ESPN’s College Basketball Schedule From 01/23-01/26/2014

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The ESPN Family of Networks will be utilized in full force this week as college basketball really gets into full gear and conference play heats up.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews and ESPNU will all air games tonight including a doubleheader on the Deuce.

Then on Saturday, all of the ESPN platforms will be used to air a plethora of games beginning at 11 a.m. ET and running until 1 a.m. on Sunday.

The featured game will be a Big Ten battle between Michigan and Michigan State live from East Lansing, MI. College GameDay will be live from the Michigan State campus for its shows both in the morning and in the evening.

Here is the schedule.

Men’s Hoops: No. 1 Arizona, Three Additional Ranked Teams on Thursday & No. 21 Michigan at No. 3 Michigan State on Saturday Primetime

ESPN’s upcoming men’s college basketball schedule will be highlighted by multiple ranked teams in action Thursday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 25. Highlights:

• ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS will combine to televise four ranked teams Thursday, Jan. 23:
  • An ESPN2 doubleheader will include two of the top six teams, highlighted by unbeaten No. 1 Arizona against Pac-12 rival Colorado at 9 p.m. ESPN2’s first game at 7 p.m. will pit No. 6 Florida at Alabama;
  • The ESPN Thursday Night Showcase Presented by Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups telecast at 7 p.m. will match No. 17 Ohio State against Illinois;
  • ESPNEWS will televise No. 23 Memphis against Houston at 8 p.m.
• The lineup for Saturday, Jan. 25, will include eight of the top 21-ranked teams highlighted by No. 21 Michigan at No. 3 Michigan State in ESPN’s Saturday Primetime telecast at 7 p.m.  Michigan defeated then-No. 3 Wisconsin 77-70 in its last game, while Michigan State’s only loss of the season was to North Carolina on December 4. Additional highlights:
  • ESPNU will offer a prime time doubleheader with two of the top eight teams on the road: No. 8 Kansas at TCU at 9 p.m. followed by No. 7 San Diego State at Utah State at 11 p.m.
  • ESPN2 will televise six games including two with ranked teams: No. 11 Oklahoma State against West Virginia at 2 p.m. and No. 20 Pittsburgh at Maryland at 6 p.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network
Thu, Jan 23	7 p.m.	Illinois at No. 17 Ohio State Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham	ESPN
		No. 6 Florida at Alabama Rece Davis & Bob Knight	ESPN2
		Fairfield at Monmouth Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy	ESPN3
		UNC Greensboro at Samford	ESPN3
		Stetson at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Jacksonville at USC Upstate	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Houston at No. 23 Memphis Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke	ESPNEWS
		Nebraska at Penn State Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
	8:30 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at Oral Roberts	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Colorado at No. 1 Arizona Dave Pasch & Bill Walton	ESPN2
	10 p.m.	San Diego at Gonzaga Roxy Bernstein & Jarron Collins	ESPNU
Fri, Jan 24	7 p.m.	Rider at Manhattan Doug Sherman & Tim McCormick	ESPNU
		Quinnipiac at Iona Bob Huessler & Rob Kennedy	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Vermont at Stony Brook Bob Picozzi & Malcolm Huckaby	ESPNU
Sat, Jan 25	11 a.m.	Ohio at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Sean Harrington	ESPNU
	Noon	Florida State at No. 18 Duke Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke	ESPN
		VCU at LaSalle John Saunders & Dan Dakich	ESPN2
		Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Texas A&M Tom Hart & Jon Sundvold	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	West Virginia at No. 11 Oklahoma State Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
		North Florida at USC Upstate	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Tennessee at No. 6 Florida Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN
		Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Lafayette Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams	ESPN2
		New Mexico at Colorado State Trey Bender & Bill Herenda	ESPN3
		VMI at Winthrop	ESPN3
		Sam Houston State at Abilene Christian	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	No. 20 Pittsburgh at Maryland Carter Blackburn & Sean Farnham	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	No. 21 Michigan at No. 3 Michigan State Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Shannon Spake	ESPN
		Connecticut at Rutgers Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
		UNC Greensboro at Chattanooga	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	LSU at Alabama Dave Lamont & Darrin Horn	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	No. 8 Kansas at TCU Anish Shroff & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	10 p.m.	BYU at Gonzaga Beth Mowins & Kara Lawson	ESPN2
	11 p.m.	No. 7 San Diego State at Utah State Steve Quis & Dan Dickau	ESPNU
		Hawaii at UC Irvine	ESPN3
Sun, Jan 26	2 p.m.	New Hampshire at Massachusetts-Lowell Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	SMU at Houston Mike Patrick & Len Elmore	ESPNEWS
	6 p.m.	Clemson at North Carolina Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	California at UCLA Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams	ESPNU

That will do it.

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