Men’s College Basketball: College GameDay Visits No. 3 Virginia; UVA-No. 7 UNC That Night
ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm returns to the campus of No. 3 Virginia in advance of the Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV matchup between ACC opponents – the Cavaliers and No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 27 (ESPN, 6:30 p.m.). The morning show begins at 11 a.m. on ESPN, followed by an evening edition leading into the game telecast. ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams. Dan Shulman, Bilas and reporter Shannon Spake will have the call of the game.
North Carolina will be the road team at a GameDay site for a record-10th time overall, and appears for the second time this season (February 6 at Notre Dame).
Additional schedule highlights:
- Saturday’s schedule presents three top-25 games, and in addition to the prime-time game, No. 9 Arizona travels to No. 22 Utah (ESPN, 2 p.m.) and No. 10 Maryland plays at No. 20 Purdue (ESPN, 4 p.m.)
- The week of February 29, ESPN will take the time to recognize the top seniors in the nation through Senior Celebration
- The Big 12 Big Monday presented by Delta showdown between No. 2 Kansas and No. 25 Texas, also sees the return of reporter Holly Rowe after cancer surgery
- Super Tuesday presented by Hotels.com features No. 19 Baylor at No. 3 Oklahoma (ESPN2, 8 p.m.) and No. 18 Indiana at No. 8 Iowa (ESPN, 9 p.m.)
- Ranked teams also in action across ESPN networks include No. 13 Oregon, No. 14 West Virginia, No. 15 Duke, No. 16 Kentucky, No. 17 Iowa State, No. 19 Indiana, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 Notre Dame and No. 24 SMU
Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentator | Network |
| Wed, Feb 24 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Mississippi State at No. 21 Texas A&M Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 9 Arizona at Colorado Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 3 Oklahoma Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Feb 25 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Florida State at No. 15 Duke Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 SMU at Memphis Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 18 Indiana at Illinois Rece Davis, Dan Dakich, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN | |
| Sat, Feb 27 | Noon | Texas Tech at No. 2 Kansas Mark Neely, Miles Simon |
ESPN |
| 2 p.m. | No. 9 Arizona at No. 22 Utah TBD, Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 10 Maryland at No. 20 Purdue Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 23 Notre Dame at Florida State Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 21 Texas A&M at Missouri Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 14 West Virginia at Oklahoma State Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| 6 p.m. | Kansas State at No. 17 Iowa State |Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 7 North Carolina at No. 3 Virginia Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 19 Baylor at TCU Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Feb 28 | 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU |
| 8:30 p.m. | Washington at No. 13 Oregon Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 29 | Big Monday presented by Delta (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 7 North Carolina Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 17 Iowa State Dave Armstrong, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at No. 25 Texas Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Tue, Mar 1 | Super Tuesday presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 16 Kentucky at Florida Brad Nessler, Dick Vitale, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| No. 3 Virginia at Clemson Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 19 Baylor at No. 3 Oklahoma Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 18 Indiana at No. 8 Iowa Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 21 Texas A&M at Auburn Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentator | Network |
| Wed, Feb 24 | Wednesday Night Hoops (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Mississippi State at No. 21 Texas A&M
Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 | |
| Houston at UCF
Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia at Auburn
Mike Morgan, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | ||
| Crossroads League Tournament: Quarterfinal | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | East Carolina at Tulane
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | |
| Indiana State at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Drake at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| Catawba at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 9 Arizona at Colorado
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 3 Oklahoma
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Tennessee at South Carolina
Dave Neal, Daymeon FIshback |
SEC Network | ||
| 10 p.m. | Long Beach State at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | Washington at Oregon State
Roy Philpott, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Feb 25 | Thursday Night Showcase (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Florida State at No. 15 Duke
Bob Wischusen, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN | |
| No. 24 SMU at Memphis
Mike Patrick, Len Elmore |
ESPN2 | ||
| Nebraska at Penn State
Adam Amin, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| Furman at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| The Citadel at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | Texas-Arlington at Arkansas-Little Rock
Matt Stewart, Bob Donewald |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| Appalachian State at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Niagara at Canisius
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Texas State at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 18 Indiana at Illinois
Rece Davis, Dan Dakich, Seth Greenberg |
ESPN | |
| UCLA at California
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Winthrop at High Point
