Len is clearly excited. Aren't you?

ESPN has announced its schedule for Nov. 17, the first day of college basketball (oh my God, you guys, only two months away!), and it is a doozy. I will get nothing done on Nov. 17. I will probably try to live-blog all day. Maybe I'll live blog me live blogging it, just to get really meta on you. In any case, it's going to be a long, awesome 24 hours.

The schedule, via The Sporting Blog, is below:


12 a.m. Cal State Fullerton at UCLA ESPN / ESPN360.com
2 a.m. San Diego State at St. Mary’s ESPN / ESPN360.com
4 a.m. Northern Colorado at Hawaii ESPN / ESPN360.com
6 a.m. Monmouth at St. Peter’s ESPN / ESPN360.com
8 a.m. Drexel at Niagara ESPN / ESPN360.com
10 a.m. Clemson at Liberty ESPN / ESPN360.com
noon Northeastern at Siena ESPN / ESPN360.com
2 p.m. Arkansas Little-Rock at Tulsa ESPN / ESPN360.com
4 p.m. Temple at Georgetown ESPN / ESPN360.com
5:30 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic: Binghamton at Pittsburgh ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
6 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT from Durham, N.C. (Duke University)* ESPN / ESPN360.com
7 p.m. ESPNU Road to the Championship: Tennessee vs. Texas Tech (women’s game from San Antonio) ESPNU
7:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Showcase: Arkansas vs. Louisville (from St. Louis) ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
8 p.m. Gonzaga at Michigan State ESPN / ESPN360.com
8 p.m. Northern Illinois at Illinois ESPN360.com
9 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic: Duquesne at Iowa ESPNU
9:30 p.m. ESPNU Road to the Championship: Connecticut vs. Texas (women’s game from San Antonio) ESPN2 / ESPN360.com
10 p.m. Hall of Fame Showcase: Memphis vs. Kansas (from St. Louis) ESPN / ESPN360.com
11:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT from Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State University)* ESPN2 / ESPN360.com

Some obvious highlights there -- Memphis vs. Kansas, Gonzaga vs. Michigan State, Monmouth at St. Peter's. Oh, what, you're not excited for Monmouth at St. Peter's? What happened to you in the offseason, man? It's like I don't even know you anymore.

Related: College Basketball Media