The Big East Conference announced a six-year digital media rights agreement with ESPN on Tuesday, which will include more than 300 sporting events events streamed on ESPN+ annually.
The deal includes a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games and at least 200 Olympic sports events to be streamed on ESPN+ per year, beginning in the upcoming 2025-26 season. It also includes a minimum of 25 nonconference men’s basketball games each season.
“This exciting partnership with ESPN reinforces our commitment to placing Big East teams front and center on the leading digital sports platform,” said Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman in a release. “Streaming on ESPN+ gives all 22 of our sports — especially women’s basketball and Olympic sports — the visibility they’ve earned and the access our fans expect. We look forward to delivering elevated coverage and a streamlined viewing experience to fans and family members who want to follow Big East action across our wide array of sports offerings.”
The Big East announced a year ago that FOX Sports would remain the conference’s lead network provider as NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock) and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS, truTV and Max) joined the media rights agreement for basketball, which will still run through the 2030-31 season.
The addition of ESPN+ will mostly impact Olympic sports, which had been broadcast on FloSports.
“We’re pleased to welcome the Big East back to ESPN,” said Nick Dawson, ESPN’s senior vice president of programming & acquisitions, in a release. “This agreement returns one of the country’s premier conferences and its tradition of excellence to ESPN platforms. We look forward to this new chapter in our relationship with the Big East.”
Originally Published: July 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM EDT
