How to access Kansas basketball on ESPN+

By Matt Tait Oct 31, 2019

Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji (30) gets up for a shot at the bucket after a pass from Kansas guard Christian Braun (2) during the second half, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 at Allen Fieldhouse.

With several upcoming KU basketball games, along with dozens of other Big 12 Conference events, being televised exclusively on the ESPN+ streaming platform, here’s a quick rundown of how you can use ESPN+ and get signed up.

Although this setup is impacting Kansas basketball 10 times this season — including tonight’s exhibition game and four conference games — the move was made at the conference level, when the Big 12 last spring chose to significantly expand its rights agreement with ESPN, which runs through the 2024-25 seasons.

Eight of the Big 12’s 10 schools will produce and deliver live athletic events on the Big 12 Now/ESPN+ platform, with only Texas and Oklahoma not regularly appearing as home teams during such broadcasts. Both of those schools have other existing rights agreements that could not be altered, but both will appear on Big 12 Now/ESPN+ broadcasts as road teams.

OK. So here’s what you need to know about actually getting the games in front of you.

Signing up for ESPN+ is a piece cake and comes with a cost of $4.99 per month or $49.99 for the year. Just follow this link to create your account — you’ll need to have your credit card ready and be prepared to create a username and password — and you’ll be more than halfway there.

It’s important to note that you can cancel the service at any time.

Once you have an account, you can sign in to access the games and hundreds of other ESPN+ programs through most major mobile and TV-connected platforms, including iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, Android devices, Roku, Chromecast, FireTV, XBOX One, Playstation 4, Oculus Go and Samsung connected TVs.

ESPN+ content is also available online at ESPN.com.

You can view the games on your phones, tablets or computers, view them through apps and streaming installed on your Smart TVs or cast them to your televisions from your mobile devices if you have Chromecast and others by simply clicking on the casting icon on your screen.

In summary:

• Create an account

• Sign in with your username and password on the ESPN app or on ESPN.com

• Enjoy the games on your TV through a casting service or watch them on your mobile devices or computers

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.