2025 Players Era Festival: Schedule, teams, TV channels for the college basketball event

After the start of the Era Festival in 2024, with eight men’s teams, the university basketball event expanded to 18 male teams and four female teams. Last year Oregon took home the Championship, Downing Alabama 83-81 in the title game.

All 18 male teams will play on Monday, November 24 and Tuesday, November 25, in preset matches to determine the championships on Wednesday 26 November. Teams that finished 2-0 on Wednesday will be the first to qualify for the players’ championship game and third place, with 1-1 teams. Tiebreakers will be determined according to the point differential, score scores and points allowed. All male games on Wednesday and Thursday will be intended after Tuesday’s final match.

As for the women’s matches, which contain three of the Final Four 2024 teams, they will play in the semifinals on Wednesday 26 November, while the championship and third place for the game for 27 November on Thanksgiving.

Festival of Era Players: Plan to Watch

All times et. Games are on MGM Grand Garden Arena and Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.

*All games will be streaming on HBO MAX

The plan of the men’s men’s era

• Monday 24th November
  • Tennessee vs. Rutgers, 13:00 | TNT
  • Baylor vs. Creighton, 14:00 | Trutv
  • Kansas vs. Notre Dame, 15:30 | TNT
  • St. John’s vs. Iowa State, 16:30 | Trutv
  • Houston vs. Syracuse, 18:00 | TNT
  • Oregon vs. Auburn, 20:00 | Trutv
  • Alabama vs. Gonzaga, 21:30 | TNT
  • Michigan vs. San Diego State, 22:30 | Trutv
  • Maryland vs. Unlv, 12:00 | TNT
• Tuesday 25 November
  • Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 13:00 | TNT
  • Iowa State vs. Creighton, 14:30 | Trutv
  • Kansas vs. Syracuse, 15:30 | TNT
  • St. John’s vs. Baylor, 17:00 | Trutv
  • Houston vs. Tennessee, 18:00 | TNT
  • Michigan vs. Auburn, 20:30 | TNT
  • Gonzaga vs. Maryland, 21:30 | Trutv
  • Oregon vs. San Diego State, 23:00 | TNT
  • Alabama vs. Unlv, 12:00 | Trutv
• Wednesday 26 November
  • Game in third place, 19:00 | TNT
  • Championship game, 21:30 | TNT

Other men’s matches will be broadcast on November 26 and 27 November based on the first two days of the competition.

Plan of the Player’s Women’s Era

• Wednesday 26 November
  • Texas vs. UCLA, 14:00 | Trutv
  • Duke vs. South Carolina, 16:30 | Trutv

Thursday 27 November

• Thursday 27 November
  • Championship game, 20:00 | Trutv
    Game in third place, 22:30 | Trutv