Georgia center Somto Cyril (6) during Georgia’s game against Grand Canyon at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Conor Dillon/UGAAA)
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Bulldogs Non-Conference Tip Times & TV Networks Set

September 25, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Six Georgia pre-SEC games to air on television

ATHENS, Ga. — Six of the Georgia Bulldogs' 13 non-conference games during the upcoming season will be televised. The SEC office announcement of non-conference television selections allowed for the confirmation of game times and TV/streaming information for the Bulldogs' entire non-conference slate.

The six TV games will air on five different networks – ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, the SEC Network and the ACC Network. The remaining contests all will be available via an HD quality stream on SEC Network+.

Georgia's first television date will be the Bulldogs' matchup with intrastate rival Georgia Tech on Friday, Nov. 14 at Stegeman Coliseum on the SEC Network at 9:00 p.m. Three days later, Georgia's outing against Florida A&M at Stegeman on Monday, Nov. 17 will also air on the SEC Network, tipping off at 6:30 p.m.

Both of the Bulldogs' games at the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic will be televised. Georgia's first-round matchup against Xavier on Friday, Nov. 21 will be on ESPN2 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Both of the Classic's games on Sunday, Nov. 23 will air on ESPN, with the championship at 1:00 p.m. ET and the consolation at 3:30 p.m. ET. The other half of the tournament's bracket includes Clemson and West Virginia. 

The Bulldogs will wrap up their pre-SEC television slate with games at Florida State on the ACC Network and versus Cincinnati on ESPNU. The FSU contest on Tuesday, Dec. 2 is part of the ACC/SEC Challenge and will begin at 9:00 p.m. ET. The Cincinnati game will be at State Farm Arena on Saturday, Dec. 13 as part of Holiday Hoopsgiving and is set to tip at 2:00.

Georgia's remaining non-conference games are all home dates on SEC Network +. Those contests include Bellarmine on Monday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m., Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m., Morehead State on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:00 p.m., Tennessee Tech on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 2:00, Western Carolina on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 7:00 p.m., West Georgia on Monday, Dec. 22 at 2:00 and Long Island on Monday, Dec. 29 at 7:00. 

The Bulldogs opened official practices for the 2025-26 season on Monday (Sept. 22). Georgia is coming off its best season in a decade, headlined by the program's first NCAA Tournament bid since 2015. The Bulldogs have been featured in every edition of Joe Lunardi's ESPN.com Bracketology for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, including as a No. 10 seed in his most recent projections on Tuesday (Sept. 23). All told, 17 of Georgia's 31 regular-season games will be against teams also featured in the current Bracketology.

Tickets for Georgia's non-conference home games – including single game, flex plan and group packages – are set to go on sale in mid October here. In addition, the Bulldogs will host Troy in a preseason exhibition on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets for that game, which will feature general admission seating for $5, are on sale now here.
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