The 2012 ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon will run Nov. 13.
The day will be highlighted by two games in the Champions Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Michigan State vs. Kansas and Duke vs. defending NCAA champ Kentucky.
Kentucky hopes to having incoming freshman Nerlens Noel eligible for the event after a report surfaced in the Boston Herald that the 6-foot-10 Noel is taking summer classes at Everett (Mass.) High to boost his grade-point average to the NCAA standard.
Kentucky coach John Calipari said he’s confident the issue will be resolved after Noel reclassified to 2012 from 2013.
“Since he reclassified, he had to do a few more academic things and he’s finishing school,” he told ESPN.com. “We only have one summer session (to work the team out).”
Here’s the schedule:
*West Virginia at Gonzaga, midnight
*Davidson at New Mexico, 2 a.m.
*Houston Baptist at Hawaii, 4 a.m.
*Stony Brook at Rider, 6 a.m.
*Northern Illiniois at Valparaiso, 8 a.m.
*Harvard at UMass, 10 a.m.
*Temple at Kent State, noon
*Detroit at St. John’s, 2 p.m.
*Butler at Xavier, 4 p.m.
*Michigan State vs. Kansas (Champions Classic), 7 p.m.
*Duke vs. Kentucky (Champions Classic), 30 minutes following
