Grambling State is set to play a basketball game at 3 AM against Northern Illinois to kick off the 2026-2027 season.
Who needs sleep? Not us.
NKU basketball will play in the Field of 68's 24-hour marathon Nov. 2, then face two teams that reached the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s opening-day 24-hour marathon, nearly a decade after ESPN discontinued the event; ESPN launched the format in 2008, running 14 games across five time zones in its debut year and continuing the tradition for nine seasons before ending it in 2017.