ESPN Family of Networks College Basketball Games For Week 4

ESPN’s college basketball schedule is ramping up and this week, it’ll have two interconference challenges, the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the early part of this week and then the Big East/SEC Challenge in the second half.

You want the skinny on the college basketball games for this week? Of course you do. Let’s take a look at the schedule for this week’s contests on the ESPN networks.

Three Matchups between Top Nine Teams, Plus No. 1 Kentucky

ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule this week will be highlighted by three telecasts between teams in the top nine of the ESPN/USA Today poll.

Two of the games are from the 13th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge – a 12-game two-day event featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner’s Cup – and will be on ESPN and ESPN3: No 4 Duke at No. 2 Ohio State on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9:30 p.m. and No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 9:30 p.m.

The third contest between two top nine teams is from the inaugural BIG EAST/SEC Challenge, a three-day event matching 12 teams from each of the premier conferences: No 9 Florida at No. 3 Syracuse on Friday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3. In addition, ESPN2 will televise St. John’s at No. 1 Kentucky as part of the BIG EAST/SEC Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Date Time (ET) Game/Commentators Network
Tue, Nov 29 7 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: No. 15 Michigan at Virginia
Mark Jones & Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2/ESPN3
  7:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Rob Stone and Drew Barry
ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Illinois at Maryland
Dave Pasch & Doris Burke
ESPN/ESPN3
  9 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Miami at Purdue
Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo
ESPN2/ESPN3
  9:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Clemson at Iowa
Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis
ESPNU
  9:30 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: No. 4 Duke at No. 2 Ohio State
Dan Shulman & Dick Vitale
ESPN/ESPN3
Wed, Nov 30 7:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Indiana at NC State
Mike Patrick & Len Elmore
ESPN2/ESPN3
  7:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Penn State at Boston College
Sean McDonough & Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Florida State at Michigan State
Mike Tirico & Dan Dakich
ESPN/ESPN3
  9:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Virginia Tech at Minnesota
Dave O’Brien & Bob Knight
ESPN2/ESPN3
  9:15 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Wake Forest at Nebraska
Mitch Holtus & Miles Simon
ESPNU
  9:30 p.m. Big Ten/ACC Challenge: No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 5 North Carolina
Brent Musburger, Jay Bilas & Doris Burke
ESPN/ESPN3
  11:15 p.m. Notre Dame at No. 18 Gonzaga
Dave Fleming & Sean Farnham
ESPN2/ESPN3
Thu, Dec 1 7 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: Providence at South Carolina
Dari Nowkhah & Dino Gaudio
ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: St. John’s at No. 1 Kentucky
Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Shannon Spake
ESPN2/ESPN3
  9 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: Mississippi at DePaul
Adam Amin & Dickey Simpkins
ESPNU
  9:30 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: Georgetown at No. 12 Alabama
Mike Breen & Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2/ESPN3
Fri, Dec 2 6:30 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: No. 9 Florida at No. 3 Syracuse
Mike Tirico & Jay Bilas
ESPN/ESPN3
  7 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: Cincinnati at Georgia
Clay Matvick & Kara Lawson
ESPNU
  8:30 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: No. 19 Vanderbilt at No. 6 Louisville
Dave O’Brien & Jimmy Dykes
ESPN/ESPN3
  9 p.m. BIG EAST/SEC Challenge: Auburn at Seton Hall
Mike Crispino & Tim Welsh
ESPNU

That will do it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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