Men’s College Basketball: Journey to the Tourney Games Showcase Top-Ranked Teams
The men’s college basketball schedule is highlighted by three designated Journey to the Tourney games – No. 2 Baylor at No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday, Feb. 1 (ESPN/ESPN3 Surround), No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 12 North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 4 (ESPN) and No. 8 Kentucky at No. 24 Florida (ESPN) as the Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T matchup and the site of College GameDay Covered by State Farm. The weekly show begins at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast at 8 p.m.
This week’s schedule includes 18 Associated Press ranked teams, including the No. 1 Gonzaga at BYU on Thursday, Feb. 2 (ESPN2) and at home against Santa Clara on Saturday (ESPN2).
The week of Monday, Feb. 6, begins Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s, which includes early-week action during Big Monday presented by EBay and Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink.
- Big Monday games includes an ESPN top-10 matchup featuring No. 6 Louisville at No. 9 Virginia, beginning at 7 p.m., followed by No. 3 Kansas at Kansas State
- The Super Tuesday slate includes No. 8 Kentucky at home against LSU (ESPN), No. 24 Florida at Georgia (ESPN2) and No. 20 Notre Dame against Wake Forest (ESPNEWS), all at 7 p.m.
Additional schedule highlights:
- Saturday’s schedule also includes No. 23 Purdue at No. 17 Maryland (ESPN) at noon and No. 5 Arizona at No. 13 Oregon (ESPN) at 4 p.m.
- Also in action is No. 7 West Virginia, No. 14 Cincinnati, No. 15 Florida State, No. 18 Saint Mary’s and No. 19 South Carolina
- 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, Feb 1 | 9 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 2 Baylor at No. 3 Kansas
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Holly Rowe |
ESPN2 /
ESPN3 Surround |
| No. 19 South Carolina at LSU
Tom Hart, Daymean Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Thu, Feb 2 | Missouri at No. 24 Florida
Jason Benetti, Sean Farnham, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 5 Arizona at Oregon State
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 1 Gonzaga at BYU
Eric Rothman, Adrian Branch |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 18 Saint Mary’s at Pacific
Drew Fellios, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 a.m. | Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson
Chris Hassell, Adam Finkelstein |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 4 | Noon | No. 23 Purdue at No. 17 Maryland
Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN |
| No. 9 Virginia at Syracuse
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN2 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Iowa State at No. 3 Kansas
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Georgia at No. 19 South Carolina
Beth Mowins, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Kansas State at No. 2 Baylor
Dave Armstrong, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 5 Arizona at No. 13 Oregon
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| UConn at No. 14 Cincinnati
Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh |
ESPN2 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 7 West Virginia
Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 12 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| 8:15 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney as part of Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: No. 8 Kentucky at No. 24 Florida
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| 10 p.m. | Santa Clara at No. 1 Gonzaga
Eric Rothman, Malcom Huckaby |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Feb 5 | 12:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Clemson at No. 15 Florida State
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s from Feb. 6-12 (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | |||
| Mon, Feb 6 | Big Monday presented by EBay (ESPN, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 6 Louisville at No. 9 Virginia
Sean McDonough, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 Kansas at Kansas State
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Jackson State at Southern
Dave LaMont, Jerod Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 7 | Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Alabama at No. 19 South Carolina
Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | LSU at No. 8 Kentucky
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 Florida at Georgia
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tulsa at Memphis
Richard Cross, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | ||
| Wake Forest at No. 20 Notre Dame
Zach Zaidman, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 9 p.m. | Michigan State at Michigan
Dan Shulman, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | |
| Iowa State at Texas
Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Texas Tech at TCU
Mitch Holthus, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Mississippi State at Auburn
Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Feb 1 | 7 p.m. | Syracuse at NC State
Karl Ravech, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| UCF at Houston
Ted Emrich, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Alabama at Arkansas
Dave Neal, Chris Spatola |
SEC Network | ||
| Evansville at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Maine at Vermont | ESPN3 | ||
| UMass Lowell at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| UMBC at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| New Hampshire at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | TCU at Kansas State
Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | |
| 8 p.m. | Bradley at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| Newberry at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 2 Baylor at No. 3 Kansas
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Holly Rowe |
ESPN2 /
ESPN3 Surround |
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| Texas Tech at Texas
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 19 South Carolina at LSU
Tom Hart, Daymean Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Nevada at Utah State
Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9:30 p.m. | East Carolina at SMU
Alex Faust, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | |
| 10 p.m. | Long Beach State at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | USC at Washington
Roy Philpott, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Feb 2 | 7 p.m. | Michigan State at Nebraska
Rece Davis, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN |
| Missouri at No. 24 Florida
Jason Benetti, Sean Farnham, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN2 | ||
| Bryant at Mount St. Mary’s
John Brickley, Mark Plansky |
ESPNU | ||
| Memphis at USF