Kevin Fitzgerald, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | ||
| Fort Wayne at Western Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | Portland at BYU
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Feb 26 | 7 p.m. | Valparaiso at Milwaukee
TBD, Tim McCormick |
ESPN2 |
| Iona at Manhattan
Tiffany Greene, Paul Biancardi |
ESPNU | ||
| Quinnipiac at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Dartmouth at Brown | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Rider at Monmouth
Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN2 | |
| Detroit at Oakland
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Sat, Feb 27 | Noon | Texas Tech at No. 2 Kansas
Mark Neely, Miles Simon |
ESPN |
| Rhode Island at Dayton
Adam Amin, Craig Robinson |
ESPN2 | ||
| UCF at Temple
Allen Bestwick, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Cincinnati at East Carolina
Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | ||
| Ole Miss at Georgia
Paul Sunderland, Kyle Macy |
SEC Network | ||
| 1 p.m. | The Citadel at VMI | ESPN3 | |
| Wright State at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 9 Arizona at No. 22 Utah
TBD, Bill Walton |
ESPN | |
| Illinois State at Wichita State
Rich Hollenberg, Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | ||
| Rutgers at Northwestern
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Northern Iowa at Evansville | ESPN3 | ||
| Loyola-Chicago at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | South Carolina at Mississippi State
Tom Hart, Joe Dean |
SEC Network | |
| Appalachian State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Crossroads League Tournament: Semifinal | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Kent State at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 10 Maryland at No. 20 Purdue
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 23 Notre Dame at Florida State
Mark Jones, Kara Lawson |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 21 Texas A&M at Missouri
Mike Morgan, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | ||
| Wofford at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Anderson at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Coastal Carolina at UNC Asheville | ESPN3 | |
| Western Michigan at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Auburn at Alabama
Matt Stewart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | |
| No. 14 West Virginia at Oklahoma State
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| Samford at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Kansas State at No. 17 Iowa State
Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV: No. 7 North Carolina at No. 3 Virginia
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Houston Baptist at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | |
| Central Michigan at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Arkansas at Tennessee
Dave Neal, Barry Booker |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Florida at LSU
Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich |
ESPN | |
| No. 19 Baylor at TCU
Mitch Holthus, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNU | ||
| Gonzaga at BYU
Beth Mowins, Brad Dougherty |
ESPN2 | ||
| Wyoming at UNLV
Trey Bender, Blaine Fowler |
ESPN3 | ||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | ||
| South Dakota at Western Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| UT Arlington at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | ||
| Missouri State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| 10 p.m. | Fresno State at New Mexico
TBD, TBD |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Feb 28 | Midnight | UC Irvine at UC Davis | ESPN2 |
| 1 p.m. | Mercer at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | |
| Valparaiso at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Tulsa at Memphis
Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| Canisius at Iona
Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Niagara at Monmouth | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Manhattan at Rider
Ed Cohen, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | ACC Sunday Night: Virginia Tech at Wake Forest
Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Washington at No. 13 Oregon
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Feb 29 | Big Monday presented by Delta (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 7 North Carolina
Sean McDonough, Doris Burke |
ESPN | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 17 Iowa State
Dave Armstrong, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU | ||
| 8 p.m. | McNeese State at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at No. 25 Texas
Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Alabama State at Texas Southern
Jason Benetti, Craig Robinson |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Mar 1 | Super Tuesday Presented by Hotels.com (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 16 Kentucky at Florida
Brad Nessler, Dick Vitale, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| No. 3 Virginia at Clemson
Mike Couzens, Len Elmore |
ESPNU | ||
| Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tom Hart, John Pelphrey |
SEC Network | ||
| Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Toledo at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Crossroads League Tournament: Title Game | ESPN3 | ||
| Atlantic Sun Championship (campus site): Quarterfinal #1 | ESPN3 | ||
| Atlantic Sun Championship (campus site): Quarterfinal #2 | ESPN3 | ||
| Atlantic Sun Championship (campus site): Quarterfinal #3 | ESPN3 | ||
| Atlantic Sun Championship (campus site): Quarterfinal #4 | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 19 Baylor at No. 3 Oklahoma
Dave Flemming, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 18 Indiana at No. 8 Iowa
Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| No. 21 Texas A&M at Auburn
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| Missouri at LSU
John Saunders, Jon Sundvold, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
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