Early season college basketball tournaments spice up television schedule
The holiday basketball tournaments get an early start with the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan and the Gildan Charleston Classic tipping off this weekend.
Temple-Minnesota, Butler-Missouri State, Miami-Mississippi State and Utah-Texas Tech are the first-round Thursday games in San Juan. Utah is ranked 16th in the latest AP poll. Butler is ranked 22nd.
Ole Miss-George Mason, Oklahoma State-Towson, Long Beach State-Seton Hall and Virginia-Bradley are the first-round games in Charleston. Virginia is ranked No. 6.
Here is the list of college basketball games on television Thursday:
▪ 11:30 - Temple vs. Minnesota (ESPNU)
▪ 2:00 - Butler vs. Missouri State (ESPNU)
▪ 5:00 - Miami vs. Mississippi State (ESPN2)
▪ 7:00 - Creighton vs. Indiana (Big 10)
▪ 7:00 - Rutgers at St. John's (Fox Sports 1)
▪ 7:00 - Long Beach State vs. Seton Hall (ESPNU)
▪ 7:30 - Utah vs. Texas Tech (ESPN2)
▪ 8:30 - Boise State at Arizona (Pac-12)
▪ 9:00 - South Alabama at LSU (SEC)
▪ 9:00 - Iowa at Marquette (Fox Sports 1)
▪ 9:30 - Virginia vs. Bradley (ESPN2)
▪ 10:30 - Pepperdine at UCLA (Pac-12)
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AP Top 25
- 1 North Carolina (37) 2-0 1,571
- 2 Kentucky (8) 2-0 1,520
- 3 Maryland (14) 1-0 1,496
- 4 Kansas (5) 1-0 1,415
- 5 Duke 2-0 1,348
- 6 Virginia (1) 1-0 1,341
- 7 Iowa State 1-0 1,189
- 8 Oklahoma 0-0 1,095
- 9 Wichita St 1-0 1,043
- 10 Gonzaga 0-0 1,040
- 11 Villanova 1-0 1,013
- 12 Arizona 1-0 973
- 13 Michigan State 1-0 837
- 14 Indiana 1-0 763
- 15 California 1-0 761
- 16 Utah 1-0 514
- 17 Vanderbilt 1-0 462
- 18 Notre Dame 1-0 414
- 19 Connecticut 1-0 373
- 20 Baylor 1-0 368
- 21 Purdue 2-0 291
- 22 Butler 1-0 284
- 23 LSU 1-0 283
- 24 Michigan 1-0 141
- 25 Oregon 1-0 121
This story was originally published November 18, 2015 at 9:22 PM with the headline "Early season college basketball tournaments spice up television schedule."