Men’s College Basketball Round-Up: GameDay & Regular Season Wind Down
UNC at Duke: Final Stop of Season for ESPN’s College GameDay
ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm’s will conclude its 10th season with a return to Durham, N.C., and the campus of Duke University on Saturday, March 8. The first hour will begin at 10 a.m. on ESPNU and continue at 11 a.m. on ESPN with a one-hour evening edition leading into the ACC Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV game of No. 14 North Carolina at No. 4 Duke (ESPN, 9 p.m.).
Previewing all the day’s action and discuss the biggest storylines in college basketball, the show is hosted by Rece Davis alongside analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose.
The eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball program visited some of the top college basketball venues and programs this season.
Men’s Hoops: Final Days of Regular Season Wind Down as Championship Week Begins
With Championship Week Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods on the horizon, the men’s college basketball regular season is coming to a close. (ESPN’s comprehensive Championship Week schedule will be released this week.)
Schedule highlights:
- No. 15 Cincinnati — looking to claim at least a portion of the American Athletic Conference regular-season title – will face No. 20 Memphis on Thursday, March 6 (ESPN, 7 p.m.) and Rutgers on Saturday, March 8 (ESPNEWS, noon).
- A top 25 showdown in the Big Ten: No. 22 Iowa at No. 22 Michigan State on Thursday (ESPN, 9 p.m.).
- No. 8 Kansas will face a tough road trip at West Virginia on Saturday (ESPN, noon).
- No. 16 Iowa State will host Oklahoma State — coming off an upset of then-No. 5 Kansas — on Saturday (ESPN, 2 p.m.).
- With identical 12-4 records in the ACC, No. 14 North Carolina visits No. 4 Duke in the Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV game (ESPN, 9 p.m.)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games / Commentators | Networks |
| Thu, Mar 6 | 7 p.m. | No. 20 Memphis at No. 15 Cincinnati Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPN |
| LSU at Vanderbilt Rece Davis & Bob Knight |
ESPN2 | ||
| Penn State at Northwestern Adam Amin & Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 24 Iowa at No. 22 Michigan State Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale |
ESPN | |
| UCLA at Washington Dave Pasch & Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Hawaii at UC Santa Barbara Kanoa Leahey & Kara Lawson |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | UC Davis at UC Riverside |
ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | USC at Washington State Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Mar 7 | 7 p.m. | Kent State at Akron Mike Crispino & Darrin Horn |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Mar 8 | Noon | No. 8 Kansas at West Virginia Carter Blackburn & Tim Welsh |
ESPN |
| SMU at No. 20 Memphis Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 15 Cincinnati at Rutgers John Saunders & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 2 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 16 Iowa State Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN | |
| Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Tom Hart & Dino Gaudio |
ESPN2 | ||
| Temple at USF Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPNEWS | ||
| USC-Upstate at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Missouri at Tennessee Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN | |
| Texas at Texas Tech Mark Neely & Rich Zvosec |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Arkansas at Alabama Dave Weekley & John Shulman |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Indiana at Michigan Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 14 North Carolina at No. 4 Duke Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Dick Vitale & Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 10 p.m. | UNLV at Nevada Trey Bender & Bill Herenda |
ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | UC Riverside at Long Beach State | ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Mar 9 | 6 p.m. | Boston College at NC State Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU |
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