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Men’s College Basketball: Rivalry Week To Feature Duke-UNC in Tobacco Road Showdown on Thursday; College GameDay Makes Stops at UNC and Virginia
Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s continues with many historic matchups through Sunday, highlighted by the Tobacco Road rivalry between No. 9 Duke and No. 21 North Carolina followed on ESPN by UCLA at No. 13 Arizona on Thursday, plus No. 3 Purdue at No. 4 Michigan State on Saturday.
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Maria Taylor will call all the action from Chapel Hill, N.C., as No. 21 UNC takes on No. 9 Duke during the Sonic Blockbuster on Thursday, Feb. 8 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). A special edition of ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm will also air ahead of the Rivalry Week matchup, beginning at 7 p.m. Game action continues as UCLA faces No. 13 Arizona at 10 p.m., also on ESPN.
A top-5 matchup between No. 3 Purdue and No. 4 Michigan State (4 p.m., ESPN) on Saturday Feb. 10, is one of several highlights on the day’s slate, preceding an in-state rivalry and ACC matchup between Virginia Tech and No. 2 Virginia (6:15 p.m., ESPN).
GameDay will originate from Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 10, ahead of the game featuring the Hokies and Cavaliers. The morning show will be live from John Paul Jones Arena, beginning at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an a 6 p.m. edition leading into the game telecast.
Several games during Rivalry Week will be complemented by Above the Rim coverage, which can be viewed via the ESPN App.
Additional Schedule Highlights
- Tigers on the rise – No. 8 Auburn faces Texas A&M on Wednesday, Feb. 7 (9 p.m., ESPN2)
- Kevin Connors shares his Mid-Major Minute – Davidson visits No. 18 Rhode Island on Friday, Feb 9 (7 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday slate on ESPN2 includes San Diego State taking on No. 23 Nevada (8 p.m.), followed by No. 11 Saint Mary’s facing No. 12 Gonzaga (10 p.m.)
- Freshman phenom Trae Young and No. 17 Oklahoma faces Iowa State on Saturday, Feb. 10 (2 p.m., ESPN)
- Next week’s Big Monday and Super Tuesday combine to showcase seven ranked teams
- Other ranked teams playing on ESPN networks include No. 6 Cincinnati, No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 10 Kansas, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Clemson, No. 19 West Virginia, No. 22 Wichita State, No. 24 Kentucky and No. 25 Miami (Fla.)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
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| Wed, Feb 7 | 6:30 p.m. | LSU at Florida Mike Morgan, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Wake Forest at No. 25 Miami (Fla.) Karl Ravech, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| USF at UConn Kevin Negandhi, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| East Carolina at Temple Mike Corey, Julianne Viani |
ESPNEWS | ||
| No. 2 Virginia at Florida State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Presbyterian at Winthrop | ESPN3 | ||
| Samford at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Greensboro at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | North Georgia at Young Harris | ESPN3 | |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Kansas State at Texas Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks, Tyler Denning |
Longhorn Network | |
| Queens at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| Valparaiso at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Drake at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Georgia at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas A&M at No. 8 Auburn Tom Hart, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Iowa State at No. 7 Texas Tech Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| NC State at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 10 p.m. | Cal State Northridge at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | California at Colorado Drew Fellios, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Feb 8 | 6 p.m. | Wayne State at Grand Valley State | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Louisville Doug Sherman, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
| Tulane at Tulsa Roy Philpott, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Vermont at Albany Kevin Brown, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Pittsburgh at No. 16 Clemson | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Maine at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| UMass Lowell at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| UMBC at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Siena at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Monmouth at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at IUPUI | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| Georgia Tech at Louisville | ESPN3 | ||
| Tulane at Tulsa | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | Louisiana at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Jacksonville at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| UL Monroe at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | ||
| Green Bay at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| Milwaukee at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | A Sonic Blockbuster No. 9 Duke at No. 21 UNC Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| North Dakota State at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | ||
| Seattle at UMKC | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Arkansas State at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | SMU at Houston Adam Amin, John Thompson III |
ESPN2 | |
| Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State Taylor Zarzour, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| CSU Bakersfield at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| SMU at Houston | ESPN3 | ||
| Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | UCLA at No. 13 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| No. 12 Gonzaga at Pacific | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | USC at Arizona State Sam Farber, PJ Carlesimo |
ESPN2 | |
| Santa Clara at BYU Roxy Bernstein, Caron Butler |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Feb 9 | 7 p.m. | Davidson at No. 18 Rhode Island Mike Corey, Mark Plansky |
ESPN2 |
| Princeton at Harvard Will Flemming, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| Cornell at Brown | ESPN3 | ||
| Penn at Dartmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Detroit at Oakland Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN2 | |
| Kent State at Ball State Jim Barbar, Rob Kennedy |
ESPNU | ||
