Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers showcases several ranked teams as ESPN’s coverage of men’s college basketball continues, including Utah vs. No. 7 Duke from New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Dec. 10, at noon on ESPN.
Also in action is No. 1 Arizona State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 12 Villanova, No. 13 Arizona, No. 16. Baylor, No. 19 Louisville, No. 20 West Virginia, No. 23 Cincinnati, and No. 24 Texas A&M.
Additional Schedule highlights:
- Two annual in-state matchups on ESPNU include No. 20 West Virginia faces Marshall from Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, at 7 p.m. and Northern Iowa plays No. 5 Iowa State from Des Moines, on Saturday, at 7 p.m.
- Two top-25 matchups on Saturday, showcase No. 12 Villanova at No. 8 Virginia at noon on ESPN2 and No. 16 Baylor at No. 24 Texas A&M at 9 p.m. on ESPNU
- The annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic from Honolulu begins Tuesday, Dec. 22, with quarterfinal action on ESPNU, including No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Washington State at 11 p.m.
Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games / Commentators | Network |
| Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers on ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU (Dec. 15-23) | |||
| Wed, Dec 16 | 7 p.m. | Tulane at No. 11 North Carolina Bob Picozzi, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Kennesaw State at No. 19 Louisville Adam Amin, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Gardner-Webb at LSU Paul Sunderland, Sean Farnham |
SEC Network | ||
| 9 p.m. | Mississippi State at Florida State Karl Ravech, Mo Cassera |
ESPN2 | |
| Winthrop at Alabama John Sunders, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| Thu, Dec 17 | 7 p.m. | Marshall vs. No. 20 West Virginia (Charleston, W.Va.) Roy Philpott, Miles Simon |
ESPNU |
| Fri, Dec 18 | 8 p.m. | Ole Miss at Memphis Bob Picozzi, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS |
| Sat, Dec 19 | Noon | Utah vs. No. 7 Duke (New York City, N.Y.) Sean McDonough, Dick Vitale, Jeff Goodman |
ESPN |
| No. 12 Villanova at No. 8 Virginia Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | ||
| Western Kentucky at No. 19 Louisville Jim Barbar, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia Tech at Georgia Richard Cross, Andrew DeClercq |
SEC Network | ||
| 2 p.m. | Indiana vs. Notre Dame (Indianapolis, Ind.) Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| Creighton at No. 3 Oklahoma Ted Emrich, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Oral Roberts at LSU Doug Bell, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | ||
| 4 p.m. | Tulane at Mississippi State Matt Stewart, Mark Wise |
SEC Network | |
| 6 p.m. | NC State at Missouri Andy Demetra, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Iowa State (Des Moines, Iowa) Shawn Keeney, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Wofford at Vanderbilt Dave Baker, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 16 Baylor at No. 24 Texas A&M Roy Philpottt, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| 9:30 p.m. | UNLV at No. 13 Arizona Roxy Bernstein, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | Tennessee at Gonzaga Erich Rothman, Corey Williams, Jill Montgomery |
ESPNU | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Texas at Stanford Doug Sherman, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Dec 20 | Noon | Gotham Classic: Pittsburgh vs. Davidson (New York City, N.Y.) Kevin Fitzgerald, Len Elmore |
ESPNU |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 7 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 11 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Eastern Kentucky at No. 20 West Virginia Roy Philpott, TBD |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | Pepperdine at Gonzaga TBD, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Oregon at Alabama Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Dec 22 | 2:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: Auburn vs. New Mexico (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 4 p.m. | Troy at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: BYU vs. Harvard (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Clemson at Georgia Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 5 Iowa State at No. 23 Cincinnati Adam Amin, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 1 Michigan State at Oakland Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | American at LSU Ted Emrich, Dino Gaudio |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | California at No. 8 Virginia Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | |
| Mercer at Ohio State TBD, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Washington State (Honolulu, Hawaii) Roxy Bernstein, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games / Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 16 | 7 p.m. | Tulane at No. 11 North Carolina Bob Picozzi, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Kennesaw State at No. 19 Louisville Adam Amin, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Gardner-Webb at LSU Paul Sunderland, Sean Farnham |
SEC Network | ||
| Florida Atlantic at Tennessee | SEC Network+ | ||
| UNC-Wilmington at East Carolina Evan Leplar, Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at USF Drew Fellios, Mark Wise |
ESPN3 | ||
| High Point at NC State | ESPN3 | ||
| Springfield (Ill.) at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Albany State at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| Bluefield College at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Austin Peay at North Florida | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Chicago State at Minnesota Clay Matvick, Homer Drew |
ESPN3 | |
| NC Central at Houston Brett Dolan, Reid Gettys |
ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| Oral Roberts at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Mississippi State at Florida State Karl Ravech, Mo Cassera |
ESPN2 | |
| Winthrop at Alabama John Sunders, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | ||
| New Mexico State at New Mexico Trey Bender, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| Thu, Dec 17 | 7 p.m. | Marshall vs. No. 20 West Virginia (Charleston, W.Va.) Roy Philpott, Miles Simon |
ESPNU |
| Charleston Southern at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Norfolk State at Evansville | ESPN3 | |
| Maryville at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| Fri, Dec 18 | 7 p.m. | Coastal Carolina at Wake Forest | ESPN3 |
