Kansas at Oklahoma State to be Part of ESPN’s College GameDay

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas men’s basketball team will make its ninth appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay when the Jayhawks travel to Oklahoma State Saturday, March 1, the network announced on Wednesday. The GameDay show will be in Stillwater, Okla., with tip for the KU at OSU contest scheduled for 8 p.m. (CT).

The 2013-14 season is the 10th year for ESPN’s College Gameday. KU has hosted the show an all-time high five times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2013) and has been the road team on three occasions (2006, 2010 and 2012).

The Kansas at Oklahoma State contest will mark the fifth-straight season the Jayhawks have appeared on ESPN’s Saturday event. KU has won four of its previous five games featured on College GameDay.

ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm is an eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball program originating from the site of ESPN’s Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecast. The 2014 schedule begins Saturday, Jan. 18 with a special split-site show. The first hour begins at 9 a.m. CT on ESPNU, continuing at 10 a.m. on ESPN with a one-hour evening edition leading into the Saturday Primetime game-of-the-week on ESPN.

For the 10th year, Rece Davis will serve as host for College GameDay. He will be joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose to preview all the day’s action and discuss the biggest storylines in college basketball.

2014 ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm & Saturday Primetime Schedule
(Schedule subject to change; all times are Central)
Date – GameDay Site, Show Times*, Game (Time)
Jan. 18 – Philadelphia, Pa., 9 a.m., Temple vs. La Salle (11 a.m.)
Jan. 18 – Storrs, Conn., 7 p.m., Louisville at Connecticut (8 p.m.)
Jan. 25 – East Lansing, Mich., 9 a.m. & 5 p.m., Michigan at Michigan State (6 p.m.)
Feb. 1 – Syracuse, N.Y., 9 a.m. & 5 p.m., Duke at Syracuse (5:30 p.m.)
Feb. 8 – Memphis, Tenn., 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., Gonzaga at Memphis (8 p.m.)
Feb. 15 – Lexington, Ky., 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., Florida at Kentucky (8 p.m.)
Feb. 22 – Boulder, Colo. or Palo Alto, Calif.^, 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., Arizona at Colorado or UCLA at Stanford (8 p.m.)
March 1 – Stillwater, Okla., 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., KANSAS at Oklahoma State (8 p.m.)
March 8 – Durham, N.C., 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., North Carolina at Duke (8 p.m.)

* – The 9 a.m. hour is on ESPNU, continuing at 10 a.m. on ESPN; evening show is on ESPN
^ – Site for Feb. 22 will be announced closer to the game; game not selected will air at 5 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2

Kansas on ESPN’s College GameDay
2/16/13 – Texas at Kansas – W, 73-47
2/4/12 – Kansas at Missouri – L, 71-74
1/29/11 – Kansas State at Kansas – W, 90-66
1/30/10 – Kansas at Kansas State – W, 81-79 (ot)
3/1/08 – Kansas State at Kansas – W, 88-74
2/4/07 – Texas A&M at Kansas – L, 66-69
2/25/06 – Kansas at Texas – L, 55-80
1/29/05 – Texas at Kansas – W, 90-65

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