Men’s College Basketball: Conference Play Opens with ESPN2 Tripleheader; Super Tuesday Begins after New Year
The start of men’s college basketball conference play begins this week, and includes an ESPN2 tripleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 28, beginning at 5 p.m., showcasing Wake Forest at No. 20 Florida State, No. 12 Virginia at No. 6 Louisville and No. 2 UCLA at No. 21 Oregon.
The network’s Super Tuesday schedule starts on January 3, showcasing some of the top games throughout the conference season on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS. The weekly series tips off with a 7 p.m. top-25 contest between No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 16 Indiana (ESPN).
- Also in action in the 7 p.m. time slot is No. 9 North Carolina at Clemson (ESPN2) and Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida (ESPNU)
- The later games include Texas A&M at No. 8 Kentucky (ESPN), Kansas State at No. 3 Kansas (ESPN2) and No. 11 West Virginia at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS)
Schedule highlights:
- ESPN2 presents three games on Friday, Dec. 30 beginning at 4 p.m., No. 11 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, No. 4 Baylor at Oklahoma at 7 p.m. and No. 18 Arizona at California at 11 p.m.
- New Year’s Eve offers a top-25 game between No. 20 Florida State and No. 12 Virginia (ESPNU) at 2 p.m.
- ESPNU has a full day of hoops on New Year’s Day opening with former BIG EAST and now ACC opponents Syracuse at Boston College at 12:30 p.m.
- Ranked teams on this week’s schedule include No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Kansas, No. 4 Baylor, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Louisville, No. 8 Kentucky, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 11 West Virginia, No. 12 Virginia, No. 14 Wisconsin, No. 16 Indiana, No. 18 Arizona, No. 19 Saint Mary’s, No. 20 Florida State, No. 21 Oregon, No. 23 Cincinnati, No. 24 Notre Dame and No. 25 Florida.
Weekly Schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday); Full Season Schedule
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 28 | 5 p.m. | Wake Forest at No. 20 Florida State Mike Couzens, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | No. 12 Virginia at No. 6 Louisville Doug Sherman, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| Monmouth at No. 9 North Carolina Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | ||
| St. Peter’s at No. 24 Notre Dame | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 UCLA at No. 21 Oregon Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 23 Cincinnati at Temple Dave Leno, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Dec 29 | 8 p.m. | No. 8 Kentucky at Ole Miss Bob Wischusen, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 |
| 9 p.m. | No. 25 Florida at Arkansas Mike Morgan, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 19 Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount Sam Farber, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Dec 30 | 4 p.m. | No. 11 West Virginia at Oklahoma State Mark Neely, Mark Plansky |
ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | No. 4 Baylor at Oklahoma Doug Sherman, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 18 Arizona at California Roxy Bernstein, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Dec 31 | Noon | No. 5 Duke at Virginia Tech Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 |
| 2 p.m. | No. 20 Florida State at No. 12 Virginia Kevin Fitzgerald, Dino Gaudio, Jeff Goodman |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Syracuse at Boston College Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 2:30 p.m. | Penn State at Rutgers Jay Alter, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNU | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Colorado at Utah Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Washington State at Washington Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Jan 2 | 9 p.m. | UL Lafayette at Little Rock Bob Valvano, Rich Hollenberg |
ESPN2 |
| Tue, Jan 3 | Super Tuesday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 16 Indiana Dave Flemming, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 9 North Carolina at Clemson Tom Hart, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | ||
| Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | East Carolina at UCF Alex Faust, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNEWS | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas A&M at No. 8 Kentucky Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| Kansas State at No. 3 Kansas Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Oklahoma at TCU Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| 9:15 p.m. | No. 11 West Virginia at Texas Tech David Saltzman, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network | |
| Wed, Dec 28 | 2 p.m. | UMass at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Houston at UConn
Karl Ravech, Tim Welsh |
ESPN2 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Wake Forest at No. 20 Florida State
Mike Couzens, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 12 Virginia at No. 6 Louisville
Doug Sherman, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | ||
| Monmouth at No. 9 North Carolina
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |||
| USF at East Carolina
Brock Bowling, Julianne Viani |
ESPNEWS | |||
| UNC Wilmington at Clemson | ACC Network Extra | |||
| Columbia at Miami | ACC Network Extra | |||
| Rider at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |||
| Marshall at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | |||
| UMBC at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |||
| St. Peter’s at No. 24 Notre Dame | ACC Network Extra | |||
| UNC Greensboro at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |||
| Mercer at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |||
| Thomas University at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | |||
| NJIT at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | |||
| 7:30 p.m. | North Carolina A&T at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 8 p.m. | Chicago State at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 UCLA at No. 21 Oregon
Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 23 Cincinnati at Temple
