Men’s College Basketball: Six of Top Nine in Action; Three Showdowns of Ranked Teams

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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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