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Wofford at The Citadel | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| East Tennessee State at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit Mercy at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | UNC Greensboro at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Valparaiso at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | |
| Western Carolina at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| Niagara at Fairfield
Doug Sherman, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 5 Arizona at Oregon State
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPN2 | |
| Belmont at Murray State
Jerry Punch, Mo Cassera |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | No. 1 Gonzaga at BYU
Eric Rothman, Adrian Branch |
ESPN2 | |
| Hawai’i at UC Riverside | ESPN3 | ||
| No. 18 Saint Mary’s at Pacific
Drew Fellios, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Feb 3 | 7 p.m. | Rhode Island at Davidson
Mike Corey, Jason Capel |
ESPN2 |
| Iona at Rider
Doug Sherman, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | ||
| Saint Peter’s at Monmouth
Robert Lee, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Pennsylvania at Harvard | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Buffalo at Ball State
Brendan Fitzgerald, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 4 | 11 a.m. | Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson
Chris Hassell, Adam Finkelstein |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 23 Purdue at No. 17 Maryland
Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| No. 9 Virginia at Syracuse
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN2 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Rutgers at Penn State
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| Texas at TCU
Mark Neely, Kevin Lehman |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Valparaiso at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at The Citadel | ESPN3 | ||
| UMBC at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Iowa State at No. 3 Kansas
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Georgia at No. 19 South Carolina
Beth Mowins, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | ||
| Drake at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| Binghamton at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | UL Lafayette at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Kansas State at No. 2 Baylor
Dave Armstrong, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | |
| Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| UIC at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Tennessee at Mississippi State | SEC Network | |
| Kent State at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | No. 5 Arizona at No. 13 Oregon
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| UConn at No. 14 Cincinnati
Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh |
ESPN2 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Wofford at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
| Stephen F. Austin at Northwestern State | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 7 West Virginia
Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| Memphis at UCF
Alex Faust, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Western Carolina at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | South Alabama at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | McNeese at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 12 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Ohio State at Michigan
Karl Ravech, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | ||
| Arkansas at Missouri
Richard Cross, Jarvis Hayes |
SEC Network | ||
| 7 p.m. | SMU at Tulsa
Wayne Randazzo, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | |
| Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Jason Benetti, Lance Blanks |
ESPNU | ||
| San Diego State at Fresno State
Ari Wolfe, Bill Herenda |
ESPN3 | ||
| Pennsylvania at Dartmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| Princeton at Harvard | ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Asheville at High Point | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit Mercy at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Stony Brook at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Illinois State at Wichita State
Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| Utah State at Boise State
Trey Bender, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | ||
| Fort Hays State at Washburn | ESPN3 | ||
| Appalachian State at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney as part of Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: No. 8 Kentucky at No. 24 Florida
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama
Dave Neal, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas A&M at LSU
Matt Stewart, Kyle Macy |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Santa Clara at No. 1 Gonzaga
Eric Rothman, Malcom Huckaby |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | UC Irvine at Long Beach State
Sam Farber, Richie Schueler |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 5 | 12:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Clemson at No. 15 Florida State
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 4:30 p.m. | Colorado at California
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s from Feb. 6-12 (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | |||
| Mon, Feb 6 | Big Monday presented by EBay (ESPN, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 6 Louisville at No. 9 Virginia
Sean McDonough, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Albany at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| Binghamton at Vermont | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| UMass Lowell at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State | ESPN3 | ||
| UL Lafayette at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 Kansas at Kansas State
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Jackson State at Southern
Dave LaMont, Jerod Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 7 | Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Alabama at No. 19 South Carolina
Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | LSU at No. 8 Kentucky
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 Florida at Georgia
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tulsa at Memphis
Richard Cross, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | ||
| Wake Forest at No. 20 Notre Dame
Zach Zaidman, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Central Michigan at Ohio | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Siena at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Tusculum at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Arkansas
Adam Amin, Jon Sundvold, Kris Budden |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Michigan State at Michigan
Dan Shulman, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | |
| Iowa State at Texas
Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Texas Tech at TCU
Mitch Holthus, Stephen Howard |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Mississippi State at Auburn
Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