Dave Leno, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |||
| Fresno State at New Mexico
Trey Bender, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | |||
| 11 p.m. | UNLV at Colorado State
Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Dec 29 | 2 p.m. | Long Beach State at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia at Auburn
Mike Couzens, Daymeon Fishback |
ESPNU | ||
| Tennessee at Texas A&M
Brett Dolan, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | |||
| Savannah State at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |||
| Olivet Nazarene at Miami (OH) | ESPN3 | |||
| Alabama A&M at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | |||
| Ball State at North Florida | ESPN3 | |||
| Milwaukee at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | |||
| 8 p.m. | No. 8 Kentucky at Ole Miss
Bob Wischusen, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | ||
| UMKC at Mississippi State | SEC Network + | |||
| Lipscomb at Missouri | SEC Network + | |||
| Stetson at Alabama | SEC Network + | |||
| Southern Illinois at Bradley | ESPN3 | |||
| 8:30 p.m. | Houston-Tillotson at Lamar | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Vanderbilt at LSU
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 25 Florida at Arkansas
Mike Morgan, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |||
| 11 p.m. | No. 19 Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount
Sam Farber, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Dec 30 | 2 p.m. | Allen University at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 11 West Virginia at Oklahoma State
Mark Neely, Mark Plansky |
ESPN2 | ||
| Marywood at Binghamton | ESPN3 | |||
| 5 p.m. | Valparaiso at UIC
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Chicago State at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Texas Tech at Iowa State
Dave Armstrong, Kevin Lehman |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 4 Baylor at Oklahoma
Doug Sherman, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| Rhode Island at Saint Louis
Mike Corey, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNU | |||
| Maine at Buffalo | ESPN3 | |||
| 8 p.m. | Texas at Kansas State
Mitch Holthus, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 9 p.m. | South Carolina at Memphis
Richard Cross, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | No. 18 Arizona at California
Roxy Bernstein, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | ||
| Sat, Dec 31 | Noon | No. 5 Duke at Virginia Tech
Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| Houston at USF
Alex Faust, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |||
| The Citadel at Furman | ESPN3 | |||
| North Georgia at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |||
| Green Bay at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | |||
| 1 p.m. | Mercer at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Tech at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | |||
| Marist at Iona | ESPN3 | |||
| Rider at Monmouth | ESPN3 | |||
| 2 p.m. | No. 20 Florida State at No. 12 Virginia
Kevin Fitzgerald, Dino Gaudio, Jeff Goodman |
ESPNU | ||
| Samford at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | |||
| Chattanooga at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | |||
| VMI at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |||
| 4 p.m. | Temple at UCF
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 5 p.m. | Houston Baptist at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Nevada at Fresno State
Trey Bender, Richie Schueler |
ESPN3 | ||
| South Carolina State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | |||
| 9 p.m. | Colorado State at Boise State
Peter Young, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| Sun, Jan 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Syracuse at Boston College
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | Illinois State at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Penn State at Rutgers
Jay Alter, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNU | ||
| 4 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Drake at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Colorado at Utah
Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Washington State at Washington
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| Mon, Jan 2 | 2 p.m. | Columbia at Maine | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Mercer at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| Chattanooga at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | |||
| The Citadel at Wofford | ESPN3 | |||
| Ave Maria at Stetson | ESPN3 | |||
| Palm Beach Atlantic at North Florida | ESPN3 | |||
| Cornell at Albany | ESPN3 | |||
| Rice at Charlotte | ESPN3 | |||
| 9 p.m. | UL Lafayette at Little Rock
Bob Valvano, Rich Hollenberg |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tue, Jan 3 | Super Tuesday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | |||
| 6:30 p.m. | Arkansas at Tennessee
Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | ||
| 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 16 Indiana
Dave Flemming, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN | ||
| No. 9 North Carolina at Clemson
Tom Hart, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | |||
| Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida
Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |||
| Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | |||
| Western Michigan at Ohio | ESPN3 | |||
| Buffalo at Toledo | ESPN3 | |||
| Northern Illinois at Miami (OH) | ESPN3 | |||
| Middle Georgia State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | |||
| 7:15 p.m. | East Carolina at UCF
Alex Faust, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Alabama at Mississippi State
Adam Amin, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| 9 p.m. | Texas A&M at No. 8 Kentucky
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | ||
| Kansas State at No. 3 Kansas
Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |||
| Oklahoma at TCU
Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | |||
| 9:15 p.m. | No. 11 West Virginia at Texas Tech
David Saltzman, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | ||
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