The basketball tournament (TBT) has started! This $1 million winner-take-all event involves 64 teams, many of whom are alumni squads from big collegiate conferences and select at-large participants, competing from July 18 to August 3.
Learn how to watch The Basketball Tournament 2025 below.
How do you watch The Basketball Tournament 2025? What channels will it air on?
The Basketball Tournament will feature 26 games broadcast on FOX, FS1, and FS2, culminating with the championship on Sunday, August 3 at 4 p.m. ET on FOX. Other Throwback Thursday games will be aired on YouTube.
How can you stream or watch The Basketball Tournament 2025 without cable?
All TBT games on FOX networks will be available for live streaming on the FOX Sports website and app. Other Throwback Thursday games will be aired on YouTube.
For those without cable, there are live-streaming services that carry FOX, FS1, and FS2, such as YouTube TV, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, and fuboTV.
If you have an antenna in a decent coverage region, you can watch TBT on your local FOX channel. Check the Federal Communications Commission’s TV reception maps to see what stations are available in your area.
When did the Basketball Tournament 2025 start?
The Basketball Tournament 2025 began on July 18, 2025. The first day featured 14 games, beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
What is the Basketball Tournament 2025 schedule?
The tournament begins on July 18 and ends on August 3. The complete dates and times for The Basketball Tournament 2025 are listed in our schedule article.
Here is a list of the games available on the FOX family of networks:
Monday, July 21
- Stars of Storrs (UConn) vs Green Mountain Men (Vermont): 6:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Boeheim’s Army (Syracuse) vs D3: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
Tuesday, July 22
- Eberlein Drive vs La Familia (Kentucky): 6:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
- Winner Game 41 vs Winner Game 44: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS2)
Wednesday, July 23
- Winner Game 40 vs Winner Game 43: 7:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Sideline Cancer vs LA Ignite: 9:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
Sunday, July 27 (Quarterfinals)
- 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)
Monday, July 28 (Quarterfinals)
- 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)
Thursday, July 31 (Semifinals)
- Semifinal 1: 6:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Semifinal 2: 8:00 p.m. ET (FS1)
Sunday, August 3 (Championship)
- Championship Game: 4:00 p.m. ET (FOX)
TBT Scores
Friday, July 18
- War Ready 61, X-Rayted 55
- La Familia 105, Stroh’s Squad 52
Saturday, July 19
- The Ville 91, Boston v Cancer 71
- Fail Harder 89, Assembly Ball 76
- Boeheim’s Army 97, Herkimer Originals 71
- Stars of Storrs 90, Brown Ballers 78
Sunday, July 20
- La Familia 80, War Ready 76
- Nxt Era Elite 70, Raleigh 919 Legends 44
- Takeover BC 88, Court Street Kings 85
- Best Virginia 82, Herd That 75
- Sideline Cancer 73, The Ville 63
- Forever Coogs 82, Fire Family 69
- LA Ignite 83, Team 901 79
- Aftershocks 85, Team Challenge ALS 68
What is the Basketball Tournament
TBT is an annual basketball tournament involving teams primarily made up of former collegiate players, many of whom represent teams with alumni from the same school. 64 teams from eight regions compete in a single-elimination format for the winner-take-all prize.
The competition features alumni teams from Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Ohio State, Syracuse, and UConn, among others. Many of the best performers from the 2024 event are expected to return this year, including Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky), Montrezl Harrell (Louisville), Russ Smith (Louisville), and Yogi Ferrell (Indiana).
For the eighth consecutive year, TBT will use the Elam Ending, a format in which the game clock is turned off at a predetermined time in the fourth quarter and a “target score” is established. The first team to reach the target score wins.
This year’s event will also feature TBT’s “Home Court Advantage,” which will allow host teams to play games in their own arenas all the way to the final. The “Home Court Advantage” was determined by a race to 4,000 tickets sold. Louisville fans won the race and will now have the opportunity to host the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game as long as the Louisville alumni team wins.
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