Two NFL games tomorrow take the spotlight; College hoops also flood TV; Full sked and talent
By David J. Halberstam 01/28/2022
Courtesy of our friends at Eye on Sky and Air Sports, this is virtually the entire schedule for all college hoops this weekend. And, in case you forgot, Sunday it’s the NFL’s Final Four. Here are times and talent:
Broadcast Notes
- Dan McLaughlin – does Cards baseball on TV, did NFL for Fox is working Indiana State – Bradley for ESPN + Sunday. He’s 47.
- John Fanta covers the Big East has Marquette at Providence on Fox. The arena in downtown is called The Dunk for Dunkin Donuts. The company’s headquarters is situated in New England.
- Hawks’ telecaster Bob Rathbun gets a taste of college this weekend, Miami at Georgia Tech.
- With Dick Vitale out for the season, Bob Wischusen will team with Chris Spatola on Duke at Louisville. Coach K and Spatola have something in common. They both played at Army. Krzyzewski did so for Bob Knight.
- Brad Nessler and Steve Lappas team on basketball, Arizona State vs. Arizona.
- Andy Garcia does some ESPN3 basketball. He’ll do Central Michigan-Northern Illinois, Saturday afternooon. When he’s not on-air, he’s an executive with Westwood One in affiliate sales.
- Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas have a dandy for ESPN late Saurday, Kentucky at Kansas.
- For years, Paul Sunderland was a sideliner for NBC, mostly the NBA in the 90s. When Chick Hearn took ill, Paul filled in. Sunderland is considered the country’s best Volleyball caller. He works college hoops this weekend South Carolina at Texas A&M.
Sunday, January 30
3 PM- Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs
CBS, PARA+: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn, Jay Feely
Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli, Ross Tucker
6:30 PM- San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams
FOX: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner, Laura Okmin
Saturday, January 29
Noon- Duke at Louisville
ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Chris Spatola
Compass Media: Gregg Daniels, Mike Wozniak
Noon- LSU at TCU
ESPN2: Chuckie Kempf, King McClure
Noon- Wichita State at Tulane
ESPNU: Drew Carter, Mark Adams
Noon- La Salle at Davidson
USA: Jason Knapp, John Giannini
Noon- Georgetown at Butler
FS1: Matt Schumacker, Dickey Simpkins
Noon- Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech
ACC RSN, ACCNX: Bob Rathbun, Brian Oliver
12:30 PM- Michigan at Michigan State
CBS: Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel
1 PM- Lafayette at Army West Point
ESPN+: Rich DeMarco
1 PM- IUPUI at Detroit Mercy
ESPN+: Jeremy Otto, Earl Cureton
1 PM- Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina
ESPN+: Jeff McCarragher, Nate Ross
1 PM- East Tennessee State at VMI
ESPN+: Wade Branner, Grafton Young
1 PM- Chattanooga at The Citadel
ESPN+: Kyle West, Jason Kempf
2 PM- Oklahoma at Auburn
ESPN: Tom Hart, Carolyn Peck
2 PM- West Virginia at Arkansas
ESPN2: Kevin Fitzgerald, Dane Bradshaw
2 PM- Missouri at Iowa State
ESPNU: Ted Emrich, Bryndon Manzer
2 PM- Saint Joseph’s at St. Bonaventure
USA: Jac Collinsworth, Tim McCormick
2 PM- Xavier at Creighton
FS1: Vince Welch, Nick Bahe
2 PM- LIU at Bryant
CBSSN: Dave Popkin, Joe DeSantis, John Schmeelk
