A massive winter storm is starting to hit more than half of the United States on Friday, including Texas. That’s prompting ESPN and conferences to make some scheduling changes.
The biggest one impacts Saturday’s Top-20 clash between Houston and Texas Tech. The Big 12 announced that the highly anticipated game between the Cougars and Red Raiders will now start at 2 p.m. ET, moved up from the original 6:30 p.m. ET start.
ESPN’s College GameDay is in town for the game, and that show will now set to begin at 10 a.m. ET. ESPN will also still air the game as planned, now at 2 p.m. ET.
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The storm is causing ESPN to shuffle around several game starts for both Saturday and Sunday. The full list of changes, which remains subject to change given the impact of the storms, is below:
- Saturday, Jan. 24 – Men’s Basketball
- No. 22 North Carolina at No. 14 Virginia moves from 2 p.m. on ESPN to noon on ESPN2
- NC State at Pittsburgh moves from noon on ESPN2 to noon on ESPNU
- Chattanooga at Samford moves from 8 p.m. on ESPNU to 2 p.m. on ESPNEWS
- No. 15 Vanderbilt at Mississippi State moves from 6 p.m. on SECN to noon on SECN+
- Ole Miss at Kentucky moves from noon to 11 a.m. on ESPN
- No. 6 Houston at No. 12 Texas Tech moves from 6:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on ESPN
- TCU at Baylor moves from ESPN2 to ESPN at 6 p.m.
- Morgan State at Howard moves from 6 p.m. on ESPNU to 2 p.m. on ESPN+
- Tulsa at Rice moves from Sunday at 4 p.m. on ESPNU to Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN+
- South Carolina at Texas A&M moves from 3:30 p.m. on SECN to 1 p.m. on SECN+
- Sunday, Jan. 25 – Women’s Basketball
- No. 21 Duke at Pittsburgh moves from Sunday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. on ACC Network to Saturday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. on ACCNX
- Richmond at George Mason moves from 2 p.m. on ESPNU to 11 a.m. on ESPN+
We’ll update with any further changes as they come in.
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