Tip Time Set For Gamecocks And Texas Tech In Big 12/SEC Challenge

Sept. 6, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tip times and television designations were released on Wednesday for the upcoming 2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge, and it was announced that the South Carolina versus Texas Tech contest in Columbia will be played at Noon ET on ESPN2 on Jan. 27. ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm ââ’¬” the Saturday roadshow that discusses the top storylines of the college basketball season ââ’¬” will originate from one of the Challenge games.

South Carolina comes off a record-breaking 2016-17 season in which the Gamecocks advanced to their first Final Four, compiling a school-record 26 wins along the way. Texas Tech finished last season, the first under head coach Chris Beard, with an 18-14 record.

January’s upcoming meeting marks the fourth, and first since 1976, between the Gamecocks and Red Raiders, and the second in Columbia. The teams first met on March 10, 1973, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Wichita, Kan., with the Gamecocks posting a 78-70 victory to advance. Carolina hosted Tech the following season, recording an 81-65 victory in early January, before the Red Raiders posted an 83-75 win in Lubbock in early December 1976.

This will be the third year that a bye in the league schedule for participating teams was created to accommodate the singleâ€day format. The four SEC teams not participating will play each other in conference games the same day. The first two years of the Challenge were played over several days in November and December, but the 2018 event will be consolidated to one single day in January.

The South Carolina 2017-18 season ticket renewal deadline is set for Wed., Sept. 13. Fans interested in buying season tickets for the upcoming campaign can place a deposit by visiting GamecocksOnline.com/Tickets, or by calling the Gamecock Ticket Office at 1-800-4SC-FANS.

Continue to visit GamecocksOnline.com for updates on South Carolina’s 2017-18 schedule.

2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge Presented by Sonic (Jan. 27, 2018):
Baylor at Florida, ESPN, 12 p.m. ET
Texas Tech at South Carolina, ESPN2, 12 p.m. ET
Ole Miss at Texas, ESPN2, 2 p.m. ET
Georgia at Kansas State, ESPNU, 2 p.m. ET
Oklahoma at Alabama, ESPN, 2:15 p.m. ET
TCU at Vanderbilt, ESPN2, 4 p.m. ET
Tennessee at Iowa State, ESPNU, 4 p.m. ET
Texas A&M at Kansas, ESPN, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET
Kentucky at West Virginia, ESPN, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma State at Arkansas, ESPN2, 6 p.m. ET