2 PM- NC State at North Carolina
ACCN: Mike Monaco, Randolph Childress
2 PM- Samford at Western Carolina
Nexstar, ESPN+: Matt Matheny, David Jackson
2 PM- Illinois State at UNI
Panthers SN, ESPN+: Brad Wells, Kevin Lehman
2 PM- Maine at Vermont
ESPN3: Rob Ryan, Bernie Cieplicki
2 PM- UMBC at Binghamton
ESPN3: Tim Heiman, Doug Walsh
2 PM- Merrimack at Sacred Heart
NEC Front Row: Randy Brochu, Freddie Coleman
2 PM- American at Navy
ESPN+: Pete Medhurst, Michael Heary
2 PM- Dartmouth at Columbia
ESPN+: Lance Medow, Rob Kennedy
2 PM- Milwaukee at Youngstown State
ESPN+: Robb Schmidt, Ron Potesta
2 PM- St. Louis at Duquesne
ESPN+: Tim Benz, Ellis Cannon
2 PM- High Point at Campbell
ESPN+: Chris Hemeyer, Jay Sonnhalter
2 PM- FAU at UTSA
ESPN+: Lincoln Rose, LaDarrin McLane
2 PM- Drexel at Towson
FloHoops: Spiro Morekas, Chuck Lightening
2:30 PM- Arizona State at Arizona
CBS: Brad Nessler, Steve Lappas
2:30 PM- Indiana at Maryland
FOX: Brandon Gaudin, Jim Jackson
3 PM- Virginia Tech at Florida State
ABC: Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander
3 PM- North Dakota State at South Dakota State
Midco SN 2, ESPN+: Tom Nieman, Brad Newitt
3 PM- Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky
WKYU, ESPN+: Jeff Hem, Craig McCormick
3 PM- Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan
ESPN3: Ryan Wooley, Justin Rose, Lexi Ayala
3 PM- Rice at Southern Miss
ESPN+: Lee Roberts, Larry Boyd
3 PM- UIC at Oakland
ESPN+: Neal Ruhl, Rex Walters
3 PM- UT Martin at Belmont
ESPN+: Steve Layman, Greg Sage, Noah Syverson
3 PM- Winthrop at Longwood
ESPN+: Trey Wilson, TBA
3 PM- Georgia State at UL Monroe
ESPN+: Chris Harris, Mike Vining
3 PM- Dixie State at Chicago State
ESPN+: Sam Brief, Chris Rouse
3 PM- St. Thomas (MN) at Western Illinois
Leathernecks All-Access: R.J. Larsen
3:30 PM- Western Michigan at Ball State
ESPN3: Joel Godett, David Eha
4 PM- Baylor at Alabama
ESPN: Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes, Marty Smith
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley, Bob Valvano
4 PM- Oklahoma State at Florida
ESPN2: Roy Philpott, Mark Wise
4 PM- Kansas State at Ole Miss
ESPNU: Mike Morgan, Joe Kleine
4 PM- VCU at Richmond
CBSSN: Tom McCarthy, Chris Walker
4 PM- North Texas at Louisiana Tech
Stadium: Chris Hassel, Tim Scarborough
4 PM- Eastern Shore at Coppin State
NEXT: Kyle Borg, Todd Bartley
4 PM- Cornell at Brown
NESN+, ESPN+: Scott Cordischi, Russ Tyler
4 PM- Delaware at James Madison
NBCS WA, FloHoops: Curt Dudley, Steve Buckhantz, Corey Spector
4 PM- Long Beach State at UC Davis
SPEC, ESPN+: Scott Marsh, Bob Williams
4 PM- Elon at William & Mary
YurView VA, FloHoops: Jay Colley, Bobby Dwyer
4 PM- Central Michigan at Northern Illinois
ESPN3: Andy Garcia, Mark Lindo
4 PM- Wagner at St. Francis Brooklyn
NEC Front Row: Marc Enray, Barry Rohrssen
4 PM- Yale at Princeton
ESPN+: Derek Jones, Noah Savage
4 PM- Portland State at Northern Arizona
ESPN+: Mitch Strohman
4 PM- UNC Asheville at Presbyterian
ESPN+: Ryan Clary
4 PM- USC Upstate at North Carolina A&T
ESPN+: Spencer Turkin, Cy Alexander
4 PM- Eastern Kentucky at Stetson
ESPN+:
4 PM- Sam Houston at Seattle U
ESPN+: Russell Brown, Mazvita Maraire
4 PM- Abilene Christian at Lamar
ESPN+: Dan Gresham, Lemont Williams
