Flashes draw an 8 a.m. slot against Robert Morris at the M.A.C. Center.
Geno Ford and his Kent State Golden Flashes will play an 8 a.m. home game against Robert Morris on ESPN in November.Kent State, Miami University and Ohio State all will be part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Tuesday, Nov. 16, the schools have announced.
The Flashes will play its home opener against Robert Morris at 8 a.m. in a game that will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. KSU will celebrate 60 years of basketball in the M.A.C. Center this season. Ohio State will play at Florida on ESPN at 6 that day; and at 7:30 p.m., Miami will play at Duke on ESPNU as part of the CBE Classic.
“Playing at 8 a.m. is obviously an unusual start time,” KSU coach Geno Ford said in a statement, “but we are thrilled to be a part of ESPN’s 24-hour marathon.”
KSU is coming off a 24-10 season that earned it the Mid-American Conference regular-season title.
Schedule
All games on ESPN unless noted otherwise
Midnight: Miami (Fla.) at Memphis; 2 a.m.: St. John’s at St. Mary’s; 4 a.m.: Central Michigan at Hawaii; 6 a.m.: Stony Brook at Monmouth; 8 a.m.: Robert Morris at Kent State; 10 a.m.: Northeastern at S. Illinois; Noon: Oral Roberts at Tulsa; 2 p.m.: La Salle at Baylor; 4 p.m.: Virginia Tech at Kansas State; 5:30 p.m.: Marist at Villanova, ESPNU; 6 p.m.: Ohio State at Florida; 6 p.m., women: Baylor at Connecticut, ESPN2; 7:30 p.m.: Miami (Ohio) at Duke, ESPNU; 8 p.m.: Butler at Louisville; 9:30 p.m.: Belmont at Tennessee, ESPNU; 10 p.m.: South Carolina at Michigan St.; 11:30 p.m.: Nevada or Pacific at UCLA, ESPNU.