A slate of 16 men’s and women’s games begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 16 with defending women’s champion UConn taking on Ohio State and runs through a 10 p.m. ET tip-off the following night in Chicago with Kansas facing Michigan State.
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That game at United Center is the back end of the doubleheader that serves as the centerpiece for the annual basketball extravaganza, now in its eighth season. Kentucky will meet defending NCAA champion Duke in the first game in Chicago.
Beyond those four perennial powerhouses, Maryland and Virginia also will be in action during the marathon, with the Cavaliers leading things off on the men’s side against George Washington on Nov. 16 and the Terrapins facing local rival Georgetown on the 17th.
The full schedule is below; all times Eastern:
Mon., Nov. 16 5:30 p.m. UConn at Ohio State (women), ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Virginia at George Washington, ESPN2 9 p.m. Kennesaw State at LSU, ESPNU 9:30 p.m. San Diego State at Utah, ESPN2 11:30 p.m. Baylor at Oregon, ESPN2
Tue., Nov. 17 1:45 a.m. BYU at Long Beach St., ESPN2 4 a.m. Nevada at Hawaii, ESPN2 6 a.m. Green Bay at East Tennessee St., ESPN2 8 a.m. Stephen F. Austin at Northern Iowa, ESPN2 10 a.m. Valparaiso at Rhode Island, ESPN2 1 p.m. Alabama at Dayton, ESPN 3 p.m. Colorado at Auburn, ESPN 5 p.m. Oklahoma at Memphis, ESPN 7:30 p.m. Kentucky vs. Duke*, ESPN 9 p.m. Georgetown at Maryland, ESPN2 10 p.m. Kansas vs. Michigan St., ESPN at United Center, Chicago
