Well over 100 college basketball games are available this weekend, wherever you stumble; Talent listed
By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2021
You want games, we have tons of games, more than you can handle. In the 70s and 80s, each DI team might have been on TV a couple times a year. That was it. Now any game, even if it’s against the Little Sisters of the Poor, it’s available somewhere.
This list compiled by Eye on Sky and Air Sports demonstrates the enormity of coverage if nothing more.
Most of the videocasts below (be it conventional TV, cable, streamcasts or the like) list the talent
Came across broadcast names that triggered thoughts but too many are unknown names. That’s for sure.
Random notes:
- Joey Wahler does Wagner basketball on Staten Island. He’s a former MSG College Broadcaster of the Year when at Seton Hall.
- Ron Thulin was on Turner’s roster doing the NBA before changes were made. He’s assigned to the Louisiana-UT Arlington game.
- Talkie and former ND basketballer Doug Gottlieb does a game for Fox, Fresno at Nevada.
- Debbie Antonelli who for my two cents is the best female analyst today has Georgia at Ole Miss this weekend.
- Army plays Navy Saturday at high noon. No, it’s not football.
- Talking of former NBA announcers. one time Turner play-by-play announcer Bob Neal is apparently retired. His son Dave has Mizzou-Texas A&M. His analyst is Jon Sundvold, a former sharp shooter who played in the NBA. Sundvold is smooth but I wish his comments were beefier.
- Jack Benjamin will do Temple at Tulane. He’s good, real good. His uncle is Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics.
- Dan Bonner has BC at Notre Dame. He knows the rules of the games. I don’t think I’ve ever learned anything about the intricacies of the game listening to him.
- Dave Cohen who has the Coastal Carolina @ Georgia State game was the announcer on Bob Costas’ national radio program. Bob referenced him as “Coney Island Dave Cohen.” Cohen also called Yankees’ games at one point on MSG Network.
- Great to see that one of the best, Tim Brando, is working Fox’ Noon game Saturday, #21 Ohio State at #14 Illinois. Should be a dandy. Tim will partner with former UConn star Donny Marshall. It’s on the full Fox network.
- You want to know how many broadcasters there are today? There are five separate Browns on this list, Matt, Brandon, Doug, Jim and Kevin. Talk about broadcasting becoming a commodity, you better believe it. The best of the Browns on-air: Hubie Brown.
Friday, January 15
6 PM- IUPUI at Northern Kentucky
ESPN3: Brady Laber, Brad Redford
6 PM- North Alabama at Kennesaw State
ESPN+: Nolan Alexander, Terrence Hill
6 PM- Hampton at USC Upstate
ESPN+: Brock Bowling, TBA
6 PM- Longwood at Winthrop
ESPN+: Mike Pacheco, Tony Rizzuti
6 PM- Troy at Georgia Southern
ESPN+: Matt Stewart, TBA
7 PM- Duquesne at St. Bonaventure
ESPN2: Mike Corey, Seth Greenberg
7 PM- Cleveland State at Wright State
ESPNU: Jordan Bernfield, David Padgett
7 PM- Bowling Green at Buffalo
CBSSN: Joel Godett, Ryan Hollins
