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One of the coolest things ESPN does every year is its 24 hour college basketball Tip-Off Marathon.  For college basketball fanatics, it's a unique way to start the season with 24 straight hours of basketball on ESPN networks starting at midnight tonight and running through Tuesday.  For insomniacs, at least it gives you some variety of programming options at 4 AM to go along with infomercials and House reruns.  This year's slate kicks off with West Virginia at Gonzaga and ends with a doubleheader from the Champions Classic – Michigan State vs Kansas and Duke vs Kentucky.  It'll also be our first chance to hear Bob Knight call a Kentucky game as he joins Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale on the call…

 

Tue, Nov 13

Midnight

Tip-Off Marathon: Old Spice Classic: West Virginia at No. 21 Gonzaga

Dave Pasch & Sean Farnham

ESPN

 

2 a.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Davidson at New Mexico

Dave Flemming & Miles Simon

ESPN

 

4 a.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Houston Baptist at Hawaii

Kanoa Leahy & Bob Valvano

ESPN

 

6 a.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Stony Brook at Rider

Bob Picozzi & Fran Fraschilla

ESPN

 

8 a.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Northern Illinois at Valparaiso

Beth Mowins& LaPhonso Ellis

ESPN

 

10 a.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Harvard at Massachusetts

Sean McDonough & Bill Raftery

ESPN

 

Noon

Tip-Off Marathon: Temple at Kent State

Carter Blackburn & Mark Adams

ESPN

 

2 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Detroit at St. John’s

John Saunders, Fran Fraschilla & Chris Mullin

ESPN

 

4 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Butler at Xavier

Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich

ESPN

 

7 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: State Farm Champions Classic: No. 14 Michigan State vs. No. 7 Kansas (from Atlanta)

Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Bob Knight & Andy Katz

ESPN & ESPN 3D

 

7 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: Wichita State at Virginia Commonwealth

Clay Matvick & Len Elmore

ESPNU

 

7 p.m.

NIT Season Tip-Off: TBD (from Charlottesville, Va.)

John Sadak & Cory Alexander

ESPN3

 

7 p.m.

Mississippi Valley State at No. 24 Cincinnati

Tom Gelehrter & Darrin Horn

ESPN3

 

7 p.m.

Vermont at Connecticut

Eamon McAnaney & Ron Perry

ESPN3 & BIG EAST Network

 

8 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: NIT Season Tip-Off: TBD (from Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Jon Sciambi & Bruce Pearl

ESPN2

 

9 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: State Farm Champions Classic: No. 8 Duke vs. No. 3 Kentucky (from Atlanta)

Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, Bob Knight & Andy Katz

ESPN & ESPN 3D

 

9 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: NIT Season Tip-Off: TBD (from Pittsburgh)

Rich Hollenberg & Tim Welsh

ESPNU

 

10 p.m.

Tip-Off Marathon: NIT Season Tip-Off: TBD (from Manhattan, Kan.)

Mark Neely & Stephen Bardo

ESPN2

Thanks to ESPN PR for the schedule of games.