How to watch St. John's men's basketball games this season: 29 games on 8 platforms
St. John's Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino in an exhibition game against the Texas Longhorns at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 25, 2026. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Fans who are excited about following the St. John’s men’s basketball team to what they hope will be a deep NCAA Tournament run will also have to follow a lot of television channels and dig into their wallets if they want to watch every game.
St. John’s will appear on eight different platforms in the regular season starting with Monday’s opener against Monmouth, which aired on ESPN Select, and ending on March 2 at UConn on TNT.
A subscription to ESPN Select, formerly known as ESPN+, costs $13.99 a month.
Peacock, the subscription streaming platform, will carry the most St. John’s regular-season games (nine) starting with Sunday’s contest against Iona. Peacock costs $12.99 a month.
Other outlets scheduled to carry the 29 regular-season St. John’s games (other than the Thanksgiving weekend Players Era Championship) include TNT (6), FS1 (4) ESPN Select (3), Fox (3),, TruTV (2), ESPN (1) and NBC (1).
The Players Era Championship games from Las Vegas will be carried on the ESPN networks, with the exact broadcast schedule still to be announced. St. John’s is guaranteed to play three games and could play a fourth.
In addition to the streaming channels, to watch all the regular-season games viewers will have to pay for a cable TV, satellite or streaming service that carries ESPN, Fox, FS1, NBC, TNT and TruTV.
The Big East Tournament will be carried by Peacock (first round and early quarterfinals), FS1 (later quarterfinals) and Fox (semifinals and championship game).
The NCAA Tournament will be on CBS and the Turner networks (TBS, TNT, TruTV), with games also streaming on Paramount+, a subscription service that costs $13.99 a month for access to March Madness.
Anthony Rieber covers sports media and business and professional sports (you know, games and trades and things). He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since Jan. 1, 2026.
