ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule this weekend will be highlighted by telecasts involving four of the top eight ranked teams and telecasts of three early season tournaments. Highlights:

• ESPN3.com will have exclusive coverage of five games, including No. 1 Duke (against Colgate Friday, Nov. 19, at 8:30 p.m.) and No. 7 Villanova (against Lafayette Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m.).
• ESPN2 will televise the final four games of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer — Thursday, Nov. 18 with the semifinals pitting No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. Maryland at 7 p.m. and No. 16 Illinois vs. No. 22 Texas at 9 p.m., and on Friday, Nov. 19 the third place game at 5 p.m. and the championship at 7 p.m.
• All 12 games from the Honda Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan beginning Thursday, Nov. 18 with four first-round games: Davidson vs. West Virginia at 11:30 a.m. (ESPNU); Nebraska vs. Vanderbilt at 1:30 p.m. (ESPNU); Hofstra vs. No. 8 North Carolina at 5 p.m. (ESPN2); and Western Kentucky vs. Minnesota at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN3.com). Additional telecasts include the semifinals Friday, Nov. 19, at 12:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU and the third-place and championship Sunday, Nov. 21, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively, on ESPN2.
• The final four games of the third annual Charleston Classic, from S.C., will air on ESPNU Friday, Nov. 19 (semifinals at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.) and Sunday, Nov. 21 (third place game at 5:30 p.m. and championship at 7:30 p.m.).

The Puerto Rico Tip-Off and Charleston Classic tournaments are owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television, Inc. (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN.

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