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Auburn road game at Colorado to tip at midnight Central Time

James Crepea
Montgomery Advertiser
Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl's team will play Colorado at midnight Central Time on Nov. 18.

AUBURN -- Known for his relentless work ethic, Bruce Pearl is used to burning the midnight oil. Auburn's basketball coach will be doing just that when the Tigers travel to Colorado for a midnight Central Time tip with the Buffalos on Nov. 18.

Auburn's first road trip of the season will be on ESPN2 as part of ESPN's 24-hour Tip Off Marathon, the network announced Monday.

"You're part of an event, you're part of the ESPN marathon and we're a team that wants to be part of that," Pearl said in a statement. "In trying to get Auburn basketball relevant I think you need to put yourself in these things. That's the method behind the madness."

The College Hoops Top Off Marathon, which is in its seventh season, will include nine straight games tipping off every two hours beginning Monday with an ESPN2 tripleheader at 6 p.m. CT. It will be the first time Auburn will be involved in the 24-hour Marathon.

"It's going to be a late-night situation. But if I'm going to talk the talk, we've got to walk the walk, and that's we'll go anywhere and we'll play anybody at any time," Pearl said in a statement. "That's the way my players want me to coach them, and that's the way our fans to schedule."

Auburn and Colorado have met just once before, a 78-72 overtime win by Colorado, as part of the 1996 Big Island Invitational at Hilo, Hawai'i.

2014 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon Schedule
Time (CT) Game Network

Monday, Nov. 17

6 p.m. No. 13 Baylor at No. 6 Kentucky (women) ESPN2

6 p.m. Miami at No. 9 Florida ESPNU

8 p.m. No. 1 Connecticut at No. 20 Stanford (women) ESPN2

10 p.m. No. 12 SMU at No. 15 Gonzaga ESNP2

10 p.m. Detroit at No. 22 Oregon ESNPU

Tuesday, Nov. 18

12 a.m. Auburn at Colorado ESPN2

2 a.m. New Mexico State at Saint Mary's ESPN2

4 a.m. High Point at Hawaii ESPN2

6 a.m. Iona at Wofford ESPN2

8 a.m. Northern Iowa at Stephen F. Austin ESPN2

10 a.m. Manhattan at UMass ESPN2

11 a.m. Baylor at South Carolina ESPN

1 p.m. No. 5 Wichita State vs. Memphis (Sioux Fall, S.D.) ESPN

3 p.m. Utah at No. 20 San Diego State ESPN

5 p.m. Toledo at No. 14 VCU ESPNU

6 p.m. No. 18 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Duke ESPN

6:30 p.m. Marquette at Ohio State ESPN2

8:30 p.m. No. 10 Kansas vs. No. 1 Kentucky ESPN

8:30 p.m. Texas Tech at LSU ESPN2