Men’s College Hoops: Rivalry Week Continues with Six of Top Seven in Action
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s – top rivalries in men’s college basketball from February 11-18 – will continue this week with telecasts involving six of the top seven ranked teams. ESPN will televise the top two squads Saturday, Feb. 16: No. 1 Indiana against Purdue at 2 p.m. and No. 2 Duke at Maryland at 6 p.m. The weekly ESPNU ACC Sunday Night Basketball series on February 17 will showcase No. 3 Miami at Clemson at 6 p.m.
In addition, Danny Kanell, Reese Waters and Marianela Pereyra – hosts of ESPNU’s weeknight UNITE program – will take the late-night show on the road to call Iona at Manhattan on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. on ESPNU. UNITE often follows ESPNU’s games with Waters and Kanell providing analysis, highlights and interviews with the game’s coaches and players. Doug Sherman will call play-by-play with Kanell and Waters giving analysis and Marianela reporting.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through February 17
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Feb 14 | 7 p.m. | No. 20 Wisconsin at Minnesota Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham |
ESPN |
| 7 p.m. | LSU at South Carolina Rece Davis & Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Belmont at Tennessee State Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Clemson at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * & RSN ^ | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Siena at Fairfield Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | St. John’s at No. 12 Louisville Mike Patrick & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | UCLA at California Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | Iowa at Penn State Dan Gutowsky & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | No. 5 Gonzaga at St. Mary’s (Calif.) Dave Flemming & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 11 p.m. | USC at Stanford Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Feb 15 | 7 p.m. | Iona at Manhattan Doug Sherman, Danny Kanell, Reese Waters & Marianela Peyeyra |
ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Vermont at Stony Brook Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Niagara at Marist Bob Huessler & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 15 Georgetown at Cincinnati John Saunders & Bob Knight |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | Green Bay at Cleveland State Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 16 | 11 a.m. | Kent State at Ohio Joe Davis & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU |
| Noon | Villanova at Connecticut Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN | |
| Noon | Xavier at Dayton Mike Crispino & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | No. 21 Notre Dame at Providence Eamon McAnaney & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| Noon | Virginia at North Carolina | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| Noon | Boston College at Florida State | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Rutgers at DePaul Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Oklahoma at No. 17 Oklahoma State Dave Armstrong & Bryndon Manzer |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 1:30 p.m. | TCU at Iowa State Chad McKee & Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 1:30 p.m. | No. 7 Florida at Auburn Clay Matvick & Joe Dean |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 2 p.m. | Purdue at No. 1 Indiana Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| 2 p.m. | Virginia Tech at NC State Carter Blackburn & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 2 p.m. | Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Kennesaw State at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Wake Forest | ESPN3 * & RSN ^ | |
| 3 p.m. | Creighton at Evansville Mitch Holthus & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | UCLA at Stanford Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
ESPN or ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Missouri at Arkansas Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN or ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Georgia Southern at College of Charleston | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | South Carolina at Alabama Dave Baker & Jon Sundvold |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Texas Tech at West Virginia Mark Neely & Rich Zvosec |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Mississippi State at LSU Tom Hart & Matt Doherty |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 2 Duke at Maryland Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Detroit at Valparaiso TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Baylor at No. 10 Kansas State Brad Sham & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Georgia at Ole Miss TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 6 Syracuse at Seton Hall Mike Corey & Jim Spanarkel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Texas at No. 14 Kansas Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas & Holly Rowe |
ESPN & ESPN 3D | |
| 9 p.m. | Arizona State at Colorado Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | New Mexico State at Utah State Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 17 | 1 p.m. | No. 12 Louisville at South Florida Rich Hollenberg & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN |
| 2 p.m. | Green Bay at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Marist at Rider Bob Huessler & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 3 Miami at Clemson Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Wichita State at Illinois State Mitch Holthus & Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
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