The American Conference has locked in the final tip times and TV designations for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season, and Memphis got one notable bump in the process.
The Tigers’ meeting with East Carolina on Wednesday, Dec. 30 has been moved up to an ESPN window, with tipoff set for 8:30 p.m. That stands out on a schedule where all 18 conference games will be carried on the ESPN family of networks.
Across the league slate, the conference said the broadcasts include one game on ESPN, 10 on ESPN2 and one on ESPNU.
Memphis’ league schedule stretches from the end of December into early March, with a mix of television placements and ESPN+ stream dates. The Tigers open conference play at home against East Carolina before a Jan. 3 trip to South Florida, followed by January matchups with Rice, Florida Atlantic, Wichita State, UAB, Charlotte and North Texas.
The remainder of the schedule includes road games at Wichita State, Tulane, UTSA, North Texas and Temple, plus home dates against UAB, Charlotte, Tulsa and Tulane. Several of those contests are slated for ESPN2, while the ESPN+ assignments include Rice, North Texas, Charlotte, UTSA, North Texas again and Tulane.
The 2026-27 season will be the American’s seventh under its media rights extension with ESPN. That deal guarantees a minimum of 56 conference-controlled games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU, with at least 23 of those airing on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
Season tickets for the 2026-27 Memphis men’s basketball season are on sale now.
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