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Men’s College Hoops: No. 2 Syracuse Follows Debut of Season’s First College GameDay
This week on ESPN networks, three undefeated teams — No. 1 Arizona, No. 2 Syracuse and No. 13 Iowa State — take to the court, including the Orange at home against new ACC opponent North Carolina Saturday, Jan. 11, at noon on ESPN. Leading into the game, College GameDay Covered by State Farm will air from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios at 10 a.m. on ESPN2 and 11 a.m. on ESPNU. Host Rece Davis, along with familiar GameDay analysts Jay Bilas and Digger Phelps, will be joined in-studio by Jay Williams.
Additional schedule highlights:
- No. 3 Ohio State visits No. 5 Michigan State on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
- Memphis appears twice this week: at No. 12 Louisville on Thursday at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and again at Temple on Saturday at 3 p.m. (ESPN2).
- On Thursday, top-ranked Arizona travels to UCLA at 9 p.m. on ESPN, and No. 20 Iowa hosts Northwestern at 9 p.m. and No. 22 Gonzaga plays at Portland at 11 p.m., both on ESPNU.
- An in-state rivalry game pits No. 25 Kansas State at No. 18 Kansas on Saturday at 2 p.m. (ESPN / ESPN Radio).
- Ranked teams in ESPNU’s Saturday lineup include: Undefeated and ninth-ranked Iowa State at Oklahoma at noon and No. 21 Missouri at Auburn at 2 p.m., while on ESPN2, No. 10 Florida visits Arkansas, also at 2 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Games/Commentators | Networks |
| Thu, Jan 9 | 7 p.m. | No. 24 Memphis at No. 12 Louisville Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Jeff Goodman |
ESPN |
| Auburn at Mississippi Rece Davis & Bob Knight |
ESPN2 | ||
| USF at Temple Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 1 Arizona at UCLA Dave Pasch, Bill Walton & Andy Katz |
ESPN | |
| Michigan at Nebraska Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | ||
| Northwestern at No. 20 Iowa Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| UC Davis at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | No. 22 Gonzaga at Portland Roxy Bernstein & Jarron Collins |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 10 | 7 p.m. | Radford at High Point Roy Philpott & Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Wright State at Valparaiso Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 11 | 11 a.m. | Saint Louis at Dayton John Saunders & Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 |
| Noon | North Carolina at No. 2 Syracuse Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale |
ESPN | |
| No. 9 Iowa State at Oklahoma Anish Shroff & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| 1 p.m. | No. 10 Florida at Arkansas Mark Jones & Jimmy Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 25 Kansas State at No. 18 Kansas ESPN: Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski & Bob Valvano |
ESPN / ESPN Radio | |
| No. 21 Missouri at Auburn Tom Hart & Jon Sundvold |
ESPNU | ||
| 3 p.m. | No. 24 Memphis at Temple Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Mississippi at Mississippi State Mike Morgan & Darrin Horn |
ESPNU | |
| Lipscomb at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Virginia at NC State Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | UCF at Connecticut Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | California at Oregon State Beth Mowins & Jon Crispin |
ESPNU | |
| No. 6 Wichita State at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Wyoming at Boise State Peter Young & Bill Herenda |
ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Hawaii at Cal State Northridge | ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Jan 12 | 2:30 p.m. | Stony Brook at Hartford Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan |
ESPN3 |
| 4 p.m. | No. 13 San Diego State at Air Force Ari Wolfe & Mark Adams |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Maryland at Florida State Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Arizona State at UCLA Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams |
ESPNU |
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