IRVINE, Calif. – The Big West announced eight games will be televised nationally on ESPN networks during the 2023-24 men’s basketball season, headlined by a contest featuring the league’s top two returners on the court on the opening night of Big West action. 

The ESPN linear network schedule includes five regular-season conference matchups and the final three games at the 2024 Hercules Tires Big West Men’s Basketball Championship. 

All five regular-season Big West contests will appear on ESPN2 or ESPNU, and four of the five games will be selected through a “wildcard” format in which pairings will be determined and announced no later than 10 days prior to each contest.  

ESPNU will feature a Big West conference opener on Thursday, December 28, as UC Davis plays host to UC Santa Barbara with reigning Big West Player of the Year Ajay Mitchell of UC Santa Barbara pitted against the nation’s top non-transfer returning scorer Elijah Pepper of UC Davis. Three wildcards are also set to air on ESPNU on January 13, February 1 and February 22. ESPN2 will showcase a Saturday night tilt on March 2 in the penultimate weekend of the regular season. 

Additionally, ESPN networks will televise both Big West men’s semifinal matchups at the 2024 Hercules Tires Big West Basketball Championships on Friday, March 15 and the championship game on Saturday, March 16.  

Along with these eight contests on the linear ESPN networks, all additional Big West men’s and women’s basketball games throughout the 2023-24 regular season and championship will air live on ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service. To sign up, please visit espn.com/watch. Hawai’i home games will air locally on Spectrum Sports. View the Spectrum channel listings here. 

REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE ON ESPN NETWORKS
Day/Date	Available games	Time (PT)	Network
Thursday, Dec. 28	UC Santa Barbara at UC Davis	6 p.m.	ESPNU
Saturday, Jan. 13	UC San Diego at Cal Poly   Cal State Fullerton at CSUN   UC Riverside at Hawai'i   Cal State Bakersfield at UC Davis   Long Beach State at UC Santa Barbara	7 p.m.	ESPNU
Thursday, Feb. 1	UC Irvine at Cal Poly   Long Beach State at Cal State Bakersfield   Hawai'i at Cal State Fullerton   CSUN at UC San Diego   UC Davis at UC Santa Barbara	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Thursday, Feb. 22	Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton   UC Davis at CSUN   Cal State Bakersfield at Long Beach State   UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine   UC San Diego at UC Riverside	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Saturday, March 2	Cal State Bakersfield at Cal Poly   UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton   UC San Diego at CSUN   Long Beach State at UC Irvine   Hawai'i at UC Riverside	7 p.m.	ESPN2

About The Big West 
The Big West is an NCAA Division I member with 11 members with the shared goal of empowering every student-athlete in competition and in life and uniting its university communities through championship experiences. Formed in 1969, The Big West membership consists of Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Hawai‘i, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara. The Big West is united in the pursuit of boundless opportunities, enduring integrity, bold activism, fearless innovation and the pacific spirit of freedom, exploration and progress. 
 
The Big West sponsors 19 sports at the NCAA Division I level: baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s beach volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s water polo. For more information, visit BigWest.org or follow The Big West on X @BigWestSports. 

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