CBS Sports Classic Tickets on Sale Wednesday

NEW YORK – Tickets for the 2026 CBS Sports Classic, the annual elite college basketball doubleheader set for Dec. 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York, will become available to the public this week at www.cbssportsclassic.com/tickets.

Fans can begin securing their tickets on Tuesday through a one-day presale. Fans that register for the presale by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday will receive access to the Tuesday presale that begins at 11 a.m. The full public ticket sale will take place Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Kansas will face Ohio State at Noon and Kentucky will take on North Carolina at 2:30 p.m. The contests will be broadcast on The CBS Television Network and streamed live on Paramount+.

Kansas is the newest addition to the elite doubleheader event that has been staged annually since 2014.  The Jayhawks and Buckeyes will meet for the 12th time, with Kansas holding an 8-3 advantage in the series and winning the last six meetings.

North Carolina holds a 25-18 all-time lead in the series against Kentucky, but the Wildcats are 4-1 against the Tar Heels in five previous CBS Sports Classic matchups. This will be the first time the historic programs have faced each other at Madison Square Garden.

This will mark the third time in six seasons that Madison Square Garden will serve as the host venue for the CBS Sports Classic, having previously been the site of the 2022 and 2024 events. The Garden is one of seven professional venues that have hosted the CBS Sports Classic in history, along with United Center in Chicago (2014, 2018), Barclays Center in Brooklyn (2015), T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (2016, 2019, 2021), Smoothie King Center in New Orleans (2017), Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland (2020) and State Farm Arena in Atlanta (2023, 2025).