ESPN’s Men’s College Basketball schedule (Dec 25-31) will feature No. 1 Kentucky at No. 4 Louisville on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Eight more ranked teams will also be appearing: No. 2 Duke, No. 8 Gonzaga, No. 9 Texas, No. 15 Maryland, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 18 West Virginia, No. 20 North Carolina and No. 21 Ohio State:
- 2 Duke will host Toledo on Monday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2
- 8 Gonzaga will go to BYU on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 6 p.m. on ESPN2
- 9 Texas will play Rice on Monday, Dec. 29, at 1 p.m. on Longhorn Network
- 15 Maryland will host Michigan State on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 5 p.m. on ESPN2
- 16 Notre Dame will play Hartford on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 7 p.m. on ESPN3
- 18 West Virginia takes on Virginia Tech at on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. on ESPNU
- 20 North Carolina hosts UAB on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 4 p.m. on ESPN2
- 21 Ohio State will play Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 1 p.m. on ESPN2
Additionally, No. 4 Louisville will make an additional appearance, hosting Long Beach State on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. on ESPN3.
ESPN Men’s College Basketball Schedule Featuring Ranked Teams (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Sat, Dec. 27 | 2 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at No. 4 Louisville Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 |
| 4 p.m. | UAB at No. 20 North Carolina Mark Jones, Shane Battier |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 8 Gonzaga at BYU Dave Flemming, Stan Heath |
ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Dec 29 | 1 p.m. | Rice at No. 9 Texas Paul Sunderland, Reid Gettys |
Longhorn Network |
| 7 p.m. | Toledo at No. 2 Duke Tom Hart, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Dec 30 | 1 p.m. | Iowa at No. 21 Ohio State Dave O’Brien, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 |
| Long Beach State at No. 4 Louisville Dave Weekley, Bob Valvano |
ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 18 West Virginia Zach Zaidman, Stan Heath |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | No. 15 Maryland at Michigan State Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Hartford at No. 16 Notre Dame Wayne Randazzo, Sean Harrington |
ESPN3 |
ESPN Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Dec 25 | 1:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic: 5th or 7th Place Game: TBD (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPN3 |
| 4 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic: 5th or 7th Place Game: TBD (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic: 3rd Place Game: TBD (Honolulu, Hawaii) Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic: Championship Game: TBD (Honolulu, Hawaii)Roxy Bernstein, Dino Gaudio | ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Noon | Georgetown vs. Indiana (New York City) Bob Wischusen, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN2 |
| 1 p.m. | Georgia State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at No. 4 Louisville Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | UAB at No. 20 North Carolina Mark Jones, Shane Battier |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 8 Gonzaga at BYU Dave Flemming, Stan Heath |
ESPN2 | |
| Mercer at Georgia Matt Stewart, Tony Delk |
SEC Network | ||
| 7 p.m. | Presbyterian at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Tennessee State at Tennessee Dave Baker, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | |
| Sun, Dec 28 | 2 p.m. | Long Beach State at Syracuse Bob Picozzi, Seth Greenberg |
ESPNU |
| UNC Greensboro at East Carolina Patrick Kinas, Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Bowling Green at USF Roy Philpott, Mark Wise |
ESPN3 | |
| Rutgers at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Northwestern State at Arkansas Mike Morgan, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State at Houston Brett Dolan, Reid Gettys |
ESPN3 | |
| Delaware State at Temple Dave Leno, John Celestand |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | UCLA at Alabama Rich Hollenberg, Darrin Horn |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Dec 29 | 1 p.m. | Rice at No. 9 Texas Paul Sunderland, Reid Gettys |
Longhorn Network |
| 2 p.m. | UMass Lowell at Boston College Eric Frede, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Toledo at No. 2 Duke Tom Hart, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| Southern Miss at LSU Rich Hollenberg, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | ||
| 8 p.m. | Midwestern State at SMU Dave Raymond, Stephen Howard |
ESPN3 | |
| Hampton at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | San Francisco at Saint Mary’s Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Middle Tennessee State at Auburn Doug Bell, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Tue, Dec 30 | Noon | Northwestern at Rutgers Doug Sherman, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU |
| 1 p.m. | Iowa at No. 21 Ohio State Dave O’Brien, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Montreat at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 18 West Virginia Zach Zaidman, Stan Heath |
ESPNU | |
| 3 p.m. | Illinois at Michigan Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Cincinnati at NC State Adam Amin, Brad Daugherty |
ESPNU | |
| Long Beach State at No. 4 Louisville Dave Weekley, Bob Valvano |
ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | No. 15 Maryland at Michigan State Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Davidson at Virginia Roy Philpott, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Florida at Florida State Dave Lamont, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | |
| North Carolina A&T at South Carolina | SEC Network + | ||
| UNC Charlotte at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at No. 16 Notre Dame Wayne Randazzo, Sean Harrington |
ESPN3 | ||
| College of Charleston at Miami Drew Fellios, Drew Nicholas |
ESPN3 | ||
| Robert Morris at Clemson | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Tech at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast at Pittsburgh Tim Neverett, Curtis Aiken |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Mercer at Texas A&M Matt Stewart, Darrin Horn |
SEC Network | |
| McNeese State at Mississippi State | SEC Network + | ||
| Judson at Illinois-Chicago | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Oklahoma State vs. Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.) TBD, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Noon | Tulane at East Carolina Allen Bestwick, TBD |
ESPNEWS |
| Tulsa at UCF Drew Fellios, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | Temple at Connecticut Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | |
| East Tennessee State at Tennessee Tom Werme, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | ||
| Princeton at Wake Forest Roy Philpott, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| Chicago State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Houston at Memphis Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | Georgia at Kansas State Mitch Holthus, Rich Zvosec |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | USF at SMU TBD, Stephen Howard |
ESPN2 | |
| Air Force at San Diego State Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Cornell at Syracuse Rich Hollenberg, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | UNLV at Wyoming Peter Young, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | |
| Fresno State at New Mexico Trey Bender, Rich Zvosac |
ESPN3 |