Men’s College Basketball: ESPN Weekly Franchises Begin with Saturday Showcase

ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule (Jan. 2-7) sees the start of ESPN’s college basketball franchises Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY, Big Monday Presented by Verizon and Super Tuesday Presented by Cree.

Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-Hour Energy (Jan. 3)

Big Monday Presented by Verizon (Jan. 5)

Super Tuesday Presented by Cree (Jan. 6)

Schedule Highlights:

Full Schedule

In a schedule already announced, league play ramps this week up for the American, Big Ten, West Coast, plus a marathon of games across ESPN2, ESPNEWS and ESPNU on New Year’s Eve starting at noon.

ESPN Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game / Commentators Network
Thu, Jan 1 8 p.m. Northern Iowa at Evansville ESPN3
Fri, Jan 2 4 p.m. Youngstown State at Illinois-Chicago ESPN3
  7 p.m. North Florida at Alabama SEC Network +
  Ave Maria at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  Milwaukee at Cleveland State ESPN3
  Detroit at Wright State ESPN3
  Valparaiso at Oakland ESPN3
  Central Penn at Central Michigan ESPN3
  8 p.m. Florida State at Mississippi State
Matt Stewart, Barry Booker
ESPNU
  UC Riverside at Northern Illinois ESPN3
  10 p.m. USC at No. 10 Utah
Kanoa Leahey & Cory Alexander
ESPNU
Sat, Jan 3 11 a.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: SMU at Cincinnati
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
ESPN2
  Noon Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Kansas State at Oklahoma State
Anish Shroff, Reid Gettys
ESPNU
  1 p.m. North Alabama at Auburn
Doug Bell, Daymeon Fishback
SEC Network
  Florida A&M at Stetson ESPN3
  2 p.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 11 Texas at Texas Tech
Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer
ESPNU
  Yale at Vanderbilt SEC Network +
  Austin Peay at Ole Miss SEC Network +
  Thomas University at Kennesaw State ESPN3
  3 p.m. Utah Valley at Arkansas
Matt Stewart, Darrin Horn
SEC Network
  Cornell at Buffalo ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Illinois at No. 20 Ohio State
TBD & Dan Dakich
ESPN2
  4 p.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 22 Baylor at No. 18 Oklahoma
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla
ESPNU
  Toledo at Northern Kentucky ESPN3
  Hampton at USC Upstate ESPN3
  5 p.m. Lipscomb at Missouri
Tom Hart, Jon Sundvold
SEC Network
  Hartford at Texas A&M SEC Network +
  5:30 p.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 3 Virginia at Miami
TBD & Shane Battier
ESPN2
  6 p.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: Tulane at Memphis
Jason Benetti, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  7 p.m. Savannah State at LSU
Dave Baker, Joe Dean
SEC Network
  East Carolina at USF
Drew Fellios, Mark Wise
ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. Penn State at Rutgers
Mike Crispino, Sean Harrington
ESPN2
  8 p.m. Oregon State at Oregon
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams
ESPNU
  8:15 p.m. Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-hour ENERGY: No. 19 North Carolina at Clemson
Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke
ESPN
  9:30 p.m. No. 7 Gonzaga at Portland
Beth Mowins, Stan Heath
ESPN2
  10 p.m. San Diego State at Fresno State
TBD, Craig Robinson
ESPNU
Sun, Jan 4 Noon UCF at Temple
Bob Picozzi, Jon Crispin
ESPNEWS
  1:30 p.m. Evansville at Indiana State ESPN3
  2 p.m. Houston at Tulsa ESPNEWS
  2:30 p.m. Youngstown State at Valparaiso ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Loyola at Northern Iowa ESPN3
  4 p.m. Cleveland State at Illinois-Chicago ESPN3
  5:30 p.m. Illinois State at No. 16 Wichita State
Mitch Holthus, Mark Adams
ESPNU
  8 p.m. No. 5 Louisville at Wake Forest
Adam Amin, Brad Daugherty
ESPNU
  10 p.m. No. 21 Washington at Stanford
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams
ESPNU
Mon, Jan 5 Big Monday Presented by Verizon (ESPN2, ESPNU)
  7 p.m. No. 14 Notre Dame at No. 19 North Carolina ESPN
  No. 17 West Virginia at Texas Tech
Dave Armstrong, Bryndon Manzer
ESPNU
  Rider at Fairfield ESPN3
  9 p.m. No. 18 Oklahoma at No. 11 Texas ESPN
  9 p.m. Texas Southern at Southern
Brett Dolan, Stephen Howard
ESPNU
Tue, Jan 6 Super Tuesday Presented by Cree (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, SEC Network)
  7 p.m. Arkansas at Georgia ESPN
  Connecticut at USF ESPN2
  UCF at Houston ESPNEWS
  East Carolina at Cincinnati
Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU
  Ole Miss at No. 1 Kentucky
Dave Neal, Darrin Horn, Kaylee Hartung
SEC Network
  9 p.m. No. 20 Ohio State at Minnesota ESPN
  Oklahoma State at No. 9 Iowa State ESPN2
  Auburn at Vanderbilt
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio
ESPNU
  Texas A&M at Alabama
Dari Nowkhah, Joe Dean
SEC Network
Wed, Jan 7 7 p.m. NC State at No. 3 Virginia ESPN2
  Temple at Tulane ESPNEWS
  Syracuse at Georgia Tech
Tom Hart, Len Elmore
ESPNU
  Florida at South Carolina
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold
SEC Network
  Missouri State at Indiana State ESPN3
  8 p.m. Drake at Illinois State ESPN3
  9 p.m. Colorado at No. 10 Utah ESPN2
  TCU at Kansas State ESPNEWS
  No. 13 Kansas at No. 22 Baylor
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  Tennessee at Mississippi State
Mike Morgan, Barry Booker
SEC Network
  11 p.m. California at USC
Bob Picozzi, Jon Crispin
ESPNU
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