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ESPN’s Men’s College Basketball Season Begins Friday
The 2013-14 men’s college basketball season begins Friday, Nov. 8, with a full slate of games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 – highlighted by the second installment of the Armed Forces Classic featuring Georgetown at No. 19 Oregon – this year from United States Army Garrison Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
All season, ESPN will continue to serve as the leading home for college basketball with the industry’s most extensive package of game and studio coverage– approximately 1,500 exclusive games involving 276 teams from 31 Division I conferences across its networks.
Additional Opening-Weekend Highlights:
- The All-Military Classic from Lexington, Va., on ESPN on Friday showcases Army vs. Air Force at 1 p.m. and the Citadel vs. Virginia Military Institute at 3:30 p.m. The consolation and championship games will be shown on Saturday at 6 and 8:30 p.m. on ESPN3
- No. 18 Connecticut will face Maryland Friday in the Brooklyn Hoops at the Barclays Center at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2).
- A pair of games featuring No. 21 Notre Dame (ESPN3) – Friday vs. Miami (Ohio) at 7 p.m. and Sunday vs. Stetson at 1 p.m.
- No. 24 Virginia plays James Madison Friday at 7 p.m. (ESPN3)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Fri, Nov 8 | 1 p.m. | All-Military Classic: Army vs. Air Force (Lexington, Va.) Bob Picozzi & Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 3:30 p.m. | All-Military Classic: Citadel vs. Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Va.) Bob Picozzi & Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Brooklyn Hoops: No. 18 Connecticut vs. Maryland (Brooklyn, N.Y.) John Saunders & Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Belmont at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| Davidson at No. 4 Duke Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPNU | ||
| Stetson at Clemson Roy Philpott & Nate Ross |
ESPN3 | ||
| Appalachian State at NC State Patrick Kinas & Jeff Jackson |
ESPN3 | ||
| Savannah State at Pittsburgh Tim Neverett & Curtis Aiken |
ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at No. 21 Notre Dame Dan Gutowsky & Darrin Horn |
ESPN3 | ||
| Colgate at Wake Forest Dave Weekley & Paul BIancardi |
ESPN3 | ||
| James Madison at No. 24 Virginia John Sadak & Pete Strickland |
ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Purdue Mike Couzens & John Shulman |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Presbyterian at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | |
| Florida A&M at Rutgers Dave Leno & Mo Cassara |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Armed Forces Classic: Georgetown vs. No. 19 Oregon (United States Army Garrison Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, South Korea) Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas & Andy Katz |
ESPN | |
| Jacksonville at Florida State | ESPN3 | ||
| North Carolina Central at Cincinnati Jim Barbar & Mark Adams |
ESPN3 | ||
| Lehigh at Minnesota TBD & Rich Zvosec |
ESPN3 | ||
| Alabama State at Illinois Wayne Randazzo & Sean Harrington |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Texas State at Houston Brett Dolan & Daymeon Fishback |
ESPN3 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | UNC-Wilmington at Iowa BJ Schaben & Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | St. Francis (NY) at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN3 | |
| Sat, Nov 9 | Noon | USC Upstate at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 |
| 6 p.m. | All-Military Classic – Championship: TBD (Lexington, Va.) Bob Picozzi & Cory Alexander |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee Tech at South Florida Drew Fellows & Mark Wise |
ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | All-Military Classic – 3rd Place: TBD (Lexington, Va.) Bob Picozzi & Cory Alexander |
ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Nov 10 | 1 p.m. | Stetson at No. 21 Notre Dame Mike Couzens & Darrin Horn |
ESPN3 |
| 3:30 p.m. | Florida International at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Nebraska-Omaha at Iowa BJ Schaben & Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Jacksonville State at Illinois Wayne Randazzo & Sean Harrington |
ESPN3 |
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