Louisville Basketball Announces 2026-27 TV Schedule and Tip Times
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The Louisville Cardinals’ 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule now has confirmed television assignments and tip times, giving fans a clearer look at where to watch the team throughout the upcoming season.
Louisville will make appearances across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network, The CW and ACCNX. The schedule includes one game on ABC, at least five contests on ESPN and 11 additional games guaranteed to air on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
Louisville Opens Season on ACC Network
The Cardinals begin the regular season at home against Chattanooga on Nov. 2 at 9 p.m. ET on ACC Network. Before the opener, fans can catch Louisville’s exhibition matchup at Kansas on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
Louisville will then host Mercyhurst for an exhibition at the KFC Yum! Center on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. on ACCNX.
The regular-season schedule continues with Morehead State on Nov. 7 at noon on ACCNX before Louisville hits the road to face Memphis on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. on ESPN. The Cardinals return home Nov. 19 to host Stetson at 8 p.m. on ACC Network.
Louisville will travel to Las Vegas for the Players Era 16 Tournament, where all games will air across ESPN platforms. The Cardinals open tournament play against Texas Tech on Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
The team returns home for the ACC/SEC Challenge against Texas on Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 before facing Michigan in Detroit on Dec. 5. Louisville will then travel to Lexington for its annual Battle of the Bluegrass matchup against Kentucky.
The Kentucky game will air on ABC, marking Louisville’s only nonconference appearance on the network and one of four games overall scheduled for ABC during the 2026-27 men’s college basketball season.
The Cardinals close out much of their nonconference schedule at home against Long Island on Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. on ACC Network and Eastern Michigan on Dec. 19 at 1:30 p.m. on The CW.
ACC Play Brings a Packed Television Schedule
Louisville opens Atlantic Coast Conference play on Dec. 30 against Virginia Tech. The 8 p.m. matchup will air on The CW.
The Cardinals return to the KFC Yum! Center for consecutive home games against Stanford on Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. on ACC Network and North Carolina on Jan. 5 at 9 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPNU.
Louisville makes its final appearance on The CW at SMU on Jan. 9 at 2:15 p.m. The Cardinals then host California on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. on ACC Network before traveling to Syracuse on Jan. 16 for a 2 p.m. tip on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
The schedule continues with a home game against Miami on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. on an ESPN network, followed by a neutral-site matchup against Baylor in Indianapolis on Jan. 23. The Baylor game will air on an ESPN network, with its tip time still to be announced.
Louisville wraps up the month with road games at Boston College on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. on ACC Network and Georgia Tech on Jan. 30 at noon on ESPN or ESPN2.
February opens with a home matchup against Pittsburgh on Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2, followed by Wake Forest on Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. on ACC Network.
The Cardinals then head to Chapel Hill to face North Carolina on Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. on ESPN for their first Big Monday contest of the season. Louisville returns home to host SMU on Feb. 13 at noon on ESPN or ESPN2.
Another Big Monday matchup awaits Feb. 15, when Louisville travels to Virginia for a 7 p.m. tip on ESPN. The Cardinals continue on the road against Florida State on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2 before returning home to face Duke on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Cardinals Close Regular Season in March
Louisville’s final road game of the regular season is scheduled for March 2 at NC State, with a 7 p.m. tip time. The television network has not yet been announced.
The Cardinals will conclude their regular-season campaign at the KFC Yum! Center against Clemson on March 6 at noon. The finale will air on ESPN or ESPNU.
The television assignment and tip time for Louisville’s neutral-site game against Michigan remain to be announced.
How to Get Louisville Basketball Tickets
Fans interested in attending games at the KFC Yum! Center can submit the program’s season ticket interest form or explore the available seven-game mini plan.
Season ticket interest form: https://gocards.com/form/18
Seven-game mini plan: https://am.ticketmaster.com/uofl/buy/flexplan/7816/1
With nationally televised matchups, rivalry games and a full slate of ACC competition, Louisville’s 2026-27 schedule offers plenty of opportunities for Cardinal fans to follow the team throughout the season.
Source: University of Louisville Athletics.
