ESPN Platforms Present 17 Top 25 Teams in Conference Play this Week, Highlighted by More than 15 Hours of Nonstop Hoops Action on Saturday, February 1

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ESPN Platforms Present 17 Top 25 Teams in Conference Play this Week, Highlighted by More than 15 Hours of Nonstop Hoops Action on Saturday, February 1

  • Sonic Blockbuster Doubleheader features a Tobacco Road showdown and Coach Calipari’s return to Kentucky as Arkansas’ head coach
  • 260+ games across platforms featuring six ranked matchups

Men’s college basketball coverage on ESPN platforms features more than 260 games and 17 of the nation’s Top 25 teams in action this week, Jan. 28-Feb. 2. Games are available across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network (SECN) and ACC Network (ACCN), as well as on ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACCNX on the ESPN App.

The schedule features multiple games every day of the week with marquee conference matchups across more than 15 leagues including the ACC, Big 12, SEC, American, America East, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, WAC, West Coast and more.

In all, seven of the Top 10 teams in the country, including all top six, will be featured on ESPN platforms. The SEC will be responsible for five ranked matchups on ESPN platforms, while Texas Tech and Houston clash in a sixth matchup pitting Top 25 teams.

ESPN men’s basketball schedule highlights (Jan. 28-Feb. 2):

  • Sensational Saturday: On one of the most anticipated days of the entire season, fans can tune into ESPN for more than 15 straight hours of men’s college basketball programming. Coverage begins at 10 a.m. with College GameDay Covered by State Farm previewing the day’s packed slate live from Durham, N.C., leading into the noon tip between No. 5 Florida and No. 8 Tennessee. Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes and Molly McGrath call the Top 10 clash from Knoxville. Dave O’Brien and Cory Alexander announce the 2 p.m. showdown between No. 1 Auburn and No. 23 Ole Miss and Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla and Kris Budden are on the call for No. 11 Kansas at Baylor (4 p.m., ESPN).

Action heats up with a Sonic Blockbuster Doubleheader featuring the season’s first edition of the Tobacco Road rivalry between North Carolina and No. 2 Duke (6:30 p.m., ESPN) and Coach John Calipari makes his return to Rupp Arena as Arkansas takes on No. 12 Kentucky (9 p.m., ESPN). Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Jess Sims are on the mic at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes and Alyssa Lang will be courtside in Lexington.

Finally, Saint Mary’s hosts Gonzaga as the top two teams in the West Coast Conference close out the night (11 p.m., ESPN). Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham call the rivalry showdown from Moraga, Calif.

  • Lunardi’s Bubble Watch: Several teams on the bubble, per Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology, will hit the hardwood on ESPN platforms this week. Among the current ‘Last Four In’, UCF, Texas and North Carolina all play ranked teams on the road. The Knights play at No. 11 Kansas (Tue., 8 p.m., ESPN+), the Longhorns play at No. 23 Ole Miss (Wed., 9 p.m., ESPN2) and the Tar Heels play at No. 2 Duke (Sat., 6:30 p.m., ESPN). North Carolina also plays at Pittsburgh (Tue., 9 p.m., ESPN), who currently holds one of the last four byes, in a pivotal ACC game. Kevin Brown and Jay Williams will be on the call from Pittsburgh.
  • Mid-Major Madness: Mid-Major conferences take center stage on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, ESPNU is the home to a tripleheader as UMBC hosts Bryant, currently undefeated in America East play (7 p.m.), Purdue Fort Wayne hosts Cleveland State in a matchup between the top two teams in the Horizon League (9 p.m.) and Grand Canyon hosts Seattle in a WAC showdown (11 p.m.). On Friday, two of the Ivy League’s top teams clash as Princeton hosts Yale (5 p.m., ESPN2) and MAAC rivals Siena and Marist go head-to-head in Poughkeepsie, N.Y (9 p.m., ESPNU).

ESPN men’s basketball TV schedule (Jan. 28-Feb. 2):

