40 games are the most that have been played in an academic year (fall and spring semesters plus post-regular season games) to date.
43 games are mathematically possible (but practically impossible) in one academic year, if a team is in the right conference and makes the the title game of every tournament it plays in that year.
Regular Season Games Allowed:
31 games in one season, consisting of
27 regular schedule games
+ up to 4 games if in an in-season tournament like the Preseason NIT or Great Alaska Shootout (my quick research showed most are just 3 game tournaments),
or
29 games if not participating in any in-season tournaments.
[Source: NCAA 2010-11 Division 1 Manual, Section 17.3.5 Number of Contests]
Postseason:
Add in the # of games needed to make the title games for both the conference and the NCAA tournaments to get the total games possible.
7 games are possible in the NCAA tournament, but the historical reality is no team has played more than 6.
Conference Tournaments
5 games are possible in the Big East tournament
4 games are possible in the other major conferences (I assume this is the same number for the non-majors, but I am not sure).
Based on the above, the maximum number of games possiblewould be
31 games before post-season
+5 games possible in a conference tournament
+7 games in the NCAA tournament
=
43 games possible
More realistically, the most likely maximum number of possible games played in any academic year (and the most ever played as of this writing) is
31 games before the post-season
+3 games in a conference tournament
+6 games in the NCAA tournament
=
40 games max in an academic year
About 36 games are played In a college basketball season.
They played 31 regular season games that year82
82 games in the regular season for each NBA ball club
The typical NBA basketball season lasts 82 games for 9 months. The college season lasts about 6 months and the teams play from 24 to 32 games.
an NBA regular season consists of 82 games.
Regular season 82 games
In a professional season they have 82 games.
i believe there are 82 games in one season for each basketball team
In an NBA regular season, 82 games are played. Playoff games add to 16 teams season, so the most games a team could possibly have in a season including playoffs would be 110 games.
No, but he played several games for a team in the IBL (International Basketball League)'s first season in 2000.
Shane Battier for Duke
College Bowl Games in the United States feature 35 games annually. Four of these College Bowl Games are considered to be the major games of the season.