Saturday Sonic Blockbuster Between No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Alabama Highlights ESPN’s Men’s College Basketball Schedule this Week

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Saturday Sonic Blockbuster Between No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Alabama Highlights ESPN’s Men’s College Basketball Schedule this Week

  • 275+ games across platforms featuring five ranked matchups
  • SportsCenter hits the road for No. 5 Tennessee at No. 15 Kentucky on Tuesday
  • Dick Vitale to call Stanford at Duke Saturday on ABC (4 p.m. ET)

ESPN’s industry-leading men’s college basketball coverage continues this week and is highlighted by a Saturday Sonic Blockbuster between the top two teams in the country as No. 1 Auburn takes on No. 2 Alabama (4 p.m., ESPN). The schedule features more than 275 games and 17 of the nation’s Top 25 teams in action, Feb. 11-16. Games are available across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network (SECN) and ACC Network (ACCN), as well as on ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACCNX on the ESPN App.

The weekly slate features multiple games every day of the week with marquee conference matchups across the ACC, Big 12, SEC, American, Atlantic 10, Big South, Big West, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Sun Belt, West Coast and more.

In all, eight of the Top 10 teams in the country, including all top six, will be featured on ESPN platforms.

ESPN men’s basketball schedule highlights (Feb. 11-16):

  • 1 vs. 2: For the first time in the history of the SEC, the top two teams in the country will meet in a conference showdown when No. 1 Auburn travels to No. 2 Alabama on Saturday (4 p.m., ESPN). College GameDay Covered by State Farm® will be onsite in Tuscaloosa (10 a.m., ESPN) for a two-hour show to preview the historic rivalry showdown and the entire slate of Saturday action. Rece Davis leads the pregame show along with analysts Jay Bilas, Andraya Carter, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams, with college insider Pete Thamel. College GameDay will be at a 1 vs. 2 matchup for the second time in the show’s history and first time since No. 1 Memphis hosted No. 2 Tennessee, led by current Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, on Feb. 23, 2008. Dan Shulman will call the game action alongside Bilas and courtside reporter Jess Sims.
  • SportsCenter on Campus: SportsCenter anchor Matt Barrie will host Tuesday’s noon edition of ESPN’s flagship news and information show from the Kentucky campus ahead of the Wildcats’ matchup against Tennessee. The three-hour show will include special guests including Kentucky head coach Mark Pope, leading scorer Otega Oweh and leading rebounder Amari Williams, as well as women’s basketball head coach Kenny Brooks and star player Georgia Amoore, and head football coach Mark Stoops. Shulman, Bilas and Molly McGrath will announce the top 15 Sonic Blockbuster from Rupp Arena (7 p.m., ESPN).
  • He’s Back! After an emotional and successful return to the microphone for Clemson’s upset win over Duke on Saturday, Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale will call his second Duke game in as many weeks when the Blue Devils host Stanford (Sat., 4 p.m., ABC). Vitale last called a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on January 21, 2023, when Duke knocked off No. 17 Miami, 68-66. Vitale will be joined by play-by-play voice Dave O’Brien and fellow analyst Cory Alexander.

ESPN men’s basketball TV schedule (Feb. 11-16):

