The college basketball conference schedules begin in earnest beginning this week. Here are the games this week on the networks of ESPN. First, the women’s slate:
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Game / Announcers |
Platform(s) |
| Wed, Jan 2 |
5 p.m. |
Northern Kentucky at North Florida |
ESPN3 |
| |
7 p.m. |
Delaware at St. John’s |
ESPN3 |
| Thu, Jan 3 |
7 p.m. |
No. 4 Duke at NC State |
ESPN3 |
| |
7 p.m. |
No. 9 Maryland at No. 16 North Carolina |
ESPN3 |
| |
7 p.m. |
No. 21 Florida State at Georgia Tech |
ESPN3 |
| Sat, Jan 5 |
3 p.m. |
Appalachian State at Davidson |
ESPN3 |
| |
5:30 p.m. |
Mercer at Kennesaw State |
ESPN3 |
| |
6 p.m. |
No. 12 Louisville at DePaul
Bob Picozzi & LaChina Robinson |
BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 |
| Sun, Jan 6 |
11:30 a.m. |
St. John’s at Rutgers
Ed Cohen & Christy Winters Scott |
ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| |
1:30 p.m. |
No. 21 Florida State at No. 9 Maryland
Michele Smith & LaChina Robinson |
ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| |
2 p.m. |
LSU at Florida
Cara Capuano & Nell Fortner |
SEC Network / ESPN3 |
| |
3:30 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Mississippi
Melissa Lee & Maria Taylor |
ESPNU / WatchESP |
Here’s the men’s schedule:
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Game / Commentators |
Network |
| Thu, Jan 3 |
7 p.m. |
No. 2 Michigan at Northwestern
Dave O’Brien & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 |
| |
7 p.m. |
Milwaukee at Detroit |
ESPN3 |
| |
8 p.m. |
Colorado at No. 3 Arizona
Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon |
ESPNU |
| |
10 p.m. |
Stanford at USC
Tom Hart & Darrin Horn |
ESPNU |
| Fri, Jan 4 |
7 p.m. |
Cleveland State at Valparaiso
Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby |
ESPNU |
| |
7 p.m. |
Iona at Siena
Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy |
ESPN3 |
| |
8 p.m. |
Memphis at Tennessee
TBD & Mark Adams |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Jan 5 |
11 a.m. |
No. 24 Pittsburgh at Rutgers
TBD |
ESPN2 |
| |
Noon |
Wake Forest at No. 1 Duke
Carter Blackburn & Jay Williams |
ESPNU |
| |
Noon |
Virginia Tech at Maryland |
ESPN3 * & ACC Network |
| |
Noon |
Seton Hall at No. 21 Notre Dame
Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network |
| |
1:30 p.m. |
No. 22 Oklahoma State at No. 25 Kansas State
Mark Neely & Chris Piper |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network |
| |
2 p.m. |
Texas at Baylor
Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPNU |
| |
2 p.m. |
No. 15 Georgetown at Marquette
Lou Canellis & Bob Valvano |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network |
| |
2:30 p.m. |
Mercer at Kennesaw State |
ESPN3 |
| |
2:30 p.m. |
Miami at Georgia Tech |
ESPN3 * & ACC Network |
| |
4 p.m. |
No. 23 NC State at Boston College
Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke |
ESPN2 |
| |
4 p.m. |
St. John’s at No. 14 CincinnatiBeth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU |
| |
4 p.m. |
Charleston Southern at Radford |
ESPN3 |
| |
4 p.m. |
Oklahoma at West Virginia
Dave Armstrong & Stephen Howard |
ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network |
| |
4 p.m. |
Florida State at Clemson |
ESPN3 * & RSN ^ |
| |
6 p.m. |
Murray State at Southeast Missouri State
Dan Gutowsky & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU |
| |
7 p.m. |
UNC Greensboro at Davidson |
ESPN3 |
| |
8 p.m. |
DePaul at Providence
Don Orsillo & Ron Perry |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network |
| |
9:30 p.m. |
Washington at Washington State
Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPNU |
| Sun, Jan 6 |
Noon |
No. 7 Syracuse at South Florida
Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network |
| |
5:30 p.m. |
Wichita State at Bradley
Jim Barbar & Mark Adams |
ESPNU |
| |
8 p.m. |
North Carolina at Virginia
Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams |
ESPNU |