College GameDay (basketball TV program)


College GameDay is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and is a spin-off of the successful college football version. Since debuting on January 22, 2005, it airs on ESPN Saturdays in the conference play section of the college basketball season at 11 A.M. ET at a different game site each week. Before 2015, the college basketball version always appeared at the ESPN Saturday Primetime game location. Since the 2014–2015 season, the show has appeared at a top game of the week, similar to the college football version. The program has also appeared at the site of the Final Four. The official name of the show is College GameDay Covered by State Farm.
In 2005, the host of the show the first four weeks was Rece Davis, but then the last four weeks Chris Fowler hosted the show. Since 2006, Davis has been the exclusive host of the show. Since the show debuted, Davis has been joined by Digger Phelps, Jalen Rose, Jay Bilas, Hubert Davis, Seth Greenberg, Jay Williams and LaPhonso Ellis as analysts. In 2008 during Championship Week, Bob Knight joined the cast, where he remained until 2012. Andy Katz has also served as a feature reporter giving up to the minute news and reports.
When College GameDay tipped off its 7th season on January 15, 2011, the show expanded to two hours, with the first hour airing on ESPNU, followed by the second hour on ESPN. The first game of the 2011 schedule marked the first time the show has originated from a site that has featured a men's and women's game played in the same day.
Duke – North Carolina is the most featured matchup, appearing 13 times on College Gameday. The next closest is Florida – Kentucky with 8 appearances. Arizona – UCLA and Kansas – Texas currently sit at 4.

History

The program has appeared in many different spots throughout each basketball arena. At Kansas, they were in the program's museum; at Kentucky, they were at the entrance of the arena; at UConn, they were on the concourse; at Gonzaga, Florida, and Marquette, they were on the court; and at Duke, they were in Krzyzewskiville, the tent village outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. It is also worth noting that in recent years, the morning airings of this program have taken place on the court.
Half way through the 2019–2020 basketball & football seasons, 37 schools have hosted College GameDay for both basketball and football events.
Starting with the fourth season, the basketball version of GameDay is broadcast in high-definition on ESPN HD.
On January 16, 2010, the 6th-season premiere of College GameDay, the show was broadcast live from the site of a women's college basketball game for the first time ever as it made an appearance at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The show covered the women's college basketball game between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Connecticut Huskies.
On March 9, 2013, College GameDay had a men's doubleheader from 2 different sites for the first time in the show's history. On January 18, 2014, College GameDay opened its tenth season with another men's doubleheader, this time, at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.
For the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the intro for College GameDay was Macklemore's 2013 hit, Can't Hold Us.
On April 7, 2014, longtime analyst Digger Phelps announced his retirement and would not return for the 2015 season. That summer, Jalen Rose announced he would not return due to his priorities with NBA Countdown. As a result of the two departures, ESPN announced that Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams would be analysts for 2015 and beyond.
On September 30, 2014, ESPN announced that College GameDay would no longer have a set schedule, just like the football version of the show. Instead, the location will be chosen the week before to give the network a better opportunity to pick games with ranked teams and interesting story lines.
On October 8, 2019, Jay Williams replaced Paul Pierce as an analyst on NBA Countdown, leaving the College Gameday program. LaPhonso Ellis was announced as his replacement.

Personalities

Current

2005

°ESPN televised the first hour and ESPNU continued coverage at 11 a.m.
^Site was announced during the evening GameDay broadcast on Feb. 18.

2013

°Evening show began at 6 p.m.
^Site for Feb. 9 announced closer to the game
†ESPN GameDay aired from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on ESPNU and from 11 a.m. to noon on ESPN

2014

^The February 23 show was moved from Syracuse University in light of Jim Boeheim's involvement in a fatal car accident earlier that week.

