2025 Players Era Festival: Schedule, scores, TV channels for the college basketball event

The 2025 Players Era Festival has expanded to 18 men's teams and four women's teams. Last year, Oregon took home the championship, downing Alabama 83-81 in the title game.

All 18 men's teams will play on Monday, Nov. 24 and Tuesday, Nov. 25 in pre-set matchups, which will determine the championship matchups on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Teams that finish 2-0 entering Wednesday will be the first to qualify for the Players Era Championship game and the third place game, with 1-1 teams to follow. Tiebreakers will be determined by point differential, points scored and points allowed. All men's games on Wednesday and Thursday will be determined following Tuesday's final game. 

As for the women's matchups, which feature three of the 2024 Women's Final Four teams, they will play in semifinal matchups on Wednesday, Nov. 26, with the championship and third place game set for Nov. 27 on Thanksgiving Day. 

Players Era Festival: Schedule, how to watch

All times ET. Games are at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.

*All games will be streamed on HBO Max

Men's Players Era schedule

• Wednesday, Nov. 26
  • No. 15 Iowa State 95, Syracuse 64 
  • No. 3 Houston vs. Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. | TNT
  • Third place: No. 17 Tennessee vs. Kansas, 7 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 14 St. John's vs. No. 21 Auburn, 8 p.m. | truTV
  • Championship: No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 12 Gonzaga, 9:30 p.m. | TNT
  • Baylor vs. San Diego State, 10:30 p.m. | truTV
  • No. 8 Alabama vs. Maryland, 12 a.m. | TNT
• Thursday, Nov. 27
  • Oregon vs. Creighton, 2 p.m. | truTV
  • UNLV vs. Rutgers, 4:30 p.m. | truTV
• Monday, Nov. 24
  • No. 17 Tennessee 85, Rutgers 60
  • Baylor 81, Creighton 74
  • Kansas 71, Notre Dame 61
  • Iowa State 83, St. John’s 82
  • No. 3 Houston 78, Syracuse 74 (OT)
  • No. 21 Auburn 84, Oregon 73
  • No. 12 Gonzaga 95, No. 8 Alabama 85         
  • No. 7 Michigan 94, San Diego State 54
  • Maryland 74, UNLV 67
• Tuesday, Nov. 25
  • Notre Dame 68, Rutgers 63
  • No. 15 Iowa State 78, Creighton 60
  • Kansas 71, Syracuse 60
  • No. 14 St. John’s 96, Baylor 81
  • No. 17 Tennessee 76, No. 3 Houston 73
  • No. 7  Michigan 102, No. 21 Auburn 72
  • No. 12 Gonzaga 100, Maryland 61
  • Oregon 97, San Diego State 80      
  • No. 8 Alabama 115, UNLV 76         

Women's Players Era schedule

• Wednesday, Nov. 26
  • Texas vs. UCLA, 2 p.m. | truTV
  • Duke vs. South Carolina, 4:30 p.m. | truTV

Thursday, Nov. 27

• Thursday, Nov. 27
  • Championship game, 8 p.m. | truTV
  • Third place, 10:30 p.m. | truTV