayhawks and Longhorns will make regular-season appearances on CBS for the 21st and 14th consecutive seasons, respectively. It marks the third time in the last four campaigns that Baylor has a regular-season contest on CBS, while Oklahoma will play a regular-season game on the network for the first time since 2005-06.
All 10 league squads will tip off the conference schedule on Saturday, January 2. The Big 12 will also continue its spot in ESPN’s traditional “Big Monday” lineup, beginning on January 4 when Oklahoma travels to Kansas.
In addition to games on ESPN and ESPN2, conference contests will also be carried on ESPNU and ESPNEWS - both of which are available in more than 74 million households nationwide.
More than 91 percent (82 of 90) conference games last season involved at least one nationally-ranked team. For the first time in Big 12 history, every league team had at least one win over a top 25 opponent. The Big 12 also boasted the best non-conference record in the country a year ago and nine of 10 squads have been ranked in the top 25 since 2014.
2015-16 Men's Basketball Composite Schedule
Dates, times and television listings subject to change
All times are Central.
| Saturday, January 2 |
| Baylor at Kansas (CBS) |
3:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at Oklahoma (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| West Virginia at Kansas State (ESPNU) |
TBA |
| TCU at Oklahoma State (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
| Texas at Texas Tech (ESPNU) |
TBA |
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| Monday, January 4 |
| West Virginia at TCU (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma at Kansas (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Tuesday, January 5 |
| Oklahoma State at Baylor (ESPN2) |
7:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at Texas |
TBA |
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| Wednesday, January 6 |
| Texas Tech at Iowa State (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Saturday, January 9 |
| Oklahoma State at West Virginia (ESPNU) |
Noon |
| Baylor at Iowa State (ESPN2) |
2:00 p.m. |
| Texas at TCU (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Kansas at Texas Tech (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at Oklahoma (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
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| Tuesday, January 12 |
| Kansas at West Virginia (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at Texas (ESPN2) |
8:00 p.m. |
| Texas Tech at Kansas State |
TBA |
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| Wednesday, January 13 |
| Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
| TCU at Baylor (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
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| Saturday, January 16 |
| TCU at Kansas (ESPN or ESPN2) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at Kansas State (ESPNU) |
3:00 p.m. |
| West Virginia at Oklahoma (ESPN or ESPN2) |
3:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma State at Texas (ESPN2) |
5:00 p.m. |
| Baylor at Texas Tech |
TBA |
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| Monday, January 18 |
| Texas Tech at TCU (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma at Iowa State (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Tuesday, January 19 |
| Kansas at Oklahoma State (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| |
| Wednesday, January 20 |
| Texas at West Virginia (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at Baylor (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
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| Saturday, January 23 |
| Oklahoma at Baylor (ESPN or ESPN2) |
11:00 a.m. |
| West Virginia at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS) |
Noon |
| Texas at Kansas (ESPN or ESPN2) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at TCU (ESPNU) |
3:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma State at Kansas State (ESPNU) |
5:00 p.m. |
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| Monday, January 25 |
| Kansas at Iowa State (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Tuesday, January 26 |
| Kansas State at West Virginia (ESPNEWS) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Texas Tech at Oklahoma (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| TCU at Texas |
TBA |
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| Wednesday, January 27 |
| Baylor at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Saturday, January 30 |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by SONIC |
| Georgia at Baylor |
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| Iowa State at Texas A&M |
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| Kentucky at Kansas |
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| Mississippi at Kansas State |
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| Oklahoma at LSU |
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| Oklahoma State at Auburn |
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| Tennessee at TCU |
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| Vanderbilt at Texas |
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| Texas Tech at Arkansas |
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| West Virginia at Florida |
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| Monday, February 1 |
| Texas at Baylor (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Tuesday, February 2 |
| TCU at Oklahoma (ESPNEWS) |
7:00 p.m. |
| West Virginia at Iowa State (ESPN2) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
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| Wednesday, February 3 |
| Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at Kansas (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Saturday, February 6 |
| Kansas at TCU (ESPN or ESPN2) |
11:00 a.m. |
| Iowa State at Oklahoma State (ESPN or ESPN2) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma at Kansas State (ESPNU) |
5:00 p.m. |
| Baylor at West Virginia (ESPN2) |
7:00 p.m. |
| Texas Tech at Texas |
TBA |
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| Monday, February 8 |
| Oklahoma State at TCU (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Texas at Oklahoma (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Tuesday, February 9 |
| West Virginia at Kansas (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| |
| Wednesday, February 10 |
| Iowa State at Texas Tech (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
| Baylor at Kansas State (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
| |
| Saturday, February 13 |
| TCU at West Virginia (ESPNU) |
11:00 a.m. |
| Kansas State at Oklahoma State (ESPNEWS) |
Noon |
| Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN or ESPN2) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPNU) |
7:00 p.m. |
| Texas at Iowa State (ESPN or ESPN2) |
TBA |
| |
| Monday, February 15 |
| Oklahoma State at Kansas (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Tuesday, February 16 |
| West Virginia at Texas (ESPN2) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at Baylor (ESPN2) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Wednesday, February 17 |
| Oklahoma at Texas Tech (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at TCU (ESPNEWS) |
TBA |
| |
| Saturday, February 20 |
| Baylor at Texas (ESPN or ESPN2) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Oklahoma at West Virginia (ESPN or ESPN2) |
3:00 p.m. |
| Kansas at Kansas State (ESPN or ESPN2) |
5:00 p.m. |
| TCU at Iowa State (ESPNU) |
6:30 p.m. |
| Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) |
8:30 p.m. |
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| Monday, February 22 |
| Texas at Kansas State (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Iowa State at West Virginia (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Tuesday, February 23 |
| Kansas at Baylor (ESPN2) |
7:00 p.m. |
| TCU at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS) |
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| Wednesday, February 24 |
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| Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (ESPNU) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Saturday, February 27 |
| Texas Tech at Kansas (ESPN or ESPN2) |
11 a.m./1 p.m. |
| Oklahoma at Texas (CBS) |
1:00 p.m. |
| Kansas State at Iowa State (ESPN or ESPN2) |
3/5:00 p.m. |
| West Virginia at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) |
5:00 p.m. |
| Baylor at TCU (ESPNU) |
7:00 p.m. |
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| Monday, February 29 |
| Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| Kansas at Texas (ESPN) |
8:00 p.m. |
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| Tuesday, March 1 |
| Baylor at Oklahoma (ESPN2) |
7:00 p.m. |
| |
| Wednesday, March 2 |
| Texas Tech at West Virginia (ESPNU) |
6:00 p.m. |
| TCU at Kansas State |
TBA |
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| Friday, March 4 |
| Texas at Oklahoma State (ESPN2) |
8:00 p.m. |
| |
| Saturday, March 5 |
| Oklahoma at TCU (ESPNEWS) |
Noon |
| Kansas State at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS) |
2:00 p.m. |
| West Virginia at Baylor (ESPN or ESPN2) |
TBA |
| Iowa State at Kansas (ESPN or ESPN2) |
TBA |
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