College GameDay (the basketball one) tips off tomorrow

The 2023 college football season is officially in the books, which means casual sports fans will start paying attention to college basketball. In turn, the basketball version of College GameDay tips off tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET on ESPN2.

The show, now in its 20th season, will be in-studio for two weeks before going on the road. Rece Davis returns as host alongside longtime analysts Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg. Jay Williams, who left the show to be on NBA Countdown in 2019, is back, replacing LaPhonso Ellis. Andraya Carter joins the panel as an analyst and Christine Williamson is also coming on board as a reporter, providing access to the teams, fans, and campuses each week.

While tomorrow’s show will originate from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Jay Bilas will join from College Station, Texas, where he and Dan Shulman are calling No. 6 Kentucky vs. Texas A&M at 2 p.m. ET. Jess Sims, who works on the football version of College GameDay, will be the sideline reporter for the game, which, I believe, will be her first time covering the Cats.

The first campus College GameDay of the season will be on January 27, the site of which will be announced one week prior. If Arkansas wasn’t so bad, I’d say Kentucky’s trip to Fayetteville was in the running. Kentucky vs. Tennessee at Rupp a week later is a much safer bet.

College Basketball on TV tomorrow

Saturday is a big day of college hoops and NFL. Here’s the schedule so you can plan your Saturday.

NFL

• 4:30 PM (NBC): Browns vs. Texans – AFC Wild Card
• 8:00 PM (Peacock): Dolphins vs. Chiefs – AFC Wild Card

College Basketball

• 11:00 AM (ESPN2): College GameDay
• 12:00 PM (ESPN2): No. 5 Tennessee vs. Georgia
• 12:00 PM (ESPN): Syracuse vs. No. 7 North Carolina
• 12:00 PM (BTN): Northwestern vs. No. 15 Wisconsin
• 1:00 PM (FOX): St. John’s vs. No. 22 Creighton
• 1:00 PM (SECN): Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss
• 2:00 PM (ESPN): No. 6 Kentucky vs. Texas A&M
• 2:00 PM (BIG12/ESPN+): No. 9 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Kansas
• 2:00 PM (CBS): No. 19 San Diego State vs. New Mexico
• 2:15 PM (BTN): Penn State vs. No. 1 Purdue
• 3:00 PM (CBSSN): No. 20 Utah State vs. UNLV
• 3:00 PM (ACCN): Boston College vs. No. 21 Clemson
• 3:30 PM (SECN): South Carolina vs. Missouri
• 4:00 PM (BIG12/ESPN+): No. 18 BYU vs. UCF
• 4:00 PM (ESPN): Arkansas vs. Florida
• 5:00 PM (ACCN): Georgia Tech vs. No. 11 Duke
• 6:00 PM (ESPN): No. 2 Houston vs. TCU
• 6:00 PM (PAC12): No. 8 Arizona vs. Washington State
• 6:00 PM (SECN): LSU vs. No. 16 Auburn
• 6:00 PM (BIG12/ESPN+): No. 25 Texas vs. West Virginia
• 8:00 PM (ESPN): Cincinnati vs. No. 14 Baylor
• 8:30 PM (SECN): Alabama vs. Mississippi State

Got thoughts? Continue the conversation on KSBoard, the KSR Message Board. New members can try 1 month for $1.