• 8 Kansas hosts No. 7 Kansas State tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+ with Jay Bilas and Mark Neely on the call
• College GameDay Covered by State Farm heads to Durham Saturday for North Carolina/Duke matchup
• Saturday Showcase on ESPN features five Top-25 matchups beginning at noon; UNC at Duke slated for 6:30 p.m.

A Sonic Blockbuster blue-blood rivalry on Saturday and a handful of Top-25 matchups highlight ESPN’s industry leading men’s college basketball coverage this week. Additionally, more than 200 matchups featuring 17 ranked teams will be available across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network (SECN) and ACC Network (ACCN), as well as Big 12 Now on ESPN+, ESPN3, ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACCNX on the ESPN App.

Six top-ranked teams take to the court on Tuesday to start off the week including the top-10 matchup between No. 7 Kansas State and No. 8 Kansas. The Sunflower Showdown game will air exclusively on B12 Now on ESPN+ with Jay Bilas and Mark Neely on the call (8 p.m. ET).

College GameDay Covered by State Farm travels to Durham, N.C., this weekend for its 12th all-time trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Host Rece Davis will be joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and LaPhonso Ellis for the one-hour live show on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. ET, ahead of the Tobacco Road rivalry between North Carolina and Duke.

Saturday Showcase provides all-day hoops action beginning at noon on Saturday following GameDay with five Top-25 matchups across ESPN and ESPN2: No. 8 Kansas at No. 13 Iowa State (noon, ESPN), No. 25 Auburn at No. 2 Tennessee (2 p.m., ESPN), No. 1 Purdue at No. 21 Indiana (4 p.m., ESPN), No. 10 Texas at No. 7 Kansas State (4 p.m., ESPN2) and No. 12 Gonzaga at No. 18 Saint Mary’s (10:30 p.m., ESPN). Additionally, Saturday Primetime presented by John Deere features one of the most storied rivalries in college basketball as Duke and North Carolina face off at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Schedule Highlights

• Tonight’s Super Tuesday presented by Progressive lineup features an ESPN doubleheader – Wake Forest at Duke (7 p.m.), followed by Kentucky at Ole Miss (9 p.m.). Additionally, Big 12 Now on ESPN+ has the Top-10 Sunflower State showdown as No. 8 Kansas hosts in-state rival No. 7 Kansas State at 8 p.m. Mark Neely and Jay Bilas – calling his first game on ESPN+ — will be courtside at historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse. The Wildcats won the first meeting, 83-82 in overtime, on Jan. 17.
• Saturday Primetime presented by John Deere features a Sonic Blockbuster and one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports as the Blue Devils and Tar Heels meet at Cameron Indoor for the first of two regular-season matchups at 6:30 p.m., on ESPN. Saturday’s game marks the first home game against North Carolina for new Duke head coach Jon Scheyer. Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Holly Rowe will have the call from Cameron as the game will be delivered live in 4K resolution on DIRECTV, Comcast, YouTube TV, Altice and Verizon FiOS.

Ranked teams appearing on ESPN platforms this week: No. 1 Purdue, No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Houston, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Arizona, No. 6 Virginia, No. 7 Kansas State, No. 8 Kansas, No. 10 Texas, No. 11 Baylor, No. 13 Iowa State, No. 15 TCU, No. 18 Saint Mary’s, No. 20 Clemson, No. 21 Indiana, No. 23 Miami and No. 25 Auburn.

The schedule grid with commentator game assignments can be found here. The schedule including all events on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, ESPN3, ESPN+, SECN+ and ACCNX, can be found here.

Additional men’s college basketball updates will be forthcoming, and the schedule is subject to change. Please continue to check @ESPNPR and ESPN Press Room for more information.

Contacts:
Men’s College Basketball: Amy Ufnowski, [email protected], @AmyUf
College GameDay: Julie McKay: [email protected], @McKay_Julie