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 ESPN. 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 |