The Arizona Wildcats take on the defending national champion Florida Gators in this college basketball matchup on Monday.

College basketball games on TV today: Full schedule, times, channels, live streams for NCAA men's, women's openers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Opening day of the 2025-26 college basketball season is essentially March Madness in November.

The 3rd-ranked Florida Gators tip off their 2025-’26 men’s basketball season with a primetime showdown with the No. 13 Arizona Wildcats at the Hall of Fame Series in Las Vegas.

No. 5 St. John’s opens its season Monday night at home against Quinnipiac, the preseason favorite in the Metro Atlantic Conference.

College basketball returns on Monday, Nov. 3 and one of the first games of the season takes place in Paris between No. 7 Duke and No. 16 Baylor.

The Boise State men’s basketball team officially begins the 2025-26 season on Monday with a home game against Hawaii Pacific. Tipoff between the Broncos and Sha