Olympic Basketball TV Schedule: Channel Listings and Live Stream for Each Day

Every four years, the United States of America hosts a basketball clinic.

That clinic is also known as the Summer Olympics. Luckily, your TV schedule provides access to live games to that you can witness the U.S.’s display of domination. It may will get ugly at times, but if you miss a second of the action, you’ll regret it.

Of course, Team USA point guard Chris Paul stressed that they aren’t unbeatable. According to the Associated Press, Paul said (via Washington Post):

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"I think for us, it’s about going out there and playing the right way and worrying about us. We go into games, fortunately we know that we’re probably going to be the most talented team there, but that doesn’t always win games for you."

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CP3 shouldn’t be so modest. In a pre-Olympics exhibition against Spain—a club labeled the greatest threat to the Americans’ quest for a gold medal—the U.S. won in a 100-78 blowout.

While the men’s squad always goes in to the Olympic Games hyped as a Dream Team, the nation’s women are even more dominant on the hardwood.

For example, Candace Parker and company embarrassed Croatia in an exhibition by the score of 109-55. A mercy rule may or may not be necessary.

More recently, though, they struggled to beat Turkey 80-61. Head coach Geno Auriemma was actually thankful his team finally received a challenge. The Associated Press reported that he said (via Charlotte Observer):

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"I think it’s better for us. We had to make plays, we had to get stops and they are a really, really good team. We gave them a lot of life. We missed a lot of opportunities that would have made it much easier for us. Maybe in the long run that’s better, too."

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Here are the complete channel listings for every Olympic basketball contest in the competition. Not near a television? Watch games online at NBCOlympics.com.

Men's TV Schedule

Channel	Matchup	Date	Time (ET)
NBC Basketball	Nigeria vs. Tunisia	Sunday, July 29	4:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Brazil vs. Australia		6:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	USA vs. France		9:30 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Spain vs. China		11:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Russia vs. Great Britain		3:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Argentina vs. Lithuania		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	China vs. Russia	Tuesday, July 31	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Australia vs. Spain		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Lithuania vs. Nigeria		9:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. Brazil		11:45 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	France vs. Argentina		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Tunisia vs. USA		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	France vs. Lithuania	Thursday, August 2	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Australia vs. China		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Argentina vs. Tunisia		9:30 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Brazil vs Russia		11:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Spain vs. Great Britain		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	USA vs. Nigeria		5:15 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Tunisia vs. France	Saturday, August 4	4:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Russia vs. Spain		6:15 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Lithuania vs. USA		9:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	China vs. Brazil		11:45 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. Australia		3:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Nigeria vs. Argentina		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Australia vs. Russia	Monday, August 6	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Tunisia vs. Lithuania		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	France vs. Nigeria		9:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. China		11:45 a.m.
MSNBC/NBC Basketball	Spain vs. Brazil		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	USA vs. Argentina		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 1	Wednesday, August 8	9:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 2		11:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 3		3:00 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 4		5:15 a.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Semifinal Game 1	Friday, August 10	12:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Semifinal Game 2		3:30 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Bronze-Medal Game	Sunday, August 12	6:00 a.m.
NBC/NBC Basketball	Gold-Medal Game		10:00 a.m.

Women's TV Schedule

Channel	Matchup	Date	Time (ET)
NBC Basketball	China vs. Czech Republic	Saturday, July 28	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Canada vs. Russia		6:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Turkey vs. Angola		9:30 a.m.
NBC/NBC Basketball	USA vs. Croatia		11:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Brazil vs. France		3:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Australia vs. Great Britain		5:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Croatia vs. China	Monday, July 30	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Czech Republic vs. Turkey		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	France vs. Australia		9:30 a.m.
MSNBC/NBC Basketball	Russia vs. Brazil		11:45 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. Canada		3:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Angola vs. USA		5:15 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Canada vs. France	Wednesday, August 1	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	China vs. Angola		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Australia vs. Brazil		9:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. Russia		11:45 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Croatia vs. Czech Republic		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	USA vs. Turkey		5:15 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Angola vs. Czech Republic	Friday, August 3	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Russia vs. Australia		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Brazil vs. Canada		9:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Turkey vs. China		11:45 a.m.
NBC Basketball	France vs. Great Britain		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Czech Republic vs. USA		5:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	France vs. Russia	Sunday, August 5	4:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Angola vs. Czech Republic		6:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Canada vs. Australia		9:30 a.m.
NBC/NBC Basketball	China vs. USA		11:30 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Croatia vs. Turkey		3:00 p.m.
NBC Basketball	Great Britain vs. Brazil		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 1	Tuesday, August 7	9:00 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 2		11:15 a.m.
NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 3		3:00 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Quarterfinal Game 4		5:15 p.m.
NBCSN/NBC Basketball	Semifinal Game 1	Thursday, August 9	12:00 p.m.
MSNBC/NBC Basketball	Semifinal Game 2		4:00 p.m.
MSNBC/NBC Basketball	Bronze-Medal Game	Saturday, August 11	12:00 p.m.
NBC/NBC Basketball	Gold-Medal Game		4:00 p.m.

David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer.

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