This week marked the announcement of two Temple men’s basketball games that will be nationally televised on ESPN this season.

The Owls will host Kent State at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 11, a matchup that will be a part of the 2013 ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. Last year featured an identical matchup against the Golden Flashes in the network’s season-opening event, when Temple won 80-66.

Later in the season, The Palestra will host a Temple game against La Salle on Jan. 18. The game is set to be covered by ESPN College GameDay, the popular weekly show that is entering its 10th year in production. GameDay will be followed by an airing of the actual game.

The basketball team is currently on a 10-day trip to Europe, where it will play four games while touring Paris, Nice, Florence and Rome.