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 and Jay Williams 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.
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 (except for the Final Four), the morning airings of this program have taken place on the court.
Through the end of the 2012-2013 basketball & football seasons, 22 schools (Boston College, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Wisconsin) have hosted College GameDay for both basketball and football events.
Starting with the fourth season (2008), 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 (Washington, DC and Chapel Hill, NC) 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, PA and at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT.
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.
Rece Davis: (Host, 2005–present)
Jay Bilas: (Analyst, 2005–present)
Seth Greenberg (Analyst, 2015–present)
Andy Katz: (Reporter, 2005–present)
Jay Williams: (Analyst, 2015–present)
Chris Fowler: (Host, 2005)
Hubert Davis: (Analyst, 2007–2012)
Bob Knight: (Analyst, 2008–2012)
Digger Phelps: (Analyst, 2005–2014)
Jalen Rose: (Analyst, 2013–2014)
Jan. 22 - #17 Pittsburgh Panthers at #13 UConn Huskies, Pittsburgh 76–66
Jan. 29 - #16 Texas Longhorns at #6 Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas 90–65
Feb. 5 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #8 Syracuse Orange, Syracuse 60–57
Feb. 12 - #7 Duke Blue Devils at Maryland Terrapins, Maryland 99–92
Feb. 19 - Mississippi State Bulldogs at #5 Kentucky Wildcats, Kentucky 94–78
Feb. 26 - #11 Louisville Cardinals at Memphis Tigers, Louisville 53–44
Mar. 5 - Texas Longhorns at #8 Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas 74–73
Mar. 12 - ACC Tournament from Washington, DC
Jan. 21 - #3 UConn Huskies at #17 Louisville Cardinals, UConn 71–58
Jan. 28 - #4 Texas Longhorns at #24 Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma 82–72
Feb. 4 - Kentucky Wildcats at #8 Florida Gators, Florida 95–80
Feb. 11 - Stanford Cardinal at #5 Gonzaga Bulldogs, Gonzaga 80–76
Feb. 18 - Louisville Cardinals at Syracuse Orange, Syracuse 79–66
Feb. 25 - #16 Kansas Jayhawks at #7 Texas Longhorns, Texas 80–55
Mar. 4 - #13 North Carolina Tar Heels at #1 Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina 83–76
Mar. 11 - Big 12 Tournament from Dallas, Texas
Jan. 6 - #18 Connecticut Huskies at #19 LSU Tigers, LSU 66–49
Jan. 13 - Georgetown Hoyas at #7 Pittsburgh Panthers, Pittsburgh 74–69
Jan. 20 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at #4 North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina 77–61
Jan. 27 - Michigan State Spartans at #5 Ohio State Buckeyes, Ohio State 66–64
Feb. 3 - #10 Texas A&M Aggies at #6 Kansas Jayhawks, Texas A&M 69–66
Feb. 10 - #1 Florida Gators at #18 Kentucky Wildcats: Held on Rupp Arena rooftop., Florida 64–61
Feb. 17 - #4 North Carolina Tar Heels at #21 Boston College Eagles, North Carolina 77–72
Feb. 24 - Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan State Spartans, Michigan State 66–58
Mar. 3 - #12 Pittsburgh Panthers at #21 Marquette Golden Eagles, Marquette 75–71
Mar. 10 - ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut: Championship Week
Mar. 31 - Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia
Apr. 2 - National Championship Game in Atlanta, Georgia
Jan. 19 - Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators
Jan. 26 - Creighton Bluejays at Southern Illinois Salukis
Feb. 2 - Arizona Wildcats at #5 UCLA Bruins
Feb. 9 - #6 Georgetown Hoyas at Louisville Cardinals
Feb. 16 - #9 Michigan State Spartans at #12 Indiana Hoosiers
Feb. 23 - #2 Tennessee Volunteers at #1 Memphis Tigers
Mar. 1 - Kansas State Wildcats at #7 Kansas Jayhawks
Mar. 8 - #1 North Carolina Tar Heels at #5 Duke Blue Devils
Apr. 5 - Final Four in San Antonio, Texas
Apr. 7 - National Championship Game in San Antonio, Texas
Jan. 17 - Miami Hurricanes at #6 North Carolina Tar Heels
Jan. 24 - #3 Connecticut Huskies at #19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Jan. 31 - Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers
Feb. 7 - #15 Memphis Tigers at #18 Gonzaga Bulldogs
Feb. 14 - Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
Feb. 21 - #2 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns
Feb. 28 - #19 UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears
