SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ESPN's seventh annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon – more than 24 hours of consecutive coverage to mark the start of the 2014-15 season over Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday, Nov. 18 – will feature 19 men's and women's college basketball games across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Wofford College will host Iona on November 18 at 7:00 a.m. on ESPN2.
The schedule includes 17 men's games and two top-25 women's matchups concluding with the fourth annual State Farm Champions Classic from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Marathon will include nine straight games tipping off every two hours beginning Monday with an ESPN2 tripleheader at 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., plus two games on ESPNU. ESPN's schedule of five consecutive games starts at noon on Tuesday and concludes with the State Farm Champions Classic. ESPN2 will also televise a Tuesday primetime doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Wofford is one of 19 teams being featured that participated in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Iona, along with six other schools, played in the NIT last season. The full 2014-15 schedule for Wofford will be released later this week.
All telecasts will also be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
2014 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon Schedule (subject to change)Date Time (ET) Game NetworkMon, Nov. 17 7 p.m. No. 13 Baylor at No. 6 Kentucky women ESPN2
Miami at No. 9 Florida ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 1 Connecticut at No. 20 Stanford women ESPN2
11 p.m. No. 12 SMU at No. 15 Gonzaga ESPN2
Legends Classic: Detroit at No. 22 Oregon ESPNU
Tue, Nov. 18 1 a.m. Auburn at Colorado ESPN2
3 a.m. New Mexico State at Saint Mary's ESPN2
5 a.m. High Point at Hawaii ESPN2
7 a.m. Iona at Wofford ESPN2 9 a.m. Northern Iowa at Stephen F. Austin ESPN2
11 a.m. Manhattan at UMass ESPN2
Noon Baylor at South Carolina ESPN
2 p.m. No. 5 Wichita State vs. Memphis ESPN
4 p.m. Utah at No. 20 San Diego State ESPN
6 p.m. Legends Classic: Toledo at No. 14 VCU ESPNU
7 p.m. State Farm Champions Classic
No. 18 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Duke ESPN
7:30 p.m. Marquette at Ohio State ESPN2
9:30 p.m. State Farm Champions Classic
No. 10 Kansas vs. No. 1 Kentucky ESPN
9:30 p.m. Texas Tech at LSU ESPN2