Since debuting on January 22, 2005, it airs on ESPN Saturdays in the conference play section of the college basketball season at 10 or 11 A.M.

Since the 2014–2015 season, the show has appeared at a top game of the week, similar to the college football version.

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.

Starting with the fourth season (2008), the basketball version of GameDay is broadcast in high-definition on ESPN HD.

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.

[2] 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.

[3] On October 8, 2019, Jay Williams replaced Paul Pierce as an analyst on NBA Countdown, and left College Gameday.

[10] ESPN programming did not transfer to TNT Sports, and College Gameday stopped being shown at this point.