*Additional games streaming on ESPN+ – Click HERE for full schedule

Date Time Game/Commentators Platform
Tue, Feb. 11 7 p.m. No. 5 Tennessee at No. 15 Kentucky
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Molly McGrath
ESPN
7 p.m. No. 3 Florida at No. 22 Mississippi State
Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw, Alyssa Lang
ESPN2
7 p.m. No. 1 Auburn at Vanderbilt
Roy Philpott, Daymeon Fishback
SECN
7 p.m. Syracuse at Miami
Noah Reed, Malcolm Huckaby
ACCN
7 p.m. UAB at East Carolina
Derek Jones, John Williams
ESPNU
7 p.m. Utah at Cincinnati
Eric Rothman, Tim Welsh
ESPN+
7 p.m. No. 10 Iowa State at UCF
Rich Hollenberg, BJ Taylor
ESPN+
8 p.m. No. 13 Arizona at Kansas State
Mark Neely, Corey Williams
ESPN+
9 p.m. No. 2 Alabama at Texas
Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes
ESPN
9 p.m. Colorado at No. 17 Kansas
Kevin Brown, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2
9 p.m. Georgia at No. 8 Texas A&M
Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold
SECN
9 p.m. Pittsburgh at SMU
Doug Sherman, Theo Pinson
ACCN
9 p.m. North Texas at Rice
Lowell Galindo, Mark Adams
ESPNU
  11 p.m. Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s
Roxy Bernstein, Dan Dickau
ESPN2
Wed, Feb. 12 7 p.m. Louisville at NC State
Mike Monaco, Debbie Antonelli
ESPN2
  7 p.m. No. 19 Ole Miss at South Carolina
Kevin Fitzgerald, Perry Clark
SECN
  7 p.m. Stanford at Georgia Tech
Ariya Massoudi, Eric Devendorf
ACCN
  7 p.m. Florida State at Wake Forest
James Westling, Dan Bonner
ESPNU
9 p.m. LSU at Arkansas
John Schriffen, Richard Hendrix
ESPN2
9 p.m. Oklahoma at No. 21 Missouri
Mike Morgan, Mark Wise
SECN
9 p.m. California at No. 4 Duke
Wes Durham, Cory Alexander, Jim Boeheim
ACCN
9 p.m. Notre Dame at Boston College
Jon Meterparel, Randolph Childress
ESPNU
Thu, Feb. 13 7 p.m. Longwood at High Point
Matt Schick, Paul Biancardi
ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 14 Memphis at South Florida
Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw
ESPN2
11 p.m. San Francisco at Gonzaga
Dave Flemming, Dan Dickau
ESPN
11 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine
Steve Quis, Ben Braun
ESPNU
Fri, Feb. 14 7 p.m. Saint Louis at Loyola (Chicago)
Mike Corey, Dalen Cuff
ESPN2
7 p.m. Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart
Matt Martucci, John Williams
ESPNU
Sat, Feb. 15 Noon Arkansas at No. 8 Texas A&M
TV: Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw
Radio: Chris Carlin, Bob Valvano
ESPN/ESPN Radio
  Noon Miami at Pittsburgh
Mike Monaco, Randolph Childress
ESPN2
1 p.m. Vanderbilt at No. 5 Tennessee
Dave Neal, Pat Bradley
SECN
2 p.m. No. 6 Houston at No. 13 Arizona
Dave Pasch, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN
2 p.m. West Virginia at Baylor
Chuckie Kempf, King McClure
ESPN2
2 p.m. Boston College at NC State
Wes Durham, Dan Bonner
ACCN
2 p.m. Samford at Wofford
Brock Bowling, Dean Keener
ESPNU
3 p.m. UCF at Colorado
Lowell Galindo, Jess Settles
ESPN+
3 p.m. No. 12 Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
James Westling, Bryndon Manzer
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. No. 21 Missouri at Georgia
Mike Morgan, Mark Wise
SECN
4 p.m. Stanford at No. 4 Duke
Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander, Dick Vitale
ABC
4 p.m. No. 1 Auburn at No. 2 Alabama
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Jess Sims
ESPN
4 p.m. Cincinnati at No. 10 Iowa State
Roxy Bernstein, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
4 p.m. East Carolina at Charlotte
Patrick O’Keefe, Sean Harrington
ESPNU
4 p.m. California at Georgia Tech
Joel Godett, Michael Carter-Williams
ACCN
6 p.m. North Carolina at Syracuse
Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin
ESPN
6 p.m. No. 22 Mississippi State at No. 19 Ole Miss
John Schriffen, Richard Hendrix
ESPN2
6 p.m. LSU at Oklahoma
Kevin Fitzgerald, Joe Kleine
SECN
6 p.m. Wake Forest at SMU
Doug Sherman, Eric Devendorf
ACCN
6 p.m. UTSA at Tulsa
David Saltzman, Mark Adams
ESPNU
8 p.m. No. 15 Kentucky at Texas
Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes
ESPN
8 p.m. Troy at Arkansas State
Matt Schick, Paul Biancardi
ESPN2
8 p.m. Princeton at Yale
Robert Lee, Noah Savage
ESPNU
8 p.m. TCU at Arizona State
Pete Sousa, Scott Williams
ESPN+
8:30 p.m. South Carolina at No. 3 Florida
Roy Philpott, Jon Sundvold
SECN
9 p.m. Kansas State at BYU
Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh
ESPN+
10 p.m. No. 17 Kansas at Utah
Dave Flemming, Sean Farnham
ESPN
10 p.m. Washington State at Saint Mary’s
Dave Feldman, Jerod Haase
ESPN2
Sun, Feb. 16 Noon No. 14 Memphis at Wichita State
James Westling, Terrence Oglesby
ESPN
Noon Florida Atlantic at Temple
Dave Leno, Phil Martelli
ESPN2
2 p.m. Bradley at Drake
Clay Matvick, Kevin Lehman
ESPN2
2 p.m. Youngstown State at Cleveland State
Jordan Bernfield, David Padgett
ESPNU
4 p.m. South Florida at UAB
Mike Corey, Perry Clark
ESPN2
8 p.m. Louisville at Notre Dame
Noah Reed, Debbie Antonelli
ACCN
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