Men’s College Hoops: Seven of Top 10 Teams in Action

Mike Humes December 17, 2012

ESPN’s Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers will conclude Sunday, Dec. 23, and includes telecasts of seven of the top 10 ranked teams in the final four days. As part of the action involving teams from the top 10, ESPN2 will televise No. 12 Missouri vs. No. 10 Illinois in the Bud Light Braggin Rights matchup from St. Louis on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m.

In addition, ESPNU will televise the first eight games of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic from Saturday, Dec. 22, to Sunday, Dec. 23. Participating teams include No. 4 Arizona, No. 18 San Diego State, San Francisco, Ole Miss, Miami, Hawaii, Indiana State and East Tennessee State.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through December 23

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Thu, Dec 20	7 p.m.	Elon at No. 1 Duke Tom Hart & Jay Williams	ESPNU
Fri, Dec 21	7 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at No. 6 Indiana Dave Pasch & Len Elmore	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Niagara at No. 22 Notre Dame Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Fordham at Connecticut Doug Sherman & Bob Valvano	ESPN3 & BIG EAST Network
	8 p.m.	Stony Brook at Maryland Byron Kerr & Glenn Consor	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	BYU at Baylor Mark Neely & Bruce Pearl	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt Rich Hollenberg & Carolyn Peck	ESPNU
Sat, Dec 22	Noon	No. 3 Syracuse vs. Temple (New York, N.Y.) Bob Wischusen & Doris Burke	ESPN2
	Noon	McNeese State at No. 23 North Carolina Tom Hart & Jay Williams	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Texas at No. 20 Michigan State Dave O’Brien & Jay Bilas	ESPN2
	2 p.m.	LSU at Marquette Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Providence at Boston College Ryan Ruocco & Malcolm Huckaby	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Wake Forest at UNC Greensboro	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	St. Bonaventure at No. 25 NC State Ryan Rose & Nate Ross	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Marshall at Kentucky Mark Jones & Kara Lawson	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Ole Miss vs. Indiana State Kanoa Leahey & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	Bud Light Braggin Rights: No. 12 Missouri vs. No. 10 Illinois (St. Louis) Dave Flemming & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): No. 18 San Diego State vs. San Francisco Kanoa Leahey & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Villanova at Monmouth Dave Popkin & Rob Kennedy	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 8 Florida vs. Kansas State (Kansas City) Mitch Holthus & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
	8:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky vs. No. 5 Louisville (Nashville) TBD & Bob Knight	ESPNU
	10:30 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): No. 4 Arizona vs. East Tennessee State Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon	ESPNU
Sun, Dec 23	12:30 a.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Miami (Fla.) vs. Hawaii Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	South Carolina State at Clemson Danny Reed & Nate Ross	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD Kanoa Leahey & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD Kanoa Leahey & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	11:30 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon	ESPN2

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