Men’s College Basketball: No. 2 Wichita State Closes Season on ESPN, No. 1 Florida Leads Schedule & “ESPN3 Surround” of No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma State
Undefeated No. 2 Wichita State Closes Regular Season on ESPN March 1
ESPN will televise the last regular-season game for undefeated No. 2 Wichita State – against Missouri State – on Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m. The Shockers are attempting to become the 25th team – and first since Saint Joseph’s in 2003-04 – to complete a regular-season unbeaten. They became the first Division I team to reach 30-0 in the regular season with a victory over Bradley on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
New No. 1 Florida Leads Lineup Next Week
ESPN’s Big Monday Presented by Verizon, Super Tuesday and Wednesday Night Hoops schedule will be highlighted by telecasts involving No. 1 Florida and No. 6 Duke.
- No. 1 Florida will play one of the three Super Tuesday telecasts with a ranked team on March 4 at 7 p.m. ESPNU will showcase the Gators at SEC rival South Carolina with No. 16 Michigan at Illinois on ESPN and No. 15 Iowa State at Baylor on ESPN2. ESPN will also televise No. 17 Kentucky against Alabama at 9 p.m.
- The Wednesday Night Hoops lineup on March 5 will include two games with a ranked team: No. 6 Duke at Wake Forest at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and No. 25 New Mexico against Air Force at 9 p.m. on ESPN3.
- An ESPN Big Monday doubleheader on March 3 will tip off at 7 p.m. with No. 19 North Carolina against Notre Dame followed by Kansas State at Oklahoma State at 9 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Mon, Mar 3 | 7 p.m. | Notre Dame at No. 19 North Carolina Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Jeannine Edwards |
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| Savannah State at NC Central Rich Hollenberg & Stan Lewter |
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| 9 p.m. | Kansas State at Oklahoma State Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla & Holly Rowe |
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| NC State at Pittsburgh Mike Patrick & LaPhonso Ellis |
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| Tue, Mar 4 | 6:30 p.m. | UCF at Temple Kevin Connors & TBD |
ESPNEWS |
| 7 p.m. | No. 16 Michigan at Illinois Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich & Allison Williams |
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| No. 15 Iowa State at Baylor Dave Flemming & Miles Simon |
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| No. 1 Florida at South Carolina Joe Davis & Dino Gaudio |
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| 8:30 p.m. | USF at Houston Roxy Bernstein & TBD |
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| 9 p.m. | Alabama at No. 17 Kentucky Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes & Shannon Spake |
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| Florida State at Boston College Tom Hart & Len Elmore |
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| Wed, Mar 5 | 7 p.m. | No. 6 Duke at Wake Forest Bob Wischusen & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Rutgers at Connecticut Jason Benetti & Tim Welsh |
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| 8 p.m. | Mississippi at Arkansas Dave Weekley & Daymeon Fishback |
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| Texas A&M at Missouri Mitch Holthus & Kevin Lehman |
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| 9 p.m. | Colorado at Stanford Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
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| West Virginia at Oklahoma Clay Matvick & Darrin Horn |
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| Air Force at No. 25 New Mexico Trey Bender & Blaine Fowler |
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| 11 p.m. | Utah at California Beth Mowins & Jon Crispin |
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“ESPN3 Surround” Coverage of No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma State
ESPN will offer “ESPN3 Surround” coverage of the No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma State Saturday Primetime Driven by State Farm telecast on Saturday, March 1, at 9 p.m. on ESPN. The newest second-screen initiative, which provides an alternative viewing experience to the traditional telecast with different camera angles and audio, debuted last week with applications around Duke at North Carolina and Syracuse at Duke.
Saturday’s ESPN3 Surround production will be similar to the Syracuse at Duke game, offering multiple cameras and the natural sound inside the arena.
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