
via press release:
Top Nine Teams in Action Including an ESPN Quintuple-header of Ranked Teams February 4
ESPN’s upcoming men’s college basketball schedule includes the top nine ranked teams in the ESPN/USA Todaypoll. The lineup will be highlighted by an ESPN quintuple-header featuring six of the top eight on Saturday, Feb. 4, including two against a ranked opponent: No. 3 Ohio State at No. 20 Wisconsin at 2 p.m. and No. 8 Kansas at No. 4 Missouri in the Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV game at 9 p.m. The action will tip-off at noon with No. 2 Syracuse at St. John’s and includes No. 6 North Carolina at Maryland at 4 p.m. followed by No. 1 Kentucky at South Carolina at 6 p.m.
In addition, ESPNU will televise No. 9 Murray State, the only remaining undefeated team, against Southeast Missouri State on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network(s) |
| Wed, Feb 1 | 7 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 14 Georgetown Sean McDonough & Dick Vitale |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Rutgers at Providence Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Vermont at Boston University | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Drexel at Northeastern | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Virginia Commonwealth at William & Mary | ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 6 Baylor at Texas A&M Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas Mitch Holthus & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
| Thu, Feb 2 | 7 p.m. | No. 5 Duke at Virginia Tech Mike Patrick, Len Elmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Nebraska at Northwestern Dave O’Brien & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Chattanooga at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Canisius at Iona | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at No. 9 Murray State Anish Shroff & Adrian Branch |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | UCLA at Washington Dave Pasch & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | South Carolina at No. 11 Florida Rece Davis & Hubert Davis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Portland at Santa Clara Mark Neely & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | Gonzaga at BYU Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Fri, Feb 3 | 7 p.m. | Rider at Loyola (Maryland) Doug Sherman & Tim O’Toole |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Cleveland State at Loyola (Illinois) Jim Barbar & David Kaplan |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Feb 4 | 11 a.m. | South Florida at No. 14 Georgetown Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh |
ESPNU |
| Noon | No. 2 Syracuse at St. John’s Dave Pasch & Doris Burke |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Detroit at Butler Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Boston College at Georgia Tech Dave Neal & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | No. 3 Ohio State at No. 20 Wisconsin Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Temple at Rhode Island Marc Kestecher & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Penn State at Iowa Mark Brown & Tim McCormick |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | No. 6 North Carolina at Maryland Mike Patrick & Len Elmore |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Middle Tennessee State at Denver Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Old Dominion at George Mason Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 1 Kentucky at South Carolina Brad Nessler & Jimmy Dykes |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Iowa State at Oklahoma Mark Jones & Jalen Rose |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Richmond at Duquesne Justin Kutcher & Dickey Simpkins |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Drexel at Towson | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Iona at Manhattan | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Mississippi at Alabama TBD & Kara Lawson |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Kansas at No. 4 Missouri Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton Mark Neely & Mark Adams |
ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Indiana State at Wichita State TBA |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Feb 5 | 2 p.m. | Villanova at Pittsburgh Bob Wischusen & Fran Fraschilla |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| 3 p.m. | Miami at No. 5 Duke Jon Sciambi, Jimmy Dykes & Allison Williams |
ESPNU |
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