On Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, college basketball fans will be treated to a pair of games between four legendary programs. The appropriately titled Champions Classic will begin with Michigan State-Duke at 7 p.m. ET, and the nightcap is Kansas-Kentucky. (Both games will be on ESPN and WatchESPN.)
These programs are among the best in the country year in and year out, and they all have reached that level through different means. Here's how:
Kansas
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Jay Bilas provides expert color commentary from courtside on college basketball games and serves as a studio analyst and as the co-host of ESPN's popular studio shows "College GameDay" and "College Gamenight." He also writes for ESPN.com and contributes numerous reports for "SportsCenter." Since 2003, Bilas has provided in-depth player scouting and analysis for ESPN's coverage of the NBA draft.
