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Men’s College Basketball: Four Matchups Between Ranked Teams Highlighted by No. 4 Duke at No. 2 Virginia
ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule for Thursday, Jan. 29, through Sunday, Feb. 1 will include 19 ranked teams, highlighted by four matchups between squads in the poll. Highlights:
- ESPN’s lineup for Saturday, Jan. 31, will include at least one ranked team in every telecast, highlighted by No. 4 Duke at No. 2 Virginia in an ACC showdown on the Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV at 7 p.m. ET. The additional matchups: No. 5 Wisconsin at Iowa at noon, No. 9 Kansas against Kansas State at 2 p.m. and No. 13 North Carolina at No. 10 Louisville at 4 p.m.
- ESPN2’s lineup for Saturday will be highlighted by No. 12 Wichita State at No. 18 Northern Iowa at 4 p.m. and No. 19 Texas at No. 20 Baylor at 6 p.m.
- ESPN and SEC Network will also televise No. 1 Kentucky on Thursday (at 9 p.m. on ESPN) and Saturday (at 7 p.m. on SEC Network).
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Jan 29 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 16 Maryland at Ohio State Rece Davis, Jay Bilas |
ESPN | |
| Dayton at Massachusetts Doug Kezirian, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Chattanooga at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Connecticut at Cincinnati Mike Patrick, Bob Knight |
ESPN2 | |
| Rider at St. Peter’s Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at Troy Matt Stewart, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at Missouri Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Murray State Chris Hassel, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | No. 11 Utah at UCLA Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Cal Poly at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | San Francisco at BYU Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 30 | 6 p.m. | Harvard at Princeton Eamon McAnaney, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Marist at Niagara John Brickley, Mitch Buonaguro |
ESPN3 | |
| Dartmouth at Pennsylvania | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Monmouth at Fairfield Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Kent State at Buffalo Jim Barbar, Steve Donahue |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 31 | Noon | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 5 Wisconsin at Iowa Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Auburn at Tennessee Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Texas Tech at West No. 17 Virginia Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: USF at Tulsa Mike Crispino, Len Elmore |
ESPNEWS | |
| Lipscomb at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Kansas State at No. 9 Kansas Dave Flemming, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Richmond at No. 14 VCU Bob Picozzi, Jon Crispin |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: TCU at No. 15 Iowa State Anish Shroff, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| LSU at Mississippi State Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| Mount St. Mary’s at Sacred Heart | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 13 North Carolina at No. 10 Louisville Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 12 Wichita State at No. 18 Northern Iowa Rich Hollenberg, Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Georgia at South Carolina Mike Morgan, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Texas A&M Dave Baker, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | |
| Ohio at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Houston Baptist at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 19 Texas at No. 20 Baylor Mark Neely, Stephen Howard |
ESPN2 | |
| Purdue at Northwestern Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| 7 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 4 Duke at No. 2 Virginia Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Alabama at No. 1 Kentucky Dave Neal, Darrin Horn, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
| Mercer at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| St. Peter’s at Iona Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Hawaii at Long Beach State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 24 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Dave LaMont, Stan Heath |
ESPN2 | |
| UCF at SMU Mark Brown, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Toledo at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Memphis at No. 3 Gonzaga Beth Mowins, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | |
| Cal Poly at UC Davis Paul Loeffler, Lamar Hurd |
ESPNU | ||
| Air Force at UNLV Trey Bender, Kyle Macy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Sun, Feb 1 | 12:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: No. 23 Miami at Florida State Adam Amin, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Manhattan at Monmouth | ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | No. 11 Utah at USC Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
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