Twenty-Nine of ESPN's 37 2013-14 Big Ten College Basketball Games Involve a Ranked Team

ESPN's 2013-14 Big Ten Conference men's college basketball regular-season schedule will showcase 29 games involving at least one team in an early ESPN.com men's preseason top 25 poll. Overall, 37 conference games will be televised across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, highlighted by 10 games pitting ranked teams against each other.

The lineup includes top Big Ten games as part of ESPN's popular weekly Super Tuesday doubleheader with the Southeastern Conference. Every Big Ten Super Tuesday telecast will feature at least one ranked team with six of the matchups matching ranked teams. ESPN will also continue to showcase the Big Ten on Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the season.

ESPN will showcase Michigan at Michigan State in a Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecast and stop by College GameDay Covered by State Farm on January 25. College GameDay is hosted by Rece Davis with analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose. The two-hour Saturday morning edition is aired on ESPNU at 10 a.m. and continuing at 11 a.m. on ESPN while the one-hour evening edition on January will air at 6 p.m. on ESPN, an hour before game tip-off.

Big Ten telecasts were ESPN's most-viewed conference last season, averaging 1,852,000 viewers. It was also the most-viewed season for Big Ten games on ESPN in more than a decade.

All games will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU 2013-14 Big Ten Men's Basketball Schedule

Dates, times and television listings subject to change

Date Time (ET) Game Network

Tue, Dec 31 1 p.m. No. 8 Ohio State at Purdue ESPN2 3 p.m. No. 20 Indiana at Illinois ESPN2

Thu, Jan 2 7 p.m. Wisconsin at Northwestern ESPN2

Tue, Jan 7 9 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 8 Ohio State at No. 3 Michigan State ESPN

Thu, Jan 9 9 p.m. No. 10 Michigan at Nebraska ESPN or ESPN2 Northwestern at No. 25 Iowa ESPNU

Tue, Jan 14 7 p.m. Super Tuesday: Wisconsin at No. 20 Indiana ESPN

Thu, Jan 16 9 p.m. No. 8 Ohio State at Minnesota ESPN2

Sat, Jan 18 6 p.m. No. 10 Michigan at Wisconsin ESPN 7 p.m. Penn State at Purdue ESPNU

Tue, Jan 21 7 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 20 Indiana at No. 3 Michigan State ESPN

Thu, Jan 23 7 p.m. Illinois at No. 8 Ohio State ESPN or ESPN2 8 p.m. Nebraska at Penn State ESPNU

Sat, Jan 25 7 p.m. Saturday Primetime: No. 10 Michigan at No. 3 Michigan State * ESPN

Tue, Jan 28 7 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 3 Michigan State at No. 25 Iowa ESPN

Thu, Jan 30 9 p.m. Purdue at No. 10 Michigan ESPN or ESPN2

Sat, Feb 1 Noon No. 8 Ohio State at Wisconsin ESPN or ESPN2

Tue, Feb 4 7 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 8 Ohio State at No. 25 Iowa ESPN or ESPN2

Thu, Feb 6 9 p.m. Penn State at No. 3 Michigan State ESPN or ESPN2

Sat, Feb 8 1 p.m. Nebraska at Northwestern ESPNU 2 p.m. No. 10 Michigan at No. 25 Iowa ESPN

Tue, Feb 11 9 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 10 Michigan at No. 8 Ohio State ESPN

Thu, Feb 13 9 p.m. Minnesota at Wisconsin ESPN or ESPN2

Sat, Feb 15 1 p.m. No. 25 Iowa at Penn State ESPNU 4 p.m. No. 20 Indiana at Purdue ESPN or ESPN2

Tue, Feb 18 9 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 25 Iowa at No. 20 Indiana ESPN

Thu, Feb 20 7 p.m. No. 3 Michigan State at Purdue ESPN or ESPN2 Penn State at Nebraska ESPNU

Sat, Feb 22 Noon Wisconsin at No. 25 Iowa ESPN or ESPN2

Tue, Feb 25 9 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 20 Indiana at Wisconsin ESPN

Thu, Feb 27 7 p.m. No. 8 Ohio State at Penn State ESPN or ESPN2

Sat, Mar 1 2 p.m. Illinois at No. 3 Michigan State ESPN or ESPN2 5 p.m. Northwestern at Nebraska ESPNU

Tue, Mar 4 7 p.m. Super Tuesday: No. 10 Michigan at Illinois ESPN

Thu, Mar 6 7 p.m. Penn State at Northwestern ESPNU 9 p.m. No. 25 Iowa at No. 3 Michigan State ESPN or ESPN2

Sat, Mar 8 6 p.m. No. 20 Indiana at No. 10 Michigan ESPN

* College GameDay will originate from site