SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara men's basketball game against UC Irvine on Feb. 7 has been selected as ESPN's national television wildcard game and will be broadcast on ESPNU. The game will now tip at 7:00 p.m. from The Thunderdome.

Dave Feldman (play by play) and Corey Williams (analyst) will call the action.

The two teams are currently separated by just one game in The Big West standings. Coming into the week, the Gauchos post a 6-3 conference record and are winners of four straight, while UC Irvine holds a 7-2 record.

UC Santa Barbara currently ranks 11^th in three-point percentage (39.1%), 27^th nationally in effective field goal percentage (0.567), 39^th in true field goal percentage (48.6%) and 50^th in rebounding margin (+5.8).

Before it's bout with UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara will travel to La Jolla, California, to take on the Tritons on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. before returning to Santa Barbara to host Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m.