Men’s College Basketball: Four of the Seven Remaining Undefeated Teams

Mike Humes

December 19, 2011

ESPN’s Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers men’s college basketball schedule for this week will showcase four of the seven remaining undefeated teams, including unbeaten No. 8 Missouri against one-loss No. 24 Illinois in the Bud Light Braggin’ Rights game from St. Louis on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN3. Additional undefeated teams:

No. 4 Louisville against Western Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN3
No. 7 Baylor twice in the Las Vegas Invitational: against St. Mary’s (Calif.) on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN3 and against West Virginia on Friday, Dec. 23, at 9 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3
No. 18 Indiana against UMBC on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. on ESPN3

In addition, ESPNU, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will offer exclusive coverage of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic from Honolulu December 22-25. The field includes three one-loss teams in No. 15 Xavier, Kansas State, Auburn as well as Clemson, Hawaii, Long Beach State, UTEP and Southern Illinois.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network
Wed, Dec 21	7 p.m.	Texas at No. 6 North Carolina Dave O’Brien & Jay Bilas	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Oklahoma State at Alabama Bob Wischusen & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2 / ESPN3
Thu, Dec 22	2:30 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): UTEP vs. Clemson (Honolulu) Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb	ESPNU
	4:30 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois (Honolulu) Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	UMBC at No. 18 Indiana Steve Andress & Perry Clark	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Memphis at No. 16 Georgetown Sean McDonough & Bill Raftery	ESPN2 / ESPN3
		Florida State at No. 12 Florida Carter Blackburn & Jimmy Dykes	ESPNU
		Mercer at Georgia Tech	ESPN3 *
		Northeastern at NC State Walter Storholt & Paul Biancardi	ESPN3 *
		Virginia Commonwealth at UNC Greensboro	ESPN3 *
		Eastern Michigan at Virginia Tech Quint Kessenich & Glenn Consor	ESPN3 *
	8 p.m.	Las Vegas Classic: West Virginia vs. Missouri State (Las Vegas) Joe Block & Steve Cleveland	ESPN3 *
	9 p.m.	Bud Light Braggin’ Rights: No. 24 Illinois vs. No. 8 Missouri (St. Louis) Dave Pasch & Bob Knight	ESPN2 / ESPN3
		Lehigh at No. 20 Michigan State Jim Barbar & Tim McCormick	ESPNU
	10:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Classic: No. 7 Baylor vs. St. Mary’s (Calif.) (Las Vegas) Joe Block & Steve Cleveland	ESPN3 *
	11 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Long Beach State vs. No. 15 Xavier (Honolulu) Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo	ESPNU
Fri, Dec 23	1 a.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Auburn vs. Hawaii (Honolulu) Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD (Honolulu) Kanoa Leahy & Doug Gottlieb	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Honolulu) Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Western Kentucky at No. 4 Louisville Carter Blackburn & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Wagner at No. 13 Pittsburgh Adam Amin & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
		Radford at Maryland Quint Kessenich& Glenn Consor	ESPN3 *
	9 p.m.	Las Vegas Classic: No. 7 Baylor vs. West Virginia (Las Vegas) Dave Fleming & Miles Simon	ESPN / ESPN3
	11 p.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Honolulu) Roxy Bernstein & Stephen Bardo	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	11:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Classic: St. Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Missouri State (Las Vegas) Joe Block & Steve Cleveland	ESPN3 *
Sat, Dec 24	1:30 a.m.	Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD (Honolulu) Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo	ESPNU

* Exclusive

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