ESPN’s College Basketball Games For Week 7

Let’s provide the college basketball games that will be seen on the ESPN family of networks and platforms through Christmas Eve. This weekend, it marks the return of holiday tournaments such as the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii and the Las Vegas Classic.

Plenty of games. We have the list of games below.

Men’s College Basketball: Four of the Seven Remaining Undefeated Teams

ESPN’s Holiday Hoops men’s college basketball schedule for this week will showcase four of the seven remaining undefeated teams, including unbeaten No. 8 Missouri against one-loss No. 24 Illinois in the Braggin’ Rights game from St. Louis on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN3. Additional undefeated teams:

  • No. 4 Louisville against Western Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN3
  • No. 7 Baylor twice in the Las Vegas Invitational: against St. Mary’s (Calif.) on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN3 and against West Virginia on Friday, Dec. 23, at 9 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3
  • No. 18 Indiana against UMBC on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. on ESPN3

In addition, ESPNU, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will offer exclusive coverage of the Diamond Head Classic from Honolulu December 22-25. The field includes three one-loss teams in No. 15 Xavier, Kansas State, Auburn as well as Clemson, Hawaii, Long Beach State, UTEP and Southern Illinois.

Date Time (ET) Game/Commentators Network
Wed, Dec 21 7 p.m. Texas at No. 6 North Carolina
Dave O’Brien & Jay Bilas
ESPN2 / ESPN3
  9 p.m. Oklahoma State at Alabama
Bob Wischusen & Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2 / ESPN3
Thu, Dec 22 2:30 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): UTEP vs. Clemson (Honolulu)
Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb
ESPNU
  4:30 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois (Honolulu)
Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb
ESPNU
  6 p.m. UMBC at No. 18 Indiana
Steve Andress & Perry Clark
ESPN3 *
  7 p.m. Memphis at No. 16 Georgetown
Sean McDonough & Bill Raftery
ESPN2/ESPN3
  Florida State at No. 12 Florida
Carter Blackburn & Jimmy Dykes
ESPNU
  Mercer at Georgia Tech ESPN3 *
  Northeastern at NC State
Walter Storholt & Paul Biancardi
ESPN3 *
  Virginia Commonwealth at UNC Greensboro ESPN3 *
  Eastern Michigan at Virginia Tech
Quint Kessenich & Glenn Consor
ESPN3 *
  8 p.m. Las Vegas Classic: West Virginia vs. Missouri State (Las Vegas)
Joe Block & Steve Cleveland
ESPN3 *
  9 p.m. Braggin’ Rights: No. 24 Illinois vs. No. 8 Missouri (St. Louis)
Dave Pasch & Bob Knight
ESPN2/ESPN3
  Lehigh at No. 20 Michigan State
Jim Barbar & Tim McCormick
ESPNU
  10:30 p.m. Las Vegas Classic: No. 7 Baylor vs. St. Mary’s (Calif.) (Las Vegas)
Joe Block & Steve Cleveland
ESPN3 *
  11 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Long Beach State vs. No. 15 Xavier (Honolulu)
Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo
ESPNU
Fri, Dec 23 1 a.m. Diamond Head Classic (Quarterfinal): Auburn vs. Hawaii (Honolulu)
Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo
ESPNU
  3 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD (Honolulu)
Kanoa Leahy & Doug Gottlieb
ESPNU
  5 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Honolulu)
Roxy Bernstein & Doug Gottlieb
ESPNU
  7 p.m. Western Kentucky at No. 4 Louisville
Carter Blackburn & Jimmy Dykes
ESPN2/ESPN3
  8 p.m. Wagner at No. 13 Pittsburgh
Adam Amin & Tim Welsh
ESPNU
  Radford at Maryland
Quint Kessenich & Glenn Consor
ESPN3 *
  9 p.m. Las Vegas Classic: No. 7 Baylor vs. West Virginia (Las Vegas)
Dave Fleming & Miles Simon
ESPN/ESPN3
  11 p.m. Diamond Head Classic (Semifinal): TBD (Honolulu)
Roxy Bernstein & Stephen Bardo
ESPN2/ESPN3
  11:30 p.m. Las Vegas Classic: St. Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Missouri State (Las Vegas)
Joe Block & Steve Cleveland
ESPN3 *
Sat, Dec 24 1:30 a.m. Diamond Head Classic (Consolation): TBD (Honolulu)
Kanoa Leahy & Stephen Bardo
ESPNU

* Exclusive

That’s it for this post.

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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