Colorado men’s basketball now has its 2026-27 broadcast map, and the Big 12 gave the Buffaloes a little bit of everything.
ESPN platforms will carry the bulk of Colorado’s regular-season slate, with 21 of 32 games landing there. Beyond that, the Buffs are spread across five more networks for nine games, while two matchups still haven’t been assigned a television home. Colorado is set for two appearances apiece on TNT/truTV/HBO Max, FS1, CBS Sports Network and Peacock, plus one game on USA Network.
The ESPN+ slate is heavy, too. Colorado has 16 games on the service, including eight of its nine nonconference home games.
The Buffs also have eight Big 12 games on ESPN+, split evenly with four at home and four on the road. Colorado’s BuffVision team will handle production for all 12 home games on ESPN+.
A handful of the highest-profile games will land on ESPN’s linear family. Three of those are at the CU Events Center, starting with the Big 12 home opener against Iowa State on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 9 p.m.
MT on either ESPN or ESPN2. Houston visits on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2, and Texas Tech comes to Boulder on Tuesday, Feb. 2, with that game locked in for ESPN and a 9 p.m. tip.
Colorado’s road dates on that group include Kansas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Both are set for 7 p.m. MT on ESPN2 or ESPNU.
TNT will have two Colorado games, both also set for truTV and HBO Max. The first is the hardwood version of the Rocky Mountain Showdown, with Colorado hosting Colorado State on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. The second comes during Big 12 play, when Arizona State visits Boulder on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m.
Peacock will feature the Buffaloes twice as well. Colorado opens that stretch on the road, with Providence hosting the Buffs on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m.
MT in Providence, R.I. Later, Colorado hosts BYU on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
FS1 gets two marquee Colorado road games. The Buffs face Purdue in the Indy Classic on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 3:30 p.m. MT at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, then close the regular season on the road at Arizona on Wednesday, March 3, at 7 p.m.
CBS Sports Network will televise Colorado’s first Big 12 road game at Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 2, at 6 p.m. MT, and later the Buffs travel to Baylor on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. MT.
The Buffaloes’ lone USA Network game is a nonconference trip to San Diego State for the Bill Walton Classic on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m. MT at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
Television designations for the Acrisure Series games on Nov. 24-25 have not yet been announced.
Every Colorado regular-season game will also air on KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM or 630 AM KHOW. The exhibition game against North Texas on Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Auraria Event Center in Denver will not be televised, but it will be carried on the Colorado Basketball Radio Network.
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