Men's college basketball on television

Men's college basketball on television includes the broadcasting of college basketball games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories. Within the United States, the college version of basketball annually garners high television ratings.

Televising the games allows alumni to follow their alma mater's team, as well as competing schools and top-ranked schools nationally. Not all games are televised. Coverage is dependent on negotiations between the broadcaster and the college basketball conference or team. In general, major programs will be televised more often than smaller programs. The televised games may change from year-to-year depending on which teams are having a strong season, although some traditional rivalry games are broadcast each year. Major match-ups between top-ranked teams or major rivals are often broadcast nationally. Some games are traditionally associated with a specific event or holiday, and viewing the game itself can become a holiday tradition for fans.

History

College basketball was first televised during the "experimental" era of television's broadcasting history, when W2XBS broadcast a men's basketball doubleheader from Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 28, 1940. Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh played in the first game, and New York University played Georgetown University in the second game.[1][2][3]

In 1968, the "Game of the Century", played between UCLA and Houston, was syndicated by the TVS Television Network, attracting a significant television audience. The game is widely cited as a catalyst for the explosion and expansion of the televised college basketball landscape.

Broadcast rights

Networks

In addition, some regional syndicators broadcast games on over the air television. Most notably, Raycom Sports syndicate their games to broadcast stations. ESPN Plus, which was a syndication unit of ESPN, also previously syndicated basketball games from various conferences to stations until its 2014 closure in the wake of Big 12 games moving to the ESPN cable networks, and the inception of the cable-only SEC Network. In 2014, Sinclair Broadcasting launched a new syndication programming service, the American Sports Network, to syndicate basketball games in various areas of the country, including a few NCAA Division II games (beginning in 2016).

Raycom in the early 1990s paid ABC $1.8 million for six weeks of network airtime of 26 regional games. The format allowed Raycom to control the games and sell the advertising.[4]

Cable stations

Regional cable networks have long devoted coverage to one or two conferences. The Pac-12 and Big 12 have had deals with Fox Sports since 1996, which airs games on its regional family of networks.

In 2007, the Big Ten conference was the first to establish its own television network, the Big Ten Network. The Pac-12 Networks debuted in 2012. Two years later, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference launched the SEC Network.

The Big Ten has a similar regional network, with the Big Ten Network having made its debut in August 2007. Texas has their own deal which created the Longhorn Network in fall of 2011. While BYU has BYUtv, it is not a separate deal that created a regional sports network.

ESPN

ESPN has been airing regular season games since 1980, ESPN2 since 1993, ESPNU since 2005, and to a lesser extent ESPN Classic will show fewer games per season.

College basketball has been a staple for nearly the whole history of ESPN. Scotty Connal, then-vice president of the all-sports network in Bristol, Conn., offered Dick Vitale a position, shortly after being fired from the Detroit Pistons. The coverage of college basketball and the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament increased both college basketball and ESPN's credibility.[5]

Virtual Reality

In 2016, Fox partnered with NextVR to live stream four Big East Conference games in virtual reality.[6]

Current lineup

By home team

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

In 1974, Brent Musburger started using the term March Madness when describing the tournament.[7]

In 1991, CBS received exclusive rights to the entire tournament for the first time. Previously, ESPN had aired early round games. Beginning in 2011, CBS shared the early tournament rounds with TBS, TNT, and TruTV. The Final Four will alternate between CBS and TBS starting in 2016.[8]

NIT

The ESPN family of networks currently air the NIT games.

CBI

AXS TV carries select games from the CBI.

CIT

CBS Sports Network has broadcast the semifinal round and championship game of CIT since 2014. The rest of the tournament games are available for free stream on the tournament website.

