ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule for Thursday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 25 will be highlighted by telecasts involving six of the top nine ranked teams as well as two matchups between squads in the top 25. Highlights:
- The Thursday Night Showcase on January 22 across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will include No. 7 Arizona at Stanford on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET and an ESPNU doubleheader featuring No. 13 Maryland at No. 23 Indiana at 9 p.m. followed by No. 3 Gonzaga against Saint Mary’s at 11 p.m.
- A Friday night game on ESPN2 will pit No. 16 VCU at Saint Louis at 7 p.m.
- ESPN’s lineup for Saturday, Jan. 24, will showcase two of the top six teams beginning with undefeated No. 1 Kentucky at South Carolina at noon and concluding with the Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV with No. 6 Wisconsin at Michigan at 7 p.m. ESPN will also televise No. 15 North Carolina against Florida State at 2 p.m.
- Additional games with ranked teams on Saturday: No. 18 West Virginia against TCU at 2 p.m. and No. 9 Iowa State at Texas Tech at 4 p.m., both on ESPNU, and No. 19 Oklahoma at No. 21 Baylor at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
- ESPNU will offer a tripleheader with at least one team in the top 20 on Sunday, Jan. 25 beginning at 4 p.m. with No. 20 Northern Iowa at Illinois State followed by No. 8 Notre Dame at NC State at 6:30 p.m. and No. 12 Utah against Washington at 8:30 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Jan 22 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | USF at Temple Mike Crispino, TBD |
ESPNEWS | |
| 7 p.m. | Ohio State at Northwestern Rece Davis, Shane Battier |
ESPN | |
| Alabama at Arkansas Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | ||
| Coastal Carolina at UNC Asheville Dave LaMont, Nate Ross |
ESPNU | ||
| Albany at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Milwaukee at Oakland | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| Canisius at Fairfield Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 7 Arizona at Stanford Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 13 Maryland at No. 23 Indiana Adam Amin, Seth Greenberg |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Irvine at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | Saint Mary’s at No. 3 Gonzaga Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 23 | 7 p.m. | No. 16 VCU at Saint Louis Bob Picozzi, Jon Crispin |
ESPN2 |
| Manhattan at Quinnipiac Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| Marist at Siena Bob Heussler, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Niagara at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Detroit at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Valparaiso at Green Bay Mark Brown, TBD |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 24 | Noon | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 1 Kentucky at South Carolina Mark Jones, Dick Vitale |
ESPN |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Oklahoma State at Kansas State Mark Neely, Stephen Howard |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Rutgers at Penn State Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Tulsa at East Carolina Eamon McAnaney, Mo Cassara |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 1 p.m. | Jacksonville at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Florida State at No. 15 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Arkansas at Missouri Rich Hollenberg, Darrin Horn |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: TCU at No. 18 West Virginia Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Michigan State at Nebraska Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Miami at Syracuse Sean McDonough, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 9 Iowa State at Texas Tech Anish Shroff, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| New Mexico at Wyoming Trey Bender, Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | ||
| Robert Morris at St. Francis (N.Y.) | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Liberty at Radford | ESPN3 | |
| Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | North Florida at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 19 Oklahoma at No. 21 Baylor Dave Flemming, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| LSU at Vanderbilt Mike Morgan, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | ||
| Florida at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | ||
| UNC Greensboro at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 6 Wisconsin at Michigan Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Illinois-Chicago at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Memphis at Tulane Jason Benetti, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| South Dakota State at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| 10 p.m. | San Diego State at Colorado State Steve Quis, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | |
| Long Beach State at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | ||
| 11:59 p.m. | Arizona State at Stanford Kanoa Leahey, Dan Dickau |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 25 | 2 p.m. | Vermont at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 |
| Drake at Wichita State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | No. 20 Northern Iowa at Illinois State Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: No. 8 Notre Dame at NC State Adam Amin, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Washington at No. 12 Utah Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams s |
ESPNU | |
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