7 PM- CSUN at Long Beach State
ESPN3: Dave Caldwell, Dave Miller, Matt Brown
7 PM- Youngstown State at Oakland
ESPN3: Neal Ruhl, Dan Waterstradt
7 PM- LIU at Wagner
NEC Front Row: Joey Wahler
7 PM- UC Riverside at Cal Poly
Big West TV: Chris Sylvester
7 PM- Dixie State at UTRGV
WAC DN: Jonah Goldberg, TBA
7 PM- Appalachian State at South Alabama
ESPN+: JD Byars, Pat Greenwood
7 PM- Louisiana at UT Arlington
ESPN+: Ron Thulin, Mike Petersen
7 PM- UL Monroe at Arkansas State
ESPN+: Brad Bobo, CJ Pepper
7 PM- Bellarmine at FGCU, ESPN+:
7 PM- Liberty at Stetson
ESPN+: Evan Weston, Greg Turner
7 PM- Presbyterian at Campbell
ESPN+: Chris Hemeyer, Jay Sonnhalter
7 PM- Fort Wayne at Milwaukee
ESPN+: Scott Warras
7 PM- Green Bay at Detroit Mercy
ESPN+: Jeremy Otto, Earl Cureton
7 PM- Siena at Rider
ESPN+: Daryl Fein, Steve Rudenstein
7:30 PM- UTSA at Louisiana Tech
ESPN+: Lyn Rollins, Chris Mycoskie
7:30 PM- Texas State at Little Rock
ESPN+: Hayden Balgavy, Patrick Newton
8 PM- UTEP at North Texas
Stadium: Chris Hassel, Dani Klupenger
8 PM- UCSD at UC Santa Barbara
ESPN3: Gerry Fall, Jerry Pimm
8 PM- Robert Morris at UIC
ESPN3: Jonathan Hood, Chris Bleck
8 PM- UNF at Lipscomb
ESPN+: Jonathan Seamon, Justin Seamon
8 PM- Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss
CUSA TV: John Cox
8:30 PM- North Dakota State at North Dakota
Midco SN, ESPN3: Alex Heinert, Zachary Dosch
9 PM- Wisconsin at Rutgers
FS1: Brian Custer, Jim Spanarkel
9 PM- Bethesda at Grand Canyon
KUTP, ESPN3: Barry Buetel, Scott Williams, Kate Longworth
9 PM- Tarleton State at California Baptist
WAC DN: Pep Fernandez
9 PM- Utah Valley at Seattle U
ESPN+: Brandon Brown
11 PM- Fresno State at Nevada
FS1: Daron Sutton, Doug Gottlieb
11:59 PM- Cal State Bakersfield at Hawai’i
SPEC HI, Big West TV: Kanoa Leahy, Artie Wilson
Saturday, January 16
Noon- Ohio State at Illinois
FOX: Tim Brando, Donny Marshall
Noon- North Carolina at Florida State
ESPN: Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas
Noon- Georgia at Ole Miss
ESPN2: Tom Hart, Debbie Antonelli
Noon- Marquette at St. John’s
FS1: Brian Custer, Jim Spanarkel
Noon- Syracuse at Pitt
ACC RSN, ACCNX: Evan Lepler, Brian Oliver
Noon- Miami-OH at Western Michigan
ESPN3: Evan Stockton, Joe Haklin
Noon- American at Navy
ESPN+: Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller
1 PM- Missouri at Texas A&M
SEC: Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold
1 PM- William & Mary at Drexel
NBCS PHIL+, FloHoops: Rob Brooks, Mike Tuberosa
1 PM- Hartford at UMBC
ESPN3: Gary Stein, John Feinstein
1 PM- The Citadel at VMI
ESPN+: Michael Lehr, Bernie Cieplicki
1 PM- Army West Point at Boston U
ESPN+: Doug Brown, Brian Maurer
1 PM- Holy Cross at Colgate
ESPN+: Eric Malanoski, Jeff Bishop
1 PM- Northern Illinois at Ball State
ESPN+: Joel Godett, David Eha
1 PM- Temple at Tulane
ESPN+: Jack Benjamin, David Grubb
1 PM- Northeastern at Charleston
FloHoops: Everett German, Danny Johnson
1:30 PM- San Diego State at Utah State
CBS: Spero Dedes, Clark Kellogg
2 PM- Kentucky at Auburn
