Amazon is adding live sports to its catalog on Prime Video. Starting this November, the streaming service will broadcast three non-conference games for the Duke University men’s basketball team. In fact, the three games – UConn, Michigan and Gonzaga – will be among the biggest the team faces all season.
The first is scheduled for Black Friday in Vegas, where Duke will take on UConn at T-Mobile Arena. A last-minute three-point shot sent the Huskies to the Final Four over the Blue Devils during the Elite Eight last March. In December, Duke will face Michigan at Madison Square Garden in NYC before taking on Gonzaga in Detroit on February 20. A press release from the university said all games will be produced by Prime Video, with exact start times coming at a later date.
Prime Video is already home to live coverage of select MLB, NFL and NBA games, as well as the WNBA and NWSL women’s leagues. Duke’s announcement marked the first time Amazon has signed a deal with a college team. Duke is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which has a TV rights agreement with ESPN, and the network typically shows the majority of the team’s games in any given season. In exchange for allowing the Blue Devils to appear on Prime Video, Duke will play on certain ESPN-owned programs during the 2027–28 and 2028–29 seasons.
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