The season debut of Big Monday on January 4 will feature No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 2 Kansas at 9 p.m. with Brent Musburger and Dick Vitale courtside on ESPN, highlighting the weekly men’s college basketball schedule. The top five teams in the country will be in action this week; overall, 21 games on ESPN’s networks feature a ranked team.
Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule – Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 30 | Noon | No. 19 West Virginia at Virginia Tech Roy Philpott, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 5 p.m. | Penn State at No. 4 Maryland Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Oakland at No. 5 Virginia Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tip-Off: Clemson at No. 7 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | |
| Fri, Jan 1 | 9 p.m. | No. 21 Utah at Stanford Roxy Bernstein, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU |
| Sat, Jan 2 | Noon | No. 19 West Virginia at Kansas State Dave Armstrong, Kevin Lehman |
ESPNU |
| 3 p.m. | No. 1 Michigan State at Minnesota Karl Ravech, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Tulsa at No. 22 Cincinnati Zach Zaidman, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 20 Texas A&M Paul Sunderland, TBD |
SEC Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Notre Dame at No. 5 Virginia Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Memphis at No. 24 South Carolina Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 11 Iowa State at No. 3 Oklahoma Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Ole Miss at No. 12 Kentucky Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey, Jill Montgomery |
SEC Network | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | USF at No. 17 SMU Ted Emrich, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| Sun, Jan 3 | 8 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Wake Forest at No. 16 Louisville Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| Mon, Jan 4 | Big Monday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 7 North Carolina at Florida State Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| No. 19 West Virginia at TCU Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 2 Kansas Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale |
ESPN | |
| No. 5 Virginia at Virginia Tech Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | ||
| Alcorn State at Texas Southern Dave Lamont, Jerod, Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Jan 5 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Wisconsin at Indiana Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Richmond at Rhode Island Kevin Fitzgerald, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 23 Baylor Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 10 Kentucky at LSU Brad Nessler, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Tulane at Houston Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule – Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Dec 30 | Noon | No. 19 West Virginia at Virginia Tech
Roy Philpott, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 1 p.m. | Indiana at Rutgers
John Brickley, Craig Robinson |
ESPN2 | |
| Florida Tech at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Houston at USF
Alex Faust, Mark Wise |
ESPNU | |
| New Hampshire at Boston College
Kevin Brown, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Michigan at Illinois
Dave Lamont, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| 4 p.m. | Northwestern at Nebraska
Jordan Bernfield, TBD |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Penn State at No. 4 Maryland
Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Oakland at No. 5 Virginia
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tip-Off: Clemson at No. 7 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Jay Bilas |
ESPN2 | |
| Francis Marion at South Carolina | SEC Network+ | ||
| Morehead State at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Bridgewater College at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Rhode Island at Brown | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Indiana State at Evansville | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | ACC Tip-Off: Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Dan Shulman, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | |
| Western Michigan at Vanderbilt
Richard Cross, Sean Farnham |
SEC Network | ||
| 11 p.m. | Fresno at UNLV
Steve Quis, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Dec 31 | 1:30 p.m. | La Salle at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | Drake at Wichita State
Rich Hollenberg, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| North Carolina Central at Mississippi State | SEC Network+ | ||
| 7 p.m. | Chicago State at Ball State | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | BYU at Saint Mary’s
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Jan 1 | 9 p.m. | No. 21 Utah at Stanford
Roxy Bernstein, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU |
| Sat, Jan 2 | Noon | Houston at Temple
TBD, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS |
| No. 19 West Virginia at Kansas State
Dave Armstrong, Kevin Lehman |
ESPNU | ||
| North Florida at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Chattanooga at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |
| Webber International at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Texas at Texas Tech
Clay Matvick, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | |
| Norfolk State at Alabama
Dave Baker, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | ||
| Northern Kentucky at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Loyola-Chicago at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Roosevelt at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | No. 1 Michigan State at Minnesota
Karl Ravech, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | |
| Savannah State at Missouri | SEC Network+ | ||
| Youngstown State at Detroit | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | South Carolina State at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | TCU at Oklahoma State
Dave Lamont, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | |
| Tulsa at No. 22 Cincinnati
Zach Zaidman, Mark Adams |
ESPNU | ||
| Maryland-Eastern Shore at Pittsburgh | ESPN3 | ||
| VMI at Furman | ESPN3 | ||
| UMBC at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland City at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Eckerd at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 20 Texas A&M
Paul Sunderland, TBD |
SEC Network | |
| 5 p.m. | Notre Dame at No. 5 Virginia
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | Memphis at No. 24 South Carolina
Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| UCF at East Carolina
Evan Leplar, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 11 Iowa State at No. 3 Oklahoma
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| Ole Miss at No. 12 Kentucky
Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey, Jill Montgomery |
SEC Network | ||
| Colorado State at Boise State
Trey Bender, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| UMKC at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | USF at No. 17 SMU
Ted Emrich, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| 8 p.m. | Georgia at Florida
Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | LSU at Vanderbilt
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | |
| 10 p.m. | San Diego State at Utah State
Drew Fellios, Kyle Macy |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Gonzaga at San Francisco
Beth Mowins, Brad Daugherty |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Jan 3 | 2 p.m. | Wichita State at Bradley | ESPN3 |
| Vermont at Harvard | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Wake Forest at No. 16 Louisville
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Colorado at Stanford
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Jan 4 | Big Monday (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 7 North Carolina at Florida State
Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| No. 19 West Virginia at TCU
Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| Siena at Manhattan
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Canisius at Monmouth | ESPN3 | ||
| Niagara at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown at Oakland | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Cleveland State at Detroit | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Wright State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 2 Kansas
Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale |
ESPN | |
| No. 5 Virginia at Virginia Tech
Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander |
ESPN2 | ||
| Alcorn State at Texas Southern
Dave Lamont, Jerod, Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Jan 5 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Wisconsin at Indiana
Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| East Carolina at Tulsa
TBD, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Richmond at Rhode Island
Kevin Fitzgerald, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| South Carolina at Auburn
Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | ||
| Wofford at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Webber International at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| North Carolina A&T at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Trinity Baptist at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Kansas State at Texas
Lowell Galindo, Reid Gettys |
Longhorn Network | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 23 Baylor
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Nicholls State at Memphis
Greg Gatson, Jon Albright |
ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 10 Kentucky at LSU
Brad Nessler, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| Tulane at Houston
Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Vanderbilt at Arkansas
Matt Stewart, Jon Sundvold, Jill Montgomery |
SEC Network | ||
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