Men’s College Basketball: ACC Battle Showcasing No. 7 UNC at Syracuse Highlight’s Weekly Schedule

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Men’s College Basketball: ACC Battle Showcasing No. 7 UNC at Syracuse Highlight’s Weekly Schedule

The conference schedules heat up on ESPN networks this week with an ACC battle between No. 7 North Carolina and Syracuse on Saturday, Jan. 9 (ESPN, 8 p.m.), which also includes the return of head coach Jim Boeheim after a nine-game NCAA suspension. The game is tagged as part of ESPN’s Journey to the Tourney featured games.

Also in action is No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Virginia, No. 5 Michigan State, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 7 Arizona, No. 9 Kentucky, No. 12 Miami (Fla.), No. 13 Iowa State, No. 14 Duke, No. 15 SMU, No. 16 Louisville, No. 17 West Virginia, No. 20 Purdue, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 22 South Carolina and No. 23 UConn.

Additional highlights:

  • 1 Kansas faces Texas Tech in a Big 12 Saturday Showcase tilt on Saturday (ESPNU, 9 p.m.)
  • Two top-25 Super Tuesday matchups January 12 featuring top-ranked Kansas against No. 17 West Virginia (ESPN2, 7 p.m.) and No. 12 Miami vs. No. 4 Virginia (ESPNU, 7 p.m.)
  • A marquee America games will showcase Cincinnati at No. 15 SMU on Thursday, Dec. 7 (ESPN, 7 p.m.)

Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)

Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game / Commentators Network
Wed, Jan 6 Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
  7 p.m. Florida at Tennessee
Dave Lamont, Sean Farnham
ESPN2
  No. 14 Duke at Wake Forest
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore
ESPNU
  9 p.m. California at Oregon
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton
ESPN2
  Texas Tech at No. 13 Iowa State
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  11 p.m. Stanford at Oregon State
Roy Philpott, Adrian Branch
ESPNU
Thu, Jan 7 Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS)
  7 p.m. No. 16 Louisville at NC State
Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis
ESPN2
  Cincinnati at No. 15 SMU
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
ESPN
  Michigan at No. 20 Purdue
Adam Amin, Craig Robinson
ESPNU
  9 p.m. Illinois at No. 5 Michigan State
Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun
ESPN
  No. 7 Arizona at UCLA
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton
ESPN2
  Alabama at Ole Miss
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback, Laura Rutledge
ESPNU
  11 p.m. Santa Clara at BYU
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams
ESPNU
Sat, Jan 9 Saturday Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS)
  1 p.m. No. 3 Maryland at Wisconsin
Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich
ESPN
  Oklahoma State at No. 17 West Virginia
Dave Armstrong, Kevin Lehman
ESPNU
  No. 21 Texas A&M at Tennessee
Richard Cross, Dane Bradshaw, Tony Delk
SEC Network
  3 p.m. Baylor at No. 13 Iowa State
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2
  Vanderbilt at No. 22 South Carolina
Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola, Kayce Smith
ESPNU
  4:30 p.m. Kansas State at No. 2 Oklahoma
Mark Neely, Jerod Ward
ESPNEWS
  5 p.m. Florida State at No. 12 Miami (Fla.)
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale
ESPN2
  Nebraska at Rutgers
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington
ESPNU
  6 p.m. No. 9 Kentucky at Alabama
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold, Laura Rutledge
SEC Network
  7 p.m. Memphis at No. 23 UConn
Mike Couzens, Doris Burke
ESPN2
  Texas at TCU
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys
ESPNU
  8 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina at Syracuse
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams
ESPN
  9 p.m. Auburn at Missouri
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson
ESPN2
  East Carolina at Temple
TBD, Tim Welsh
ESPNEWS
  No. 1 Kansas at Texas Tech
Dave Armstrong, Bryndon Manzer
ESPNU
  11p.m. UC Riverside at UC Irvine
Kanoa Leahey, Richie Schueler
ESPNU
Sun, Jan 10 4 p.m. UCF at No. 15 SMU
Ted Emrich, Mark Wise
ESPNU
  8 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: NC State at Wake Forest
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander
ESPNU
Tue, Jan 12 Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
  7 p.m. Mississippi State at No. 9 Kentucky
Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake
ESPN
  Florida at No. 21 Texas A&M
Matt Stewart, Jon Sundvold, Laura Rutledge
SEC Network
  No. 1 Kansas at No. 17 West Virginia
Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe
ESPN2
  No. 12 Miami (Fla.) at No. 4 Virginia
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore, Quint Kessenich
ESPNU
  9 p.m. No. 3 Maryland at Michigan
Mike Tirico, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams
ESPN
  No. 13 Iowa State at Texas
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon
ESPN2
  Auburn at Vanderbilt
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio
ESPNU

Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game / Commentators Network
Wed, Jan 6 Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
  6:30 p.m. Missouri at Georgia
Mike Morgan, Joe Dean
SEC Network
  7 p.m. Florida at Tennessee
Dave Lamont, Sean Farnham
ESPN2
  USF at UCF
TBD, TBD
ESPNEWS
  No. 14 Duke at Wake Forest
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore
ESPNU
  Stony Brook at Binghamton ESPN3
  Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan ESPN3
  North Florida at Stetson ESPN3
  8 p.m. Loyola at Illinois State ESPN3
  Southern Illinois at Bradley ESPN3
  Northern Iowa at Missouri State ESPN3
  Ohio at Northern Illinois ESPN3
  8:30 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M at Mississippi State
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback
SEC Network
  9 p.m. California at Oregon
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton
ESPN2
  Texas Tech at No. 13 Iowa State
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  10 p.m. San Jose State at San Diego State
Trey Bender, Blaine Fowler
ESPN3
  11 p.m. Stanford at Oregon State
Roy Philpott, Adrian Branch
ESPNU
Thu, Jan 7 Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS)
  7 p.m. No. 16 Louisville at NC State
Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis
ESPN2
  Cincinnati at No. 15 SMU
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
ESPN
  Michigan at No. 20 Purdue
Adam Amin, Craig Robinson
ESPNU
  Manhattan at Canisius ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. Troy at Georgia State ESPN3
  8 p.m. Rider at Iona
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy
ESPN3
  9 p.m. Illinois at No. 5 Michigan State
Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun
ESPN
  No. 7 Arizona at UCLA
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton
ESPN2
  Alabama at Ole Miss
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback, Laura Rutledge
ESPNU
  11 p.m. Santa Clara at BYU
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams
ESPNU
  Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside ESPN3
Fri, Jan 8 7 p.m. Valparaiso at Oakland
TBD, TBD
ESPN2
  Western Michigan at Akron
Bob Picozzi, Malcolm Huckaby
ESPNU
  9 p.m. UIC at Detroit
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU
Sat, Jan 9 Saturday Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS)
  Noon Albany at Vermont ESPN3
  1 p.m. No. 3 Maryland at Wisconsin
Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich
ESPN
  Oklahoma State at No. 17 West Virginia
Dave Armstrong, Kevin Lehman
ESPNU
  No. 21 Texas A&M at Tennessee
Richard Cross, Dane Bradshaw, Tony Delk
SEC Network
  Wright State at Northern Kentucky ESPN3
  2 p.m. Campbell at Liberty ESPN3
  Quinnipiac at Monmouth ESPN3
  Saint Peter’s at Canisius ESPN3
  2:30 p.m. South Alabama at Georgia State ESPN3
  3 p.m. Baylor at No. 13 Iowa State
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2
  Vanderbilt at No. 22 South Carolina
Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola, Kayce Smith
ESPNU
  3:30 p.m. Mississippi State at Arkansas
Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey
SEC Network
  4 p.m. Bradley at Evansville ESPN3
  Missouri State at Loyola-Chicago ESPN3
  UNC Greensboro at East Tennessee State ESPN3
  USC Upstate at NJIT ESPN3
  4:30 p.m. Kansas State at No. 2 Oklahoma
Mark Neely, Jerod Ward
ESPNEWS
  Lipscomb at Kennesaw State ESPN3
  5 p.m. Florida State at No. 12 Miami (Fla.)
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale
ESPN2
  Nebraska at Rutgers
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington
ESPNU
  6 p.m. No. 9 Kentucky at Alabama
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold, Laura Rutledge
SEC Network
  Utah State at New Mexico ESPN3
  7 p.m. Memphis at No. 23 UConn
Mike Couzens, Doris Burke
ESPN2
  Texas at TCU
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys
ESPNU
  UC Davis at Long Beach State ESPN3
  Stetson at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  Jacksonville at North Florida ESPN3
  8 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina at Syracuse
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams
ESPN
  8:30 p.m. Georgia at Ole Miss
Tom Hart, Andrew DeClercq
SEC Network
  Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois ESPN3
  9 p.m. Auburn at Missouri
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson
ESPN2
  East Carolina at Temple
TBD, Tim Welsh
ESPNEWS
  No. 1 Kansas at Texas Tech
Dave Armstrong, Bryndon Manzer
ESPNU
  10 p.m. Fresno Pacific at California Baptist ESPN3
  11p.m. UC Riverside at UC Irvine
Kanoa Leahey, Richie Schueler
ESPNU
Sun, Jan 10 Noon Cincinnati at USF
Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU
  2 p.m. Tulsa at Tulane
Tim Grubbs, Geno Ford
ESPN3
  4 p.m. UCF at No. 15 SMU
Ted Emrich, Mark Wise
ESPNU
  8 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: NC State at Wake Forest
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander
ESPNU
  10 p.m. Stanford at Oregon
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams
ESPNU
Mon, Jan 11 7 p.m. Chattanooga at Wofford ESPN3
  Samford at Furman ESPN3
  VMI at East Tennessee State ESPN3
  Tusculum at Wingate ESPN3
Tue, Jan 12 Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
  7 p.m. Mississippi State at No. 9 Kentucky
Brad Nessler, Sean Farnham, Shannon Spake
ESPN
  Florida at No. 21 Texas A&M
Matt Stewart, Jon Sundvold, Laura Rutledge
SEC Network
  No. 1 Kansas at No. 17 West Virginia
Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe
ESPN2
  Tulane at USF
Ted Emrich, TBD
ESPNEWS
  No. 12 Miami (Fla.) at No. 4 Virginia
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore, Quint Kessenich
ESPNU
  Buffalo at Eastern Michigan ESPN3
  Ball State at Western Michigan ESPN3
  Northern Illinois at Toledo ESPN3
  8 p.m. Central Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin ESPN3
  Drake at Evansville ESPN3
  Illinois State at Southern Illinois ESPN3
  9 p.m. No. 3 Maryland at Michigan
Mike Tirico, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams
ESPN
  No. 13 Iowa State at Texas
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon
ESPN2
  Auburn at Vanderbilt
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio
ESPNU
  Arkansas at Missouri
Tom Hart, John Pelphrey
SEC Network

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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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