College basketball's opening night television schedule
College basketball returns this week, and Tuesday's opening night features a plethora of games to watch during the day.
The biggest games will take place in New York as part of the Champions Classic and will air on ESPN: Kansas vs. Michigan State at 7 p.m. followed by Kentucky playing Duke.
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There will be plenty of games featuring teams of regional interest, too:
Indiana vs. Eastern Michigan
6 p.m., Big Ten Network
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6 p.m., ESPN2
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Cincinnati vs. Evansville
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Dayton vs. UIC
7 p.m., Spectrum News 1
Northern Kentucky University vs. Wheeling
7 p.m., ESPN+
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Ohio University vs. Belmont
7 p.m., ESPN+
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Miami University at Georgia Tech
7:30 p.m., ACC Network Extra
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Xavier vs. Niagara
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And here is the national television schedule:
Tuesday's college basketball television schedule
3 p.m.
PAC-12N — Alcorn St. at Washington St.
4:30 p.m.
FS1 — Mount St. Mary's at Villanova
5 p.m.
PAC-12N — UC San Diego at California
6 p.m.
BTN — E. Michigan at Indiana
ESPN2 — Akron at Ohio St.
7 p.m.
ACCN — Loyola (Md.) at North Carolina
ESPN — Champions Classic: Kansas vs. Michigan St., New York
PAC-12N — Texas Southern at Oregon
SECN — UT-Martin at Tennessee
8 p.m.
BTN — Jackson St. at Illinois
8:30 p.m.
FS2 — SIU-Edwardsville at Villanova
9 p.m.
ACCN — Navy at Virginia
PAC-12N — CS Northridge at Southern Cal
SECN — Louisiana Tech at Alabama
9:30 p.m.
ESPN — Champions Classic: Kentucky vs. Duke, New York
10 p.m.
BTN — Longwood at Iowa
11 p.m.
PAC-12N — CS Bakersfield at UCLA
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: What channel is the game on? College basketball opening night Tuesday