4 PM- Little Rock at Appalachian State
ESPN+: Kendall Lewis, John Reisterer
4 PM- Northeastern at Charleston
FloHoops: Everett German, Danny Johnson
4 PM- Delaware State at Morgan State
Morgan State All-Access: Lamont Germany, Jimmy Fly
4 PM- Howard at North Carolina Central
NCCU SN: Ross Gordon, Woube Gebre
4 PM- Oral Roberts at Denver
Pioneers Showcase: Raj Sharan
4 PM- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Northwestern State
DemonTV: Tony Taglavore
4:30 PM- St. John’s at Villanova
FOX: Aaron Goldsmith, Donny Marshall
4:30 PM- Illinois at Northwestern
B1G: Jeff Levering, Stephen Bardo
4:30 PM- Radford at Gardner-Webb
ESPN+: Phil Constantino, Jerry Dunn
4:30 PM- Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+: Mike Bradd
5 PM- Utah at Washington
P12, P12 MTN, P12 WA: Roxy Bernstein, Eldridge Recasner
5 PM- Kent State at Bowling Green
ESPN3: Brad Woznicki, TBA
5 PM- St. Francis at Mount St. Mary’s
NEC Front Row: Adam Pohl
5 PM- SIUE at Southeast Missouri
ESPN+: Erik Sean
5 PM- Morehead State at Murray State
ESPN+: Neal Bradley, Kenny Roth
5 PM- Lipscomb at UNF
ESPN+:
5 PM- UIW at Southeastern Louisiana
ESPN+: Chris Salim, Tyler Thomas
5 PM- South Alabama at Troy
ESPN+: Barry McKnight, Jerry Miller
5 PM- UT Arlington at Texas State
ESPN+: Brant Freeman, Suzanne Fox
5 PM- UAPB at Mississippi Valley State
YouTube: Lee Hall
5 PM- North Dakota at South Dakota
GoYotes: John Thayer
5:30 PM- Hampton at Charleston Southern
Nexstar, ESPN+: Mark Childress, Richmond Weaver
6 PM- Kentucky at Kansas
ESPN: Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Holly Rowe
Westwood One: John Sadak, Doug Gottlieb
6 PM- Mississippi State at Texas Tech
ESPN2: Rich Hollenberg, Tim Welsh
6 PM- Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M
ESPNU: David Saltzman, Adrian Branch
6 PM- Georgia at Vanderbilt
SEC: Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold
6 PM- Furman at Mercer
CBSSN: Pete Yanity, Dean Keener
6 PM- Virginia at Notre Dame
ACCN: Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby
6 PM- Temple at SMU
ESPN+: John Liddle, Stephen Howard
6 PM- Central Arkansas at Jacksonville
ESPN+: Scott Bacon, Ayron Hardy
6 PM- Idaho at Montana State
ESPN+: Zach Mackey, Brian Priebe
6:30 PM- UConn at DePaul
FS1: Lisa Byington, Brian Butch
6:30 PM- Rutgers at Nebraska
B1G: Kevin Kugler, Andy Katz
6:30 PM- North Alabama at Kennesaw State
ESPN+: Nolan Alexander, Terrance Hill
7 PM- Cal at USC
P12, P12 BAY, P12 LA: J.B. Long, Eddie House
7 PM- Santa Clara at San Francisco
Stadium: Barry Tompkins, Dan Belluomini
7 PM- San Diego at Loyola Marymount
SCS Atlantic, WCC Net: Jesse Kass, Jonathan Grace
7 PM- UMass Lowell at Hartford
ESPN3: Jeff Dooley, Adam Finkelstein
7 PM- Albany at NJIT
ESPN3: TBA, Rob Kennedy
7 PM- Jacksonville State at Liberty
ESPN+: Matt Warner, Paul Nazigan, Emily Austen
7 PM- Bellarmine at FGCU
ESPN+:
7 PM- Charlotte at Old Dominion
ESPN+: Tim Alexander, Dave Twardzik
7 PM- UAB at Marshall
ESPN+: Mark Martin, Bob Bolen
7 PM- Green Bay at Robert Morris
ESPN+: Chris Shovlin, Jim Elias
7 PM- UNCG at Wofford
ESPN+: Jim Noble, Thom Henson
7 PM- Hofstra at UNCW
FloHoops: Mike Vaccaro, Marty Feurer
8 PM- Tennessee at Texas
ESPN: Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla
8 PM- Houston at UCF
