Men’s College Hoops: Top Five Teams & Matchups between Ranked Teams
ESPN platforms will cover the top five teams plus games between ranked teams in the upcoming men’s college basketball schedule. ESPN’s Thursday Night Showcase Presented by T. Rowe Price doubleheader will tip-off with No. 1 Indiana against Illinois at 7 p.m. ET.
All five of ESPN’s telecasts on Saturday, Feb. 9 will involve at least one ranked team with the final two matching teams in the Associated Press Top 25. The day will begin at noon with No. 3 Michigan at Wisconsin followed by No. 8 Miami against North Carolina at 2 p.m. and No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma at 4 p.m. The action will conclude with No. 23 Pittsburgh at No. 17 Cincinnati at 6 p.m. and No. 11 Louisville at No. 25 Notre Dame, which will also be on ESPN 3D, as part of the weekly Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV series at 9 p.m.
The ESPNU ACC Sunday Night Basketball game February 10 at 6 p.m. will include No. 4 Duke at Boston College.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through February 10
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Feb 7 | 7 p.m. | No. 1 Indiana at Illinois Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham |
ESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Clemson at Virginia Dave O’Brien & TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Canisius at Manhattan Bob Huessler & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Belmont at Murray State Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Arkansas State at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
| 8:45 p.m. | McNeese State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Washington at UCLA Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 21 Missouri at Texas A&M Rece Davis & Bob Knight |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | NC State at No. 4 Duke | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Maryland at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 10 p.m. | Colorado at No. 19 Oregon Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | St. Mary’s (Calif.) at Santa Clara Dave Flemming & TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| Fri, Feb 8 | 7 p.m. | UNC Asheville at Virginia Military Institute Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Siena at Loyola (Md.) Doug Sherman & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 9 | 11 a.m. | Temple at Dayton Jason Benetti & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 3 Michigan at Wisconsin Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| Noon | Florida State at Wake Forest Carter Blackburn & TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | No. 20 Georgetown at Rutgers Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Akron at Miami (Ohio) Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 1 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * & RSN ^ | |
| 1:30 p.m. | No. 22 Oklahoma State at Texas Dave Armstrong & Reid Gettys |
ESPN3 & Big 12 Network | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Arkansas at Vanderbilt Clay Matvick & Joe Dean |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 2 p.m. | North Carolina at No. 8 Miami Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN | |
| 2 p.m. | St. Joseph’s at Massachusetts Marc Kestecher & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |
| 2 p.m. | DePaul at No. 24 Marquette Quint Kessenich & John Celestand |
ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 3 p.m. | South Florida at Villanova Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | Valparaiso at Cleveland State Mike Crispino & TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Texas Tech at Baylor Brad Sham & Stephen Howard |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 4 p.m. | West Virginia at TCU Mitch Holthus & Dan Hughes |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Auburn at Kentucky Dave Baker & Kara Lawson |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Texas A&M at Georgia Tom Hart & Matt Doherty |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Mississippi State at No. 2 Florida | ESPN3 * & FSN | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 23 Pittsburgh at No. 17 Cincinnati Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Iowa State at No. 13 Kansas State Mark Neely & TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Stanford at Arizona State Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Rider at Iona Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Liberty at Gardner-Webb | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Stony Brook at Hartford Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | USC Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | LSU at Alabama Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | The Citadel at Samford | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 11 Louisville at No. 25 Notre Dame Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN & ESPN 3D | |
| 9 p.m. | Penn State at Nebraska Dan Gutowsky & Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Illinois State at No. 16 Creighton Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | St. Mary’s (Calif.) at San Diego Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 10 | Noon | Connecticut at Seton Hall Eamon McAnaney & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network |
| 1 p.m. | NC State at Clemson | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Virginia at Maryland | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 3 p.m. | St. John’s at No. 9 Syracuse Dave Pasch & Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| 3 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Bradley | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 4 Duke at Boston College Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Drake at Evansville Mitch Holthus & Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
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