ESPN: Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes
2 PM- Michigan at Minnesota
ESPN2: Jason Benetti, Dan Dakich
2 PM- Creighton at Butler
FS1: Matt Schumacker, Nick Bahe
2 PM- George Mason at Rhode Island
NBCSN: Jason Knapp, Tim McCormick
2 PM- Western Carolina at Mercer
Nexstar, ESPN+: Pete Yanity, Dean Keener
2 PM- Lehigh at Bucknell
ESPN+: Joe Vasile
2 PM- UMass Lowell at Binghamton
ESPN3: Tim Heiman, Doug Walsh
2 PM- New Hampshire at Stony Brook
ESPN3: Jonny Wincott, Rob Pavinelli
2 PM- Northern Arizona at Montana
Pluto TV: Riley Corcoran
2 PM- Coppin State at Morgan State
Bears All-Access: Lamont Germany, Jimmy Fly
2 PM- Iowa State at Kansas
ESPN+: Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla
2 PM- Toledo at Akron
ESPN+: Michael Reghi, Jacki Windon
2 PM- Old Dominion at Rice
ESPN+: David Saltzman, Nate Griffin
2 PM- Wofford at Chattanooga
ESPN+: Chris Goforth, Todd Agne
2 PM- Kent State at Ohio
ESPN+: Russ Eisenstein, Rob Cornelius
2 PM- Davidson at LaSalle, ESPN+:
2 PM- James Madison at Towson
FloHoops: Spiro Morekas
2 PM- Oral Roberts at Denver
Pioneer Showcase: Raj Sharan
3 PM- Stanford at Colorado
P12, P12 BAY, P12 MTN: Drew Goodman, Ribert Ehsan
3 PM- Northern Colorado at Idaho
SWX, Pluto TV: Dennis Patchin, Marc Axton
3 PM- Portland State at Montana State
SWX, Pluto TV: Chris Byers, Jeff Riggs
3 PM- Youngstown State at Oakland
WADL, ESPN3: Neal Ruhl, Dan Waterstradt
3 PM- Maine at Vermont
ESPN3: Michael Lehr, Bernie Cieplicki
3 PM- Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Pluto TV: Larry Weir
3 PM- UNCG at Samford
ESPN+: Curt Bloom, Boyd Kaiser
3 PM- Troy at Georgia Southern
ESPN+: Danny Waugh, TBA
3:30 PM- Arkansas at Alabama
SEC: Kevin Fitzgerald, Dane Bradshaw
4 PM- Baylor at Texas Tech
ESPN: Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale
4 PM- Florida at Mississippi State
ESPN2: Beth Mowins, Chris Spatola
4 PM- East Tennessee State at Furman
ESPNU: Roy Philpott, Noah Savage
4 PM- Valparaiso at DePaul, FS1:
4 PM- Boston College at Notre Dame
ACCN: Mike Monaco, Dan Bonner
4 PM- Indiana State at Illinois State, MVC TV, ESPN3:
4 PM- UTEP at North Texas
Stadium: Chris Hassel, Dani Klupenger
4 PM- Loyola-MD at Lafayette
Lafayette SN, ESPN+: Gary Laubach, Mike Joseph
4 PM- Evansville at Bradley
ESPN3: Brian Bedo, Matt McClain
4 PM- Wyoming at Air Force
MW Net: Josh Howe, Roland Vargish
4 PM- Yellowstone Christian at Weber State
Pluto TV: Steve Klauke, David Patten
4 PM- Niagara at Manhattan
ESPN+: Greg Mescall, Chris Williams
4 PM- UAB at Charlotte
ESPN+: Bobby Rosinski, TBA
Saturday, January 16 (Continued)
4 PM- Southeastern Louisiana at Abilene Christian
ESPN+: Zach Carlyle, Owen Simpson
4 PM- Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
ESPN+: Dave Cohen, Lamont McIntosh
4 PM- North Alabama at Kennesaw State
ESPN+: Nolan Alexander, Terrence Hill
4 PM- FIU at FAU
CUSA TV: Ken LaVicka
4:30 PM- Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
ESPN3: Adam Jaksa, Matt DeVries
4:30 PM- Houston Baptist at Sam Houston State
