The men’s college basketball schedule for early next week is highlighted by ESPN telecasts involving two of the top four teams in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll against ranked opponents: No. 4 Pittsburgh against No. 16 Notre Dame Monday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. and No. 1 Ohio State against No. 13 Purdue Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 9 p.m.
Additional telecasts involving ranked teams include: No. 24 Kansas State against Baylor Monday, Jan. 24, at 9 p.m. on ESPN; and two on Wednesday, Jan. 26: No. 15 Louisville against West Virginia at 7 p.m. on ESPNU and No. 11 Texas at Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Mon, Jan 24 | 7 p.m. | No. 16 Notre Dame at No. 4 Pittsburgh Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery |
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley State Anthony Calhoun & Stephen Howard |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | Baylor at No. 24 Kansas State Brent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | South Carolina State at Norfolk State Charlie Neal & Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | |
| Tue, Jan 25 | 7 p.m. | Florida at Georgia Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Shannon Spake |
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Richmond at Dayton Jim Barbar & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 13 Purdue at No. 1 Ohio State Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Auburn at Arkansas Clay Matvick & Jay Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Wed, Jan 26 | 7 p.m. | West Virginia at No. 15 Louisville Carter Blackburn & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU |
| 7:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami Mike Patrick, Len Elmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 11 Texas at Oklahoma State Mark Jones, Fran Fraschilla, Doug Gottlieb & Holly Rowe |
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Creighton at Northern Iowa Dan McLaughlin & Kara Lawson |
ESPNU |
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