College GameDay Covered by State Farm Travels to Syracuse
ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm will air live from Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome on Saturday, Feb. 1. The first hour begins at 10 a.m. ET on ESPNU, continuing at 11 a.m. on ESPN, with a one-hour evening edition at 5:30 p.m. leading into the Saturday Primetime game of No. 18 Duke at No. 2 Syracuse (ESPN, 6:30 p.m.).
College GameDay’s visit to Syracuse is in conjunction with NBA games in the state of N.Y. during Super Bowl week and will lead into the Miami Heat at the New York Knicks NBA game at 8:30 p.m. Super Bowl XLVIII is scheduled to be held Sunday, Feb. 2, at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J.
Rece Davis serves as host for College GameDay, and is joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose.
The eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball program visits some of the top college basketball venues and programs this season.
Seven of Top 10 Teams & Four Matchups between Ranked Squads
ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 2 will be highlighted by seven of the top 10 ranked teams and 14 of the top 25 overall. Four telecasts, all on ESPN, will see a matchup of teams in the Associated Press poll. Highlights:
The Thursday Night Showcase Presented by Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups doubleheader on January 30 will include three ranked teams beginning at 7 p.m. with No. 13 Cincinnati at No. 12 Louisville in an American Athletic Conference showdown. A Big Ten matchup at 9 p.m. will pit No. 10 Michigan against Purdue.
All four of ESPN’s telecasts on Saturday, Feb. 1, will involve at least one ranked team, with three of the games matching ranked programs against each other. The action will begin at noon with No. 24 Ohio State at No. 14 Wisconsin followed by No. 8 Oklahoma State against Baylor at 2 p.m., No. 6 Kansas at No. 25 Texas at 4 p.m. and No. 17 Duke at No. 2 Syracuse in the ESPN’s Saturday Primetime Driven by State Farm spotlight.
ESPNU will televise four games with at least one ranked team on the weekend highlighted by two of the top five Saturday, Feb. 1: undefeated No. 4 Wichita State against Evansville at 3 p.m. and one-loss No. 5 San Diego State against Colorado State at 7 p.m.
ESPN2’s schedule will feature No. 3 Florida at Mississippi State on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m.
Date
Time (ET)
Game / Commentator
Networks
Thu, Jan 30
7 p.m.
No. 13 Cincinnati at No. 12 Louisville
Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke
ESPN
No. 3 Florida at Mississippi State
Rece Davis & Bob Knight
ESPN2
Kennesaw State at USC Upstate
ESPN3
8 p.m.
Bryant at Robert Morris
Rich Hollenberg & Adrian Branch
ESPNU
8:30 p.m.
Niagara at Siena
Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy
ESPN3
Oral Roberts at Nicholls State
ESPN3
9 p.m.
Purdue at No. 10 Michigan
Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham
ESPN
UCLA at Oregon
Dave Pasch & Bill Walton
ESPN2
10 p.m.
Saint Mary’s at San Diego
Roxy Bernstein & Jarron Collins
ESPNU
UC Riverside at Cal State Northridge
ESPN3
Fri, Jan 31
7 p.m.
Cleveland State at Detroit
Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby
ESPNU
Rider at St. Peter’sBob Huessler & Rob Kennedy
ESPN3
Youngstown State at Oakland
ESPN3
9 p.m.
Manhattan at Iona
Doug Sherman & Tim McCormick
ESPNU
Sat, Feb 1
11 a.m.
Richmond at VCU
Mike Patrick & Len Elmore
ESPN2
Coastal Carolina at Campbell
Roy Philpott & Paul Biancardi
ESPNU
Noon
No. 24 Ohio State at No. 14 Wisconsin
Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich
ESPN
1 p.m.
Toledo at Ohio
Dan Gutowsky & Sean Harrington
ESPNU
NC State at North Carolina
Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke
ESPN2
2 p.m.
Baylor at No. 8 Oklahoma State
Dave Flemming & Jimmy Dykes
ESPN
Hartford at Stony Brook
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Evansville at No. 4 Wichita State
Mitch Holthus & Mark Adams
ESPNU
Clemson at Florida State
Mark Jones & Sean Farnham
ESPN2
4 p.m.
No. 6 Kansas at No. 25 Texas
Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla
ESPN
Mercer at USC Upstate
ESPN3
Norfolk State at Miami
ESPN3
4:30 p.m.
Houston at Rutgers
Jason Benetti & Tim Welsh
ESPNEWS
5 p.m.
Arkansas at LSU
Tom Hart & Jon Sundvold
ESPNU
5:30 p.m.
Liberty at Charleston Southern
ESPN3
6:30 p.m.
No. 17 Duke at No. 2 Syracuse
Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Shannon Spake
ESPN
7 p.m.
Wright State at Wisconsin-Green Bay
TBD & TBD
ESPN2
Colorado State at No. 5 San Diego State
Steve Quis & Darrin Horn
ESPNU
Niagara at Marist
Doug Sherman & Rob Kennedy
ESPN3
Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State
ESPN3
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar
ESPN3
7:30 p.m.
Vermont at Albany
Chris Villani & Frank Sullivan
ESPN3
8 p.m.
Indiana State at Northern Iowa
ESPN3
9 p.m.
Tennessee at Alabama
Mike Morgan & Darrin Horn
ESPN2
UCF at No. 12 Louisville
Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU
11 p.m.
Saint Mary’s at BYU
Beth Mowins & Kara Lawson
ESPN2
UC Irvine at Cal Poly
Kanoa Leahey & Bill Herenda
ESPNU
Sun, Feb 2
12:30 p.m.
Virginia at No. 18 Pittsburgh
Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams
ESPNU
2:30 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon State
Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams
ESPNU
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