CBS Sports to televise select Kentucky games at GLOBL JAM

In less than a week, Kentucky will be playing basketball in Canada as part of an event called GLOBL JAM. Now, we know that fans WILL get to watch those games, as CBS Sports has agreed to broadcast Kentucky’s games in the event.

The UK Athletics website announced the news on Friday:

“The National Association of Basketball Coaches has secured an agreement with CBS Sports to air select 2023 Canada Basketball GLOBL JAM games in the United States featuring the University of Kentucky men,” the school wrote in a release.

All three of Kentucky’s pool play games plus any additional contests involving the ‘Cats will all be aired, according to UK:

“The Wildcats will represent the United States at the GLOBL JAM men’s tournament July 12-16 in Toronto. All three of Kentucky’s GLOBL JAM pool play games will be televised in the United States on CBS Sports Network. Should UK advance to the gold medal game on July 16, CBS Sports Network will air that contest live as well.”

The CBS Sports Network can be a bit of a hassle to find, since it IS NOT the regular CBS channel that some of Kentucky’s regular season games are often broadcasted on. Instead, CBS Sports Network (or CBSSN when abbreviated) is a separate and much smaller channel that exclusively covers sports.

Some of you may have it as part of your cable packages. Others may be able to stream it online. But either way, you ought to figure out how to access it before the games begin early next week.

Also, one of the games will be tape delayed. The Wildcats’ July 13 game against local opponent Team Canada will not air live at 8:00 p.m., but instead will air at midnight that night after the game is complete. So, set those DVRs or be ready to party into the wee hours of the morning with some summer UK hoops.

For Kentucky’s full GLOBL JAM schedule, take a look below. For reference, Kentucky is representing Team USA in the event.

GLOBL JAM schedule

July 12: Team USA vs. Team Germany, 1:30 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network

July 13: Team USA vs. Team Canada, 8:00 p.m. ET (tape delay July 14 at 12:00 a.m. ET on CBS Sports Network)

July 15: Team USA vs. Team Africa, 1:30 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network

July 16: Gold Medal Game (if Team USA is playing), 8:00 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network