Indiana-Michigan State ESPN’s Second Most-Viewed Game this Season
ESPN’s coverage of No. 1 Indiana defeating No. 4 Michigan State 74-68 on Tuesday, Feb. 19, averaged 3,733,000 viewers, a 2.7 coverage rating and 2,677,000 households, making it the network’s second most-viewed and second highest-rated regular-season men’s college basketball game this season. It is only topped by then-No. 3 Indiana defeating No. 1 Michigan on February 2 (4,035,000 viewers; 2.9 rating; 2,867,000 households). These two Big Ten contests are not only ESPN’s two largest audiences for a men’s game this season, they are also the network’s top two most-viewed Big Ten Conference games ever.  

For Indiana-Michigan State, Indianapolis is the top market with a 19.4 metered market rating followed by Louisville (10.8), Detroit (9.0), Dayton (5.8) and Columbus (5.4). 

Bracket Builder Week Highlights Teams Improving the Resume
ESPN’s first annual men’s college basketball Bracket Builder Week will highlight teams attempting to build upon a resume for a bid to the NCAA Tournament or improve their seeding. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects the seeding for the NCAA Tournament as part of his Bracketology on ESPN.com, including his teams on the bubble and his picks for the last four teams in, the first four out and the next four out.

Highlights for the early part of next week:

• ESPN’s Big Monday Presented by Bud Light doubleheader February 25 will tip-off at 7 p.m. with No. 8 Syracuse at No. 17 Marquette followed by No. 9 Kansas at Iowa State at 9 p.m.
• Super Tuesday will be highlighted by an ESPN doubleheader involving top five teams: No. 1 Indiana at Minnesota at 7 p.m. and No. 5 Florida at Tennessee at 9 p.m.
• ESPN platforms will have four games with a ranked team at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27: No. 11 Georgetown at Connecticut on ESPN2, No. 14 Oklahoma State at TCU on ESPNU, and No. 2 Miami against Virginia Tech and No. 20 Pittsburgh against South Florida on ESPN3

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through February 27

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Mon, Feb 25	7 p.m.	No. 8 Syracuse at No. 17 Marquette Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Texas Tech at No. 13 Kansas State Mitch Holthus & Stephen Bardo	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	No. 9 Kansas at Iowa State Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Villanova at Seton Hall Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPNU
Tue, Feb 26	7 p.m.	No. 1 Indiana at Minnesota Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich & Samantha Ponder	ESPN
	7 p.m.	No. 21 Memphis at Xavier Carter Blackburn & Mark Adams	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Auburn at Alabama Dari Nowkhah & Dino Gaudio	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Milwaukee at Green Bay	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 5 Florida at Tennessee Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Shannon Spake	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Wake Forest at Florida State Tom Hart & Len Elmore	ESPNU
Wed, Feb 27	7 p.m.	No. 11 Georgetown at Connecticut Mike Patrick & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	No. 14 Oklahoma State at TCU Mitch Holthus & Matt Doherty	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	South Florida at No. 20 Pittsburgh Kevin Connors & Bob Wenzel	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	7 p.m.	Virginia Tech at No. 2 Miami	ESPN3 * & RSN ^
	8 p.m.	Maryland at Georgia Tech	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	8 p.m.	Boston College at NC State	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	8 p.m.	Baylor at West Virginia Dave Armstrong & Stephen Howard	ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network
	8 p.m.	Arkansas at LSU Clay Matvick & Barry Booker	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Mississippi State at Kentucky Dave Neal & Jon Sundvold	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	9 p.m.	Oklahoma at Texas Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	No. 10 Louisville at DePaul Adam Amin & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Texas A&M at Ole Miss Matt Stewart & Daymeon Fishback	ESPN3 * & CSS
	11 p.m.	Colorado at Stanford Dave Pasch & Bill Walton	ESPN2
	11 p.m.	Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at Pepperdine Rich Cellini & Corey Williams	ESPNU

* Local blackout may apply

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