*Additional games streaming on ESPN+ – Click HERE for full schedule

Date Time (ET) Game/Commentators Platform
Tue, Jan. 28 7 p.m. No. 12 Kentucky at No. 8 Tennessee
Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes, Molly McGrath
ESPN
  7 p.m. Toledo at Ohio
Eric Rothman, Tim McCormick
ESPN2
  7 p.m. Wake Forest at No. 21 Louisville
Wes Durham, Cory Alexander, Jim Boeheim
ACCN
  7 p.m. South Carolina at Georgia
Rich Hollenberg, Daymeon Fishback
SECN
  7 p.m. Rice at South Florida
Patrick O’Keefe, BJ Taylor
ESPNU
8 p.m. UCF at No. 11 Kansas
Mark Neely, Jerod Haase
ESPN+
9 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh
Kevin Brown, Jay Williams
ESPN
9 p.m. Baylor at BYU
Mike Monaco, King McClure
ESPN2
9 p.m. Georgia Tech at Notre Dame
Doug Sherman, Eric Devendorf
ACCN
9 p.m. Arizona State at Colorado
Chuckie Kempf, Bryndon Manzer
ESPN+
9 p.m. Oklahoma at No. 13 Texas A&M
Richard Cross, Pat Bradley
SECN
11 p.m. Oregon State at Gonzaga
Roxy Bernstein, Dan Dickau
ESPN2
Wed, Jan. 29 7 p.m. TCU at No. 22 Texas Tech
Lowell Galindo, Jess Settles
ESPN2
  7 p.m. Virginia Tech at Florida State
Ariya Massoudi, Dan Bonner
ACCN
7 p.m. No. 1 Auburn at LSU
Kevin Fitzgerald, Mark Wise
SECN
7 p.m. Virginia at Miami
Matt Schumacker, Randolph Childress
ESPNU
7 p.m. No. 6 Houston at West Virginia
Eric Rothman, Tim Welsh
ESPN+
9 p.m. Texas at No. 23 Ole Miss
Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw
ESPN2
9 p.m. California at SMU
Jay Alter, Debbie Antonelli
ACCN
9 p.m. Saint Mary’s at Santa Clara
Dave Feldman, Richie Schueler
ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 4 Alabama at No. 14 Mississippi State
John Schriffen, Richard Hendrix
SECN
11 p.m. Syracuse at Stanford
Chris Sylvester, Corey Williams
ESPNU
Thu, Jan. 30 7 p.m. Bryant at UMBC
Chris Carlin, Terrence Oglesby
ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 19 Memphis at Tulane
Mike Monaco, Jon Crispin
ESPN2
  9 p.m. Cleveland State at Purdue Fort Wayne
Jordan Bernfield, David Padgett
ESPNU
  11 p.m. Seattle at Grand Canyon ESPNU
Fri, Jan. 31 5 p.m. Yale at Princeton
Robert Lee, Noah Savage
ESPN2
  7 p.m. Dayton at Saint Louis
Mike Corey, Dalen Cuff
ESPN2
9 p.m. Siena at Marist
Patrick O’Keefe, Tom Crean
ESPNU
Sat, Feb. 1 Noon No. 5 Florida at No. 8 Tennessee
Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw
ESPN
  Noon Pittsburgh at Wake Forest
Kevin Brown, Debbie Antonelli
ESPN2
1 p.m. No. 20 Missouri at No. 14 Mississippi State
Kevin Fitzgerald, Pat Bradley
SECN
2 p.m. No. 1 Auburn at No. 23 Ole Miss
Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander
ESPN
2 p.m. Florida State at Boston College
Jon Meterparel, Eric Devendorf
ACCN
2 p.m. Drake at Southern Illinois
Clay Matvick, Kevin Lehman
ESPNU
2 p.m. Kansas State at No. 3 Iowa State
Roxy Bernstein, Jess Settles
ESPN2
3 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma State
James Westling, Bryndon Manzer
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. No. 24 Vanderbilt at Oklahoma
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold
SECN
4 p.m. No. 11 Kansas at Baylor
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla, Kris Budden
ESPN
4 p.m. Georgia at No. 4 Alabama
Matt Schumacker, Richard Hendrix
ESPN2
4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Virginia
Wes Durham, Dan Bonner
ACCN
4 p.m. BYU at UCF
Drew Fellios, Sean Harrington
ESPN+
4 p.m. Sam Houston State at Louisiana Tech
David Saltzman, John Williams
ESPNU
6 p.m. No. 22 Texas Tech at No. 6 Houston
Rich Hollenberg, King McClure
ESPN2
6 p.m. Stanford at SMU
Jay Alter, Randolph Childress
ACCN
6 p.m. Texas at LSU
Mike Morgan, Mark Wise
SECN
6:30 p.m. North Carolina at No. 2 Duke
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Jess Sims
ESPN
8 p.m. Notre Dame at Miami
John Schriffen, Jon Crispin
ESPN2
8:30 p.m. No. 13 Texas A&M at South Carolina
Roy Philpott, Terrence Oglesby
SECN
9 p.m. Arkansas at No. 12 Kentucky
Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes, Alyssa Lang
ESPN
10 p.m. Syracuse at California
Dave Pasch, Theo Pinson
ESPN2
11 p.m. Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s
Dave Flemming, Sean Farnham
ESPN
Sun, Feb. 2 2 p.m. West Virginia at Cincinnati
Eric Rothman, Tim McCormick
ESPN+
2 p.m. South Florida at Florida Atlantic
John Schriffen, Jon Crispin
ESPN2/ESPNU
2 p.m. Tulsa at Tulane
Jack Benjamin, Perry Clark
ESPN2/ESPNU
4 p.m. Colorado at TCU
Ted Emrich, Scott Williams
ESPN+
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