Basketball
Men’s College Basketball: Six of Top Nine in Action; Three Showdowns of Ranked Teams
The men’s college basketball schedule for early next week includes six of the top nine teams in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, highlighted by two of them playing another ranked team: No. 2 Kansas against No. 17 Texas A&M Wednesday, March 2, at 9 p.m. (on ESPN2) and No. 9 Notre Dame against No. 14 Villanova Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Highlights:
- ESPN will offer No. 5 Texas against Kansas State Monday, Feb. 28, at 9 p.m.
- An ESPN doubleheader Tuesday, March 1 will feature No. 8 Purdue against Illinois at 7 p.m. followed by No. 18 Vanderbilt at No. 22 Kentucky at 9 p.m.
- On Wednesday, March 2, ESPN will televise No. 1 Duke against Clemson Wednesday, March 2, at 9 p.m. and ESPNU will cover No. 6 Pittsburgh against South Florida at 9 p.m.
In addition, Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale will call ESPNU’s telecast of Alabama at No. 13 Florida Tuesday, March 1, at 7 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Mon, Feb 28 | 7 p.m. | No. 14 Villanova at No. 9 Notre Dame Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Bill Raftery |
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Morgan State at North Carolina A&T Charlie Neal & Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | Kansas State at No. 5 Texas Brent Musburger, Bob Knight & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Jackson State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Anthony Calhoun & Stephen Howard |
ESPNU | |
| Tue, Mar 1 | 7 p.m. | Illinois at No. 8 Purdue Dave O’Brien, Dan Dakich & Jill Montgomery |
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Baylor at Oklahoma State Jon Sciambi & Doug Gottlieb |
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Alabama at No. 13 Florida Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 18 Vanderbilt at No. 22 Kentucky Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Shannon Spake |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Boston College at Virginia Tech TBA & Len Elmore |
ESPNU | |
| Wed, Mar 2 | 7 p.m. | No. 19 North Carolina at Florida State Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale |
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | No. 15 Connecticut at West Virginia John Saunders & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Maryland at Miami Carter Blackburn & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at Marquette Jim Barbar & Dickey Simpkins |
ESPN3.com | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Rutgers at DePaul David Kaplan & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Clemson at No. 1 Duke Mike Patrick, Len Elmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 17 Texas A&M at No. 2 Kansas Mark Jones & Hubert Davis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 6 Pittsburgh at South Florida Dan McLaughlin & Kara Lawson |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 23 Utah State at New Mexico State Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
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