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NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Business
- NBC Sports
PEACOCK AND BIG 12 PARTNER TO LIVE STREAM EXCLUSIVE SLATE OF BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON GAMES PRODUCED BY NBC SPORTS
Big 12 Conference Sent Seven Schools to 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Including National Finalist Houston The 2025-26 College Basketball Season Features Nearly 200 Men's and Women's Games Streaming Exclusively on Peacock from the Big 12, Big Ten, BIG EAST, and More, Plus the NBA (Beginning with the 2025-26 Season) and the WNBA (Beginning in 2026) STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 5, 2025 – Peacock will stream a slate of 20 exclusive regular-season Big 12 men's basketball games beginning in Fall 2025 as part of a multi-year agreement announced today by NBC Sports and the Big 12 Conference. Each season, Peacock's Big 12 men's basketball schedule will include 20 conference and non-conference matchups. Along with the Big 12, NBC Sports' 2025-26 college basketball schedule will feature nearly 200 men's and women's games from the Big Ten, the BIG EAST, and more, many of which will be presented exclusively on Peacock. Beginning in the Fall, NBCUniversal will also be home to live NBA (2025-26) and WNBA (2026) coverage. Big 12 men's basketball joins Peacock's expansive live sports offering alongside the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sunday Night Football (primetime television's No. 1 show for an unprecedented 14 consecutive seasons), Big Ten football and basketball, BIG EAST men's and women's basketball, Notre Dame Football, the NBA beginning in 2025-26, the WNBA beginning in 2026, Premier League, La Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026, and much more. Peacock also offers daily sports programming on the NBC Sports channel. Peacock has exclusively streamed several notable sports industry milestones in recent years, including the first-ever streaming-exclusive NFL Playoff game in January 2024, which broke records as the biggest live streamed event in U.S. media history at the time; Caitlin Clark's NCAA women's all-time scoring record-breaking game in February 2024; and the award-winning presentation of the 2024 Paris Olympics, presenting more than 5,000 hours of live sports in intuitive and engaging new ways. Peacock attracts nearly 100 million monthly active users, according to comScore. The Big 12 sent seven teams to the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, including conference champion and regional No. 1-seed Houston, No. 3-seeds Iowa State and Texas Tech, No. 4-seed Arizona, No. 6-seed BYU, No. 7-seed Kansas, and No. 9-seed Baylor. The 2024-25 season marked the 11th consecutive tournament where the Big 12 earned at least six bids, and four Big 12 teams (Houston, Texas Tech, Arizona, and BYU) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002. Big 12 champion Houston advanced to this year's Final Four in San Antonio, the Cougars' second appearance in the last five seasons. This season marked the fifth time in the last seven NCAA Men's Tournament that the Big 12 has been represented in the Final Four. A Big 12 school has won two of the last five NCAA Championships (Kansas in 2022, Baylor in 2021). 'The Big 12 is thrilled to partner with NBC Sports and Peacock as we continue to expand access and coverage of Big 12 men's basketball,' said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. 'Alongside our portfolio of existing media partners, NBC Sports and Peacock will provide our league with unprecedented promotion and storytelling.' 'The Big 12 is one of the most successful conferences in college basketball, enjoying a recent run of excellence on top of a storied history for many of its prestigious programs,' said Rick Cordella, President, NBC Sports. 'We look forward to partnering with the Big 12 to showcase its top-tier college basketball players, teams, and rivalries, and promoting our slate of men's games on Peacock alongside NBC Sports' extensive portfolio of college sports and world-class events.' ABOUT THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE The Big 12 is in its 30th year as one of the nation's premier conferences in college athletics under the leadership of Commissioner Brett Yormark. Since joining the Conference in August 2022, Yormark has elevated the Big 12 to new heights, emphasizing marketing, brand building and instilling an innovative strategy that has resonated across the college athletics landscape. Starting Aug. 2, 2024, the Conference is composed of 16 universities spanning 10 states and four time zones. The Big 12 members include Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah and West Virginia. The Big 12 began play in 1996 and is the home of 89 team NCAA national championships, and 764 individual national champions. The Big 12 Conference office is located in Irving, Texas. ABOUT NBC SPORTS NBC Sports connects sports fans to the moments that matter most with premier live events, insightful studio shows, and compelling original programming. As the sports division of NBCUniversal, NBC Sports produces, programs, and promotes premier content across numerous linear and digital platforms, including NBC and Peacock. NBC Sports possesses an unparalleled collection of media rights agreements, partnering and presenting many of the most prestigious sports properties in the world: the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the NFL, NBA, WNBA, Big Ten Conference, Big East Conference, Notre Dame, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A, Churchill Downs, Premier League, and many more. It is renowned for making big events bigger and has produced some of the most-watched sporting events in U.S. media history, including Olympic Games, Super Bowls, and Sunday Night Football, primetime television's No. 1 show for 14 consecutive years.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
First Four: The 8 teams playing in Dayton this week
