NBL Round 6, World Cup Qualifiers Schedule

Round 6 of the 2025 NBL season features two Thursday matches on Oct. 23 — New Zealand Breakers vs. Brisbane Bullets at Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland (7:30 p.m. NZDT) and South East Melbourne Phoenix vs. Sydney Kings at John Cain Arena in Melbourne (7:30 p.m. AEDT) — both airing nationally on ESPN and streaming live on Kayo. The Breakers are 2-6 this season, coming off an 82-65 victory over Tasmania and a 104-88 loss to Melbourne United, while the Bullets recently beat the Wildcats 110-93 but fell 95-86 to unbeaten Melbourne. The Phoenix (3-2) and Kings (3-3) each enter off Round 5 victories — Phoenix 116-76 over Illawarra and Kings 94-72 — with the Kings holding a 9-3 advantage in head-to-heads since December 2021. Kansas State opened single-game Big 12 home tickets with staggered Ahearn Fund and public sale windows Oct. 21–24, using dynamic pricing, cashless venues, and discounted advance digital parking passes. FIBA published tip-off times for the Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers Window 1 (Nov. 27–Dec. 1), and The Daily Memphian notes Parth Upadhyaya is covering the Memphis Tigers’ 2025–26 tipoff times and TV designations.