College GameDay (basketball TV Program)

''College GameDay'' (branded as ''ESPN College GameDay covered by State Farm'' for sponsorship reasons) is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and is a spin-off of the successful college football version. Since debuting on January 22, 2005, it airs on ESPN Saturdays in the conference play section of the college basketball season at 11 A.M. ET at a different game site each week. Before 2015, the college basketball version always appeared at the ESPN ''Saturday Primetime'' game location. Since the 2014–2015 season, the show has appeared at a top game of the week, similar to the college football version. The program has also appeared at the site of the Final Four. The official name of the show is ''College GameDay Covered by State Farm''.

In 2005, the host of the show the first four weeks was Rece Davis, but then the last four weeks Chris Fowler hosted the show. Since 2006, Davis has been the exclusive host of the show. Since the show debuted, Davis has been joined by Digger Phelps, Jalen Rose, Jay Bilas, Hubert Davis, Seth Greenberg, Jay Williams and LaPhonso Ellis as analysts. In 2008 during Championship Week, Bob Knight joined the cast, where he remained until 2012. Andy Katz has also served as a feature reporter giving up to the minute news and reports.

When ''College GameDay'' tipped off its 7th season on January 15, 2011, the show expanded to two hours, with the first hour airing on ESPNU, followed by the second hour on ESPN. The first game of the 2011 schedule marked the first time the show has originated from a site that has featured a men's and women's game played in the same day.

Duke – North Carolina is the most featured matchup, appearing 16 times on College Gameday. The next closest is Florida – Kentucky with 8 appearances. Arizona – UCLA, Kansas – Kentucky and Kansas – Texas currently sit at 4.

History

The program has appeared in many different spots throughout each basketball arena. At Kansas, they were in the program's museum; at Kentucky, they were at the entrance of the arena; at UConn, they were on the concourse; at Gonzaga, Florida, and Marquette, they were on the court; and at Duke, they were in Krzyzewskiville, the tent village outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. It is also worth noting that in recent years (except for the Final Four), the morning airings of this program have taken place on the court.

Through the 2021–2022 basketball & football seasons, 39 schools (Arizona, Auburn, Baylor, Boston College, Clemson, Colorado, Florida, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Memphis, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin) have hosted College GameDay for both basketball and football events.

Starting with the fourth season (2008), the basketball version of ''GameDay'' is broadcast in high-definition on ESPN HD.

On January 16, 2010, the 6th-season premiere of ''College GameDay'', the show was broadcast live from the site of a women's college basketball game for the first time ever as it made an appearance at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The show covered the women's college basketball game between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Connecticut Huskies.

On March 9, 2013, ''College GameDay'' had a men's doubleheader from 2 different sites (Washington, D.C., and Chapel Hill, North Carolina) for the first time in the show's history. On January 18, 2014, ''College GameDay'' opened its tenth season with another men's doubleheader, this time, at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.

For the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the intro for ''College GameDay'' was Macklemore's 2013 hit, ''Can't Hold Us''.

On April 7, 2014, longtime analyst Digger Phelps announced his retirement and would not return for the 2015 season. That summer, Jalen Rose announced he would not return due to his priorities with NBA Countdown. As a result of the two departures, ESPN announced that Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams would be analysts for 2015 and beyond.

On September 30, 2014, ESPN announced that ''College GameDay'' would no longer have a set schedule, just like the football version of the show. Instead, the location will be chosen the week before to give the network a better opportunity to pick games with ranked teams and interesting story lines.

On October 8, 2019, Jay Williams replaced Paul Pierce as an analyst on NBA Countdown, leaving the College Gameday program. LaPhonso Ellis was announced as his replacement.

