ESPN has chosen to make next Saturdayâs Kentucky-Florida its basketball âCollege GameDayâ centerpiece, pushing aside the Arizona-Oregon game, which is apt to be an unprecedented game matching 9-0 Pac-12 conference teams for the first time in history. Itâs mostly about the ratings and national profile. On Thursday, North Carolina and Virginia Tech drew 985,000 viewers on ESPN while the Pac-12âs top game, Oregon at Utah, drew 194,000 on Fox Sports 1. One good thing: ESPN says it will televise the Feb. 11 Cal at Arizona game at either 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. rather than make it a late night game. ESPN has not yet decided what time the Feb. 25 UCLA at Arizona game will be broadcast.
Arizona-Oregon game won't be featured on ESPN's 'College GameDay'
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Greg Hansen
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Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier (35) pounds his chest after a bucket and ensuing Washington State timeout during the second half of the Washington State University Cougars vs. No. 7 University of Arizona Wildcats men's college basketball game on Jan. 26, 2017, at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 79-62. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Greg Hansen
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