ESPN in November will offer more than 24 hours of consecutive college basketball coverage as part of its seventh annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.
The action begins Nov. 17 and will feature 19 men’s and women’s college basketball games across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU through Nov. 18, said network officials.
The Marathon will include nine straight games tipping off every two hours beginning Monday with an ESPN2 tripleheader at 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., plus two games on ESPNU. ESPN’s schedule of five consecutive games starts at noon on Tuesday and concludes with the State Farm Champions Classic. ESPN2 will also televise a Tuesday primetime doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., said ESPN.
All telecasts will also be available through the network’s WatchESPN TV Everywhere app, online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app.
The College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon schedule is as follows (Subject to change):
Mon, Nov 17
7 p.m.
No. 13 Baylor at No. 6 Kentucky women
ESPN2
Miami at No. 9 Florida
ESPNU
9 p.m.
No. 1 Connecticut at No. 20 Stanford women
ESPN2
11 p.m.
No. 12 SMU at No. 15 Gonzaga
ESPN2
Legends Classic: Detroit at No. 22 Oregon
ESPNU
Tue, Nov 18
1 a.m.
Auburn at Colorado
ESPN2
3 a.m.
New Mexico State at Saint Mary’s
ESPN2
5 a.m.
High Point at Hawaii
ESPN2
7 a.m.
Iona at Wofford
ESPN2
9 a.m.
Northern Iowa at Stephen F. Austin
ESPN2
11 a.m.
Manhattan at UMass
ESPN2
Noon
Baylor at South Carolina
ESPN
2 p.m.
No. 5 Wichita State vs. Memphis (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
ESPN
4 p.m.
Utah at No. 20 San Diego State
ESPN
6 p.m.
College GameDay (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis)
ESPN
Legends Classic: Toledo at No. 14 VCU
ESPNU
7 p.m.
State Farm Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis): No. 18 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Duke
ESPN
7:30 p.m.
Marquette at Ohio State
ESPN2
9:30 p.m.
State Farm Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis): No. 10 Kansas vs. No. 1 Kentucky
ESPN
9:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at LSU
ESPN2