Personalities

Current

* Rece Davis: (Host, 2005–present)
* Elle Duncan: (Women’s Host, 2022-present)
* Jay Bilas: (Analyst, 2005–present)
* Seth Greenberg: (Analyst, 2015–present)
* LaPhonso Ellis: (Analyst, 2020–present)
* Rebecca Lobo: (Women’s Analyst, 2022-present)
* Carolyn Peck: (Women’s Analyst, 2022-present)
* Andraya Carter: (Women’s Analyst, 2022-present)
* Holly Rowe: (Women’s Reporter, 2022-present)

Former

* Chris Fowler: (Host, 2005)
* Hubert Davis: (Analyst, 2007–2012)
* Bob Knight: (Analyst, 2008–2012)
* Digger Phelps: (Analyst, 2005–2014)
* Jalen Rose: (Analyst, 2013–2014)
* Andy Katz: (Reporter, 2005–2017)
* Jay Williams: (Analyst, 2015–2019)

Locations

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

;Notes

Winners are listed in bold.

Home team listed in ''italics'' for neutral-site or off-campus games.

All rankings displayed for Division I teams are from the AP Poll.

Rankings displayed in parentheses refer to seeding in the NCAA Tournament.

2014

* January 18 – Temple Owls at La Salle Explorers, La Salle 74–68
* January 18 – #18 Louisville Cardinals at Connecticut Huskies, Louisville 76–64
* January 25 – #21 Michigan Wolverines at #3 Michigan State Spartans, Michigan 80–75
* February 1 – #17 Duke Blue Devils at #2 Syracuse Orange, Syracuse 91–89 (Largest college basketball on-campus crowd in history, 35,446)
* February 8 – #23 Gonzaga Bulldogs at #24 Memphis Tigers, Memphis 60–54
* February 15 – #3 Florida Gators at #14 Kentucky Wildcats, Florida 69–59
* February 22 – #4 Arizona Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes, Arizona 88–61
* March 1 – #5 Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oklahoma State 72–65
* March 8 – #14 North Carolina Tar Heels at #4 Duke Blue Devils, Duke 93–81

2015

* January 17 – #9 Kansas Jayhawks at #11 Iowa State Cyclones, Iowa State 86–81
* January 24 – #6 Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines, Wisconsin 69–64
* January 31 – #4 Duke Blue Devils at #2 Virginia Cavaliers, Duke 69–63
* February 7 – #1 Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators, Kentucky 68–61
* February 14 – UConn Huskies at #25 SMU Mustangs, SMU 73–55
* February 21 – UCLA Bruins at #7 Arizona Wildcats, Arizona 57–47
* February 28 – #10 Northern Iowa Panthers at #11 Wichita State Shockers, Wichita State 74–60
* February 28 – Texas Longhorns at #8 Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas 69–64
* March 7 – #4 Duke Blue Devils at #15 North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke 84–77

2016

* January 23 – #7 Maryland Terrapins at #11 Michigan State Spartans, Michigan State 74–65
* January 30 – #20 Kentucky Wildcats at #4 Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas 90–84 OT
* February 6 – #2 North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame 80–76
* February 13 – #6 Kansas Jayhawks at #3 Oklahoma Sooners, Kansas 76–72
* February 20 – #14 Kentucky Wildcats at Texas A&M Aggies, Texas A&M 79–77
* February 27 – #7 North Carolina Tar Heels at #3 Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia 79–74
* March 5 – #8 North Carolina Tar Heels at #17 Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina 76–72

2017

* January 21 – Miami Hurricanes at #18 Duke Blue Devils, Duke 70–58
* January 28 – #2 Kansas Jayhawks at #4 Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas 79–73
* February 4 – #8 Kentucky Wildcats at #24 Florida Gators, Florida 88–66
* February 11 – #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs at #20 Saint Mary's Gaels, Gonzaga 74–64
* February 18 – #14 Virginia Cavaliers at #10 North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina 65–41
* February 25 – #5 UCLA Bruins at #4 Arizona Wildcats, UCLA 77–72
* March 4 – #17 Duke Blue Devils at #5 North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina 90–83