| South Carolina at Clemson Roy Philpott, Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Kentucky at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Ole Miss at Memphis Bob Picozzi, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS | |
| Sat, Dec 19 | Noon | Utah vs. No. 7 Duke (New York City, N.Y.) Sean McDonough, Dick Vitale, Jeff Goodman |
ESPN |
| No. 12 Villanova at No. 8 Virginia Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | ||
| Western Kentucky at No. 19 Louisville Jim Barbar, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia Tech at Georgia Richard Cross, Andrew DeClercq |
SEC Network | ||
| 1 p.m. | Belmont at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | |
| UCF at Detroit | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Indiana vs. Notre Dame (Indianapolis, Ind.) Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| Creighton at No. 3 Oklahoma Ted Emrich, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Oral Roberts at LSU Doug Bell, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | ||
| Boston University at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Montana State at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Charlotte at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Missouri State at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | South Dakota at Illinois Wayne Randazzo, Mac McCausland |
ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Tulane at Mississippi State Matt Stewart, Mark Wise |
SEC Network | |
| Eastern Illinois at Houston Brett Dolan, Jerod Ward |
ESPN3 | ||
| Delaware State at Temple Dave Leno, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Illinois-Chicago at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Drake vs. Iowa (Des Moines, Iowa) Shawn Keeney, Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | South Dakota State at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | NC State at Missouri Andy Demetra, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| Youngstown State at Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Kyle Macy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Grambling at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 | ||
| Our Lady of the Lake at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Iowa State (Des Moines, Iowa) Shawn Keeney, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| Delaware at Boston College Alex Faust, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN3 | ||
| Florida A&M at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Southeast Missouri State at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| Bethune-Cookman at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Wofford at Vanderbilt Dave Baker, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 16 Baylor at No. 24 Texas A&M Roy Philpottt, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| 9:30 p.m. | UNLV at No. 13 Arizona Roxy Bernstein, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | Tennessee at Gonzaga Erich Rothman, Corey Williams, Jill Montgomery |
ESPNU | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Texas at Stanford Doug Sherman, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Dec 20 | Noon | Gotham Classic: Pittsburgh vs. Davidson (New York City, N.Y.) Kevin Fitzgerald, Len Elmore |
ESPNU |
| 1 p.m. | Wisconsin-Superior at Green Bay | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Austin Peay at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Bowling Green at Wright State | ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 2 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Florida State | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 11 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| Eastern Kentucky at No. 20 West Virginia Roy Philpott, TBD |
ESPNU | ||
| Southern Louisiana at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at Notre Dame Jim Barbar, Kyle Macy |
ESPN3 | ||
| North Carolina A&T at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Western Illinois at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Pepperdine at Gonzaga TBD, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Oregon at Alabama Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Dec 22 | 1 p.m. | St. Joseph’s at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 |
| 2:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: Auburn vs. New Mexico (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Fordham at Boston College Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Troy at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: BYU vs. Harvard (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Clemson at Georgia Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 5 Iowa State at No. 23 Cincinnati Adam Amin, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 1 Michigan State at Oakland Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Jacksonville at Florida | SEC Network+ | ||
| East Tennessee State at Tennessee | SEC Network+ | ||
| North Florida at Arkansas | SEC Network+ | ||
| Bethune-Cookman at UCF Drew Fellios, Jerod Ward |
ESPN3 | ||
| South Carolina State at East Carolina Evan Leplar, Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| Southern Miss at Tulane Tim Grubbs, Murry Bartow |
ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Greensboro at NC State | ESPN3 | ||
| Montana State at Syracuse | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Tennessee State at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana Tech at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Murray State at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| Middle Tennessee State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | ||
| IPFW at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Howard at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | American at LSU Ted Emrich, Dino Gaudio |
SEC Network | |
| IUPUI at Memphis Grag Gaston, Jon Albright |
ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Arizona at Tulsa Dave Raymond, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN3 | ||
| Alabama A&M at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| Southeast Missouri State at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| Purdue-Calumet at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Tennessee Tech at Iowa Shawn Kenney, Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | California at No. 8 Virginia Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | |
| Mercer at Ohio State TBD, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Classic – Quarterfinal: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Washington State (Honolulu, Hawaii) Roxy Bernstein, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU |
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