2020

Announced and visited locations as of March 7, 2020
has been the most frequent match up featured 14 times, with North Carolina holding an 8–5 record over their rival.
SchoolConferenceAppearancesHostedRecordWin %Last Hosted
DukeACC241112–12January 18, 2020
North CarolinaACC241014–10February 8, 2020
KansasBig 1222916–6January 25, 2020
KentuckySEC1998–11February 16, 2019
Michigan StateBig Ten1054–6February 15, 2020
TexasBig 121036–4February 3, 2018
FloridaSEC957–2February 4, 2017
LouisvilleACC926–3February 9, 2008
Connecticut American732–5January 18, 2014
UCLAPac-12724–3March 2, 2013
ArizonaPac-12632–4February 25, 2017
MemphisAmerican633–3February 8, 2014
SyracuseACC645–1February 1, 2014
Tennessee SEC623–3January 15, 2011
VirginiaACC641–5February 9, 2019
PittsburghACC523–2January 21, 2012
GonzagaWCC522–3February 7, 2009
Notre Dame ACC432–2February 6, 2016
MarylandBig Ten422–2February 29, 2020
MichiganBig Ten422–2January 24, 2015
OklahomaBig 12421–3February 13, 2016
IndianaBig Ten312–1February 2, 2013
GeorgetownBig East311–2March 9, 2013
Kansas StateBig 12310–3January 30, 2010
Ohio StateBig Ten311–2January 27, 2007
Texas A&MSEC312–1February 20, 2016
West VirginiaBig 12320–3January 27, 2018
BaylorBig 12220–2February 22, 2020
Georgia TechACC201–1Never
IllinoisBig Ten211–1February 6, 2010
Miami ACC200–2Never
MissouriSEC211–1February 4, 2012
North Carolina StateACC211–1January 26, 2013
Oklahoma StateBig 12221–1March 1, 2014
VanderbiltSEC210–2February 11, 2012
VillanovaBig East210–2February 12, 2011
Virginia TechACC212–0February 10, 2018
WashingtonPac-12212–0February 20, 2010
WisconsinBig Ten212–0February 14, 2009
AuburnSEC111–0February 1, 2020
Boston CollegeACC110–1February 17, 2007
ButlerBig East111–0January 9, 2013
CaliforniaPac-12110–1February 28, 2009
ClemsonACC110–1January 23, 2010
ColoradoPac-12110–1February 22, 2014
Connecticut American111–0January 16, 2010
CreightonBig East100–1Never
DaytonA-10111–0March 7, 2020
Florida StateACC111–0January 14, 2012
George WashingtonA-10100–0Never
HoustonAmerican110–1March 2, 2019
Iowa StateBig 12111–0January 17, 2015
LaSalleA-10111–0January 18, 2014
Louisiana StateSEC111–0January 6, 2007
MarquetteBig East111–0March 3, 2007
Mississippi StateSEC100–1Never
NebraskaBig Ten100–1Never
Northern IowaMissouri Valley100–1Never
Notre Dame ACC100–1Never
PurdueBig Ten111–0January 22, 2011
Saint Mary'sWCC110–1February 11, 2017
SMUAmerican111–0February 14, 2015
Southern IllinoisMissouri Valley111–0January 26, 2008
StanfordPac-12100–1Never
Tennessee SEC111–0January 15, 2011
TempleAmerican100–1Never
Texas TechBig 12110–1February 24, 2018
UCFAmerican101–0Never
Vanderbilt SEC100–1Never
Wichita StateAmerican111–0February 28, 2015

Frequent Matchups

College Gameday has attended several particular matchups with regularity.
Team 1Team 2MatchupsRecordLast AppearanceLast Result
DukeNorth Carolina14North Carolina 8−6February 8, 2020Duke 98–96
FloridaKentucky8Florida 7−1January 20, 2018Florida 66–64
ArizonaUCLA4UCLA 3−1February 25, 2017UCLA 77–72
KansasTexas4Kansas 3−1February 28, 2015Kansas 69–64
DukeVirginia3Duke 3−0February 9, 2019Duke 81–71
KansasKansas State3Kansas 3−0January 29, 2011Kansas 90–66
KansasKentucky3Kansas 2−1January 26, 2019Kentucky 71–63
MarylandMichigan State3Michigan State 2–1February 29, 2020Michigan State 78–66
OklahomaTexas3Texas 2−1February 3, 2018Texas 79–74