2018

* January 20 – Florida Gators at #18 Kentucky Wildcats, Florida 66–64
* January 27 – Kentucky Wildcats at #7 West Virginia Mountaineers, Kentucky 83–76
* February 3 – #12 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns, Texas 79–74
* February 8 – #9 Duke Blue Devils at #21 North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina 82–78
* February 10 – Virginia Tech Hokies at #2 Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech 61–60 OT
* February 17 – #20 West Virginia Mountaineers at #13 Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas 77–69
* February 24 – #8 Kansas Jayhawks at #6 Texas Tech Red Raiders, Kansas 74–72
* March 3 – #10 North Carolina Tar Heels at #5 Duke Blue Devils, Duke 74–64

2019

*January 19 – #4 Virginia Cavaliers at #1 Duke Blue Devils; Duke 72−70
*January 26 – #9 Kansas Jayhawks at #8 Kentucky Wildcats; Kentucky 71–63
*February 2 – Indiana Hoosiers at #6 Michigan State Spartans; Indiana 79–75 OT
*February 9 – #2 Duke Blue Devils at #3 Virginia Cavaliers; Duke 81–71
*February 16 – #1 Tennessee Volunteers at #5 Kentucky Wildcats; Kentucky 86–69
*February 20 – GameDay Special- #8 North Carolina Tar Heels at #1 Duke Blue Devils; North Carolina 88–72
*February 23 – ^ ESPN Studios in Bristol, Connecticut
*March 2 – UCF Knights at #8 Houston Cougars, UCF 69–64
*March 9 – #4 Duke Blue Devils at #3 North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina 79–70

''^The February 23 show was moved from Syracuse University in light of Jim Boeheim's involvement in a fatal car accident earlier that week.''

2020

*January 18 – #11 Louisville Cardinals at #3 Duke Blue Devils, Louisville 79–73
*January 25 – Tennessee Volunteers at #3 Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas 74–68
*February 1 – #13 Kentucky Wildcats at #17 Auburn Tigers, Auburn 75–66
*February 8 – #7 Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke 98–96 OT
*February 15 – #9 Maryland Terrapins at Michigan State Spartans, Maryland 67–60
*February 22 – #3 Kansas Jayhawks at #1 Baylor Bears, Kansas 64–61
*February 29 – #24 Michigan State Spartans at #9 Maryland Terrapins, Michigan State 78–66
*March 7 – George Washington Colonials at #3 Dayton Flyers, Dayton 76–51

2021

*January 16 - ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*January 23 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*January 30 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*February 6 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*February 13 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*February 20 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*February 27 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*March 6 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)

2022

*January 15 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*January 22 – ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT (Due to COVID-19)
*January 29 – #12 Kentucky Wildcats at #9 Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky 80–62
*February 5 – #9 Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke 87–67
*February 12 – Texas A&M Aggies at #1 Auburn Tigers, Auburn 75–58
*February 19 – Oregon Ducks at #3 Arizona Wildcats, Arizona 84–81
*February 20 – GameDay Special- #12 Tennessee Lady Vols at #1 South Carolina Gamecocks (Women's), South Carolina 67–53
*February 26 – #5 Kansas Jayhawks at #10 Baylor Bears, Baylor 80–70
*March 5 – North Carolina Tar Heels at #4 Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina 94–81

2023

*January 14 – TBA
*January 21 – TBA
*January 28 – TBA
*February 4 – TBA
*February 11 – TBA
*February 18 – TBA
*February 25 – TBA
*March 4 – TBA

Appearances by school

Announced and visited locations as of March 5, 2022

Frequent Matchups

College Gameday has attended several particular matchups with regularity.

See also

* ''Big Monday''
* ''Super Tuesday''
* ''Wednesday Night Hoops''
* ''Thursday Night Showcase''
* ''Saturday Primetime''
* List of games televised on ESPN Saturday Primetime
* ''Championship Week''

References

External links

College GameDay-Basketball at ESPN.tv




Behind the scenes with GameDay at Marquette (OnMilwaukee.com)

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