Men’s College Basketball: Sonic Blockbuster Matchup Showcases No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville
Four top-25 games invade Saturday, Jan. 14, men’s college basketball schedule, tipping off with the Sonic Blockbuster matchup of No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville (ESPN) at noon ET. Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor will be on the call of the game.
Also on the schedule, No. 9 Florida State at North Carolina (ESPN) at 2 p.m., No. 1 Baylor at No. 25 Kansas State (ESPNU) at 4:30 p.m. and No. 21 Saint Mary’s at No. 5 Gonzaga (ESPN2) at 10 p.m. In addition, No. 2 Kansas, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 23 Florida and No. 24 Minnesota are also in action.
The Big Monday presented by EBay doubleheader will again showcase the ACC and Big 12 on ESPN through the remainder of the regular season. In addition, ESPNU will present a regular schedule of night games, primarily involving the Big 12, MEAC or SWAC.
- Syracuse will travel to No. 11 North Carolina to open the Big Monday schedule at 7 p.m., followed by No. 2 Kansas at Iowa State
The Super Tuesday presented by CenturyLink series will highlight an ESPN Big Ten and SEC doubleheader, as well as a weekly ESPN2 prime-time matchup featuring the Big 12, plus the ACC and SEC on ESPNU with select Mountain West games.
- ESPN showcases two ranked teams – No. 6 Kentucky travels to Mississippi State at 7 p.m., followed by No. 18 Wisconsin hosting Michigan
- Also in action, No. 1 Baylor facing Texas at 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Schedule highlights:
- Five games on Thursday, Jan. 12, include a ranked team: at 7 p.m. – No. 20 Notre Dame at Miami (ESPN), 18 Wisconsin hosting Ohio State (ESPN2); at 9 p.m. – No. 22 Cincinnati hosting SMU (ESPN) and No. 16 Arizona vs. Arizona State (ESPN2) and at 11 p.m. No. 21 Saint Mary’s at Portland (ESPNU)
- The ranked teams on this week’s schedule: No. 1 Baylor, No. 2 Kansas, No. 5 Gonzaga, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 7 Duke, No. 9 Florida State, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 11 North Carolina. No. 14 Louisville, No. 16 Arizona, No. 18 Wisconsin, No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 21 Saint Mary’s, No. 22 Cincinnati, No. 23 Florida, No. 24 Minnesota and No. 25 Kansas State and USC
- ESPN Buzzer Beater network will offer live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college basketball games on Saturday from 1-9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8-11 p.m.
Weekly Schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday); Full Season Schedule
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Key Matchup (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 11 | 8 p.m. | No. 11 North Carolina at Wake Forest Karl Ravech, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 |
| Thu, Jan 12 | 7 p.m. | No. 20 Notre Dame at Miami Karl Ravech, Dick Vitale |
ESPN |
| Ohio State at No. 18 Wisconsin Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | ||
| 9 p.m. | SMU at No. 22 Cincinnati Adam Amin, Len Elmore |
ESPN | |
| Arizona State at No. 16 Arizona Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| 11 p.m. | No. 21 Saint Mary’s at Portland Brendan Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 14 | Noon | Sonic Blockbuster: No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
| Georgia at No. 23 Florida Beth Mowins, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 Minnesota at Penn State Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| 2 p.m. | No. 9 Florida State at No. 11 North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 2 Kansas Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Auburn at No. 6 Kentucky Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 10 West Virginia at Texas Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | No. 1 Baylor at No. 25 Kansas State Mark Neely, Mark Plansky |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | No. 21 Saint Mary’s at No. 5 Gonzaga Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Sun, Jan 15 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 25 USC at Colorado Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU |
| Mon, Jan 16 | Big Monday Presented by eBay (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 11 North Carolina Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| North Carolina Central at Hampton Kevin Brown, Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at Iowa State Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Jackson State at Texas Southern Tyler Denning, Jerod Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Jan 17 | Super Tuesday Presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 6 Kentucky at Mississippi State Brent Musburger, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| Texas at No. 1 Baylor Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Pittsburgh at NC State Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| USF at Central Florida Roy Philpott, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 9 p.m. | Michigan at No. 18 Wisconsin Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| 11 p.m. | New Mexico at Boise State Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
Weekly Men’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 11 | 6 p.m. | George Washington at VCU
Mike Corey, Jason Capel |
ESPN2 |
| Houston at East Carolina
Ted Emrich, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | South Carolina at Tennessee
Dave Neal, Chris Spatola |
SEC Network | |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia at Ole Miss
Kevin Fitzgerald, Kyle Macy |
ESPNU | |
| The Citadel at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
| Tulane at USF
Drew Fellios, Mark Wise |
ESPN3 | ||
| UMass Lowell at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| New Hampshire at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 11 North Carolina at Wake Forest
Karl Ravech, LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 | |
| Memphis at Tulsa
Dave LaMont, Bryndon Manzer |
ESPNEWS | ||
| TCU at Texas
Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks, Alex Loeb |
Longhorn Network | ||
| Mercer at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| Catawba at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| Illinois State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | LSU at Texas A&M
Tom Hart, Daymeon Fishback |
SEC Network | |
| 9 p.m. | Iowa State at Oklahoma State
Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Jan 12 | 7 p.m. | No. 20 Notre Dame at Miami
Karl Ravech, Dick Vitale |
ESPN |
| Ohio State at No. 18 Wisconsin
Jason Benetti, Jim Calhoun |
ESPN2 | ||
| Belmont at Morehead State
Jerry Punch, Mo Cassera |
ESPNU | ||
| UNC Greensboro at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana Tech at Charlotte | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Stetson at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 7:45 p.m. | UIC at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | |
| Valparaiso at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | South Dakota State at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | |
| Quinnipiac at Siena
Doug Sherman, Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPN3 | ||
| Wright State at Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | SMU at No. 22 Cincinnati
Adam Amin, Len Elmore |
ESPN | |
| Arizona State at No. 16 Arizona
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | ||
| Northwestern at Rutgers
Kevin Brown, Dalen Cuff |
ESPNU | ||
| Chicago State at Utah Valley State | ESPN3 | ||
| 11 p.m. | UC Davis at UC Riverside | ESPN3 | |
| No. 21 Saint Mary’s at Portland
Brendan Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Jan 13 | 7 p.m. | Detroit at Oakland
Jordan Bernfield, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Rider at Manhattan
Doug Sherman, Julianne Viani |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Jan 14 | Noon | Sonic Blockbuster: No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor |
ESPN /
ESPN3 Surround |
| Georgia at No. 23 Florida
Beth Mowins, Dalen Cuff |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 Minnesota at Penn State
Clay Matvick, Sean Harrington |
ESPNU | ||
| Northern Illinois at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Samford at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |
| UNC Greensboro at VMI | ESPN3 | ||
| Bradley at Indiana State | ESPN3 | ||
| Binghamton at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Toledo at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 9 Florida State at No. 11 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien, Dick Vitale, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Oklahoma State at No. 2 Kansas
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 | ||
| Iona at Quinnipiac
Doug Sherman, Vin Parise |
ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Gardner-Webb at Longwood | ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville at USC Upstate | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| Stony Brook at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| Marist at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Wright State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | |
| St. Francis-Brooklyn at LIU Brooklyn | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Alabama at LSU
Mike Morgan, Pat Bradley |
SEC Network | |
| Eastern Michigan at Ohio | ESPN3 | ||
| Akron at Miami (OH) | ESPN3 | ||
| Valparaiso at Cleveland State | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Auburn at No. 6 Kentucky
Tom Hart, Kara Lawson, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | |
| No. 10 West Virginia at Texas
Rich Hollenberg, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Tulsa at Temple
Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh |
ESPNEWS | ||
| IUPUI at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 | ||
| Western Carolina at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
| North Florida at NJIT | ESPN3 | ||
| Anderson at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | No. 1 Baylor at No. 25 Kansas State
Mark Neely, Mark Plansky |
ESPNU | |
| Sam Houston State at Northwestern State | ESPN3 | ||
| Stetson at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb | ESPN3 | |
| 5:15 p.m. | UT Arlington at Troy | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Maryland at Illinois
Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich |
ESPN2 | |
| Missouri at Arkansas
Richard Cross, Jarvis Hayes |
SEC Network | ||
| Nevada at Wyoming
Trey Bender, Kevin Lehman |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Ole Miss at South Carolina
Kevin Fitzgerald, Chris Spatola |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Furman at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| Nicholls at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
| UIC at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern State at Augustana | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Wichita State at Illinois State
Mike Couzens, Mark Adams |
ESPN2 | |
| Columbia at Cornell | ESPN3 | ||
| Cal State Fullerton at UC Irvine | ESPN3 | ||
| Yale at Princeton | ESPN3 | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| Texas Tech at Oklahoma
Jason Benetti, Reid Gettys |
ESPNU | ||
| 10 p.m. | No. 21 Saint Mary’s at No. 5 Gonzaga
Dave Pasch, Bill Walton |
ESPN2 | |
| Utah State at San Diego State
Ari Wolfe, Bill Herenda |
ESPN3 | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | UC Davis at Cal State Northridge
Sam Farber, Richie Schueler |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 15 | 4 p.m. | Missouri State at Loyola-Chicago
Wayne Randazzo, Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| Drake at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech at NC State
Anish Shroff, Corey Alexander |
ESPNU | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 25 USC at Colorado
Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Mon, Jan 16 | Big Monday Presented by eBay (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | ||
| 1 p.m. | Albany at UMBC | ESPN3 | |
| Vermont at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Stony Brook at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | UT Arlington at South Alabama
Mark Neely, Kyle Macy |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 11 North Carolina
Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| North Carolina Central at Hampton
Kevin Brown, Stan Lewter |
ESPNU | ||
| Monmouth at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Green Bay at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | |
| Texas State at Troy | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Kansas at Iowa State
Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Jackson State at Texas Southern
Tyler Denning, Jerod Ward |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Jan 17 | Super Tuesday Presented by CenturyLink (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPNEWS) | ||
| 7 p.m. | Arkansas at Texas A&M
Adam Amin, Jon Sundvold |
SEC Network | |
| No. 6 Kentucky at Mississippi State
Brent Musburger, Sean Farnham, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | ||
| Texas at No. 1 Baylor
Jon Sciambi, Miles Simon |
ESPN2 | ||
| Pittsburgh at NC State
Rich Hollenberg, Dino Gaudio |
ESPNU | ||
| USF at Central Florida
Roy Philpott, Mark Wise |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Bowling Green at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Miami (OH) at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| Milwaukee at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Michigan at No. 18 Wisconsin
Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia
Mike Couzens, Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Tennessee at Ole Miss
Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw |
SEC Network | ||
| 10 p.m. | San Diego State at UNLV
Trey Bender, Richie Schueler |
ESPN3 | |
| 11 p.m. | New Mexico at Boise State
Steve Quis, Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