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The field of 68 has been unveiled; these are the teams set to play in Dayton later this week. The men's bracket is nearly set, as the following 8 teams will vie to advance in the Big Tournament. Below is a brief summary for all of the teams, as well as a bit of trivia for each of them. The Alabama State Hornets will play the Saint Francis Red Flash for the South region's 16 seed. This is their fifth appearance in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, last appearing during the 2011 season. The Hornets went 19-15 this season, including 12-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished 5th in the SWAC regular season, but won the tournament to claim the NCAA bid. The school was home to rapper 2 Chainz, who also played basketball at the university for two seasons. The Saint Francis Red Flash will play the Alabama State Hornets for the South region's 16 seed. The Red Flash have appeared in the Big Tournament once before, back in 1991, when they were defeated in the first round. The Red Flash went 16-17 this season and were an even 8-8 in their conference. Finishing fourth in the Northeast Conference standings, the team ultimately won the conference title, thus also winning a First Four bid. Saint Francis University is known to be one of the first Catholic co-ed colleges in the U.S. Wayne's Juan Cranford Jr. returns to Dayton with St. Francis (PA) for First Four The San Diego State Aztecs finished 21-8 this season and 14-6 in Mountain West Conference (MWC) play. The Aztecs have appeared in the Big Tournament 16 times prior, last competing in the 2024 tournament, losing to the eventual champs, the UCONN Huskies, in the Sweet Sixteen. San Diego State was fourth in the MWC, and lost in the MWC Tournament quarterfinal to Boise State. The Aztecs will play the Tar Heels for a chance to advance and claim the eleventh seed in the South region. NBA All-Star and champion, Kawhi Leonard, played his college basketball at San Diego State (2009-2011), where he helped the team to two Big Tournament appearances. Leonard's jersey (15) was also retired by the university, as he was the first player in school history to receive the honor. The North Carolina Tar Heels will vie for the South region's 11-seed, against San Diego State. The Tar Heels finished 22-13 this season and 13-7 in conference play. The Tar Heels lost a close one against the Cooper Flagg-less Duke Blue Devils on Friday in the ACC Tournament semifinal. North Carolina finished fifth in the ACC, a conference that will see an additional three ranked teams (Duke, Louisville and Clemson) in the Big Tournament this year. The school's last appearance in the tournament was last season. The legend of Michael Jordan may or may not have begun during his time at North Carolina, where he helped the 1982 team win the national championship. He played alongside James Worthy and Sam Perkins during that championship season. PHOTOS: First Four floor installed at UD Arena The American Eagles will play the Mount Saint Mary's Mountaineers for a 16-seed in the East Region. On the court, the Eagles finished tied for first in the Patriot League with a 22-12 overall record and a 13-5 conference record. The Eagles, like their NFL counterparts, were champions, ultimately winning the Patriot League Tournament title against Navy. The Eagles will be playing in their fourth Big Tournament, last appearing in 2014, when they lost a first round matchup against Wisconsin. The school is an alma mater to several U.S. politicians and government officials including Muriel Bowser, David Brat, Nicole Nason, Haley Stevens and Robert Byrd, to name a few. The Mount Saint Mary's Mountaineers will play the Eagles for a chance at the East Region's 16-seed. The Mountaineers will enter the matchup with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) title to their name, following a victory against Iona on Saturday. The Mountaineer's were 22-12 overall and 12-8 in conference play. The school has appeared in the Big Tournament six times prior, last appearing in 2021, where they lost to Texas Southern in a First Four matchup. The school was home to Susan O'Malley, the first woman to be named president of an NBA franchise. O'Malley was president of the Washington Bullets (now known as the Washington Wizards) from 1991 until 2007. She was twenty-nine years old when she took on the role. The Texas Longhorns will play Xavier for the Midwest Region's 11-seed. The Longhorns were 19-15 overall, with a conference record of 6-12. The SEC is a vaunted conference, hosting 7 additionally seeded teams (Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Missouri) set to compete in the Big Tournament this year. The Longhorns finished 13th in the conference standings, losing to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Prior to 2025's Big Tournament, the Longhorns have appeared 38 times. Future NBA Hall-of-Famer Kevin Durant played college basketball for a season for the Texas Longhorns. Durant was drafted 2nd in the 2007 NBA Draft after The Ohio State Buckeyes' center Greg Oden was taken number one. Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star center, Jarett Allen, also played for the Longhorns. The Xavier Musketeers will play the Longhorns for the 11-seed in the Midwest Region. The Musketeers were 21 and 11 this season overall, and 13 and 7 in Big East conference play. The Musketeers were fourth in conference standings, and lost to Marquette (a 7-seed in this year's Big Tournament) in the Big East Tournament quarterfinal by 2 on Thursday. The Musketeers have appeared in 29 prior Big Tournaments, last appearing in 2023. The university was home to Julianne Smith, the most recent U.S. ambassador to NATO, a title which she held from 2021 to 2024. Smith continued her education at American University. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Fox Sports Update – The Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament is Around the Courner
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