ESPN Presents a Marathon of Hoops...

[buckeyemike]

Beginning at Midnight tonight, EST.

 

At first I thought it was ludicrous, but then I began to rethink it: The students at these universities can have some real fun with the late (and early) start times.

 

Massachusetts at Memphis (11 PM local start time at the FedEx Forum in Memphis) kicks it off.

 

Other games include:

 

2 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Fresno State vs. Saint Mary's

 

4 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Idaho State vs. Hawaii

(note: You can probably get up early before work and watch this one, but Hawaii's already 0-2 and I don't know a single thing about Idaho State. This is an 11:00 PM Monday Night tipoff in Honolulu.)

 

6 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter Special: College Hoops Tip-Off

 

10 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Penn vs. Drexel (Ivy Leaguers get to skip early morning class for this one)

 

Noon ESPN/ESPN360.com Iowa vs. Kansas (women)

 

2 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Liberty vs. UNC-Asheville (Jerry's Kids head to Western North Carolina)

 

4 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Centenary vs. Baylor

 

6 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com CBE Classic: Richmond vs. Syracuse (I know many here are interested in the Orange)

 

7 p.m. ESPNU NIT Regional Final (from Purdue)

 

7:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Boston College)

 

8 p.m. ESPN College GameDay (from Chapel Hill)

 

9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Kentucky vs. North Carolina (this would have been much better if Kentucky hadn't lost to VMI this past weekend).

 

9 p.m. ESPNU CBE Classic: Florida Gulf Coast vs. Kansas

 

9:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Oklahoma)

 

11:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Arizona)