ESPN2/ESPNU Begins Airing AAC and Big Ten Basketball Conference Play on Tuesday

Just as 2013 ends, conference play in the new American Athletic Conference and the venerable Big Ten get underway. The networks of ESPN will be all over the start of conference play in both conferences on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve.

In addition, the networks will have seven of the Top 25 ranked teams will be in action. And we have the schedule below.

ESPN College Basketball logoMen’s College Hoops: New Year’s Eve Lineup on ESPN2 and ESPNU Starts Big Ten and American Conferences League Schedule

Before ringing in the New Year, the ESPN2 and ESPNU men’s basketball schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 31, will feature the conference season opener for both the Big Ten and the American Athletic Conferences. The lineup will have seven of the top 25 nationally-ranked teams, including undefeated No. 3 Ohio State at Purdue at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.

  • Also on ESPN2: Indiana at Illinois at 3 p.m., No. 6 Louisville at UCF at 5 p.m., No. 17 Memphis at USF at 7 p.m. and No. 15 UConn at Houston at 9 p.m.
  • ESPNU’s New Year’s Eve lineup: No. 9 Duke at Elon at 1 p.m., Eastern Michigan at No. 2 Syracuse at 3 p.m. and UNC Wilmington at No. 19 North Carolina at 5 p.m.
  • New Year’s Day action on ESPNU features an American Athletic Conference doubleheader: SMU at Cincinnati at 6 p.m. and Temple at Rutgers at 8 p.m.
  • Monday, Dec. 30 on ESPNU: Robert Morris at No. 7 Oklahoma State at 7 p.m.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Network
Mon, Dec 30 7 p.m. Virginia at Tennessee
Dave Lamont & Jimmy Dykes
ESPN2
  Robert Morris at No. 7 Oklahoma State
Clay Matvick & Bryndon Manzer
ESPNU
  Virginia Military Institute at Clemson
Mike Morgan & Nate Ross
ESPN3
  Loyola (Md.) at Miami (Fla.) ESPN3
  NC State at UNC-Greensboro ESPN3
  Northern Kentucky at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  9 p.m. Saint Louis at Vanderbilt
Rich Hollenberg & Carolyn Peck
ESPNU
Tue, Dec 31 1 p.m. No. 3 Ohio State at Purdue
Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham
ESPN2
  No. 9 Duke at Elon
Joe Davis & Cory Alexander
ESPNU
  Albany at Pittsburgh
Tim Neverett & Curtis Aiken
ESPN3
  2:30 p.m. North Carolina Central at Maryland
Mike Corey & Glenn Consor
ESPN3
  3 p.m. Indiana at Illinois
Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich
ESPN2
  Eastern Michigan at No. 2 Syracuse
Jason Benetti & Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  4 p.m. Maryland-Eastern Shore at Virginia Tech ESPN3
  5 p.m. No. 6 Louisville at UCF
Mike Crispino & Len Elmore
ESPN2
  UNC Wilmington at No. 19 North Carolina
Roy Philpott & Bob Valvano
ESPNU
  North Greenville at USC Upstate ESPN3
  7 p.m. No. 17 Memphis at USF
Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams
ESPN2
  9 p.m. No. 15 Connecticut at Houston
Bob Picozzi & Kara Lawson
ESPN2
Wed, Jan 1 3 p.m. UNLV at Fresno State
Trey Bender & Bill Herenda
ESPN3
  5 p.m. Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
  6 p.m. SMU at Cincinnati
Jason Benetti & Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  8 p.m. Temple at Rutgers
Eamon McAnaney & Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU

There you have it.

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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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