ESPN2: Mike Corey, Robbie Hummel
8 PM- Pepperdine at Saint Mary’s
CBSSN: Chick Hernandez, Pete Gillen
8 PM- Wake Forest at Syracuse
ACCN: Wes Durham, Dan Bonner
8 PM- Evansville at Missouri State
ESPN+: Tom Ackerman, Rich Zvosec
8 PM- USF at Tulsa
ESPN+: Josh Haley, Bryndon Manzer
8 PM- Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside
ESPN+: Nick Koop, Steven Douglas
8 PM- Idaho State at Northern Colorado
ESPN+: Jason Alvine, Brian Burton
8 PM- Tarleton State at UTRGV
ESPN+: Jonah Goldberg, Bryan Smith
8 PM- Georgia Southern at Louisiana
ESPN+: Dan McDonald, Eric Mouton
8 PM- Nicholls at Houston Baptist
ESPN+: Randy McIlvoy, Jordy Hultberg
8 PM- Kansas City at Omaha
Mavs All-Access: Gary Sharp
8:30 PM- South Carolina at Texas A&M
SEC: Paul Sunderland, Daymeon Fishback
8:30 PM- Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech
ESPN: Dylan Vazzano, Michael Cooper
9 PM- Grand Canyon at New Mexico State
AggieVision, ESPN+: Adam Young, Joe Garza, Tatiana Favela
9 PM- Portland at Gonzaga
KHQ, WCC Net: Greg Heister, Richard Fox
9 PM- Eastern Washington at Montana
ESPN+: Riley Corcoran
9 PM- Cal Poly at UC Irvine
ESPN+: Trent Rush
9 PM- FIU at UTEP
CUSA TV: Jon Teicher, Steve Yellen
9:30 PM- BYU at Pacific
ESPNU: Eric Rothman, Richie Schueler
BYU Radio: Greg Wrubell, Mark Durrant
9:30 PM- Stanford at UCLA
P12, P12 BAY, P12 LA: Ted Robinson, Don MacLean
10 PM- Oregon State at Oregon
ESPN2: Dave Pasch, Corey Williams
10 PM- Utah State at Nevada
CBSSN: Rich Waltz, Dan Dickau
10 PM- Cal State Bakersfield at UC San Diego
ESPN+: Steve Quis, Ted Mendenhall
10 PM- Weber State at Sacramento State
ESPN+: Steve McElroy
10 PM- Stephen F. Austin at California Baptist
ESPN+: Pep Fernandez
11:59 PM- UC Santa Barbara at Hawai’i
SPEC HI, ESPN+: Kanoa Leahey, Artie Wilson
Sunday, January 30
Noon- Ohio State at Purdue
CBS:
Compass Media: Gregg Daniels, Mike Wozniak
Noon- Fordham at George Washington
USA: Chris Lewis, Dave Paulsen
Noon- Cincinnati at ECU
ESPNU: John Schriffen, Mark Adams
Noon- Cleveland State at Northern Kentucky
BS OH, ESPN+: Brady Leber, Brad Redford
Noon- Purdue Fort Wayne at Wright State
ESPN+: Chris Collins, Jim Brown
12:30 PM- Marquette at Providence
FS1: John Fanta, Vin Parise
1 PM- Minnesota at Wisconsin
B1G: Brandon Gaudin, Jess Settles
1 PM- St. Peter’s at Iona
ESPN3: David Resnick, Adam Finkelstein
1 PM- Central Connecticut at Fairleigh Dickinson
NEC Front Row: Dan Long, Tom Green
2 PM- Loyola Chicago at Drake
ESPN2: Clay Matvick, Kevin Lehman
2 PM- George Mason at UMass
USA: Mike Corey, Julianne Viani
2 PM- Indiana State at Bradley
MVC TV, ESPN+: Dan McLaughlin, Marcus Wilson
2 PM- Quinnipiac at Siena
WMYA, ESPN+: Robert Lee, Kelly O’Donnell
2 PM- Niagara at Monmouth
ESPN3: Eddy Occhipinti, Dave Calloway
2 PM- Canisius at Rider
ESPN3: Jon Mozes, Steve Rudenstein
2 PM- Marist at Manhattan
ESPN+: Greg Mescall, Chris Williams
4 PM- Pitt at Boston College
5 PM- Valparaiso at Southern Illinois
Marquee, ESPN+: Connor Onion, Mike Trude
6 PM- New Orleans at McNeese
ESPNU: David Saltzman, Lance Blanks
6 PM- Loyola (MD) at Bucknell
CBSSN: Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara
10 PM- Colorado at Washington State
FS1: Ben Wilson, Dave Miller
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