13 Games to Be Featured in ESPN's Ninth Annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon

ESPN's ninth annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon will feature 13 men's and WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL games beginning on Monday, Nov. 14 and continuing Tuesday, Nov. 15, across ESPN and ESPN2, bringing more than 24 hours of game action to mark the start of the 2016-17 season. The schedule includes 11 men's games and two top-15 women's matchups concluding with the sixth annual State Farm Champions Classic from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The neutral-site, early-season men's doubleheader that matches four of the winningest programs against each other begins with COLLEGE GAMEDAY Covered by State Farm from inside the arena at 6 p.m. ET, followed by preseason-ranked No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Michigan State at 7 p.m. and No. 1 Duke vs. No. 4 Kansas at 9:30 p.m. - all on ESPN.

College Football Playoff: Top 25 - ESPN's exclusive reveal of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff weekly rankings - will air from inside Madison Square Garden between the Champions Classic games with host Rece Davis and analysts Joey Galloway, Kirk Herbstreit and David Pollack onsite.

ESPN2's Marathon schedule will include 11 games tipping off about every two hours beginning Monday at 6 p.m. with a tripleheader featuring four-time defending national champion UConn women.

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