Kansas Basketball: How you can watch Late Night in the Phog

Late Night in the Phog has been a Kansas basketball tradition since 1985 when Larry Brown held his first scrimmage that year just after midnight on the first day they were allowed to practice.

Kansas basketball has many traditions but few are exciting as Late Night in the Phog. Fans flock to Allen Fieldhouse every year to catch their first glimpses of the players that will represent the Jayhawks that season.

It’s more than just to see a usually sloppy scrimmage with little defense; it’s about getting to know the players. It’s about learning their personalities through skits and dance numbers. It’s about bad comedy and the fans making connections to the young men and women they will have vested interest in for not only the rest of this season but beyond. It’s about impressing recruits and convincing them this is the best place in the country to play basketball.

The scrimmages are just a little something to whet the appetites of the fans and give them something to look forward to over the next four weeks or so before the first exhibition game on October 25th.

As usual, a lot is expected of this version of the Kansas Jayhawks. They are ranked second in the country in CBS Sport’s preseason poll. NBC Sports has them as the team to beat and ranked number one.

Fans will be eager to see transfers Dedric Lawson, K.J. Lawson, and Charlie Moore, as well as the highly ballyhooed freshmen Quentin Grimes, Devon Dotson, David McCormack, Ochai Agbaji, and Elijah Elliot.

Of course, this group of young men will want to extend the Jayhawks incredible string of 14 straight Big 12 regular season championships.

KANSAS BASKETBALL LIVE STREAMING, TV, START TIME, AND MORE FOR LATE NIGHT AT THE PHOG

Kansas Basketball’s Late Night at the Phog starts tonight at “Phog” Allen Fieldhouse. Doors open to the public and 4:30 with no admission, though please bring non-perishable food items to donate if you like. The festivities begin at 6:30.

If you cannot attend, there are several ways you can still watch Late Night. Jayhawk Network will broadcast everything on Cox Cable in Kansas, as well as KCMI (channel 38) in Kansas City and Lawrence. Direct TV will also carry Late Night on KCMI.

If you are out of the area, you can catch the Kansas basketball live stream of the scrimmage on the ESPN+ streaming service.

Late Night at the Phog isn’t really about the scrimmages, but it is about the Kansas basketball players developing a connection with their passionate fans. It about letting people get to know them just a little bit as these fans will sit on the edge of their seats for every possession, basket, and blunder.

The Kansas Jayhawks would have it no other way!