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Men’s College Basketball: Conference Play on ESPN Tips Off; Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Begins Jan 2
The college basketball season heats up as conference play begins, highlighted by No. 12 Oklahoma, led by red-hot freshman Trae Young, facing Big 12 opponent No. 10 TCU on Saturday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Several top matchups across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS will ring in the New Year, as ESPN’s Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile tips on January 2.
- ESPN: A Big 10 matchup between Indiana and Wisconsin (7 p.m.), with Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich and Molly McGrath on the call, followed by a top-25 matchup in the Big 12 between No. 22 Texas Tech and No. 11 Kansas
- ESPN2: At 7 p.m., Michigan plays Iowa, in a Big 10 matchup with Jason Benetti and Tom Crean live from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, followed by Florida taking on SEC opponent No. 5 Texas A&M – Laura Rutledge makes her debut with Tom Hart and Jay Bilas
- ESPNU: Rich Hollenberg and Debbie Antonelli will call the SEC matchup between Auburn and No. 19 Tennessee (7 p.m.), with an ACC matchup between Pittsburgh and Louisville to follow
- ESPNEWS: A big 12 conference matchup as No. 10 TCU faces No. 18 Baylor at 7 p.m.
Fourteen ranked teams play across ESPN networks this week – No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 7 West Virginia, No. 9 Virginia, No. 10 TCU, No. 11 Kansas, No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 13 UNC, No. 15 Miami (Fla.), No. 16 Kentucky, No.18 Baylor, No. 19 Tennessee, No. 20 Gonzaga, No. 21 Cincinnati and No. 22 Texas Tech.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchups/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 27 | 3 p.m. | Limestone at South Carolina | SEC Network + |
| 7 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Syracuse Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola |
ESPN2 | |
| Florida Gulf Coast at Rhode Island Will Flemming, Mark Plansky |
ESPNU | ||
| Delaware State at Pennsylvania | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Coppin State at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8 p.m. | CSU Bakersfield at Arkansas Richard Cross, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | |
| Morgan State at Grand Canyon University | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | UCF at SMU Ted Emrich, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Chicago State at Wisconsin Jordan Bernfield, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| San Diego State at Wyoming | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Nevada at Fresno State | ESPN3 | |
| Thu, Dec 28 | Noon | North Carolina A&T at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra |
| 5 p.m. | East Carolina at Tulsa Chuckie Kempf, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Tulane at Temple Dane Leno, John Thompson III |
ESPN2 | |
| Houston at South Florida Jay Alter, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Kent State at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Middle Georgia State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Valparaiso at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| Tusculum at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Saint Peter’s at Fairfield | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Monmouth at Quinnipiac | ESPN3 | |
| IUPUI at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Houston Baptist at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Pacific at No. 20 Gonzaga Eric Rothman, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Portland at BYU | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | Loyola Marymount at Saint Mary’s | ESPN3 | |
| Fri, Dec 29 | 2 p.m. | Rochester at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Rider at Canisius | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Florida Memorial at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | UT Arlington at Coastal Carolina Dave LaMont, Christ Spatola |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 7 West Virginia at Oklahoma State Lowell Galindo, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Siena at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Concord at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida A&M at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 11 Kansas at Texas Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | |
| Kansas State at Iowa State Chuckie Kempf, Lane Blanks |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Washington State at UCLA Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Colorado at Oregon State Steve Quis, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| Sat, Dec 30 | Noon | Wake Forest at No. 13 North Carolina Doug Sherman, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 |
| Miami (Ohio) at Ohio State Jordan Bernfield, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | No. 19 Tennessee at Arkansas Mike Morgan, Sean Harrington |
SEC Network | |
| Oakland at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at The Citadel | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 12 Oklahoma at No. 10 TCU Mark Neely, Reid Gettys |
ESPN2 | |
| Georgia Tech at Notre Dame Mike Couzens, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | ||
| Boston College at No. 9 Virginia | ACC Network Extra | ||
| North Florida at Mississippi State | SEC Network + | ||
| North Greenville at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Cornell at Auburn Dave Neal, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Florida Rich Hollenberg, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| Saint Mary’s at BYU Eric Rothman, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| NC State at Clemson | ACC Network Extra | ||
| No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Yale at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| IUPUI at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Chicago State at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Wofford at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 5 Texas A&M at Alabama Richard Cross, Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | |
| Temple at Houston Ted Emrich, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 7 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at Marshall | ESPN3 | |
| Norfolk State at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Santa Clara at No. 20 Gonzaga | ESPN3 | ||
| Charlotte at Old Dominion | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Jamestown at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Chattanooga at Samford | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | San Francisco at Portland | ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Utah State at San Diego State | ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Dec 31 | 1 p.m. | Centenary (N.J.) at UMBC | ESPN3 |
| Florida Tech at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Iona at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Bradley | ESPN3 | |
| East Tennessee State at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Tulsa at Tulane | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | UCF at East Carolina Brock Bowling, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNEWS | |
| Memphis at No. 21 Cincinnati Jim Barbar, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | ||
| Drake at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| Missouri State at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:15 p.m. | Georgia State at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Georgia at No. 16 Kentucky Kevin Brown, Sean Farnham |
ESPN | |
| South Carolina at Ole Miss Kevin Fitzgerald, Jon Sundvold |
ESPN2 | ||
| Virginia Tech at Syracuse Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | USF at SMU Ted Emrich, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | Washington State at USC Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Jan 1 | 1 p.m. | Florida National at Stetson | ESPN3 |
| Quinnipiac at Siena | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | No. 7 West Virginia at Kansas State Mark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas at Iowa State Kevin Connors, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | Southern at Texas Southern Brett Dolan, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Tue, Jan 2 | 7 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Indiana at Wisconsin Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Michigan at Iowa Jason Benetti, Tom Crean |
ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Auburn at No. 19 Tennessee Rich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli |
ESPNU | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 10 TCU at No. 18 Baylor Doug Sherman, Reid Gettys |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Alabama at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| UMKC at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida National at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Carver Bible College at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Trinity Baptist at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Manhattan at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| Charleston Southern at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 22 Texas Tech at No. 11 Kansas Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Florida at No. 5 Texas A&M Tom Hart, Jay Bilas, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Pittsburgh at Louisville Kevin Fitzgerald, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Arkansas at Mississippi State Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
SEC Network |
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