Mar. 7 - #6 Louisville Cardinals at West Virginia Mountaineers
Jan. 16 - #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #1 Connecticut Huskies (Women's)
Jan. 23 - #7 Duke Blue Devils at #17 Clemson Tigers
Jan. 30 - #2 Kansas Jayhawks at #11 Kansas State Wildcats (8,159-Beat Previous "GameDay" show record-subsequently beat by Kentucky, then Syracuse)
Feb. 6 - #5 Michigan State Spartans at Illinois Fighting Illini
Feb. 13 - #12 Tennessee Volunteers at #2 Kentucky Wildcats (22,144-Largest Attendance at a "GameDay" morning show)
Feb. 20 - UCLA Bruins at Washington Huskies
Feb. 27 - #7 Villanova Wildcats at #4 Syracuse Orange (34,616 - Largest crowd ever for GameDay Game)
Mar. 6 - North Carolina Tar Heels at #4 Duke Blue Devils
°Jan. 15 - Vanderbilt Commodores at Tennessee Volunteers (men's/women's doubleheader)
Jan. 22 - #18 Michigan State Spartans at #13 Purdue Boilermakers
Jan. 29 - Kansas State Wildcats at #6 Kansas Jayhawks
Feb. 5 - #11 Kentucky Wildcats at #23 Florida Gators
Feb. 12 - #4 Pittsburgh Panthers at #10 Villanova Wildcats
Feb. 19 - Illinois Fighting Illini at Michigan State Spartans
Feb. 26 - #1 Duke Blue Devils at Virginia Tech Hokies
Mar. 5 - #8 Texas Longhorns at Baylor Bears
°Jan. 14 - #3 North Carolina Tar Heels at Florida State Seminoles
Jan. 21 - #23 Louisville Cardinals at Pittsburgh Panthers
Jan. 28 - Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats
Feb. 4 - #8 Kansas Jayhawks at #4 Missouri Tigers
Feb. 11 - #1 Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores
Feb. 18 - #6 Ohio State Buckeyes at #17 Michigan Wolverines
Feb. 25 - #2 Syracuse Orange at Connecticut Huskies
Mar. 3 - ^ #6 North Carolina Tar Heels at #3 Duke Blue Devils
°ESPN televised the first hour and ESPNU continued coverage at 11 a.m.
^Site was announced during the evening GameDay broadcast on Feb. 18.
Jan. 19 - #8 Gonzaga Bulldogs at #13 Butler Bulldogs
°Jan. 26 - North Carolina Tar Heels at #18 NC State Wolfpack
Feb. 2 - #1 Michigan Wolverines at #3 Indiana Hoosiers
^Feb. 9 - #11 Louisville Cardinals at #25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Feb. 16 - Texas Longhorns at #14 Kansas Jayhawks
Feb. 23 - Missouri Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats
Mar. 2 - #11 Arizona Wildcats at UCLA Bruins
†Mar. 9 - #17 Syracuse Orange at #5 Georgetown Hoyas
Mar. 9 - #3 Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels
°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
Jan. 18 - Temple Owls at La Salle Explorers
Jan. 18 - #18 Louisville Cardinals at Connecticut Huskies
Jan. 25 - #21 Michigan Wolverines at #3 Michigan State Spartans
Feb. 1 - #17 Duke Blue Devils at #2 Syracuse Orange
Feb. 8 - #23 Gonzaga Bulldogs at #24 Memphis Tigers
Feb. 15 - #3 Florida Gators at #14 Kentucky Wildcats
Feb. 22 - #4 Arizona Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes
Mar. 1 - #5 Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys
Mar. 8 - #14 North Carolina Tar Heels at #4 Duke Blue Devils
Jan 17 - #9 Kansas Jayhawks at #11 Iowa State Cyclones
Jan 24 - #7 Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Wolverines
Jan 31 - #4 Duke Blue Devils at #2 Virginia Cavaliers
Feb 7 - #1 Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators
Feb 14 - UConn Huskies at #25 SMU Mustangs
Feb 21 - UCLA Bruins at #7 Arizona Wildcats
Feb 28 - #10 Northern Iowa Panthers at #11 Wichita State Shockers
Feb 28 - Texas Longhorns at #8 Kansas Jayhawks
Mar 7 - #4 Duke Blue Devils at #15 North Carolina Tar Heels
Jan 23 - #7 Maryland Terrapins at #11 Michigan State Spartans
Jan 30 - #20 Kentucky Wildcats at #4 Kansas Jayhawks
Feb 6 - #2 North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Feb 13 - #7 Kansas Jayhawks at #1 Oklahoma Sooners
Feb 20 - #22 Kentucky Wildcats at #15 Texas A&M Aggies
Feb 27 - #7 North Carolina Tar Heels at #3 Virginia Cavaliers
Mar 5 - #7 North Carolina Tar Heels at #15 Duke Blue Devils
Jan 21 - Miami Hurricanes at #18 Duke Blue Devils
Jan 28 - #2 Kansas Jayhawks at #4 Kentucky Wildcats
Feb 4 - #8 Kentucky Wildcats at #24 Florida Gators
Feb 11 - #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs at #20 Saint Mary's Gaels
Feb 18 - #14 Virginia Cavaliers at #10 North Carolina Tar Heels
Feb 25 -#5 UCLA Bruins at #4 Arizona Wildcats
Mar 4 - #17 Duke Blue Devils at #5 North Carolina Tar Heels
Announced and visited locations as of March 4, 2017
