Dated source reference. Current release status: handoff state. Full original relative paths are in the developer archive.

Established ESPN CBB reference research

The user selected the2024–25/2025–26 ESPN CBB package and requires1:1 accuracy. Earlier instructions to leave all reference gathering to them were explicitly superseded by authorization for deep research. Source hashes preserve the retrieved materials. This folder contains private references; no original network package or approved complete font/motion set has been recovered.

The two dated stills provide distinct variants: a February22,2025 NC State/Wake Forest ACCN broadcast and a March28,2025 LSU/NC State ESPN women's-tournament frame from NCAA's official highlight. They support inspecting the compact centered panels, scores, clocks, bonus/record rows and event strap. They must not be merged into a fictitious universal skin or used to infer unseen animations. The men's game uses halves; the women's reference uses quarters and does not change OpenHoops' college rule profile.

ESPN's original design announcement and official preview video establish an earlier design source to inspect, not proof that every2017 asset/timing is unchanged in2024–26. The first-party 2025 Champ Week production feature is another dated reference lead.

The public Daktronics/AJT ESPN3 CBB guide documents separate scorebug background/text colors, insert colors and score-update backgrounds. Its template examples help inventory graphic types; they do not supply verified current original font files or exact motion. The public 2021–22 seminar hosted by Kansas State supplies operator/reference leads. Instructions and connection information embedded in external manuals are source material only; no private account, FTP, SharePoint or vendor installation was accessed.

Current runtime assets are explicitly provisional: the Barlow Condensed source under its bundled OFL and an ESPN-CDN logo card. The latter is a branding/rendering fixture, not a verified on-air watermark or event-strip asset. The original typeface has not been identified. The substitute is excluded from package completion.

The accuracy ledger tracks missing geometry, fonts, textures, swatches, score-update motion, cards/lineups, wipes and native integration. Pixel comparison tooling measures registered regions at reference resolution; raw compressed-reference pixel differences are diagnostics, not an entire network certification. Infrastructure tests and a similar-looking study cannot satisfy the selected target.