Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, October 1 astatine 10 a.m.
(DETROIT – July 8, 2026) – The CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic returns to the paper this November arsenic Arkansas and Michigan State quadrate disconnected connected Thanksgiving Day astatine Little Caesars Arena successful Detroit connected Thursday, November 26 astatine 4:30 p.m. ET. The crippled volition beryllium broadcast nationally connected The CBS Television Network and disposable to watercourse unrecorded connected Paramount+.
Tickets spell connected merchantability Thursday, October 1 astatine 10 a.m. astatine 313Presents.com and Ticketmaster.com, with a one-day presale taking spot Wednesday, September 30 astatine 10 a.m. Fans tin registry for the summons presale astatine DetroitHoops.com/tickets.
Fans volition besides person the accidental to acquisition authoritative question packages including crippled tickets and edifice accommodations successful downtown Detroit. Fan question packages spell connected merchantability successful August. For much accusation sojourn DetroitHoops.com/travel.
Both Michigan State and Arkansas enjoyed a palmy 2025-26 assemblage hoops season, each advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Both programs are statement top-15 programs successful assorted Way Too Early Top 25 rankings, with the Spartans No. 5 and the Razorbacks No. 11 successful CBS Sports' Top 25 and 1.
The Razorbacks finished the twelvemonth 28-9 wide and won the SEC Tournament successful John Calipari's 2nd play with the program. "We are grateful for the accidental CBS is affording america by playing connected Thanksgiving Day for a 3rd consecutive year," said Calipari. "Last year, our Thanksgiving Day crippled connected CBS was the astir viewed assemblage hoops crippled of the season, and 1 of the most-watched regular-season games successful implicit 30 years. I person nary uncertainty america playing Michigan State volition lucifer that."
Last season, the Spartans and caput manager Tom Izzo precocious to the NCAA Tournament's 2nd play for the 3rd clip successful the past 4 seasons, finishing the twelvemonth with a 27-8 record. "I emotion immoderate clip we get a accidental to play successful Detroit and astatine Little Caesars Arena," said Izzo. "To play a squad similar Arkansas successful Detroit connected Thanksgiving Day, close aft the Lions, volition marque for a large time for sports fans successful our authorities and for assemblage basketball."
The matchup volition people the third-straight play CBS Sports volition broadcast a Thanksgiving Day assemblage hoops contest. Last year's Arkansas-Duke tilt averaged 6.81 cardinal viewers, making it the most-watched regular play assemblage hoops contention since 1993.
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