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

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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.

Men’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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