Published Sep 21, 2016
IU Basketball To Have 17 Games Televised On ESPN And CBS
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Stu Jackson  •  Hoosier Huddle
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The Indiana men's basketball program will be featured often on national television this upcoming season.

According to a press release, ESPN will carry 14 of the Hoosiers' games while CBS will televise three others during the 2016-17 season.

Of the 17 total games to be broadcast, nine will be home contests with eight of those games on ESPN and one on CBS. Six of the eight road contests will be carried by ESPN, while CBS will televise the other two.

All three of Indiana's marquee non-conference matchups - the Armed Forces Classic vs. No. 4 Kansas, the Big Ten-ACC Challenge vs. North Carolina and the New Year's Eve showdown vs. Louisville - will get national exposure. ESPN will televise the Kansas and North Carolina games in primetime at 9 p.m. ET on Nov. 11 and 30, respectively, while CBS will have the Louisville game at 12:30 p.m. ET. on Dec. 31.

Overall, four games are confirmed for ESPN, two games are committed to ESPN2, two games will be shown on ESPNU and two are also going to be streamed live on ESPN3.

The following games are scheduled to appear on the ESPN family of networks:

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Indiana Basketball on ESPN 
2016-17 IU basketball games scheduled to appear on the ESPN family of networks.
DateOpponentLocationTime (ET)Network

Nov. 11

#4 Kansas

[Armed Forces Classic]

Honolulu, Hawaii

9 p.m.

ESPN

Nov. 27

Mississippi Valley State

Bloomington, Indiana

4 p.m.

ESPN3

Nov. 30

#6 North Carolina

Bloomington, Indiana

9 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 2

SIU-Edwardsville

Bloomington, Indiana

7 p.m.

ESPN3

Dec. 4

Southeast Missouri State

Bloomington, Indiana

6 p.m.

ESPNU

Jan. 3

#8 Wisconsin

Bloomington, Indiana

7 p.m.

ESPN

Jan. 7

Illinois

Bloomington, Indiana

5 p.m.

ESPNU

Jan. 10

Maryland

College Park, Maryland

9 p.m.

ESPN/2

Jan. 21

#10 Michigan State

Bloomington, Indiana

TBA

ESPN/2

Jan. 26

Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

9 p.m.

ESPN2

Feb. 9

#14 Purdue

Bloomington, Indiana

7 p.m.

ESPN2

Feb. 21

Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

9 p.m.

ESPN/2

Feb. 28

#14 Purdue

West Lafayette, Ind.

7 p.m.

ESPN

March 4

Ohio State

Columbus, Ohio

Noon

ESPN/2

These three games will appear on CBS:

Indiana Basketball on CBS
2016-17 IU basketball games scheduled to appear on CBS.
DateOpponentLocationTime (ET)Network

Dec. 31

Louisville

Indianapolis, Indiana

[Bankers Life Fieldhouse]

12:30 p.m.

CBS

Feb. 5

#8 Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

1 p.m.

CBS

Feb. 12

Michigan

Bloomington, Indiana

1 p.m.

CBS