Big Ten Men Basketball Tournament Tripleheader on Peacock Begins Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. ET with (13) Northwestern vs. (12) Minnesota; BIG EAST Tournament Tripleheader Begins at 4 p.m. ET with (9) Butler vs. (8) Providence
Peacock Exclusively Streams Two BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Quarterfinal Games on Thursday from Madison Square Garden, Including Nation’s No. 6 Team and BIG EAST No. 1-Seed St. John’s vs. Butler/Providence at Noon ET
11 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament Games Across USA Network and Peacock this Week
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STAMFORD, Conn. – Mar. 11, 2025 – Live first round coverage of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament and 2025 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off with two tripleheaders tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12, exclusively on Peacock as part of an NBC Sports record 19 men’s college basketball conference tournament games across its platforms this week.
Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament
Tomorrow’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament coverage from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on Peacock with (13) Northwestern vs. (12) Minnesota, followed by (15) Iowa vs. (10) Ohio State at 6 p.m. ET. At 8:30 p.m. ET tomorrow, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper and the 11-seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights face the 14-seed USC Trojans.
Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Robbie Hummel (analyst), and Nicole Auerbach (reporter) will call all three games of the tripleheader live on Peacock.
Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament First Round schedule exclusively on Peacock (all times ET):
| Date | Time | Round | Game |
| Wed., March 12 | 3:30 p.m. | First Round | (13) Northwestern vs. (12) Minnesota |
| Wed., March 12 | 6 p.m. | First Round | (15) Iowa vs. (10) Ohio State |
| Wed., March 12 | 8:30 p.m. | First Round | (14) USC vs. (11) Rutgers |
BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament
Tripleheader coverage of the first round of the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament from Madison Square Garden tips off tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET live on Peacock with (9) Butler vs. (8) Providence, followed by (10) DePaul vs. (7) Georgetown at 6:30 p.m. ET and (11) Seton Hall vs. (6) Villanova at 9 p.m. ET.
This Thursday, March 13, live coverage of the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament continues on Peacock with a quarterfinal doubleheader featuring AP No. 6 and BIG EAST top seed St. John’s facing Butler at Noon ET, followed by (5) Marquette vs. (4) Xavier at 2:30 p.m. ET. Marquette joined St. John’s in the final regular-season AP Top 25 poll ranked at 25.
Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Donny Marshall (analyst), and John Fanta (reporter) will call all five BIG EAST Tournament games live on Peacock this week.
BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule exclusively on Peacock (all times ET):
| Date | Time | Round | Game |
| Wed., March 12 | 4 p.m. | First Round | (9) Butler vs. (8) Providence |
| Wed., March 12 | 6:30 p.m. | First Round | (10) DePaul vs. (7) Georgetown |
| Wed., March 12 | 9 p.m. | First Round | (11) Seton Hall vs. (6) Villanova |
| Thurs., Mar. 13 | Noon | Quarterfinals | (9) Butler vs. (1) St. John’s |
| Thurs., Mar. 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Quarterfinals | (5) Marquette vs. (4) Xavier |
Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament
Beginning with a first round tripleheader tomorrow on USA Network, NBC Sports presents 11 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament games this week.
On Thursday, USA Network presents a second round quadrupleheader beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. NBC Sports’ conference tournament coverage concludes this Friday with three quarterfinal games airing live on USA Network (11:30 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. ET, and 5 p.m. ET) followed by a Peacock-exclusive quarterfinal game at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Atlantic 10 Men’s Tournament games from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., will be called by Jac Collinsworth (play by play), Mike Corey (play by play), and Justin Kutcher (play by play), and John Giannini (analyst) and Tim McCormick (analyst). Caroline Pineda will serve as reporter.
Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule on USA Network (all times ET):
| Date | Time | Round | Game | |
| Wed., Mar. 12 | 11:30 a.m. | First Round | (13) Richmond vs. (12) Davidson | |
| | 2 p.m. | First Round | (15) Fordham vs. (10) Rhode Island | |
| | 4:30 p.m. | First Round | (14) La Salle vs. (11) UMass | |
| Thurs., Mar. 13 | 11:30 a.m. | Second Round | (9) Duquesne vs. (8) St. Bonaventure | |
| | 2 p.m. | Second Round | (12) Davidson vs. (5) Saint Louis | |
| | 5 p.m. | Second Round | (15) Fordham vs. (7) George Washington | |
| | 7:30 p.m. | Second Round | (14) La Salle vs. (6) Saint Joseph’s | |
| Fri., Mar. 14 | 11:30 a.m. | Quarterfinals | TBD vs. (1) VCU | |
| | 2 p.m. | Quarterfinals | TBD vs. (4) Loyola Chicago | |
| | 5 p.m. | Quarterfinals | TBD vs. (2) George Mason | |
| | 7:30 p.m. | Quarterfinals | TBD vs. (3) Dayton** | |
| **Exclusively on Peacock | ||||
Studio Coverage
NBC Sports’ studio coverage surrounding the three men’s conference tournaments features host Ahmed Fareed alongside analysts Jordan Cornette and Josh Pastner on Wednesday, and Fareed, Cornette, and Matt McCall on Thursday and Friday.
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