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Rivalry Week Tips Off with Three Matchups between Ranked Teams in Top 10 Feb. 8
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ESPN’s 14th annual Rivalry Week Presented by Cisco – featuring top rivalries in men’s college basketball Monday, Feb. 8, through Monday, Feb. 15 – will tip off with three ESPN telecasts pitting teams in the top 10 of the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll against each other:
- No. 2 Villanova at No. 6 West Virginia and No. 1 Kansas at No. 10 Texas Monday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET, respectively, and No. 7 Purdue at No. 5 Michigan State Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Also on Tuesday, Feb. 9, ESPN will televise No. 14 Tennessee at No. 20 Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. As part of ESPN Classic’s Rivalry Week coverage, the network will offer five classic games between Kansas and Texas leading up to the telecast Monday, Feb. 8, beginning at 11 a.m.
Overall, Rivalry Week will feature 48 games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com. In addition, ESPN Classic will offer extensive encore presentations of memorable rivalry matchups throughout the week. Details:
- ESPN’s College GameDay Driven by State Farm and Saturday Primetime DIRECTV Game of the Week matchup, both on ESPN, will originate from No. 14 Tennessee at No. 3 Kentucky. Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl defeated No. 1 Memphis and then-coach John Calipari 66-62 on Feb. 23, 2008, when Pearl’s Volunteers were No. 2. College GameDay – hosted by Rece Davis with analysts Jay Bilas, Hubert Davis and Digger Phelps – will air at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- ESPNU will televise the top three teams: No. 1 Kansas against Iowa State at 8 p.m. and No. 2 Villanova against Providence at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, and No. 3 Kentucky against Alabama on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 9 p.m. ESPNU will also televise No. 13 Gonzaga against San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 10 p.m.
- No. 6 West Virginia will visit No. 21 Pittsburgh in the basketball version of the Backyard Brawl on Friday, Feb. 12, at 9 p.m. on ESPN.
- ESPN will televise one of the biggest rivalries in sports when No. 9 Duke visits North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 9 p.m. North Carolina has won the last three meetings. ESPN Classic will offer 10 memorable games from the rivalry Sunday, Feb. 7, beginning at midnight.
- ESPN will televise Connecticut at No. 4 Syracuse on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the only regular-season meeting between the rivals this year. The game will mark the first meeting between the programs since Syracuse’s 127-117 victory in the six-overtime BIG EAST Championship quarterfinal thriller last year. In addition, ESPN Classic will re-air the entire game from 2009 on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m.
- Every team in the top 10 will be televised – and 15 overall – throughout the week, including multiple appearances by each of the top six: No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Villanova, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 5 Michigan State and No. 6 West Virginia. Other ranked teams that will be televised twice: No. 13 Gonzaga and No. 14 Tennessee.
Rivalry Week Schedule
| Date | Time | Matchup | Network |
| Mon, Feb 8 | 7 p.m. | No. 2 Villanova at No. 6 West VirginiaSean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 7 p.m. | Maryland Eastern Shore at North Carolina A&TCharlie Neal & Stan Lewter | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas at No. 10 TexasBrent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Alcorn State at Grambling StateDave Weekley & Stephen Howard | ESPNU | |
| Tue, Feb 9 | 7 p.m. | No. 14 Tennessee at No. 20 VanderbiltBrad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Jeannine Edwards | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 7 p.m. | No. 8 Georgetown at ProvidenceJon Sciambi & Len Elmore | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Virginia Commonwealth at George MasonJohn Castleberry & Mark Adams | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 7 Purdue at No. 5 Michigan StateBrent Musburger, Steve Lavin & Erin Andrews | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Alabama at No. 3 KentuckyRob Stone & Jay Williams | ESPNU | |
| Wed, Feb 10 | 7 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 4 SyracuseJohn Saunders, Fran Fraschilla & Allen Hopkins | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 7 p.m. | Florida State at ClemsonMike Patrick & Len Elmore | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Virginia at MarylandDan McLaughlin & Tim Welsh | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 9 Duke at North Carolina *Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Erin Andrews | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 24 Baylor at NebraskaRon Franklin & Bill Raftery | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Virginia Tech at N.C. StateCarter Blackburn & LaPhonso Ellis | ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Nevada at IdahoBob Wischusen & Adrian Branch | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| Thu, Feb 11 | 7 p.m. | Michigan at MinnesotaBrent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 7 p.m. | Louisville at St. John’sDave Pasch & Doris Burke | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Notre Dame at Seton HallScott Graham & Jay Williams | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | Mississippi at Mississippi StateRece Davis & Hubert Davis | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Washington at CaliforniaDave O’Brien & Steve Lavin | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Morehead State at Eastern IllinoisDave Weekley & Mark Adams | ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | St. Mary’s (Calif.) at No. 13 GonzagaBob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 11 p.m. | San Diego at PortlandSteve Andress & Miles Simon | ESPNU | |
| Fri, Feb 12 | 7 p.m. | Fairfield at RiderDoug Sherman & Rob Kennedy | ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Siena at NiagaraLou Canellis & Tim Welsh | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 6 West Virginia at No. 21 PittsburghDave Pasch & Doris Burke | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| Sat, Feb 13 | Noon | No. 5 Michigan State at Penn StateDave O’Brien & Steve Lavin | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| Noon | Kent State at BuffaloMichael Reghi & Tim O’Toole | ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | Oklahoma at Oklahoma StateRon Franklin & Fran Fraschilla | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 2 p.m. | Providence at No. 2 VillanovaJustin Kutcher & Dickey Simpkins | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | N.C. State at North CarolinaMike Patrick & Len Elmore | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 4 p.m. | Dayton at Saint LouisDan McLaughlin & Mac McCausland | ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Texas A&M at Texas TechJon Sciambi & LaPhonso Ellis | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 6 p.m. | Xavier at FloridaBrad Nessler & Jimmy Dykes | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Memphis at TulsaBob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 8 p.m. | Iowa State at No. 1 KansasClay Matvick & Stephen Howard | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 14 Tennessee at No. 3 KentuckyDan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Erin Andrews | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | St. Mary’s (Calif.) at PortlandKevin Calabro & Mark Adams | ESPN2 / ESPN360.com | |
| 10 p.m. | San Diego at No. 13 GonzagaGreg Heister & Tim McCormick | ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 14 | 1 p.m. | Louisville at No. 4 SyracuseSean McDonough & Len Elmore | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 8 p.m. | Missouri State at Wichita StateDan McLaughlin & Mac McCausland | ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Albany State at Fort Valley State ^Charlie Neal & Dennis Felton | ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 15 | 7 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 2 VillanovaSean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery | ESPN / ESPN360.com |
| 7 p.m. | South Carolina State at Morgan StateCharlie Neal & Stan Lewter | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas at Texas A&MBrent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe | ESPN / ESPN360.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Jackson State at Texas SouthernTrey Bender & Stephen Howard | ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Tuskegee at Morehouse ^Anthony Calhoun & Sedric Toney | ESPNU |
* Blacked out in ACC markets
^ Tape delay
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