Players Era Championship bracket 2025: Full TV schedule, channels, live streams to watch college basketball tournament

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The Players Era Championship is back — and much bigger.

After starting with eight teams in 2024, this year's event will feature 18 teams playing games at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. Nine games are scheduled to be played on Monday and Tuesday, setting the stage for the championship game on Wednesday night.

Oregon is the returning champion after defeating Texas A&M, San Diego State and Alabama on the way to the 2024 title. Can the Ducks win it all again, or will another contender take them down?

Here is everything you need to know about the 2025 Players Era Championship, including TV and streaming options for games.

Players Era Championship full TV schedule 2025

Monday, Nov. 24

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Live stream

Tennessee 85, Rutgers 60

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Baylor 81, Creighton 74

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Kansas 71, Notre Dame 61

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Iowa State 83, St. John's 82

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Houston 78, Syracuse 74 (OT)

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Oregon vs. Auburn

8 p.m.

truTV, DIRECTV

Alabama vs. Gonzaga

9:30 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Michigan vs. San Diego State

10:30 p.m.

truTV, DIRECTV

Maryland vs. UNLV

Midnight

TNT, DIRECTV

Tuesday, Nov. 25

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Live stream

Rutgers vs. Notre Dame

1 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Iowa State vs. Creighton

2 p.m.

truTV, DIRECTV

Kansas vs. Syracuse

3:30 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

St. John's vs. Baylor

4:30 p.m.

truTV, DIRECTV

Houston vs. Tennessee

6 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Michigan vs. Auburn

8:30 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Gonzaga vs. Maryland

9:30 p.m.

truTV, DIRECTV

Oregon vs. San Diego State

11 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Alabama vs. UNLV

Midnight

truTV, DIRECTV

Wednesday, Nov. 26

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Live stream

Third place game

7 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

Championship game

9:30 p.m.

TNT, DIRECTV

How to watch Players Era Championship 2025: TV channels, live streams

• TV channels: TNT, truTV

• Live streams: DIRECTV

Players Era Championship games will air on TNT and truTV. Cord-cutters can stream games on DIRECTV.

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Players Era Championship radio station 2025

• Radio station:SiriusXM

You can listen to Players Era Championship games on SiriusXM. Channels for games are listed on the official SiriusXM website.

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College basketball AP top 25 rankings

1. Purdue

2. Arizona

3. Houston

4. Duke

5. UConn

6. Louisville

7. Michigan

8. Alabama

9. BYU

10. Florida

11. Michigan State

12. Gonzaga

13. Illinois

14. St. John's

15. Iowa State

16. North Carolina

17. Tennessee

18. UCLA

19. Kentucky

20. Texas Tech

21. Auburn

22. Arkansas

23. NC State

24. Vanderbilt

25. Indiana

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