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Men’s College Basketball: Fifth Annual Big 12/SEC Challenge Brings Day-Long Action; College GameDay Live from West Virginia
ESPN’s Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 27, will highlight an exciting week in college hoops, as the day-long schedule features six ranked teams and 10 games across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. The Challenge tips off at noon ET, with Baylor taking on No. 20 Florida on ESPN and continues throughout the day, culminating with Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T matchup, Kentucky at No. 7 West Virginia (7 p.m., ESPN). Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Maria Taylor will call the action from the WVU Coliseum.
College GameDay Covered by State Farm will also be live on ESPN from Morgantown, W.Va., ahead of Kentucky West Virginia. The morning show will be live from the WVU Coliseum, beginning at 11 a.m. followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast. This is only GameDay’s second visit to Morgantown – the first was in 2009 when the Mountaineers faced hen-No. 6 Louisville.
Additional Schedule Highlights
- Rece Davis and Robbie Hummel call a Big Ten matchup between No. 25 Michigan and No. 3 Purdue on Thursday, Jan. 25 (7 p.m., ESPN).
- Other Challenge matchups featuring ranked teams: No. 14 Texas Tech-South Carolina (noon, ESPN2), No. 12 Oklahoma- Alabama (2:15 p.m., ESPNU), No. 22 Tennessee – Iowa State (4 p.m., ESPNU), Texas A&M at No. 5 Kansas (4:30 p.m., ESPN).
- Gene Wojciechowski reports from the sidelines for two matchups: a Saturday Showcase game between Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, working alongside Mike Couzens and Dan Dakich (8 p.m., ESPN2); and a Super Tuesday matchup on January 30 featuring No. 10 UNC and No. 18 Clemson, with Rece Davis and Jay Bilas (7 p.m, ESPN).
- Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank (January 29) will see a doubleheader on ESPN, with Notre Dame at No. 4 Duke (7 p.m.), followed by No. 5 Kansas at Kansas State (9 p.m.).
- Other ranked teams playing on ESPN networks this week: No. 13 Ohio State, No. 15 Gonzaga, No. 16 Saint Mary’s, No. 17 Wichita State, No. 19 Auburn, No. 21 Arizona State and No. 23 Nevada.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 24 | 7 p.m. | Boston College at Syracuse
Mike Couzens, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU |
| South Carolina at No. 20 Florida
Mike Morgan, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | ||
| Georgia Tech at Florida State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Albany at Vermont | ESPN3 | ||
| Binghamton at UMBC | ESPN3 | ||
| Stony Brook at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| New Hampshire at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Wofford at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| Samford at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | St. Thomas Aquinas College at Queens (N.Y.) | ESPN3 | |
| South Carolina Upstate at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| Southeastern Louisiana at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Louisville at Miami (Fla.)
Karl Ravech, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| South Dakota State at South Dakota | ESPN3 | ||
| Nicholls at Lamar | ESPN3 | ||
| Illinois State at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| Loyola-Chicago at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Stanford at USC
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| No. 19 Auburn at Missouri
Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| NC State at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Riverside at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 23 Nevada at Wyoming
Anish Shroff, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Jan 25 | 7 p.m. | No. 25 Michigan at No. 3 Purdue
Rece Davis, Robbie Hummel |
ESPN |
| Morehead State at Murray State
Dave LaMont, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Central Connecticut at Bryant | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Atlantic at North Texas | ESPN3 | ||
| Siena at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| Quinnipiac at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | UT Arlington at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Little Rock at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Omaha at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| Cleveland State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | UCF at No. 17 Wichita State
Kevin Brown, John Thompson III |
ESPN2 | |
| USF at Tulane
Jason Benetti, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | BYU at No. 16 Saint Mary’s
Kanoa Leahey, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 15 Gonzaga at Portland
Roxy Bernstein, Caron Butler |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Jan 26 | 5 p.m. | Wagner at Saint Francis (Pa.)
