HBCU basketball is back. Here is the full 2024-25 opening day schedule

Diamond Johnson
The NCAA college basketball season officially begins today, and several HBCU programs are tipping off against each other or non-conference opponents. All times are Eastern.

Men’s Basketball

Bowie State at Hampton, 4:30 p.m.

Morris College at South Carolina State, 7 p.m.

Cheyney at North Carolina A&T, 7 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Hampton 7 p.m.

Frostburg State A&T at Morgan State, 7 p.m.

N.C. Central at George Mason, 7 p.m. ESPN+

Howard at No. 1 Kansas, 8 p.m. ESPN+

Penn State-Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk State, 8 p.m.

Maryland-Eastern Shore at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. ESPN+

Photo: Grambling State Athletics

Delaware State at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m. ACCNX/ESPN+

Coppin State at Wake Forest, 8 p.m. ACCNX/ESPN+

FAMU at TCU, 8 p.m.

SUNO at Grambling State, 8 p.m.

Fisk at Tennessee State, 8:30 p.m.

Alcorn State at Utah, 9 p.m.

Alabama State at UNLV, 9:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

Shepherd at Morgan State, 5 p.m.

North Carolina Central at Georgia, 5 p.m., SECN+

Furman at South Carolina State, 5:30 p.m.,

Georgian Court at Delaware State, 5:30 p.m.,

William & Mary at Norfolk State, 6 p.m., Flosports

Howard at Florida A&M, 6:30 p.m.

Photo: North Carolina A&T

Frostburg at Coppin State, 7 p.m. ESPN+

Southern at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. SECN

Texas Southern at S.F. Austin, 6 p.m.

Tennessee State at Cumberland, 6 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. ESPN+

Bethune-Cookman at South Florida, 6 p.m. ESPN+

Centenary at Grambling State, 7 p.m.

Faulker at Alabama State, 7 p.m.

Alcorn State at North Texas, 7 p.m. ESPN+