ESPN’s Family of Networks will be busy with college basketball as seven ranked team will be in action between Friday and Saturday. In addition, we get the return of the Dave Pasch and Bill Walton Show on Saturday as the Alabama Crimson Tide travel to Pauley Pavilion to take on the UCLA Bruins. We can only imagine what Walton will be like as he hasn’t been on national television since the NIT back in March.
Alabama at UCLA highlights a 13-game weekend schedule on the ESPN family which can be seen below.
Men’s College Hoops: Six Ranked Teams End Holiday Week with Home Games
A full slate of men’s college basketball games on Saturday, Dec. 28, includes No. 4 Wisconsin at home against Prairie View A&M (2 p.m., ESPNU) and four additional ranked teams: No. 9 Duke, No. 17 Memphis, No. 23 UMass and No. 24 Gonzaga.
- No. 9 Duke plays host to Eastern Michigan on Saturday (2 p.m., ESPN2).
- ESPNU Saturday home games for the ranked teams include: No. 17 Memphis vs. Jackson State (noon); No. 23 UMass against Providence (6 p.m.) and No. 24 Gonzaga facing Santa Clara (8 p.m.)
- A Friday night tilt on ESPNU, No. 19 North Carolina hosts North Kentucky (7 p.m.)
Date Time (ET) Matchup / Commentators Network Fri, Dec 27 7 p.m. Northern Kentucky at No. 19 North Carolina
Tom Hart & Jay WilliamsESPNU Sat, Dec 28 Noon Jackson State at No. 17 Memphis
Adam Amin & Mark AdamsESPNU Nebraska at Cincinnati
Mark Neely & Dan DakichESPN2 UNC Greensboro at Virginia Tech ESPN3 2 p.m. Eastern Michigan at No. 9 Duke
Rich Hollenberg & Len ElmoreESPN2 Prairie View A&M at No. 4 Wisconsin
Jim Barbar & Tim McCormickESPNU 4 p.m. Akron at South Carolina
Joe Davis & Paul BiancardiESPNU 6 p.m. Providence at No. 23 UMass
Kevin Connors & Kara LawsonESPNU 8 p.m. No. 25 Missouri at NC State
Jimmy Dykes & Fran FraschillaESPN2 Santa Clara at No. 24 Gonzaga
Roxy Bernstein & Miles SimonESPNU 10 p.m. Alabama at UCLA
Dave Pasch & Bill WaltonESPN2 Sun, Dec 29 5 p.m. Canisius at Notre Dame
Mike Couzens & LaPhonso EllisESPNU 7 p.m. Tulsa at Maryland
Mike Crispino & Alexander CoryESPNU
That will do it.