While the NBA season teeters on the brink of annihilation today, we can all celebrate the fact that college basketball is here!  The highlight of the first week is obviously the Carrier Classic between #1 UNC and Michigan State played in San Diego aboard the USS Carl Vinson Friday night with Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, and Jay Bilas on the call.  Mike Breen sees his first college action with a pair of games at Duke alongside Doris Burke.  ESPN has a ton of games with numerous early season tournaments dotting the landscape.  Good luck though comprehending why the Maui Invitational begins Monday… in Ann Arbor.

Wed, Nov 9 7 p.m. 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer: Lehigh at St. John’s
Bob Wischusen & Len Elmore
ESPN2 / ESPN3
7 p.m. 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer: Akron at Mississippi State (Starkville)
Rob Stone & Jimmy Dykes
ESPNU
9 p.m. 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer: Duquesne at No. 16 Arizona (Tucson)
Dave Flemming & Miles Simon
ESPN2 / ESPN3
Fri, Nov 11 7 p.m. Quicken Loans Carrier Classic: Michigan State vs. No. 1 North Carolina (San Diego)
Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, Jay Bilas & Andy Katz
ESPN / ESPN3
7 p.m. Columbia at No. 4 Connecticut
Dave O’Brien & Bill Raftery
ESPNU
7 p.m. Northern Illinois at Purdue
Jim Barbar & Mark Adams
ESPN3
7 p.m. Loyola (Maryland) at Wake Forest
Tom Werme & Brevin Knight
ESPN3
9 p.m. Belmont at No. 6 Duke
Mike Breen & Doris Burke
ESPNU
9 p.m. Oral Roberts at West Virginia
Tim Neveritt & Jim Chones
ESPN3
Sat, Nov 12 2 p.m. East Tennessee State at Virginia Tech
Scott Corrigan & Pat Kennedy
ESPN3
4:30 p.m. Presbyterian at No. 6 Duke
Mike Breen & Doris Burke
ESPNU
Sun, Nov 13 2 p.m. TicketCity Legends Classic: Cleveland State at No. 7 Vanderbilt (Nashville)
Dave Neal & Jimmy Dykes
ESPNU
4 p.m. No. 1 North Carolina at UNC-Asheville
Rob Stone & Jay Williams
ESPNU
6 p.m. Progressive CBE Classic: Bowling Green at Georgia (Athens)
Mike Morgan & Stephan Bardo
ESPNU
6 p.m. Rider at No. 11 Pittsburgh
John Sanders & Curtis Aiken
ESPN3
6 p.m. TicketCity Legends Classic: Morehead State at NC State (Raleigh)
Walter Storholt & Paul Biancardi
ESPN3
9:30 p.m. Progressive CBE Classic: Georgia Washington at No. 24 California (Berkeley)
Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham
ESPNU
Mon, Nov 14 7 p.m. DICK’S Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off: Manhattan at No. 5 Syracuse (Syracuse)
Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh
ESPNU
7 p.m. DICK’S Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off: Monmouth at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg)
Scott Corrigan & Pat Kennedy 
ESPN3
7 p.m. Central Florida at Florida State
Tom Block & Mark Wise
ESPN3
8:30 p.m. EA Sports Maui Invitational: Towson at No. 18 Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Dan Gutowsky & Tim McCormick
ESPN3
9 p.m. Progressive CBE Classic: Detroit at Notre Dame (South Bend)
Jim Barbar & LaPhonso Ellis
ESPNU
9 p.m. DICK’S Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off: Florida International vs. George Mason (Blacksburg)
Scott Corrigan & Pat Kennedy
ESPN3
11 p.m. DICK’S Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off: Fresno State at Stanford (Stanford)
Mark Neely & Miles Simon
ESPNU