Men’s College Basketball: Several Ranked Teams in Action During Holiday Hoops Week

Rachel Margolis Siegal December 15, 2014

ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule continues Thursday, Dec. 18, through Sunday, Dec. 21, with Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers showcasing several ranked teams: No. 2 Duke, No. 6 Virginia, No. 9 Texas, No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 14 Utah, No. 16, Washington, No. 17 Maryland, No. 18 Miami, No. 22 West Virginia and No. 25 Michigan State.

Schedule highlights:

No. 6 Virginia is featured twice on ESPNU – Thursday against Cleveland State at 7 p.m. and Sunday against Harvard at noon.
No. 2 Duke plays defending national champion UConn on Thursday, on ESPN at 8 p.m., from East Rutherford, N.J.
A top-25 matchup Saturday featuring No. 15 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Washington at 9 p.m. on ESPNU at the MGM Grand Showcase in Las Vegas, followed by No. 14 Utah playing UNLV at 11:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
No. 22 West Virginia plays NC State on Saturday, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2 from the Gotham Classic in NYC City.

Full schedule

ESPN Men’s College Basketball Schedule with Ranked Teams (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Games / Commentators	Network
Thu, Dec. 18	7 p.m.	Cleveland State at No. 6 Virginia Tom Hart & Cory Alexander	ESPNU
		Wright State at Western Carolina	ESPN3
		Georgia Southern at Stetson	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Connecticut vs. No. 2 Duke (East Rutherford, N.J.) Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas & Andy Katz	ESPN
		Coastal Carolina at Ole Miss Matt Stewart & Dane Bradshaw	SEC Network
Fri, Dec 19	1:30 p.m.	Wilberforce at Youngstown State	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Jackson State at Tulane Tim Grubbs & Daymeon Fishback	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Clemson at South Carolina Mike Morgan & Will Perdue	SEC Network
		Stillman at Alabama	SEC Network +
		Eastern Kentucky at No. 18 Miami Kevin Corke & Drew Nicholas	ESPN3
		Bethune-Cookman at Mercer	ESPN3
		Niagara at Buffalo	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Furman at Florida Gulf Coast	ESPN3
Sat, Dec 20	Noon	SMU at Michigan Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich	ESPN2
		VCU at Cincinnati Tom Gelehrter & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Citadel at Virginia Tech	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Bud Light Braggin’ Rights: Missouri vs. Illinois (St. Louis, Mo.) Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
		Drexel at Penn State (Allentown, Pa.) Tim Neverett & Brian Allen	ESPN3
		Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech	ESPN3
		South Carolina State at Houston Brett Dolan & Reid Gettys	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	UMBC at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Texas Southern at No. 25 Michigan State Clay Matvick & Sean Harrington	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	Xavier at Auburn Rich Hollenberg & Joe Dean	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Texas A&M vs. Kansas State (Kansas City, Mo.) Dave Armstrong & Rich Zvosec	ESPNU
		Gotham Classic: Richmond vs. Pepperdine (New York) Doug Sherman & Bob Knight	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Long Beach State at No. 9 Texas Lowell Galindo & Lance Blanks	Longhorn Network
	8:30 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State vs. Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.) Roy Philpott & Darrin Horn	SEC Network
	9 p.m.	MGM Grand Showcase: No. 15 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Washington (Las Vegas, Nev.) Dave Pasch & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m.	Gotham Classic: NC State vs. No. 22 West Virginia (New York City) Doug Sherman & Bob Knight	ESPN2
	11 p.m.	Stanford at BYU Rich Cellini & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	11:30 p.m.	MGM Grand Showcase: No. 14 Utah vs. UNLV (Las Vegas, Nev.) Dave Pasch & Sean Farnham	ESPN2
Sun, Dec 21	Noon	Harvard at No. 6 Virginia Mike Couzens & Dan Dakich	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	San Francisco at Cleveland State	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	No. 17 Maryland at Oklahoma State Dave Armstrong & Bryndon Manzer	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Goshen at Valparaiso	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Austin Peay at Lipscomb	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Coker College at South Carolina	SEC Network +
	4 p.m.	USC at Boston College Bob Picozzi & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	Seton Hall at Georgia Matt Stewart & Mark Wise	ESPNU
		Appalachian State at Alabama Doug Bell & Joe Dean	SEC Network