ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule this week will include 11 games Saturday, Jan. 12, across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and exclusively on ESPN3.
ESPN’s Journey to the Tourney, a season-long spotlight on games that will impact the NCAA Championship, continues this week with the ACC top-25 matchup between No. 1 Duke at No. 20 NC State. Duke is one of four teams currently undefeated, while NC State, the preseason favorite to win its league, has just two losses on the season.
The Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Presented by Wendy’s will air Thursday, Jan. 10, on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. The premier men’s college player of the year award highlights the top 25 candidates with extensive coverage also live on ESPN.com.
Additional schedule highlights:
- Undefeated, No. 4 Arizona travels to Oregon on Thursday at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 and to Oregon State on Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPNU
- No. 9 Gonzaga hosting St. Mary’s (Calif.) on Thursday at 11 p.m. on ESPN2
- On Saturday, No. 19 Georgetown opens the day at St. John’s at 11 a.m. on ESPN2, while No. 11 Florida travels to LSU at 4 p.m. on ESPNU
College GameDay Covered by State Farm kicks off from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios Saturday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. on ESPN2, followed by another hour at 11 a.m. on ESPNU. Host Rece Davis will be joined by GameDay regulars Jay Bilas and Digger Phelps, with a special appearance from ESPN analyst Jay Williams. Included in this week’s show will be a review of the first half of the season; images and top plays of the year; what to expect as conference play gets underway and Final Four predictions.
GameDay hits the road for the first on-campus stop of the season Saturday, Jan. 19, from Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, site of No. 9 Gonzaga at No. 14 Butler. Full schedule
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through January 13
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network | ||
| Thu, Jan 10 | 7 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 22 Michigan State at Iowa Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |||
| 7 p.m. | Rider at Manhattan Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |||
| 8 p.m. | Northwestern at Penn State Dan Gutowsky & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |||
| 8:30 p.m. | Texas A&M-Corpus Christie at McNeese State | ESPN3 | |||
| 9 p.m. | Kentucky at Vanderbilt Rece Davis & Bob Knight |
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| 9 p.m. | No. 4 Arizona at Oregon Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |||
| 10 p.m. | USC at Colorado Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |||
| 11 p.m. | St. Mary’s (Calif.) at No. 9 Gonzaga Dave Flemming & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |||
| Fri, Jan 11 | 7 p.m. | Fairfield at Loyola (Md.) Doug Sherman & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | Wright State at Loyola (Ill.) Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |||
| Sat, Jan 12 | 11 a.m. | No. 19 Georgetown at St. John’s Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | ||
| Noon | No. 1 Duke at No. 20 NC State Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Jeannine Edwards |
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| Noon | Marquette at Pittsburgh Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |||
| Noon | Virginia at Clemson | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |||
| Noon | Villanova at No. 7 Syracuse Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |||
| 1 p.m. | Tennessee at Alabama Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | |||
| 1:30 p.m. | Kansas State at West Virginia Mark Neely & Stephen Howard |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |||
| 1:30 p.m. | Mississippi State at Georgia Dave Lamont & Kara Lawson |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |||
| 1:30 p.m. | Auburn at South Carolina Mike Morgan & Jon Sundvold |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |||
| 2 p.m. | North Carolina at Florida State Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPN | |||
| 2 p.m. | Texas at Iowa State Brad Sham & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |||
| 2 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Longwood | ESPN3 | |||
| 2 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 17 Notre Dame Lou Canellis & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |||
| 2:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |||
| 3 p.m. | Oklahoma State at Oklahoma Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |||
| 4 p.m. | No. 11 Florida at LSU Tom Hart & Matt Doherty |
ESPNU | |||
| 4 p.m. | South Florida at No. 3 Louisville Jim Barbar & Darrin Horn |
ESPN3 * & RSN | |||
| 4 p.m. | Texas A&M at Kentucky Clay Matvick & Joe Dean |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |||
| 4 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas at Texas Tech Dave Armstrong & Reid Gettys |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |||
| 4 p.m. | Boston College at Wake Forest | ESPN3 * & RSN ^ | |||
| 6 p.m. | St. Louis at Temple Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |||
| 6 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Arkansas | ESPN3 * & FSN | |||
| 8 p.m. | No. 4 Arizona at Oregon State Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPNU | |||
| 8 p.m. | No. 21 Cincinnati at Rutgers Quint Kessenich & Jim Spanarkel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |||
| 8 p.m. | No. 10 Missouri at Mississippi | ESPN3 * & FSN | |||
| Sun, Jan 13 | Noon | Providence at Seton Hall Quint Kessenich & John Celestand |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Iowa at Northwestern Dan Gutowsky & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | |||
| 8 p.m. | Maryland at Miami (Fla.) Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |||
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