47 Games, All Eight Weeks of College GameDay plus 16 Top 25 Teams Featured
ESPN 3D will focus on the 2012-13 men’s college basketball season with 47 live games, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. ET with the 2012 State Farm Champions Classic doubleheader, and culminating – for the first time – with the ACC Tournament, March 14-17, 2013. Other highlights on ESPN 3D this season include the Jimmy V Classic Presented by Corona Extra doubleheader on Tuesday, Dec. 4, with Texas vs. Georgetown and No. 6 NC State vs. Connecticut. In addition, all eight weeks of College GameDay Covered by State Farm and the corresponding games that night will be aired on ESPN 3D, beginning Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. followed by No. 21 Gonzaga at Butler at 9 p.m. For the full ESPN 3D live event schedule, click here.
The ESPN 3D season will tip off with four of the all-time winningest programs in the State Farm Champions Classic doubleheader. The matchups from Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, site of this year’s Final Four, will be No. 14 Michigan State vs. No. 7 Kansas at 7 p.m. and No. 8 Duke vs. No. 3 Kentucky at 9 p.m. Kentucky, defending NCAA champion, holds an 11-8 all-time series lead against Duke but lost the last meeting between the programs, 95-92, in 2001. Michigan State has won five of nine games against Kansas, including two victories in 2009.
“There’s no better way to start the season on ESPN 3D than with four top 15 teams,” said Nick Dawson, director, programming and acquisitions, ESPN. “We are excited to offer a consistent schedule of high-caliber college basketball for fans across the country to experience in 3D.”
ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm – the eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball studio program originating from the site of ESPN’s Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV– returns this season on ESPN 3D beginning Saturday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. from the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis.
Up to fourteen schools on the Saturday Primetime schedule are ranked in the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll: No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Louisville, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 5 Michigan, No. 6 NC State, No. 7 Kansas, No. 8 Duke, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 12 Arizona, No. 13 UCLA, No. 15 Missouri, No. 21 Gonzaga, No. 22 Notre Dame, and No. 24 Cincinnati.
Men’s College Basketball Schedule on ESPN 3D
| DATE | TIME (ET) | GAME |
| Tues, Nov 13 | 7 p.m. | 2012 State Farm Champions Classic – Michigan State vs Kansas (from Atlanta) |
| 9:30 p.m. | 2012 State Farm Champions Classic – Duke vs Kentucky (from Atlanta) | |
| Thurs, Nov 15 | 12:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Quarterfinal) – Dayton vs Colorado |
| 3 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Quarterfinal) – Baylor vs Boston College | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Quarterfinal) – St Johns vs College of Charleston | |
| 8 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Quarterfinal) – Murray State vs Auburn | |
| Fri, Nov 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Semifinal) – Match-up TBD |
| 3 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Consolation) – Match-up TBD | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Semifinal) – Match-up TBD | |
| 8 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Consolation) – Match-up TBD | |
| Sun, Nov 18 | 12 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (7th Place Game) – Match-up TBD |
| 2:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (5th Place Game) – Match-up TBD | |
| 6 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (3rd Place Game) – Match-up TBD | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (Championship) – Match-up TBD | |
| Thurs, Nov 22 | 12 p.m. | 2012 Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal) – West Virginia vs Marist |
| 2:30 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal) Vanderbilt vs Davidson | |
| 7 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal) UTEP vs Oklahoma | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Quarterfinal) Clemson vs Gonzaga | |
| Fri, Nov 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Semifinal) Match-up TBD |
| 3 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Consolation) Match-up TBD | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Consolation) Match-up TBD | |
| 8 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Semifinal) Match-up TBD | |
| Sun, Nov 25 | 11:30 a.m. | Old Spice Classic (5th Place Game) Match-up TBD |
| 2 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (7th Place Game) Match-up TBD | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (3rd Place Game) Match-up TBD | |
| 7 p.m. | Old Spice Classic (Championship) Match-up TBD | |
| Tues, Dec 4 | 7 p.m. | Jimmy V Classic Presented by Corona Extra – Texas vs Georgetown (from New York City) |
| 9:30 p.m. | Jimmy V Classic Presented by Corona Extra – NC State vs Connecticut (from New York City) | |
| Sat, Jan 19 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Indianapolis, Ind.) |
| 9 p.m. | Gonzaga at Butler | |
| Sat, Jan 26 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Raleigh, N.C.) |
| 7 p.m. | North Carolina at NC State | |
| Sat, Feb 2 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Bloomington, Ind.) |
| 9 p.m. | Michigan at Indiana | |
| Sat, Feb 9 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from South Bend, Ind. or Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| 9 p.m. | Louisville at Notre Dame or Pittsburgh at Cincinnati) | |
| Sat, Feb 16 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Lawrence, Kan.) |
| 9 p.m. | Texas at Kansas | |
| Sat, Feb 23 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Lexington, Ky.) |
| 9 p.m. | Missouri at Kentucky | |
| Sat, March 2 | 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. | College GameDay (from Westwood, Calif.) |
| 9 p.m. | Arizona at UCLA | |
| Sat, March 9 | 8 p.m. | College GameDay (from Chapel Hill, N.C.) |
| 9 p.m. | Duke at North Carolina | |
| Thurs, March 14 – Sun, March 17 | TBD | ACC Tournament |
*Schedule subject to change.
ESPN 3D is the world’s first 24/7 all-sports 3D channel. After three years of testing, ESPN 3D launched with the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The network has produced nearly 300 live telecasts, including college basketball, college football including the BCS, the NBA, professional boxing, Wimbledon, the State Farm Home Run Derby, the X Games, The Masters, and ESPN’s popular weekday studio show SportsNation. The network was recognized with a Sports Emmy Award for technical excellence for the 2011 Winter X Games. ESPN 3D is available to more than 63 million homes in the U.S. through carriage agreements with DIRECTV, Comcast, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS TV. It is available internationally in Australia with select programs available from other distributors throughout the world.
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