Men’s College Basketball: Saturday Schedule Features Eight Top-25 Teams, Two Top-25 Matchups

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Men’s College Basketball: Saturday Schedule Features Eight Top-25 Teams, Two Top-25 Matchups

The Saturday, Jan. 21, men’s college basketball slate features two top-25 matchups plus the Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T tilt between Miami at No. 18 Duke (ESPN, 8:15 p.m.). Tabbed a Journey to the Tourney game, No. 12 Louisville will travel to No. 10 Florida State at 2 p.m., plus No. 24 South Carolina at No. 5 Kentucky at 6 p.m., both on ESPN. Also in action on Saturday is No. 6 Baylor, No. 7 West Virginia and No. 15 Notre Dame.

SEC Network presents one of the top games of the week, a top-25 matchup showcasing No. 19 Florida at No. 24 South Carolina on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m.

College GameDay Covered by State Farm
The 13th season of ESPN College GameDay opens from the Miami-Duke game on Saturday with the morning show starting at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast at 8 p.m. College GameDay is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams. Bilas will join Dan Shulman and reporter Maria Taylor on the call of the game.

The Big Monday presented by EBay doubleheader showcases the ACC and Big 12 on ESPN through the remainder of the regular season. In addition, ESPNU presents a regular schedule of night games, primarily involving the Big 12, MEAC or SWAC. Highlights:

  • The ESPN doubleheader on January 23, showcases No. 18 Duke at home against NC State at 7 p.m., followed by Oklahoma at Texas
  • TCU faces Oklahoma State at 7 p.m., followed by Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley State, both on ESPNU

The Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink highlights an ESPN Big Ten and SEC doubleheader, as well as a weekly ESPN2 prime-time matchup featuring the Big 12, plus the ACC and SEC on ESPNU with select Mountain West games. highlights:

  • A top-25 tilt between No. 2 Kansas at No. 7 West Virginia highlight’s the January 24, schedule starting at 7 p.m., followed by No. 5 Kentucky at Tennessee, both on ESPN
  • No. 21 Purdue travels to Michigan State at 7 p.m. on ESPN2
  • An ESPNU tripleheader beginning at 7 p.m. includes No. 12 Louisville at Pittsburgh, Kansas State at Iowa State and Utah State at New Mexico State

Additional schedule highlights:

  • An ESPN doubleheader on Thursday, Jan. 19, features No. 25 Maryland at Iowa at 7 p.m., followed by No. 12 Louisville hosting Clemson
  • ESPN2 and ESPN3 Surround will showcase California at No. 11 Oregon, also on Thursday, at 9 p.m.
  • The ESPNU ACC Sunday Night Basketball weekly game pits Virginia Tech at Clemson, at 7 p.m.
  • Ranked teams on this week’s schedule: No. 2 Kansas, No. 4 Gonzaga, No. 5 Kentucky, No. 6 Baylor, No. 7 West Virginia, No. 10 Florida State, No. 11 Oregon, No. 12 Louisville, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 18 Duke, No. 19 Florida State, No. 21 Purdue, No. 24 South Carolina and No. 25 Maryland
  • ESPN Buzzer Beater network will offer live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college basketball games on Saturday from 1-9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8-11 p.m.

Weekly Schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday); Full Season Schedule

Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentators Network
Wed, Jan 18 6:30 p.m. No. 19 Florida at No. 24 South Carolina

Tom, Hart, Daymeon Fishback

SEC Network
  7 p.m. Oklahoma at No. 7 West Virginia

Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla

ESPN2
Thu, Jan 19 7 p.m. No. 25 Maryland at Iowa

Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun

ESPN
  9 p.m. Clemson at No. 12 Louisville

Jason Benetti, Dan Dakich

ESPN
  California at No. 11 Oregon

Dave Pasch, Bill Walton

ESPN2 / ESPN3 Surround
  11 p.m. No. 4 Gonzaga at Santa Clara

John Brickley, Sean Harrington

ESPNU
Sat, Jan 21 Noon Syracuse at No. 15 Notre Dame

Mike Couzens, Doris Burke

ESPN
  2 p.m. Journey to the Tourney: No. 12 Louisville at No. 10 Florida State

Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams

ESPN
  6 p.m. No. 24 South Carolina at No. 5 Kentucky

Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung

ESPN
  No. 7 West Virginia at Kansas State

Mark Neely, Mark Plansky

ESPN2
  8 p.m. No. 6 Baylor at TCU

Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer

ESPNU
  8:15 p.m. Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: Miami at No. 18 Duke

Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor

ESPN / ESPN3 Surround
Sun, Jan 22 6:30 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Virginia Tech at Clemson

Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander

ESPNU
Mon, Jan 23 Big Monday presented by EBay (ESPN & ESPNU)
  7 p.m. NC State at No. 18 Duke

Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams

ESPN
  TCU at Oklahoma State

Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer

ESPNU
  9 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas

Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe

ESPN
  Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley State

Dave LaMont, Jerod Ward

ESPNU
Tue, Jan 24 Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU)
6:30 p.m. Auburn at No. 24 South Carolina

Adam Amin, Jon Sundvold

SEC Network
  7 p.m. No. 2 Kansas at No. 7 West VirginiaJon Sciambi, Dick Vitale, Andy Katz ESPN
  No. 21 Purdue at Michigan State

Dan Shulman, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath

ESPN2
  No. 12 Louisville at Pittsburgh

Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio

ESPNU
  9 p.m. No. 5 Kentucky at Tennessee

Brent Musburger, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung

ESPN
  Kansas State at Iowa State

Mark Neely, Reid Gettys

ESPNU
  11 p.m. Utah State at New Mexico

Steve Quis, Adrian Branch

ESPNU

Weekly Men’s College Basketball Weekly Schedule (subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentators Network
Wed, Jan 18 6:30 p.m. No. 19 Florida at No. 24 South Carolina

Tom, Hart, Daymeon Fishback

SEC Network
  7 p.m. Oklahoma at No. 7 West Virginia

Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla

ESPN2
  Missouri at Alabama

Kevin Fitzgerald, Kyle Macy

ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. Tulane at Tulsa

Alex Faust, Bryndon Manzer

ESPNEWS
  Chowan at Virginia State ESPN3
  8 p.m. South Dakota at Oral Roberts ESPN3
  8:30 p.m. LSU at Auburn

Dave Neal, Chris Spatola

SEC Network
  9 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State

Anish Shroff, Tim Welsh

ESPNU
  10 p.m. UC Riverside at Cal State Fullerton ESPN3
  11 p.m. Colorado at Washington

Roy Philpott, Brad Daugherty

ESPNU
Thu, Jan 19 7 p.m. No. 25 Maryland at Iowa

Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun

ESPN
  UConn at SMU

Adam Amin, Len Elmore

ESPN2
  Richmond at Dayton

Mike Corey, Jason Capel

ESPNU
  East Tennessee State at Furman ESPN3
  Mercer at UNC Greensboro ESPN3
  The Citadel at Western Carolina ESPN3
  VMI at Wofford ESPN3
  Kennesaw State at North Florida ESPN3
  Lipscomb at Jacksonville ESPN3
  NJIT at Stetson ESPN3
  USC Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  Binghamton at Albany ESPN3
  Hartford at Stony Brook ESPN3
  New Hampshire at Maine ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. Lamar at Sam Houston State ESPN3
  8 p.m. Siena at Saint Peter’s

Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy

ESPN3
  9 p.m. Clemson at No. 12 Louisville

Jason Benetti, Dan Dakich

ESPN
  California at No. 11 Oregon

Dave Pasch, Bill Walton

ESPN2 / ESPN3 Surround
  UNC Asheville at Winthrop

Robert Lee, Nate Ross

ESPNU
  11 p.m. No. 4 Gonzaga at Santa Clara

John Brickley, Sean Harrington

ESPNU
Fri, Jan 20 7 p.m. Manhattan at Monmouth

Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy

ESPN3
  Detroit Mercy at Wright State ESPN3
  Fairfield at Iona ESPN3
  8 p.m. Yale at Brown ESPN3
  Cleveland State at Milwaukee ESPN3
  Youngstown State at Green Bay ESPN3
Sat, Jan 21 Noon Syracuse at No. 15 Notre Dame

Mike Couzens, Doris Burke

ESPN
  Georgia at Texas A&M

Beth Mowins, Dalen Cuff

ESPN2
  Nebraska at Rutgers

Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington

ESPNU
  1 p.m. Tulsa at USF

Alex Faust, Mark Wise

ESPNEWS
  1:30 p.m. Miami (OH) at Central Michigan ESPN3
  2 p.m. Journey to the Tourney: No. 12 Louisville at No. 10 Florida State

Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams

ESPN
  Iowa State at Oklahoma

Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla

ESPN2
  Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys

ESPNU
  Mercer at Western Carolina ESPN3
  2:15 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Georgia State ESPN3
  2:30 p.m. Ball State at Bowling Green ESPN3
  Western Michigan at Buffalo ESPN3
  3 p.m. Indiana State at Wichita State ESPN3
  Bradley at Missouri State ESPN3
  Spring Arbor at Indiana Wesleyan ESPN3
  Central Connecticut State at Saint Francis (Pa.) ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Missouri

Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold

SEC Network
  4 p.m. Michigan State at Indiana

Dave Fleming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath

ESPN
  Alabama at Auburn

Rich Hollenberg, Sean Farnham

ESPN2
  Omaha at Oral Roberts ESPN3
  VMI at Furman ESPN3
  USC Upstate at Stetson ESPN3
  Mars Hill at Wingate ESPN3
  4:30 p.m. Ohio at Northern Illinois ESPN3
  Campbell at UNC Asheville ESPN3
  5 p.m. The Citadel at UNC Greensboro ESPN3
  Samford at Chattanooga ESPN3
  Appalachian State at Georgia State ESPN3
  5:30 p.m. UL Monroe at UT Arlington

Matt Stewart, Bob Donewald

ESPN3
  6 p.m. No. 24 South Carolina at No. 5 Kentucky

Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung

ESPN
  No. 7 West Virginia at Kansas State

Mark Neely, Mark Plansky

ESPN2
  Houston at SMU

Dave LaMont, Tim Welsh

ESPNU
  Mississippi State at Tennessee

Mike Morgan, Pat Bradley

SEC Network
  7 p.m. NJIT at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  Kennesaw State at Jacksonville ESPN3
  Lipscomb at North Florida ESPN3
  UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Sam Houston State ESPN3
  8 p.m. No. 6 Baylor at TCU

Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer

ESPNU
  Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois ESPN3
  Cornell at Columbia ESPN3
  Troy at Arkansas State ESPN3
  8:15 p.m. Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: Miami at No. 18 Duke

Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor

ESPN / ESPN3 Surround
  8:30 p.m. LSU at Arkansas       

Richard Cross, Jarvis Hayes

SEC Network
  Stephen F. Austin at Incarnate Word ESPN3
  10 p.m. Long Beach State at Cal Poly

Sam Farber, Richie Schueler

ESPNU
Sun, Jan 22 Noon UMBC at UMass Lowell ESPN3
  2 p.m. Wofford at East Tennessee State ESPN3
  Oakland at Wright State ESPN3
  Stony Brook at Binghamton ESPN3
  Maine at Albany ESPN3
  Fairfield at Monmouth ESPN3
  3 p.m. Youngstown State at Milwaukee ESPN3
  6:30 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Virginia Tech at Clemson

Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander

ESPNU
  8:30 p.m. Arizona State at USC

Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams

ESPNU
  Big Monday presented by EBay (ESPN & ESPNU)
Mon, Jan 23 7 p.m. NC State at No. 18 Duke

Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams

ESPN
  TCU at Oklahoma State

Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer

ESPNU
  Quinnipiac at Iona ESPN3
  Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern ESPN3
  Appalachian State at Georgia State ESPN3
  8 p.m. South Alabama at Arkansas State ESPN3
  9 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas

Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe

ESPN
  Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley State

Dave LaMont, Jerod Ward

ESPNU
  Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU)
Tue, Jan 24 6:30 p.m. Auburn at No. 24 South Carolina

Adam Amin, Jon Sundvold

SEC Network
  7 p.m. No. 2 Kansas at No. 7 West Virginia

Jon Sciambi, Dick Vitale, Andy Katz

 

ESPN
  No. 21 Purdue at Michigan State
Dan Shulman, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath
ESPN2
  No. 12 Louisville at Pittsburgh

Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio

ESPNU
  Buffalo at Miami (OH) ESPN3
  Bowling Green at Central Michigan ESPN3
  Akron at Western Michigan ESPN3
  Goshen at Indiana Wesleyan ESPN3
  8 p.m. Kent State at Northern Illinois ESPN3
  8:30 p.m. Arkansas at Vanderbilt

Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw

SEC Network
  9 p.m. No. 5 Kentucky at Tennessee

Brent Musburger, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung

ESPN
  Kansas State at Iowa State

Mark Neely, Reid Gettys

ESPNU
  San Diego State at Air Force

Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler

ESPN3
  11 p.m. Utah State at New Mexico

Steve Quis, Adrian Branch

ESPNU

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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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