Men’s College Hoops: Top Teams in Action
ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule of 53 games from Thursday, Jan. 24, to Sunday, Jan. 27, will include nine of the top 11 teams. The lineup will tip-off with three top 10 teams in action Thursday: No. 2 Michigan ag
ainst Purdue at 7 p.m. on ESPN, No. 6 Arizona against UCLA at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 and No. 10 Gonzaga against BYU at 11 p.m. on ESPN2.
ESPNU will begin Saturday’s schedule of 30 games across ESPN platforms at 11 a.m. with No. 3 Syracuse at Villanova. ESPNU will also televise No. 6 Arizona against USC at 7 p.m. on Saturday. ESPN will televise two top-10 teams on Saturday: No. 5 Louisville at Georgetown at noon and No. 3 Kansas against Oklahoma at 4 p.m.
On Sunday, ESPNU will televise a doubleheader with a ranked team in each game: No. 25 Miami against Florida State at 6 p.m. followed by No. 17 Creighton at Southern Illinois at 8 p.m.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through January 27
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Jan 24 | 7 p.m. | Purdue at No. 2 Michigan Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham |
ESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee at Mississippi Rece Davis & Bob Knight |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Marist at Fairfield Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Furman at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Hartford at New Hampshire Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | North Florida at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Murray State at Tennessee Tech Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Clemson at Florida State | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Virginia at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Lamar at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | UCLA at No. 6 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN2 | |
| 10 p.m. | Stanford at Colorado Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | BYU at No. 10 Gonzaga Dave Flemming & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |
| Fri, Jan 25 | 7 p.m. | Loyola (Md.) at Manhattan Doug Sherman & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Green Bay at Milwaukee Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 26 | 11 a.m. | No. 3 Syracuse at Villanova Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 5 Louisville at Georgetown Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN | |
| Noon | No. 14 Ohio State at Penn State Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | No. 24 Notre Dame at South Florida Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 1 p.m. | West Virginia at Oklahoma State Brad Sham & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
| 1 p.m. | Boston College at Virginia | ESPN3 * & RSN ^ | |
| 1:30 p.m. | No. 11 Kansas State at Iowa State Mitch Holthus & Chris Piper |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Arkansas at South Carolina Mike Morgan & Barry Booker |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 2 p.m. | Alabama at Tennessee Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN2 | |
| 2 p.m. | Providence at Marquette Mike Couzens & Sean Kearney |
ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 3 p.m. | Northwestern at Nebraska Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 3 p.m. | Wake Forest at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Oklahoma at No. 3 Kansas Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Baylor at TCU Dave Armstrong & Stephen Howard |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 4 p.m. | LSU at Kentucky Clay Matvick & Joe Dean |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | DePaul at Pittsburgh John Sanders & John Celestand |
ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 5 p.m. | Vanderbilt at No. 22 Missouri Tom Hart & Matt Doherty |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Jacksonville at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Temple at No. 9 Butler Jim Barbar & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Georgia at Texas A&M | ESPN3 * & FSN | |
| 7 p.m. | North Carolina at NC State Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | USC at No. 6 Arizona Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Campbell at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Vermont at Albany Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Mercer at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 8 Florida at Mississippi State Dave Lamont & Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | Texas Tech at Texas | Longhorn Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Mississippi at Auburn | ESPN3 * & FSN | |
| 10:30 p.m. | BYU at Portland Roxy Bernstein & Steve Cleveland |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 27 | Noon | Seton Hall at St. John’s Eamon McAnaney & Jim Spanarkel |
ESPN3 * & RSN |
| 1 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Clemson | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 2 p.m. | Rutgers at Connecticut Kevin Connors & Tim Welsh |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 3 p.m. | Drake at Missouri State | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Niagara at Canisius Bob Huessler & Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Florida State at No. 25 Miami Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 17 Creighton at Southern Illinois Mitch Holthus & Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
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