ESPN+: David Saltzman, Jordy Hultberg
5 PM- Washington at UCLA
P12, P12 LA, P12 WA: Ted Robinson, Casey Jacobsen
5 PM- Bethesda at Grand Canyon
KUTP, ESPN3: Barry Buetel, Scott Williams, Kate Longworth
5 PM- Fairfield at Marist
ESPN3: Dean Darling, Steve Eggink
5 PM- Norfolk State at Delaware State
YouTube: Gary Laing, Mike Walker
5 PM- NJIT at Albany
ESPN+: Rodger Wyland, Charlie Voelker
5 PM- Quinnipiac at Monmouth, ESPN+:
5 PM- Morehead State at Southeast Missouri
ESPN+: Erik Sean
5 PM- Appalachian State at South Alabama
ESPN+: JD Byars, Pat Greenwood
5 PM- Louisiana at UT Arlington
ESPN+: Ron Thulin, Mike Petersen
5 PM- Texas State at Little Rock
ESPN+: Hayden Balgavy, Patrick Newton
5 PM- UL Monroe at Arkansas State
ESPN+: Brad Bobo, CJ Pepper
5 PM- Liberty at Stetson
ESPN+: Evan Weston, Greg Turner
5 PM- Belmont at Jacksonville State
ESPN+: Mickey Shadrix, Gerhard Mathangani
5 PM- Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+: Mike Bradd, Jack Ashmore
5 PM- Murray State at UT Martin
ESPN+: Chris Brinkley
5 PM- Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss
CUSA TV: John Cox
5 PM- Nicholls at Central Arkansas
UCA 6, Bear Nation Network: Tyler Nelson, Trent Cathey
5:30 PM- New Mexico at UNLV
CBSSN: Carter Blackburn, Avery Johnson
5:30 PM- Alabama State at Alabama A&M, YouTube:
5:30 PM- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar
ESPN+: Dan Gresham, Lemont Williams
6 PM- Virginia at Clemson
ESPN: Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander
6 PM- UNI at Loyola-Chicago
ESPN2: Clay Matvick, Kevin Lehman
6 PM- Vanderbilt at Tennessee
SEC: Paul Sunderland, Joe Kleine
6 PM- Loyola Marymount at Pacific, WCC TV, WCC Net:
6 PM- Robert Morris at UIC
ESPN3: Jonathan Hood, Chris Bleck
6 PM- IUPUI at Northern Kentucky
ESPN3: Brady Laber, Brad Redford
6 PM- Colorado State vs. San Jose State
MW Net: Justin Allegri
6 PM- UNF at Lipscomb
ESPN+: Jonathan Seamon, Justin Seamon
7 PM- Arizona State at Oregon State
P12, P12 AZ, P12 OR: Guy Haberman, Mike Montgomery
7 PM- CSUN at Long Beach State
ESPN3: Dave Caldwell, Dave Miller, Matt Brown
7 PM- Cleveland State at Wright State
ESPN3: Chris Collins, Jim Brown
7 PM- Siena at Rider
ESPN3: Daryl Fein, Steve Rudenstein
7 PM- Dixie State at UTRGV
WAC DN: Jonah Goldberg, TBA
7 PM- UC Riverside at Cal Poly
Big West TV: Chris Sylvester
7 PM- Portland at Pepperdine
WCC Net: Al Epstein
7 PM- McNeese at New Orleans
Privateers Showcase: Jude Young
7 PM- UTSA at Louisiana Tech
ESPN+: Lyn Rollins, Chris Mycoskie
7 PM- Bellarmine at FGCU
ESPN+:
7 PM- Green Bay at Detroit Mercy
ESPN+: Jeremy Otto, Earl Cureton
7 PM- Fort Wayne at Milwaukee
ESPN+: Scott Warras
7:30 PM- Stephen F. Austin at UIW
UIWtv: Nick Springer
8 PM- Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
ESPN: Chuckie Kempf, Robbie Hummel
8 PM- BYU at San Francisco
ESPN2: Eric Rothman, Richie Schueler
BYU Radio: Greg Wrubell, Mark Durrant
8 PM- Louisville at Miami-FL
ACCN: Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby
8 PM- Kansas State at Texas
LHN: Tyler Denning, Lance Blanks
