ESPN Sets College Hoops Marathon Schedule

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

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