ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm will be on hand for No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 20 Kentucky, as part of the third annual Big 12/SEC Challenge Presented by Sonic – staged for the first time on a common-bye date of Saturday, Jan. 30.The Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV matchup will air at 7 p.m. from Lawrence, Kan., with the morning show beginning at 11 a.m. and the evening edition beginning at 4 p.m. – all on ESPN. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to air every game of the third annual Challenge.
Additional Challenge games tagged as part of ESPN’s Journey to the Tourney include No. 14 Iowa State at No. 5 Texas A&M (ESPN, 2 p.m.) and No. 1 Oklahoma at LSU (ESPN, 5 p.m.), as well as the Kentucky-Kansas matchup.
Additional schedule highlights:
- Also identified as a Journey to the Tourney game is No. 3 Iowa at No. 8 Maryland slated for Thursday, Jan. 28 (ESPN, 7 p.m.)
- Also on Thursday, a top-25 Pac-12 tilt featuring No. 23 Oregon at No. 18 Arizona (ESPN2, 9 p.m.)
- A Big Monday matchup pits No. 2 North Carolina at No. 16 Louisville (ESPN, 7 p.m.)
- Super Tuesday features a top-25 game showcasing No. 9 West Virginia at No. 14 Iowa State (ESPN2, 9 p.m.)
- Additional ranked teams in action include No. 12 Michigan State, No. 13 SMU, No. 17 Baylor, No. 19 Indiana, No. 22 Wichita State, No. 24 Duke and No. 25 Notre Dame
Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 27 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 5 Texas A&M at Arkansas Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 17 Baylor at Oklahoma State Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| Missouri at No. 20 Kentucky Mike Morgan, Joe Dean, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | ||
| Thu, Jan 28 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 3 Iowa at No. 8 Maryland Adam Amin, Dan Dakich, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 25 Notre Dame at Syracuse Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | ||
| Cincinnati at UConn Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 12 Michigan State at Northwestern Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN | |
| No. 23 Oregon at No. 18 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Richmond at George Washington Bob Picozzi, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Loyola Marymount at BYU Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 30 | Noon | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 9 West Virginia at Florida Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Vanderbilt at Texas Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 14 Iowa State at No. 5 Texas A&M Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Tennessee at TCU Mark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN2 | ||
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Ole Miss at Kansas State Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| 4 p.m. | Boston College at No. 2 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander, Allison Williams |
ESPN2 | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Texas Tech at Arkansas Mike Morgan, Barry Booker |
ESPNU | ||
| 5 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 1 Oklahoma at LSU Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Georgia at No. 17 Baylor Bob Wischusen, Paul Biancardi |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 20 Kentucky at No. 4 Kansas Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Oklahoma State at Auburn Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Memphis at No. 13 SMU Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Sun, Jan 31 | 4 p.m. | No. 22 Wichita State at Evansville Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 23 Oregon at Arizona State Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 1 | Big Monday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 2 North Carolina at No. 16 Louisville Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Howard at Maryland-Eastern Shore Dave Lamont, Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | Texas at No. 17 Baylor Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| NC State at Florida State Mike Patrick, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 2 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 20 Kentucky at Tennessee Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| South Carolina at Georgia Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | TCU at No. 1 Oklahoma Paul Biancardi, TBD |
ESPNEWS | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 19 Indiana at Michigan Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 9 West Virginia at No. 14 Iowa State Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 Duke at Georgia Tech Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Colorado State at San Diego State Steve Quis, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 27 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 5 Texas A&M at Arkansas
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | |
| Auburn at Ole Miss
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Temple at East Carolina
Evan Leplar, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Indiana (Pa.) at California (Pa.) | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Tulsa at Houston
Mark Neely, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| USF at Tulane
Tim Grubbs, Murry Bartow |
ESPN3 | ||
| Lenoir-Rhyne at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 17 Baylor at Oklahoma State
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| Missouri at No. 20 Kentucky
Mike Morgan, Joe Dean, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | ||
| Northern Iowa at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Irvine at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | California at Utah
Roy Philpott, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Jan 28 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 6 p.m. | UNC Greensboro at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 3 Iowa at No. 8 Maryland
Adam Amin, Dan Dakich, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 25 Notre Dame at Syracuse
Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | ||
| Cincinnati at UConn
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Western Carolina at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| VMI at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Niagara at Marist
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Evansville at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| Rider at Saint Peter’s
Ed Cohen, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Georgia State at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 12 Michigan State at Northwestern
Rece Davis, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN | |
| No. 23 Oregon at No. 18 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Richmond at George Washington
Bob Picozzi, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Loyola Marymount at BYU
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 29 | 6 p.m. | VCU at Davidson
Karl Ravech, Craig Robinson |
ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | Manhattan at Iona
Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Canisius at Fairfield
Ed Cohen, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Kent State at Ohio
Dave Lamont, Reggie Rankin |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 30 | Noon | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 9 West Virginia at Florida
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Vanderbilt at Texas
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| Houston at East Carolina
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Georgia Tech at Syracuse
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| 2 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 14 Iowa State at No. 5 Texas A&M
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Tennessee at TCU
Mark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN2 | ||
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Ole Miss at Kansas State
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| Stony Brook at Vermont | ESPN3 | ||
| VMI at The Citadel | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | ESPN3 | |
| Spring Arbor at Indiana Wesleyan | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Boston College at No. 2 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander, Allison Williams |
ESPN2 | |
| Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Texas Tech at Arkansas
Mike Morgan, Barry Booker |
ESPNU | ||
| Radford at Winthrop | ESPN3 | ||
| Illinois State at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| East Tennessee State at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| Bloomfield at Philadelphia | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | UNC Greensboro at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
| Bowling Green at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 1 Oklahoma at LSU
Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| New Mexico at Boise State
Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Georgia at No. 17 Baylor
Bob Wischusen, Paul Biancardi |
ESPN2 | |
| Tulane at Tulsa
Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Alabama at South Carolina
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| 7 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: No. 20 Kentucky at No. 4 Kansas
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Saint Peter’s at Monmouth
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Georgia State at Arkansas-Little Rock
Matt Stewart, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | ||
| Chattanooga at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| Buffalo at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Princeton at Yale | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic: Oklahoma State at Auburn
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Memphis at No. 13 SMU
Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Youngstown State at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Mississippi State at Missouri
Tom Hart, Andrew DeClercq |
SEC Network | |
| 9:30 p.m. | UC Riverside at Cal State Fullerton | ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Pepperdine at BYU
Beth Mowins, Brad Daugherty |
ESPN2 | |
| UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine
Eric Rothman, Richie Schueler |
ESPNU | ||
| Sun, Jan 31 | 4 p.m. | No. 22 Wichita State at Evansville
Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 23 Oregon at Arizona State
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 1 | Big Monday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 2 North Carolina at No. 16 Louisville
Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Howard at Maryland-Eastern Shore
Dave Lamont, Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | NJIT at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas at No. 17 Baylor
Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| NC State at Florida State
Mike Patrick, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 2 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 20 Kentucky at Tennessee
Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| South Carolina at Georgia
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| LSU at Auburn
John Saunders, Jon Sundvold, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
| Drake at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Michigan at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | TCU at No. 1 Oklahoma
Paul Biancardi, TBD |
ESPNEWS | |
| Bradley at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 19 Indiana at Michigan
Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 9 West Virginia at No. 14 Iowa State
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 Duke at Georgia Tech
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Alabama at Mississippi State
Tom Hart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | ||
| Utah State at Boise State | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | Colorado State at San Diego State
Steve Quis, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | |
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