8 PM- UCSD at UC Santa Barbara
ESPN3: Gerry Fall, Jerry Pimm
8:30 PM- South Carolina at LSU
SEC: Mike Morgan, Mark Wise
8:30 PM- North Dakota State at North Dakota
Midco SN, ESPN3: Alex Heinert, Zachary Dosch
8:30 PM- Grambling State at Texas Southern
YouTube: Larry “Chattabox” Hale
9 PM- Tarleton State at California Baptist
WAC DN: Pep Fernandez
9 PM- Utah Valley at Seattle U
ESPN+: Brandon Brown
9 PM- Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech
ESPN+: Dylan Vazzano, Michael Cooper
9:30 PM- Washington State at USC
P12, P12 LA, P12 WA: Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean
10 PM- Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s
ESPN: Dave Flemming, Sean Farnham
10 PM- Cal at Utah
ESPNU: Dave Pasch, Bill Walton
11:59 PM- Cal State Bakersfield at Hawai’i
SPEC HI, Big West TV: Kanoa Leahey, Artie Wilson
Sunday, January 17
Noon- Iowa at Northwestern
CBS: Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery
Noon- American at Navy
ESPN+: Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller
1 PM- Penn State at Purdue
B1G TEN: Dave Revsine, John Beilein
1 PM- Hartford at UMBC
ESPN3: Gary Stein, John Feinstein
1 PM- Maine at Vermont
ESPN3: Michael Lehr, Bernie Cieplicki
1 PM- Army West Point at Boston U
ESPN+: Doug Brown, Brian Maurer
1 PM- Holy Cross at Colgate
ESPN+: Eric Malanoski, Jeff Bishop
1 PM- Northeastern at Charleston
FloHoops: Everett German, Danny Johnson
1 PM- William & Mary at Drexel
FloHoops: Rob Brooks, Mike Tuberosa
2 PM- UCF at Houston
ESPNU: Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin
2 PM- New Hampshire at Stony Brook
ESPN3: Jonny Wincott, Rob Pavinelli
2 PM- UMass Lowell at Binghamton
ESPN3: Tim Heiman, Doug Walsh
2 PM- Western Kentucky at Marshall
CBS Sports Facebook: Alex Del Barrio, Tim Doyle
2 PM- Coppin State at Morgan State
Bears All-Access: Lamont Germany, Jimmy Fly
2 PM- Hofstra at Delaware
FloHoops: Scott Klatzkin, Bill Harmann
2:30 PM- UMass at Fordham
NBCSN: Mike Corey, John Giannini
3 PM- Memphis at Tulsa
ESPN+: Chad McKee, Bryndon Manzer
4 PM- Fresno State at Nevada
CBSSN: John Sadak, Chris Walker
4 PM- Indiana State at Illinois State
Marquee SN, ESPN3: Kurt Pegler, Bob Morris
4 PM- Bucknell at Lehigh
SE2, ESPN+: Steve Degler, Jim Wills
4 PM- Evansville at Bradley
ESPN3: Brian Bedo, Matt McClain
4 PM- Sacramento State at Idaho State
Pluto TV: Jerry Miller
4 PM- St. Peter’s at Iona, ESPN+:
4:30 PM- Dayton at George Washington
NBCSN: Brendan Burke, Tim McCormick
5 PM- UNI at Loyola-Chicago
ESPN: Clay Matvick, Kevin Lehman
5 PM- Santa Clara at San Diego
WCC Net: Jack Cronin
5 PM- Norfolk State at Delaware State
YouTube: Gary Laing, Mike Walker
5 PM- NJIT at Albany
ESPN+: Rodger Wyland, Charlie Voelker
6 PM- Lafayette at Loyola-MD
CBSSN: Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara
6 PM- Virginia Tech at Wake Forest
ACCN: Anish Shroff, Debbie Antonelli
9 PM- Iowa at Northwestern
BIG Ten Network: Brandon Gaudin, Stephen Bardo
9 PM- Tarleton State at Weber State
Pluto TV: Steve Klauke, David Patten
