Arizona-Duke highlights loaded day of post-Thanksgiving college hoops

Thanksgiving weekend is synonymous with football, but we might not see a full day of college hoops as entertaining as this until March.

It all starts before noon, and then climaxes with an evening clash between No. 4 Arizona and No. 6 Duke inside the world’s most famous arena.

Here’s how your spending your fat Friday:

Purdue vs. Washington State (Old Spice Classic consolation bracket) (11 a.m./ESPNU)

Fairfield at Providence (12:30/Fox Sports 1)
Mount St. Mary’s at No. 1 Michigan State (1 p.m./Big Ten Network)

Xavier vs. Tennessee (Battle 4 Atlantis consolation bracket) (1 p.m./AXS)

No. 5 Oklahoma State vs. Butler (Old Spice Classic semifinal) (1:30 p.m./ESPN)

Coppin State at No. 22 Michigan (3 p.m./Big Ten Network)

George Washington vs. No. 25 Marquette (The Wooden Legacy semifinal) (3:30 p.m./ESPN)

Alabama vs. Drexel (NIT Season Tip-Off third place game) (3:30 p.m./ESPN2)

USC vs. Wake Forest (Battle 4 Atlantis consolation bracket) (3:30 p.m./AXS)

Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech (Barclays Center Classic) (4:30 p.m./NBC Sports Network)

North Florida at No. 7 Ohio State (5 p.m./Big Ten Network)

No. 21 Memphis vs. LSU (Old Spice Classic semifinal) (5:30 p.m./ESPN2)

No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 6 Duke (NIT Season Tip-Off championship game) (6 p.m./ESPN)

No. 23 Iowa vs. UTEP (Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal) (7 p.m./NBC Sports Network)

Florida State at No. 15 Florida (7:30 p.m./ESPN2)

Virginia vs. SMU (Corpus Christi Challenge semifinal) (7:30 p.m./CBS Sports Network)

Siena vs. Saint Joseph’s (Old Spice Classic consolation bracket) (8 p.m./ESPNU)

San Diego State vs. No. 20 Creighton (The Wooden Legacy semifinal) (9:30 p.m./ESPN2)

Villanova vs. No. 2 Kansas (Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal) (9:30 p.m./NBC Sports Network)

Missouri State vs. Texas A&M (Corpus Christi Challenge semifinal) (10 p.m./CBS Sports Network)

Northwestern vs. No. 19 UCLA (Las Vegas Invitational (11:30 p.m./ESPN2)

College of Charleston vs. Arizona State (The Wooden Legacy consolation bracket) (Midnight/ESPNU)

Green Bay vs. Harvard (Great Alaska Shootout) (Midnight/CBS Sports Network)

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