The Late Show with Craig Kilborn will showcase Notre Dame tonight as a part of its weekly salute to America's colleges and universities.

The college theme show will prelude the Notre Dame men's home basketball game against Kentucky on Saturday Jan. 19.

Tonight's show will be the last of the eight college-themed broadcasts. "I strongly believe that higher education improves one's ability to watch and understand late night television and America's college students have my solemn oath that our comedy keg will never run dry," said Kilborn in a press release.

The Late Show's signature comedy segments including, "In The News," "Desk Chat" and Kilborn's trademark "5 Questions" will specifically highlight Notre Dame.

Kilborn's off-beat sense of humor that borders on cynical to the absurd will attempt to make light out of the upcomi ng game this Saturday while supporting the efforts of the men's basketball team.

Kilborn has sucessfully predicted the outcome of six of the past seven featured university basketball teams on the show.

Kilborn picked two upsets last week including the Michigan State defeated Arizona and UCLA beating No. 1-ranked Kansas,

With a 6-1 record thus far, Kilborn attempts to prolong his winning predictions this weekend with a Notre Dame victory against Kentucky.

Since the kick-off of the college series beginning with the University of Florida, the featured schools on the show have included the University of Tennessee, West Point, the Naval Academy, Michigan State University, Indiana University, the University of Alabama and UCLA

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