Men’s College Basketball: Rivalry Week Tips Off with Top Eight Teams

Editor

February 6, 2012

ESPN’s 16th annual Rivalry Week men’s college basketball schedule tips off with the top eight teams over three days, highlighted by four against ranked rivals:

No. 1 Kentucky hosting No. 11 Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
ESPN and ESPN2 each televise a matchup between ranked foes Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m.: No. 2 Syracuse at home against No. 14 Georgetown and No. 8 Kansas visits No. 6 Baylor (network assignments are to be determined).
Also on Wednesday, ESPN showcases one of sports’ biggest rivalries when No. 5 Duke visits No. 6 North Carolina at 9 p.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup	Network
Mon, Feb 6	7 p.m.	Connecticut at No. 25 Louisville Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery	ESPN / ESPN3
		No. 4 Missouri at Oklahoma Mark Jones & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
		Stony Brook at New Hampshire	ESPN3
		USC Upstate at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Texas at Texas A&M Brent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe	ESPN / ESPN3
		Texas Southern at Alabama State Rich Hollenberg & Stan Lewter	ESPNU
		No. 15 Marquette at DePaul Carter Blackburn & Mike Kelley	ESPNU
Tue, Feb 7	7 p.m.	No. 11 Florida at No. 1 Kentucky Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Shannon Spake	ESPN / ESPN3
		Iowa State at Oklahoma State Mark Jones & Sean Farnham	ESPN2 / ESPN3
		Maryland at Clemson Carter Blackburn & Jay Williams	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Purdue at No. 3 Ohio State Mike Tirico & Dan Dakich	ESPN / ESPN3
		Alabama at Auburn Dari Nowkhah & Dino Gaudio	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 14 Georgetown at No. 2 Syracuse or No. 8 Kansas at No. 6 Baylor TBD	ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3
		Cincinnati at St. John’s Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPNU
		No. 24 Florida State at Boston College Eric Frede & Ron Perry	ESPN3
		Hofstra at George Mason	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Towson at Virginia Commonwealth	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Missouri State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 5 Duke at No. 6 North Carolina Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas & Erin Andrews	ESPN / ESPN3
		Seton Hall at Rutgers Bob Wischusen & Dereck Whittenburg	ESPN2 / ESPN3
		Notre Dame at West Virginia Dave Pasch & Bill Raftery	ESPNU