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Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 on truTV

November 16, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 on truTV Nov. 16-17 features BYU vs. Florida State and Notre Dame vs. Saint Joseph’s. The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 college basketball tournament takes place at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 16-17 on truTV. BYU takes on Florida State at 7pm ET, immediately followed by No. 20 Notre Dame vs. Saint Joseph’s. The tournament concludes Saturday with the Consolation Game at 7pm ET, followed by the championship game. Brian Anderson calls the play-by-play on truTV alongside analysts Greg Anthony and Steve Smith, and contributor Seth Davis. Craig Sager reports courtside. truTT […]

Champions Classic closes out ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon

November 13, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Champions Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta closes out ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Nov. 13 with Michigan State vs. Kansas and Duke vs. Kentucky. For the fifth year in a row, ESPN networks celebrate the opening of college basketball season with an all-day marathon of live game action from across the country, beginning at 12am ET on Tuesday, Nov. 13. ESPN has 11 men’s games beginning with the Old Spice Classic game between West Virginia and Gonzaga, and ending with the State Farm Champions Classic games at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome with Michigan State vs. Kansas and Duke vs. […]

Battle on the Midway: Syracuse vs. SDSU on FOX Sports Networks

November 9, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Battle on the Midway college basketball game with Syracuse vs. San Diego State airs Nov. 11 on FOX Sports Networks from the USS Midway in San Diego Harbor. RELATED: Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN After the success of the inaugural Carrier Classic last year, playing college basketball games on the decks of aircraft carriers has become trendy. A new event, Battle on the Midway, will be played Sunday, Nov. 11, on the deck of the decommissioned World War II-era carrier USS Midway, which now serves as a museum docked in San Diego Harbor. The game was […]

Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN

November 9, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Armed Forces Classic college basketball game between Connecticut and Michigan State from Ramstein Air Base in Germany airs Nov. 9 on ESPN. RELATED: Carrier Classic 2012 on NBC Sports Network ESPN celebrates Veterans’ Week Nov. 7-11 with Salute to Our Veterans, highlighted by a new series of college basketball games played on military bases overseas. The first Sears Armed Forces Classic on Friday, Nov. 9, features the Connecticut Huskies vs. the Michigan State Spartans playing inside a hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. It’s the first regular-season college basketball game played in Europe, and, incidentally, UConn has three German […]

Carrier Classic 2012 on NBC Sports Network

November 9, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Carrier Classic 2012 includes the women’s Ohio State vs. Notre Dame game, followed by the men’s game between Ohio State and Marquette on NBC Sports Network. RELATED: Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN The inaugural Carrier Classic a year ago was a hit, and now holding games on the decks of aircraft carriers is all the rage in college hoops. (They should try a game inside a submarine next.) This year’s event on Friday, Nov. 9, on the USS Yorktown docked in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., expands to include a women’s game. The ladies take the floor with […]

2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four TV schedule

March 29, 2012 Ryan Berenz

The NCAA Women’s Final Four is set, with all No. 1 seeds reaching the national semifinals at the Pepsi Center in Denver. On Sunday, April 1, Connecticut will take on Notre Dame at 6:30pm ET, followed by Stanford vs. Baylor at 8:30pm ET, both games on ESPN and ESPN3. The national championship game is Tuesday, April 3, at 8:30pm, also on ESPN/ESPN3. ESPNU and ESPN Classic also have additional programs surrounding the Women’s Final Four. Full press release and programming details from ESPN below: RELATED STORY: 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament TV schedule 2012 ESPN NCAA Women’s Final Four Fact […]

Watching the NCAA Tournament in Las Vegas

March 16, 2012 Tom Comi

It wouldn’t be March without the madness of the NCAA college basketball tournament, and I admit I never thought there would be anything more exciting than attending these games in person. Until this week. I had the pleasure of being in Las Vegas yesterday for the first 16 games of the second round, and I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Thousands upon thousands of sports fans descend upon Sin City with the hope of riding the play of college athletes to financial glory. Being a giant sports fans but not a savvy gambler, I showed up to […]

“Duke ’91 & ’92: Back to Back” Sunday on truTV

March 9, 2012 Ryan Berenz

College basketball fans may have a love/hate relationship with the Duke Blue Devils, but there’s no doubting that the program is one of the most successful and influential of the past 20 years. On Sunday, March 11, at 8pm ET on truTV, former Duke standouts Christian Laettner and Grant Hill team up to present Duke ’91 & ’92: Back to Back, a documentary about Duke’s repeat NCAA championship seasons in 1991-92. The film also features teammates and coaches revealing never-before-told stories, including highlights from the team’s 20-year reunion. Coming off the 1990 loss to UNLV in the championship game, some […]

2012 NCAA Tournament TV schedule

March 6, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Click here for the 2012 NCAA Tournament TV Schedule Which will it be this year: an NCAA men’s basketball tournament dominated by the high seeds or a tournament with brackets busted by the underdogs? The tournament’s script seems to ebb and flow between the two extremes in recent years, with the strongest (2008) and the weakest (2011) Final Four fields in history happening in only a three-year span. Historically, if you add up the seeds of Final Four teams, you typically get a number between eight and 11. A look at recent tournaments reveals how much that number has fluctuated: […]

NCAA Tournament Selection Show Sunday on CBS

March 6, 2012 Ryan Berenz

CBS has a big day of college basketball on Sunday, March 11, as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament field is set. The broadcast day on CBS includes the Road to the Final Four show at 12pm ET, followed by the Atlantic 10 Championship Game at 1pm ET, the Big Ten Championship Game at 3:30pm ET and the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show at 6pm ET. Immediately following the selection show, truTV will air Infiniti Hardcore Brackets at 7pm ET, a one-hour show analyzing the brackets and giving viewers unprecedented access to the selection process. Press release from CBS and Turner […]