Sports on TV: Australian Open, NBA tripleheader, NHL matchup and college hoops highlight Jan. 26 slate
A busy Monday schedule includes Australian Open matches, NBA and NHL games, and marquee men’s college basketball pairings such as Louisville–Duke and Arizona–BYU.
Monday, January 26 offers a packed national sports viewing lineup spanning tennis, pro basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, and college hoops. The day’s programming underscores a typical late-January rhythm: major winter-season leagues in full swing, college basketball entering a stretch of high-profile conference games, and the Australian Open pushing deeper into its bracket with matches scheduled for U.S. overnight and prime late-evening windows.
In men’s college basketball, the schedule features a marquee matchup with Louisville at Duke in the evening, followed later by Arizona at BYU. For viewers tracking conference races and tournament résumés, these are the kinds of games that can swing national rankings and drive storylines that carry into March. Women’s college basketball also has multiple televised games across cable networks, adding to the breadth of the day’s slate.
The NBA’s national window includes three games on Peacock, beginning with Orlando at Cleveland, followed by Portland at Boston, and ending with Golden State at Minnesota. The NHL schedule features Boston at the New York Rangers on NHL Network, a matchup that typically draws attention given the franchises’ profiles and the playoff positioning implications that start to sharpen in the second half of the season.
Additional programming includes Premier League soccer (Leeds United at Everton) and a prime-time TGL golf matchup. The overall takeaway is that January 26 provides a cross-sport menu with meaningful contests at multiple levels—useful for fans trying to track everything from tennis majors and NBA rotations to college basketball rivalry energy and NHL standings pressure.