The program has appeared in many different spots throughout each basketball arena. At
Kansas, they were in the program's museum; at
Kentucky, they were at the entrance of the arena; at
UConn, they were on the concourse; at
Gonzaga,
Florida, and
Marquette, they were on the court; and at
Duke, they were in
Krzyzewskiville, the tent village outside
Cameron Indoor Stadium. It is also worth noting that in recent years (except for the Final Four), the morning airings of this program have taken place on the court. Through the 2023–2024 basketball & football seasons, 42 schools (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Boston College, Clemson, Colorado, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Memphis, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin) have hosted College GameDay for both basketball and football events. With the addition of Women's teams also hosting College GameDay, only 4 schools: LSU, Tennessee, UConn and Virginia Tech have hosted both Men and Women's programs. Starting with the fourth season (2008), the basketball version of
GameDay is broadcast in
high-definition on
ESPN HD. On January 16, 2010, the 6th-season premiere of
College GameDay, the show was broadcast live from the site of a women's college basketball game for the first time ever as it made an appearance at
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the main campus of the
University of Connecticut in
Storrs, Connecticut. The show covered the women's college basketball game between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Connecticut Huskies. On March 9, 2013,
College GameDay had a men's doubleheader from 2 different sites (
Washington, D.C., and
Chapel Hill, North Carolina) for the first time in the show's history. On January 18, 2014,
College GameDay opened its tenth season with another men's doubleheader, this time, at
The Palestra in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at Gampel Pavilion. For the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the intro for
College GameDay was
Macklemore's
2013 hit, ''
Can't Hold Us''. On April 7, 2014, longtime analyst
Digger Phelps announced his retirement and would not return for the 2015 season. That summer,
Jalen Rose announced he would not return due to his priorities with
NBA Countdown. As a result of the two departures, ESPN announced that
Seth Greenberg and
Jay Williams would be analysts for 2015 and beyond. On September 30, 2014, ESPN announced that
College GameDay would no longer have a set schedule, just like the football version of the show. Instead, the location will be chosen the week before to give the network a better opportunity to pick games with ranked teams and interesting story lines. On October 8, 2019,
Jay Williams replaced
Paul Pierce as an analyst on
NBA Countdown, and left College GameDay.
LaPhonso Ellis was announced as his replacement. On January 10, 2023, ESPN announced it would be adding three women's college basketball shows in one season, equaling the total number of women's games they had done in the show's history, bringing the overall total for women's games to six. Also since the first time since 2008, ESPN returned to the Final Four in Houston for both the Semifinal & Championship game. LaPhonso Ellis was part of significant ESPN layoffs, ending his three-year run on the show. It was also announced the Jay Williams would be returning to the show. In the UK,
College GameDay was shown in full during
BT Sport's decade on air (2013–2023), unless live sport was being aired on all of its channels. In July 2023, BT Sport was relaunched as
TNT Sports following the sale of BT Sport to
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. This saw the cessation of ESPN studio programming and therefore
College GameDay is no longer shown in the UK. The
football version of the show returned in November following an agreement between
Sky Sports and ESPN which sees Sky Sports broadcasting three NCAA basketball games each week plus March Madness. However, Sky Sports has not shown GameDay. ==Personalities==