Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s continues across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS, including a top-25 matchup between No. 20 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and reporter Shannon Spake will have the call of the game.
The 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter will air live from the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., following the Duke-North Carolina game, with anchors John Anderson and John Buccigross. In addition, the 6 p.m. program, hosted by Zubin Mehenti, will preview the game with reports from the site.
ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm will make its first stop on the campus of Texas A&M, in advance of the Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV matchup between SEC opponents – the Aggies and No. 14 Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 20 (ESPN, 6:30 p.m.). The morning show begins at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast.
ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams. Shulman, Bilas and Spake will call the Texas A&M-Kentucky game.
Saturday’s monster schedule of top-25 games on ESPN also include: No. 20 Duke at No. 18 Louisville at noon, No. 25 Baylor at No. 24 Texas at 2 p.m., No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia at 4 p.m. and No. 17 Purdue at No. 22 Indiana at 8:30 p.m.
Additional schedule highlights
- The top team in the nation – No. 1 Villanova — plays a Big 5 game at Temple on Wednesday, Feb. 17, on ESPN2 at 7 p.m.
- Tagged as part of ESPN’s Journey to the Tourney, No. 7 Virginia travels to No. 14 Miami for a Big Monday presented by Delta showdown on February 22 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
- In the later game, No. 13 Iowa State plays at No. 10 West Virginia as part of Big Monday (ESPN, 9 p.m.)
- A Super Tuesday presented by Hotels.com game showcases No. 2 Kansas at No. 25 Baylor on ESPN2 at 8 p.m.
- Additional ranked teams in action include: 8 Michigan State, No. 12 Arizona, No. 14 Kentucky, No. 19 Notre Dame, No. 21 SMU and No. 24 Texas
Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Networks |
| Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS (Feb. 15-21) | |||
| Wed, Feb 17 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 18 Louisville Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN | |
| No. 1 Villanova at Temple Adam Amin, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 20 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Arizona State at No. 12 Arizona Dave Pasch, TBD |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 3 Oklahoma at Texas Tech Clay Matvick, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Feb 18 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 14 Kentucky Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 21 SMU at UConn Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State Jason Benetti, Jay Williams |
ESPN | |
| Sat, Feb 20 | Noon | No. 20 Duke at No. 18 Louisville Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| 2 p.m. | No. 25 Baylor at No. 24 Texas Mark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at Kansas State Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 14 Kentucky at Texas A&M Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | TCU at No. 13 Iowa State Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 19 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech Allen Bestwick, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 17 Purdue at No. 22 Indiana Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 2 p.m. | East Carolina at No. 21 SMU Karl Ravech, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS |
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Boston College at Wake Forest Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Big Monday presented by Delta (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 7 Virginia at No. 11 Miami Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 Texas at Kansas State Mark Neely, TBD |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 13 Iowa State at No. 10 West Virginia Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Tue, Feb 23 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Alabama at No. 14 Kentucky Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| LSU at Arkansas Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Vanderbilt at Florida John Saunders, Jon Sundvold, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at No. 25 Baylor Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Michigan State at Ohio State Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Networks |
| Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS (Feb. 15-21) | |||
| Wed, Feb 17 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 18 Louisville
Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN | |
| No. 1 Villanova at Temple
Adam Amin, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| UCF at Memphis
Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Auburn at Arkansas
Mike Morgan, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | ||
| Stony Brook at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 20 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Arizona State at No. 12 Arizona
Dave Pasch, TBD |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 3 Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Clay Matvick, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| Alabama at LSU
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Colorado State at Utah State
Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9:30 p.m. | Houston at Tulane
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| 10 p.m. | UC Irvine at Cal State Fullerton | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | Colorado at USC
Roy Philpott, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Feb 18 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 6 p.m. | East Tennessee State at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 14 Kentucky
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN | |
| Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb
Kevin Fitzgerald, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Western Carolina at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Arkansas-Little Rock at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 21 SMU at UConn
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| Saint Peter’s at Quinnipiac
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Fairfield at Canisius
Ed Cohen, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | ||
| UNC Greensboro at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State
Jason Benetti, Jay Williams |
ESPN | |
| Belmont at Eastern Kentucky
Jerry Punch, Mo Cassera |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | Utah at UCLA
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Hawaii at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | BYU at San Diego
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Feb 19 | 6 p.m. | Akron at Kent State
Jim Barbar, Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Richmond at VCU
Adam Amin, Craig Robinson |
ESPN2 | |
| Siena at Rider
Ed Cohen, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Oakland at Valparaiso
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| Detroit at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Iona at Monmouth
Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State | ESPN3 | ||
| Sat, Feb 20 | 11 a.m. | Memphis at USF
Ted Emrich, Mark Wise |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 20 Duke at No. 18 Louisville
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Georgia at Vanderbilt
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| Florida at South Carolina
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold, TBD |
SEC Network | ||
| Toledo at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Wagner at Central Connecticut | ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Penn State at Rutgers
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 25 Baylor at No. 24 Texas
Mark Neely, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN | |
| Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | ||
| Central Michigan at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Mississippi State at Alabama
Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | |
| Arkansas State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Marist at Canisius
Jonathan Yardley, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | |
| South Dakota State at Western Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| VMI at Samford | ESPn3 | ||
| University of St. Francis at Indiana Wesleyan | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Bowling Green at Buffalo | ESPN3 | |
| Lipscomb at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| UConn at Cincinnati
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | ||
| Cleveland State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Ole Miss at Auburn
Tom Hart, Andrew DeClerq |
SEC Network | |
| 5:30 p.m. | LSU at Tennessee
Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at Kansas State
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| Harvard at Cornell | ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 14 Kentucky at Texas A&M
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Longwood at Gardner-Webb | ESPN3 | |
| Kennesaw State at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| USC Upstate at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Yale at Penn | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Wright State | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | TCU at No. 13 Iowa State
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| Missouri at Arkansas
Richard Cross, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 19 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech
Allen Bestwick, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| Drake at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:15 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at UT Arlington
Drew Fellios, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 17 Purdue at No. 22 Indiana
Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
Mitch Holthus, Kevin Lehman |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga
TBD, TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Hawaii at UC Irvine
Eric Rothman, Richie Schueler |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 2 p.m. | East Carolina at No. 21 SMU
Karl Ravech, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS |
| Southeastern Louisiana at Abilene Christian | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Detroit at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Wichita State at Indiana State
Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| Loyola at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Boston College at Wake Forest
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Temple at Houston
Rich Hollenberg, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| 8:30 p.m. | California at Washington State
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Big Monday presented by Delta (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 7 Virginia at No. 11 Miami
Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 Texas at Kansas State
Mark Neely, TBD |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman at Stetson | ESPN3 | |
| Stephen F. Austin at Lamar | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 13 Iowa State at No. 10 West Virginia
Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Coppin State at Norfolk State
Jason Benetti, Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Feb 23 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 6 p.m. | Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Roy Philpott, Craig Robinson |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Alabama at No. 14 Kentucky
Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| LSU at Arkansas
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Vanderbilt at Florida
John Saunders, Jon Sundvold, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
| Temple at Tulsa
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at No. 25 Baylor
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| Saint Peter’s at Manhattan | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Michigan State at Ohio State
Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| TCU at Texas Tech
Adam Amin, Jerod Ward |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Virginia Tech at Boston College
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Missouri at Ole Miss
Tom Hart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | ||
| 11 p.m. | UNLV at Boise State
Roxy Bernstein, Kyle Macy |
ESPNU | |
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