Six of the top nine teams in the ESPN/USA Today poll will be in action this week on ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule, including two matchups between ranked teams. On Saturday, Dec. 10, ESPN will televise No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Kansas at 3:15 p.m. followed by No. 1 Kentucky at Indiana at 5:15 p.m. Also on Saturday, ESPN3 will offer exclusive coverage of No. 6 North Carolina against Long Beach State at 7 p.m.
ESPN2’s lineup will include No. 5 Duke against Colorado State on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. and No. 24 Harvard at No. 9 Connecticut on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. In addition, ESPN and ESPN2 will each televise No. 8 Xavier: at Butler on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 9 p.m. on ESPN and against in-state rival Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 7 | 7 p.m. | Arizona at No. 12 Florida Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Colorado State at No. 5 Duke Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Central Connecticut State at Michigan State Dan Gutowsky & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 19 Vanderbilt at Davidson | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | Green Bay at No. 16 Wisconsin Cory Provus & Dickey Simpkins |
ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | Mount St. Mary’s at Maryland Quint Kessenich & Pat Kennedy |
ESPN3 * | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Xavier at Butler Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | St. Bonaventure at No. 22 Illinois Jim Barbar & Doug Gottlieb |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Oklahoma State at Missouri State Mitch Holthus & Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Dec 8 | 7 p.m. | No. 24 Harvard at No. 9 Connecticut Bob Wischusen & TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Boston College at Providence Eric Frede & Ron Perry |
ESPN3 * | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Maine at Notre Dame Anthony Calhoun & Austin Croshere |
ESPN3 * | |
| 9 p.m. | West Virginia at Kansas State Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Fri, Dec 9 | 8 p.m. | Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth Mark Neely & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| Sat, Dec 10 | 12:30 p.m. | Cincinnati at No. 8 Xavier Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| 2:30 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 14 Pittsburgh Dave Pasch, Bill Raftery & Jeff Van Gundy |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 3:15 p.m. | No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Kansas Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas & Bob Knight |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Villanova at Temple Mike Breen & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 5:15 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at Indiana Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Miami at West Virginia Sean McDonough & Len Elmore |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Long Beach State at No. 6 North Carolina Tom Werme & Nate Ross |
ESPN3 * | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Dartmouth at Notre Dame Anthony Calhoun & Dickey Simpkins |
ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | Wake Forest at Seton Hall Noah Coslov & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 * | |
| 9 p.m. | Michigan State at No. 22 Gonzaga Dave Flemming & Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
* Exclusive
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