ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm will end its regular-season road show on the campus of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Saturday, March 4, in advance of the Sonic Blockbuster: Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T ACC matchup between No. 17 Duke and No. 5 North Carolina (ESPN, 8:15 p.m. ET). College GameDay airs at 11 a.m. with an evening edition leading into the game telecast at 8 p.m.
CrunchTime: The Best of Duke vs. North Carolina will premiere on ESPNU on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m., in advance of Saturday’s annual season-ending showdown. Hosted by Matt Schick, it will revisit the last few minutes of the best and most exciting Duke vs. UNC matchups, including games from 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005 and 2012.
As the season closes and focus shifts towards selection Sunday, two ESPN2 games (both 7 p.m. starts) have been designated Journey to the Tourney games: Arkansas at No. 12 Florida on Wednesday, March 1, and Iowa State at No. 10 West Virginia on Friday, March 3.
Additional schedule highlights:
- 1 Kansas is in action against Oklahoma State on Saturday at 6 p.m. (ESPN)
- The Washington State at No. 3 UCLA game has been moved to ESPN at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday
- Also in action: No. 6 Oregon, No. 11 Baylor, No. 14 SMU, No. 18 Cincinnati and No. 22 Wisconsin
- ESPN Buzzer Beater will offer live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college basketball games on Saturdays from 1-9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8-11 p.m.
CBB Live: Intel Report – catching the fans up on the 2016-17 season heading into Champ Week, as well as preview the major conference tournaments – will air Sunday, March 5, at 11 p.m. (ESPN2 with additional reairs on ESPNU). The show will be hosted by Schick and Brendan Fitzgerald, with contributions from analysts Jay Bilas, Dan Dakich, Sean Farnham, Fran Fraschilla, Len Elmore, Dino Gaudio, Seth Greenberg, Dick Vitale and Jay Williams.
ESPN’s annual Champ Week schedule and assigned commentators can be found here.
Weekly Schedule (Wednesday-Sunday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Mar 1 | 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: Arkansas at No. 12 Florida
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 |
| Thu, Mar 2 | 7 p.m. | Houston at No. 18 Cincinnati
Adam Amin. Len Elmore |
ESPN2 |
| 9 p.m. | Iowa at No. 22 Wisconsin
Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN | |
| Fri, Mar 3 | 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: Iowa State at No. 10 West Virginia
Jon Sciambi, Mark Plansky |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Mar 4 | 2 p.m. | No. 12 Florida at Vanderbilt
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson |
ESPN |
| 4 p.m. | No. 11 Baylor at Texas
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Memphis at No. 14 SMU
Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh |
ESPN2 | ||
| 6 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State
Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPN | |
| No. 6 Oregon at Oregon State
Sam Farber, Corey Williams |
ESPN2 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Sonic Blockbuster as part of Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: No. 17 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
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| 10:15 p.m. | Washington State at No. 3 UCLA
Steve Quis, Sean Farnham, Jill Montgomery |
ESPN |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Mar 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Auburn at Georgia
To, Hart, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: Arkansas at No. 12 Florida
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| UConn at East Carolina
Ted Emrich, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Tennessee at LSU
Mike Morgan, Mark Plansky |
SEC Network + | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Ole Miss at Alabama
Dave Neal, Chris Spatola |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas at Texas Tech
Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Kansas State at TCU
Dave Armstrong, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Irvine at UC Riverside | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | Utah State at UNLV
Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Mar 2 | 7 p.m. | Nebraska at Minnesota
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPN |
| Houston at No. 18 Cincinnati
Adam Amin. Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | ||
| UCF at USF
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida International at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Nicholls at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | McNeese at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| Arkansas State at Troy | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Iowa at No. 22 Wisconsin
Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN | |
| Stanford at Colorado
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tulane at Memphis
Richard Cross, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | California at Utah
Roy Philpott, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Mar 3 | 5 p.m. | Harvard at Princeton
Matt Schick, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Journey to the Tourney: Iowa State at No. 10 West Virginia
Jon Sciambi, Mark Plansky |
ESPN2 | |
| Cornell at Yale | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Columbia at Brown | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Akron at Kent State
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Mar 4 | Noon | Indiana at Ohio State
Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN |
| Illinois at Rutgers
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | Alabama at Tennessee
Kevin Ingram, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | |
| Texas Tech at Kansas State
Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 12 Florida at Vanderbilt
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson |
ESPN | |
| Georgia at Arkansas
Mike Morgan, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | TCU at Oklahoma
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNEWS | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Missouri at Auburn
Richard Cross, Jarvis Hayes |
SEC Network | |
| Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | No. 11 Baylor at Texas
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Memphis at No. 14 SMU
Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh |
ESPN2 | ||
| Boston College at Clemson | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | Little Rock at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State
Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPN | |
| No. 6 Oregon at Oregon State
Sam Farber, Corey Williams |
ESPN2 | ||
| LSU at Mississippi State
Matt Stewart, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | ||
| Dartmouth at Princeton | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | UNLV at Fresno State | ESPN3 | |
| Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Colorado State at Nevada
Trey Bender, Richie Schueler |
ESPN3 | |
| 8:15 p.m. | Sonic Blockbuster as part of Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T: No. 17 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
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| UT Arlington at UL Lafayette
Drew Fellios, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | South Carolina at Ole Miss
Dave Neal, Kyle Macy |
SEC Network | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Washington State at No. 3 UCLA
Steve Quis, Sean Farnham, Jill Montgomery |
ESPN | |
| Sun, Mar 5 | 2 p.m. | Temple at USF
Ted Emrich, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU |
| 4 p.m. | Tulsa at Tulane
Alex Faust, Stephen Howard |
ESPNU | |
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