Men’s College Basketball: Top-10 Rivalry Game Pits Kentucky vs. Louisville, Closes out Holiday Hoops
The Sonic Blockbuster game showcasing No. 6 Kentucky at No. 10 Louisville – on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN – closes out ESPN’s Holiday Hoops presented by Zales schedule. The game will be called by Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Maria Taylor, with Bilas appearing on Mike & Mike Wednesday morning, plus hits on PTI and SportsCenter prior to the game, from the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
In addition, College GameDay Covered by State Farm – preceding the game at 6:30 p.m. – will be live on site with Rece Davis, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams for halftime, pre- and post-game coverage.
The game can also be seen on ESPN3 Surround – featuring in-arena natural sound and views from above the rim cameras at each end of the floor. ESPN.com will have two writers’ onsite, Eamonn Brennan and Brian Bennett, plus full pre- and post-game content.
Schedule highlights:
- Several ranked teams on the schedule include No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 10 Louisville, No. 12 Virginia, No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 22 South Carolina
- An ESPN2 tripleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 21, includes a ranked team in each game – Elon at No. 5 Duke (6 p.m.), Northern Iowa at No. 8 North Carolina (8 p.m.) and No. 12 Virginia at Cal (10 p.m.)
- No. 22 South Carolina appears twice – at home against Clemson on Wednesday on ESPNU (9 p.m.) and again at home on Tuesday, Dec. 27, against Lander on SEC Network (7 p.m.)
- Also on Tuesday, No. 14 Wisconsin hosts Rutgers in Big Ten action on ESPN2 (7 p.m.)
The Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic tips off Thursday, Dec. 22, with quarterfinal action:
- An ESPNU opens the Classic with Tulsa vs. Stephen F. Austin (4:30 p.m.), followed by San Diego vs. Southern Miss on ESPN2 (7 p.m.), San Francisco vs. Utah on ESPNU (11 p.m.) and Illinois State vs. Hawaii on ESPNU (1:30 a.m.)
- The semifinals continue on Friday, on ESPN2 (4:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.), with the title game on Sunday, on ESPN2 (8 p.m.)
Weekly Schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday); Full Season Schedule
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Holiday Hoops presented by Zales on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU (Dec. 14-21) | |||
| Wed, Dec 21 | 6 p.m. | Elon at No. 5 Duke Doug Sherman, Paul Biancardi |
ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | Sonic Blockbuster: No. 6 Kentucky at No. 10 Louisville Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
|
| 8 p.m. | Northern Iowa at No. 8 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | Clemson at No. 22 South Carolina Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | No. 12 Virginia at California Dave Pasch, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Thu, Dec 22 | 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: Tulsa vs. Stephen F. Austin Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: San Diego State vs. Southern Miss Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: San Francisco vs. Utah Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Dec 23 | 1:30 a.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: Illinois State vs. Hawaii Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Semifinal Roxy Bernstein, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Consolation Roxy Bernstein, Cory Alexander |
ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Semifinal Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Dec 24 | 12:30 a.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Consolation Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU |
| Sun, Dec 25 | 12:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 7th Place Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 2:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 5th Place Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 3rd Place Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Championship Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Dec 27 | 7 p.m. | Rutgers at No. 14 Wisconsin Bob Picozzi, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Lander at No. 22 South Carolina Tom Werme, Kyle Macy |
SEC Network | ||
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Holiday Hoops presented by Zales on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU (Dec. 14-21) | |||
| Wed, Dec 21 | 5:30 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Indiana State | ESPN3 |
| 6 p.m. | Elon at No. 5 Duke
Doug Sherman, Paul Biancardi |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Sonic Blockbuster: No. 6 Kentucky at No. 10 Louisville
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
|
| Missouri at Illinois
Mitch Holthus, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Little Rock at Florida
Rich Hollenberg, Kyle Macy, Steffi Sorensen |
SEC Network | ||
| Nebraska-Omaha at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Bethune-Cookman at Central Florida
Drew Fellios, Mike O’Donnell |
ESPN3 | ||
| Brescia at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| Daniel Webster at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| Boston University at UMass-Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Northern Iowa at No. 8 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| UAB at Texas
Alex Loeb, Lance Blanks |
Longhorn Network | ||
| Saint Francis (Pa.) at Texas A&M
Will Johnson, John Thorton |
SEC Network + | ||
| Arlington Baptist at Lamar | ESPN3 | ||
| Incarnate Word at Memphis
Greg Gaston, Jon Albright |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Clemson at No. 22 South Carolina
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| Arkansas State at Alabama
Doug Bell, Tony Delk |
SEC Network | ||
| 10 p.m. | No. 12 Virginia at California
Dave Pasch, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | Kent State at Oregon State
Roy Philpott, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Dec 22 | Noon | Alabama A&M at Bowling Green | ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | Marygrove at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: Tulsa at Stephen F. Austin
Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: San Diego State at Southern Miss
Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| Yale at Temple
Dave Leno, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNU | ||
| Morehead State at Mississippi State
Matt Stewart, Acie Law |
SEC Network | ||
| George Washington at Miami | ACC Network Extra | ||
| McNeese at NC State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Tennessee at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Dean College at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida National at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| North Carolina A&T at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Presbyterian at East Carolina
Evan Lepler, Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| Delaware at USF
Drew Fellios, Mike O’Donnell |
ESPN3 | ||
| Alabama State at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Wofford at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8 p.m. | Mount St. Joseph at Evansville | ESPN3 | |
| UT Martin at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Saint Mary’s at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Roosevelt at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| Santa Clara at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | UNC Asheville at Ohio State
Mark Neely, Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| LSU at Wake Forest
Mike Morgan, Jason Capel |
ESPNU | ||
| South Alabama at Ole Miss
Richard Cross, Mark Wise |
SEC Network | ||
| 11 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: San Francisco at Utah
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Dec 23 | 1:30 a.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Quarterfinal: Illinois State at Hawaii
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 |
| 2 p.m. | Texas State at Tulane
Sam Gore, Mike O’Donnell |
ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Auburn at UConn
Karl Ravech, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Providence at Boston College
Alex Faust, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Semifinal
Roxy Bernstein, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Consolation
Roxy Bernstein, Cory Alexander |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Harvard at Houston
Tom Hart, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 10 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Semifinal
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Dec 24 | 12:30 a.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Consolation
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU |
| Sun, Dec 25 | 12:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 7th Place
Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 2:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 5th Place
Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – 3rd Place
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic – Championship
Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Dec 27 | 3 p.m. | Northwestern at Penn State
Mike Corey, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 |
| 5 p.m. | Illinois at Maryland
Mark Jones, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Rutgers at No. 14 Wisconsin
Bob Picozzi, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| Kent State at Texas
Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks |
ESPNU | ||
| Lander at No. 22 South Carolina
Tom Werme, Kyle Macy |
SEC Network | ||
| 9 p.m. | Michigan State at Minnesota
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| SMU at Memphis
Alex Faust, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
