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Men’s College Basketball: College GameDay Heads to Lexington Ahead of Saturday Primetime Game Featuring No. 18 Kentucky and Florida
ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm is headed to Lexington, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 20, for the first show of 2018 in advance of the Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T as No. 18 Kentucky faces Florida (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN). The morning show will be live from Rupp Arena, beginning at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast.
This week’s slate includes 17 ranked teams, including No. 2 Virginia, No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 West Virginia, No. 7 Wichita State, No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 10 Kansas, No. 12 Cincinnati, No. 13 Gonzaga, No. 15 UNC, No. 17 Auburn, No. 18 Kentucky, No. 20 Clemson, No. 21 Tennessee, No. 24 TCU and No. 25 Miami.
Additional Schedule Highlights
- No. 4 Oklahoma will face Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 20, as part of Saturday Showcase, then goes up against No. 10 Kansas for a Super Tuesday matchup on Jan. 23 (7 p.m., ESPN)
- Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank will feature four matchups: 7 p.m. – No. 15 UNC at Virginia Tech (ESPN), Iowa State at Texas (ESPNU); 9 p.m. – No. 6 West Virginia at No. 24 TCU (ESPN), Kansas State at Baylor (ESPNU)
- The team of Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich and Molly McGrath will call a Super Tuesday matchup featuring Wisconsin and Iowa (7 p.m., ESPN2)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 17 | 6 p.m. | Tulsa at Temple Kevin Negandhi, Mark Plansky |
ESPNEWS |
| 7 p.m. | Arkansas at Florida Beth Mowins, Jon Sundvold |
ESPN2 | |
| SMU at No. 7 Wichita State Anish Shroff, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 17 Auburn at Alabama Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
SEC Network | ||
| South Florida at East Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Northwestern State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Houston at Tulane Mike Corey, Mark Adams |
ESPNEWS | |
| No. 8 Texas Tech at Texas Tyler Denning, Lance Blanks |
Longhorn Network | ||
| Oral Roberts at South Dakota | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| Valparaiso at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| Southern Illinois at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Iowa State at No. 24 TCU Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| No. 21 Tennessee at Missouri Mike Morgan, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | ||
| 10 p.m. | New Mexico at UNLV | ESPN3 | |
| Cal State Northridge at UC Riverside | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | Fresno State at San Diego State Drew Fellios, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Jan 18 | 7 p.m. | Murray State at Belmont Dave LaMont, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU |
| Old Dominion at Florida International | ESPN3 | ||
| Binghamton at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| UMass Lowell at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Niagara at Quinnipiac | ESPN3 | ||
| Marist at Siena | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| IUPUI at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| East Tennessee State at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| NAIA Basketball Park at Missouri Baptist |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 2 Virginia at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
| Wake Forest at NC State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Lake Superior State at Grand Valley State | ESPN3 | ||
| Wright State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Wofford at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Louisiana at UT Arlington | ESPN3 | |
| Appalachian State at Troy | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Saint Mary’s at No. 13 Gonzaga Tom Hart, P.J. Carlesimo |
ESPN | |
| USC at Oregon Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| UNC Asheville at Winthrop Matt Schick, Paul Biancardi |
ESPNU | ||
| Seattle at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Cal Poly at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | Loyola Marymount at BYU Roxy Bernstein, Caron Butler |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 19 | 7 p.m. | St. Bonaventure at Davidson Mike Corey, Mark Planksy |
ESPN2 |
| Buffalo at Western Michigan Jim Barbar, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Iona at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Canisius at Manhattan Robert Lee, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-Hour ENERGY (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | |||
| Sat, Jan 20 | Noon | No. 3 Purdue at Iowa Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN |
| Florida State at Virginia Tech Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 7 Wichita State at Houston Kevin Brown, John Thompson III |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | LSU at Vanderbilt Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| Niagara at Fairfield | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 4 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel |
ESPN | |
| Georgia Tech at UNC Doug Sherman, Jason Capel |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 8 Texas Tech at Iowa State Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks |
ESPNU | ||
| North Florida at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Illinois State at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Ole Miss at Arkansas Richard Cross, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | |
| UIC at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Notre Dame at No. 20 Clemson Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale |
ESPN | |
| Missouri at Texas A&M Tom Hart, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 TCU at Kansas State Mitch Holthus, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| East Carolina at No. 12 Cincinnati Will Flemming, Mark Adams |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Pittsburgh at No. 5 Duke | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Jacksonville at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Missouri State at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland at Detroit | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |
| Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas | ESPN3 | ||
| Samford at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Texas A&M-Commerce at West Texas A&M | ESPN3 | |
| Stetson at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | UL Monroe at UT Arlington | ESPN3 | |
| Coastal Carolina at Troy | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Baylor at No. 10 Kansas Rich Hollenberg, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| No. 21 Tennessee at South Carolina Beth Mowins, Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tulane at SMU Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS | ||
| UCF at USF Jay Alter, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia at No. 17 Auburn Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| Utah Valley State at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Cal Poly at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | |
| IUPUI at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Wright State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| Chattanooga at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Incarnate Word at New Orleans | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Memphis at Tulsa Taylor Zarzour, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Denver at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | ||
| No. 13 Gonzaga at Santa Clara | ESPN3 | ||
| Ferris State (MI) at Grand Valley State | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana at Texas State | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T Florida at No. 18 Kentucky Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Mississippi State at Alabama Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | San Diego at BYU | ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Boise State at Nevada Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 10:15 p.m. | UCLA at Oregon Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| Sun, Jan 21 | Midnight | UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara Sam Farber, Richie Schueler |
ESPNU |
| Noon | Boston College at Louisville | ACC Network Extra | |
| 1 p.m. | Stony Brook at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | |
| Vermont at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
| Canisius at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | UMBC at Albany | ESPN3 | |
| UMass Lowell at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| Siena at Quinnipiac | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Loyola-Chicago at Valparaiso Mitch Holthus, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | No. 2 Virginia at Wake Forest Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 25 Miami at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8 p.m. | Washington State at Utah Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Jan 22 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank No. 15 UNC at Virginia Tech Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Iowa State at TexasMark Neely, Lance Blacks |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank No. 6 West Virginia at No. 24 TCU Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Kansas State at Baylor Matt Schick, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Jan 23 | 6:30 p.m. | Arkansas at Georgia Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 10 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma Jon Sciambi, Tom Crean |
ESPN | |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Wisconsin at Iowa Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Oklahoma State at No. 8 Texas Tech Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Vanderbilt at No. 21 Tennessee Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 20 Clemson at No. 2 Virginia | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Rider at Fairfield | ESPN3 | ||
| Toledo at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Kent State | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Missouri State at Bradley | ESPN3 | |
| Bowling Green at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Alabama at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Mississippi State at No. 18 Kentucky Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN | |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Texas A&M at LSU Rich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 5 Duke at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra | ||
| William Jessup at Grand Canyon University | ESPN3 | ||
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