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Besides the drama on ESPN’s College GameDay this morning, there is the actual game tonight — Kentucky at Vanderbilt at 9 p.m.

While you’re waiting around for that, there is a full day of college hoops on the tube. Louisville travels to West Virginia for a noon game on ESPN. Cincinnati at Marquette isn’t a bad matchup on ESPNU at 3 p.m. Florida entertains Tennessee at 4 p.m. on the SEC Network. Michigan State travels to Ohio State for a Big Ten showdown at 6 p.m. on ESPN.

When it finally comes time for the Cats and Commodores, Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale will do the honors. Vitale gets all the publicity, but Shulman is one of the best in the business, on both baseball and college basketball. He works very well with Mr. Vitale, who remains one of the nicest guys in the business.

And, yes, Erin Andrews will be working the sidelines.

Click the continue line for today’s full schedule of games.

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Ole Miss at Mississippi State is the SEC Thursday night game on the tube tonight. Both teams are future opponents on the Kentucky schedule. Ole Miss comes to Rupp on Feb. 18. UK goes to Mississippi State on Feb. 21.

A pair of good Big 10 games on television tonight, as well. Wisconsin is at Minnesota at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Illinois is at Indiana at 8 p.m. on the Big 10 Network.

Two terrific matchups on the televised college basketball schedule tonight. Kansas is at Baylor at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. Then it’s Duke vs. North Carolina at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Duke is coming off that surprise home upset at the hands of Miami on Sunday.

Related links:

• This rivalry merits the hype, writes Scott Fowler of Charlotte Observer.
• Barnes’ ankle prime storyline, says Jack Daly of News and Observer.
• Kansas hopes to avoid second straight loss, says Star’s Blair Kerkhoff.

College hoops on the tube tonight:

• 7:00 Iowa State at Oklahoma State (ESPN2)
• 7:00 Florida at Kentucky (ESPN)
• 7:00 Maryland at Clemson (ESPNU)
• 9:00 Purdue at Ohio State (ESPN)
• 9:00 Alabama at Auburn (ESPNU)

For local interest, the best college basketball game on the tube tonight pits Connecticut at Louisville for a 7 p.m. tipoff at the Yum Center. ESPN has the honors as part of “Big Monday” and “Rivalry Week.”

Louisville has won four straight, including a 78-66 decision over Rutgers on Saturday. But U of L center Gorgi Dieng sprained his ankle in that victory and is questionable for tonight. The Cards are tied for fifth in the Big East with a 6-4 record. Meanwhile, Connecticut is 15-7 overall and 5-5 in the league. The Huskies will again be without head coach Jim Calhoun, who is being treated for stenosis of the spinal cord.

• Dieng’s status unclear for Connecticut-Louisville game
• Connecticut ready for Louisville’s press
• ESPN3 preview of Connecticut at Louisville

The list of tonight’s games.

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Ooops, sorry, running late. Here’s today’s televised college basketball schedule:

• 11:00 South Florida-Georgetown (ESPNU)
• 12:00 Detroit-Butler (ESPN2)
• 12:00 Syracuse-St. John’s (ESPN)
• 1:00 Vanderbilt-Florida (CBS)
• 1:00 Marquette-Notre Dame (CBS)
• 1:00 Boston College-Georgia Tech (ESPNU)
• 1:00 Xavier-Memphis (FS Ohio)
• 2:00 Temple-Rhode Island (ESPN2)
• 2:00 Ohio St-Wisconsin (ESPN)
• 3:00 Penn St-Iowa (ESPNU)
• 3:00 Arizona-Stanford (FSN)
• 4:00 New Mexico St-Boise St (NBC Sports Network)
• 4:00 Middle Tennessee at Denver (ESPN2)
• 4:00 North Carolina at Maryland (ESPN)
• 4:00 Clemson-Virginia Tech (FS South)

College basketball on TV tonight:

• 7:00 Duke-Virginia Tech (ESPN)
• 7:00 Nebraska-Northwestern (ESPN2)
• 8:00 SE Missouri State-Murray State (ESPNU)
• 9:00 South Carolina-Florida (ESPN2)
• 9:00 UCLA-Washington (ESPN)
• 10:00 Portland-Santa Clara (ESPNU)
• 11:00 Gonzaga-BYU (ESPN2)
• 11:00 Arizona-California (FSN)

Schedule of college basketball games on TV tonight:

• 6:30 Indiana-Michigan (Big 10)
• 7:00 Connecticut-Georgetown (ESPN2)
• 7:00 Rutgers-Providence (ESPNU)
• 7:00 Georgia Tech-Florida State (FS South)
• 7:00 Xavier-George Washington (FS Ohio)
• 8:15 Memphis-Southern Miss (CBS Sports Network)
• 8:30 Minnesota-Iowa (Big 10)
• 9:00 Baylor-Texas A&M (ESPN2)
• 9:00 Oklahoma Kansas (ESPNU)
• 10:15 Boise State-San Diego State (CBS Sports Network)

College basketball games on television tonight:

• 7:00 Michigan State-Illinois (ESPN)
• 7:00 Clemson-Virginia (ESPN2)
• 7:00 Tennessee-Kentucky (ESPNU)
• 8:00 Wisconsin-Penn State (Big 10)
• 9:00 Vanderbilt-Arkansas (ESPN)
• 9:00 North Carolina-Wake Forest (ESPNU)