Matt Schick, Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Saint Peter’s at Rider
Robert Lee, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | |
| Detroit at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Oakland at Northern Kentucky
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| Saturday Showcase presented by 5 Hour ENERGY (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | |||
| Sat, Jan 27 | Noon | Big 12/SEC Challenge Baylor at FloridaBob Wischusen, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Noon | Big 12/SEC Challenge No. 14 Texas Tech at South CarolinaBeth Mowins, Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | |
| 1 p.m. | Kentucky Wesleyan at Findlay | ESPN3 | |
| Maine at UMBC | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge Ole Miss at TexasDave Pasch, Robbie Hummel |
ESPN2 | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge Georgia at Kansas StateMark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Kennesaw State at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Drake at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge No. 12 Oklahoma at AlabamaRich Hollenberg, Fran Fraschilla, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN | |
| Texas State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Bethel at Indiana Wesleyan | ESPN3 | |
| Western Illinois at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Atlantic at Rice | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Arkansas State at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | |
| Eastern Michigan at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge TCU at VanderbiltDave Neal, Jon Sundvold |
ESPN2 | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge No. 22 Tennessee at Iowa StateLowell Galindo, Lance Blanks |
ESPNU | ||
| Miami at Florida State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Syracuse at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| New Hampshire at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| IUPUI at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge Texas A&M at No. 5 KansasJoe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| High Point at UNC Asheville | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | UT Arlington at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | |
| VMI at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | Fort Wayne at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | McNeese at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge Oklahoma State at ArkansasTom Hart, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | |
| Southern Illinois at Missouri State
Chuckie Kempf, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| LSU at No. 19 Auburn
Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
SEC Network | ||
| 7 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge Kentucky at No. 7 West VirginiaDan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| UTSA at UAB | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| Albany at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Dartmouth at Yale | ESPN3 | ||
| Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| Niagara at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| East Tennessee State at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| Bowling Green at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Notre Dame
Mike Couzens, Dan Dakich, Gene Wojciechowski |
ESPN2 | |
| Colorado at No. 21 Arizona State
Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Wake Forest at Louisville | ACC Network Extra | ||
| UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside | ESPN3 | ||
| San Francisco at No. 15 Gonzaga | ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Greensboro at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Missouri at Mississippi State
Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| Houston Baptist at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Colorado State at New Mexico | ESPN3 | |
| Grand Canyon University at Utah Valley | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Valparaiso at Illinois State
Mitch Holthus, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN2 | |
| Boise State at Air Force
Eric Rothman, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| Pacific at BYU | ESPN3 | ||
| Sun, Jan 28 | 1 p.m. | Detroit at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | Bradley at Indiana State | ESPN3 | |
| Oakland at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | South Florida at Houston | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Loyola
Mitch Holthus, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 18 Clemson at Georgia Tech
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | UConn at Temple
Kevin Brown, John Thompson III |
ESPN2 | |
| Washington State at Washington
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| Mon, Jan 29 | 6 p.m. | East Tennessee State at The Citadel | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Notre Dame at No. 4 DukeSean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Jacksonville at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at South Carolina Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Saint Peter’s at Siena | ESPN3 | ||
| Iona at Fairfield | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Greensboro at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | VMI at Samford | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank No. 5 Kansas at Kansas StateBob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Tue, Jan 30 | 7 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile
No. 10 UNC at No. 18 Clemson Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Gene Wojciechowski |
ESPN |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile
Indiana at No. 13 Ohio State Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile TCU at Oklahoma StateMark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 20 Florida at Georgia
Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| Akron at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| Buffalo at Kent State | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Omaha at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| Illinois State at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| Southern Illinois at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Vanderbilt at KentuckyJoe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN | |
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Baylor at No. 12 OklahomaJon Sciambi, Tom Crean |
ESPN2 | ||
| Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Arkansas at Texas A&MRich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 19 Auburn at Ole Miss
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
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