Announcers

  1. Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery and Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson
  2. Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Dana Jacobson
  3. Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce
  4. Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller and Dan Bonner/Lewis Johnson
  5. Ian Eagle/Chris Webber and Len Elmore/Evan Washburn
  6. Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb/Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
  7. Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Jamie Erdahl
  8. Carter Blackburn/Mike Gminski/Jaime Maggio
  1. Dan Shulman or Rece Davis/Jay Bilas/Shannon Spake (Saturday Primetime)
  2. Sean McDonough/Doris Burke (ACC Monday)
  3. Brent Musburger/Fran Fraschilla/Holly Rowe (Big 12 Monday)
  4. Mike Tirico or Bob Wischusen/Dan Dakich/Allison Williams(Big Ten Tuesday)
  5. Brad Nessler/Sean Farnham/Shannon Spake (SEC Tuesday)
  6. Dave Flemming or Roxy Bernstein or Brent Musburger or Jon Sciambi/Miles Simon or Fran Fraschilla or Tim Welsh (Big 12 Tuesday)
  7. Bob Wischusen/LaPhonso Ellis (ACC Wednesday)
  8. Dave Pasch or Roy Philpott/Bill Walton or Adrian Branch or Miles Simon or Corey Williams (Pac-12 Wednesday and Thursday)
  9. Joe Tessitore or Karl Ravech/Sean Farnham and Seth Greenberg (SEC Thursday)
  10. Mike Patrick/Len Elmore (AAC Thursday)
  11. Bob Wischusen or Mike Tirico or Dave O'Brien/Dan Dakich or Stephanie White or Dick Vitale/Allison Williams (Big Ten Saturday)
  12. Jon Sciambi or Dave Flemming or Mark Neely or Brent Musburger/Fran Fraschilla or Miles Simon or Bryndon Manzer (Big 12 Saturday)
  13. Dave O'Brien or Sean McDonough or Mike Couzens or Allen Bestwick or Mark Jones/Dick Vitale or Cory Alexander or Miles Simon or LaPhonso Ellis or Kara Lawson/Allison Williams (ACC Saturday)
  14. Mark Jones or Tom Hart or Joe Tessitore or Bob Wischusen or Brad Nessler/Kara Lawson or Sean Farnham or Dan Dakich (SEC Saturday)
  15. Allen Bestwick/Tim Welsh (AAC Saturday)
  16. Rece Davis or Jason Benetti/Jim Calhoun or Jay Williams or Dan Dakich and Seth Greenberg (Big Ten Thursday)
  17. Rich Hollenberg/Mark Adams (MVC Saturday)
  18. Beth Mowins or Clay Matvick/Brad Daugherty or Sean Harrington (WCC Saturday)
  19. Adam Amin/Craig Robinson (Atlantic 10 Friday and Saturday)
  1. Mike Couzens/Len Elmore or Paul Biancardi (Tuesday ACC)
  2. Rich Hollenberg/Dino Gaudio (Tuesday SEC)
  3. Clay Matvick/Tim Welsh (Wednesday Big 12)
  4. Roy Phillpot/Adrian Branch (Wednesday Pac 12)
  5. Adam Amin/Craig Robinson (Thursday Big Ten)
  6. Roxy Bernstein//Corey Williams (Thursday WCC)
  7. Clay Matvick/Sean Harrington (Saturday Big Ten)
  8. Jason Benetti and Mitch Holthus/Reid Gettys and Bryndon Manzer (Saturday Big 12)
  9. Mike Morgan/Chris Spatola (Saturday SEC)
  10. Roy Phillpot/Brooke Weisbrod (Sunday AAC)
  11. Anish Shroff/Cory Alexander (Sunday ACC)
  12. Mitch Holthus/Mark Adams (Sunday MVC)
  13. Roxy Bernstein/Corey Williams (Sunday Pac 12)
  1. Clay Matvick or Dave Baker or Dave Neal or Dave LaMont/Joe Dean, Kara Lawson, Barry Booker or Jon Sundvold (SEC Network)
  2. Dave Armstrong or Mitch Holthus, or Brad Sham/Reid Gettys, Stephen Howard or Rich Zvosec (Big 12 Network)
  3. Anish Shroff or Adam Amin/LaPhonso Ellis and Bob Wenzel (Big East Network)
  1. Steve Physioc/Marques Johnson/Rebecca Haarlow (Pac-12)
  2. Barry Tompkins/Reggie Theus/Courtney Jones (Pac-12)
  3. Tim Brando/Mike Gminski/Jenn Hildreth (ACC)
  4. Ron Thulin/Dan Bonner/Debbie Antonelli (ACC)
  5. Bob Rathbun/Larry Conley (SEC)
  6. Rich Waltz/Mark Wise (SEC)
  1. Steve Martin/Dan Bonner
  2. Tim Brando/Mike Gminski
  3. Tim Brant/Cory Alexander
  1. Kevin Calabro/Don MacLean
  2. Ted Robinson/Ernie Kent
  3. Roxy Bernstein/Lenny Wilkens
  4. JB Long/Detlef Schrempf
  5. Rich Cellini/Brevin Knight
  6. Mark Rogondino/Lamar Hurd
  7. Paul Sunderland/Dan Belluomini
  8. Jim Watson/Joe Cravens
  1. Steve Schlager/Blaine Fowler (MWC)
  2. Paul Burmeister/Stan Van Gundy (MWC)
  3. Dave Strader/Dave Kaplan (Atlantic 10)
  4. Todd Harris/Ronny Thompson (CAA)
  5. Randy Moss/Dalen Cluff (Ivy League)
  1. Dave McCann or Spencer Linton/Blaine Fowler or David Nixon/Spencer Linton (BYU and WCC Tournament)
  2. Lad Panis/Dave Porter (BYU-Hawaii)

Famous calls or catchphrases

References

  1. ↑ American Sportscasters Online: Sportscasting Firsts
  2. ↑ 1940 College Basketball Recap on Infoplease
  3. ↑ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Prepared For Life
  4. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (January 31, 1992). "TV SPORTS; Syndicator Gives ABC Easy Fast Break on Profit". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ Dick Vitale's love for college basketball is genuine 03/04/02
  6. ↑ Gaudiosi, John, Fox Sports to Stream March Madness Basketball in Virtual Reality, retrieved 17 March 2016
  7. ↑ Vecsey, George (March 5, 1995). "Sports of The Times; The March Madness Has Already Begun". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  8. ↑ Lapointe, Joe (March 15, 1991). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL: N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT; Tip-Offs as Daytime Drama on CBS". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  9. ↑ http://ssreporters.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/2012-cbsturner-march-madness-commentator-pairings/
  10. ↑ http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/11/espn-2012-13-mens-college-basketball-commentators/
  11. ↑ http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/11/espn-2012-13-mens-college-basketball-commentators/
  12. ↑ http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/11/espn-2012-13-mens-college-basketball-commentators/
  13. ↑ http://www.raycomsports.com/about-us/broadcaster-bios/
  14. ↑ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2012/10/30/schrempf-calabro-part-of-pac-12-network-hoops-broadcast-team/

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