Iowa State Selected as First Site for 2015 College GameDay Basketball Program

Rachel Margolis Siegal

January 6, 2015

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January 17 Marks Opening Weekend for Eight Week Saturday Morning and Evening Program

ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm will make a first-time visit to Ames, Iowa, and the campus of Iowa State University, in advance of the Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV matchup between Big 12 foes – No. 17 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. GameDay’s first hour begins at 10 a.m. on ESPNU, continuing at 11 a.m. on ESPN, plus an evening edition at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm has new faces for the upcoming men’s college basketball season as analysts Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams join the retuning duo of host Rece Davis and analyst Jay Bilas. Dan Shulman, Bilas and reporter Shannon Spake will have the call of the ISU-Kansas game.

This season a more flexible schedule will give College GameDay the option to react to storylines as the season develops to better ensure visits to top games on ESPN networks each week. Sites will be announced one week prior within the GameDay show.

No. 14 West Virginia at No. 10 Texas, which was previously announced as a net flex, will be played at 6:15 p.m. on ESPN. Dave Flemming and Fran Fraschilla will be on the call of the game.

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