| Sat, Feb 10 | Noon | Oklahoma State at No. 19 West Virginia Rich Hollenberg, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN |
| Northwestern at Maryland Jason Benetti, Jason Capel |
ESPN2 | ||
| Temple at USF Roy Philpott, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | Youngstown State at IUPUI | ESPN3 | |
| East Tennessee State at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 17 Oklahoma at Iowa State Doug Sherman, Robbie Hummel Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| Mississippi State at Missouri Beth Mowins, Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | ||
| Texas at TCU Lowell Galindo, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 21 UNC at NC State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| No. 25 Miami (Fla.) at Boston College | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Quinnipiac at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Loyola-Chicago at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | UL Monroe at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Claflin at Benedict | ESPN3 | |
| Evansville at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Auburn at Georgia Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| Toledo at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | A Sonic Blockbuster No. 3 Purdue at No. 4 Michigan State Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| Florida State at Notre Dame Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | ||
| Ole Miss at LSU Taylor Zarzour, Kyle Macy |
ESPNU | ||
| New Mexico at Air Force | ESPN3 | ||
| Sacred Heart at Central Connecticut | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Lincoln Memorial at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| San Francisco at BYU | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Iowa at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida State at Notre Dame | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Jacksonville at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |
| Longwood at Campbell | ESPN3 | ||
| Wofford at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Buffalo at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | North Florida at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| Louisiana at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | Texas State at UT Arlington | ESPN3 | |
| Little Rock at Troy | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | No. 15 Tennessee at Alabama Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| UConn at No. 22 Wichita State Kevin Brown, John Thompson III |
ESPN2 | ||
| 6:15 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 2 Virginia Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | |
| Rider at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Monmouth at Manhattan | ESPN3 | ||
| Green Bay at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| Milwaukee at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | Lamar at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | San Diego State at No. 23 Nevada Kanoa Leahey, Richie Schueler |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 7 Texas Tech at Kansas State Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| South Dakota State at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | ||
| New Orleans at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | No. 24 Kentucky at Texas A&M Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Kris Budden Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Arkansas Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Grand Canyon University at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | No. 12 Gonzaga at No. 11 Saint Mary’s Roxy Bernstein, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Washington at Oregon State Steve Quis, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| 10:15 p.m. | USC at No. 13 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton Above the Rim coverage available on ESPN3 |
ESPN | |
| Sun, Feb 11 | 1 p.m. | Wake Forest at Syracuse | ACC Network Extra |
| Louisville at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| UMBC at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | UMass Lowell at Vermont | ESPN3 | |
| Albany at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
| Stony Brook at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | No. 6 Cincinnati at SMU Mike Corey, Reid Gettys |
ESPN | |
| Illinois State at Valparaiso Mitch Holthus, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Bradley at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | No. 9 Duke at Georgia Tech Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPN | |
| Tulane at Houston Brett Dolan, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | Washington State at Oregon Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 12 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Notre Dame at No. 21 UNC Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Delaware State at Norfolk State Doug Sherman, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | ||
| Fairfield at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Iona at Siena | ESPN3 | ||
| East Tennessee State at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Mercer at Samford | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Baylor at Texas Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| TCU at No. 19 West Virginia Rich Hollenberg, Chris Spatola |
ESPN2 | ||
| Jackson State at Prairie View A&M Dave Lamont, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 13 | 7 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Texas A&M at Missouri Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 10 Kansas at Iowa State Jon Sciambi, Tom Crean |
ESPN or ESPN2 | ||
| Boston College at Pittsburgh Mike Corey, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Arkansas at Ole Miss Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| Saint Peter’s at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Michigan at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Mayville State at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| Evansville at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 4 Michigan State at Minnesota Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN or ESPN2 | |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 2 Virginia at No. 25 Miami (Fla.) Rece Davis, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN or ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 17 Oklahoma at No. 7 Texas Tech Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile South Carolina at No. 15 Tennessee Rich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli |
ESPNU | ||
| LSU at Alabama Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
