College Basketball Viewing Picks for 12/20-21/2014

All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV
Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Saturday, December 20

Men’s

Studio and Pregame Shows
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
Road to the Final Four — CBS, 12:30 p.m.
Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
Fox College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Fox College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 7:15 p.m.
BTN Finale 2014-15 — Big Ten Network, 9:30 p.m.

Big Four Challenge, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA
Iowa State vs. Drake — MC-22, 5 p.m. (BJ Schaben/Kevin Lehman)
Northern Iowa vs. Iowa — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m. (Wayne Randazzo/Jeff Settles)

CBS Sports Classic, United Center, Chicago, IL
North Carolina vs. Ohio State — CBS, 1 p.m.
UCLA vs. Kentucky — CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Announcers: Verne Lundquist/Greg Anthony//Allie LaForce

Crossroads Classic, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Butler vs. Indiana — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m. (Joe Davis/Stephen Bardo)
Notre Dame vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, 5:15 p.m. (Dave Revsine/Stephen Bardo)

Gotham Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Pepperdine vs. Richmond — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
West Virginia vs. North Carolina State — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
Announcers: Doug Sherman/Bob Knight

MGM Grand Showcase, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Oklahoma vs. Washington — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Utah vs. UNLV — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.
Announcers: Dave Pasch/Sean Farnham

Orange Bowl Classic, BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL
South Florida vs. Florida State — Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Wake Forest vs. Florida — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Announcers: Justin Kutcher/Bob Wenzel

noon

SMU at Michigan — ESPN2 (Dave O’Brien/Dan Dakich)
Virginia Commonwealth at Cincinnati — ESPNU (Tom Gelehrter/Tim Welsh)
Louisville at Western Kentucky — Fox Sports 1 (Ron Thulin/Mike Jarvis)
Charlotte at Georgetown — Fox Sports Net (Brian Custer/Tarik Turner)

1 p.m.

UMass at Providence — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Steve Lappas)
Syracuse at Villanova — Fox (Gus Johnson/Jim Jackson)

2 p.m.

Illinois vs. Missouri at St. Louis, MO — ESPN2 (Jon Sciambi/Fran Fraschilla)

3 p.m.

Western Michigan at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Shon Morris)
Oral Roberts at Memphis — CBS Sports Network (Carter Blackburn/Pete Gillen/Gary Parrish)Delaware State at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks (JB Long/Ben Braun)

4 p.m.

Oakland at Pittsburgh — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net (Tom Werme/Mike Gminski)
Detroit at Pittsburgh — Cox Ocean State Networks (Mike Mancuso/Chris DiSano)
Southern at Wyoming — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest)/Mountain West Network (Jerry Schemmel/Joe Cravens)

5 p.m.

Texas Southern at Michigan State — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Sean Harrington)

6 p.m.

Xavier at Auburn — SEC Network (Rich Hollenberg/Joe Dean)

7 p.m.

Texas A&M vs. Kansas State at Kansas City, MO — ESPNU (Dave Armstrong/Rich Zvosec)
Iona at George Mason — NBCSN (Mike Corey/Ron Thompson)

7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Pott/Marty Jenkins)

8 p.m.

Long Beach State at Texas — Longhorn Network (Lowell Galindo/Lance Blanks//Jill Savage)

8:30 p.m.

Southeast Missouri at Arkansas — SEC Network (Roy Philpott/Darrin Horn)

9 p.m.

Lehigh at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks (Kevin Calabro/Matt Muehlebach)

11 p.m.

Stanford at BYU — ESPNU (Rich Cellini/Miles Simon)

Women’s

1 p.m.

Stanford at Tennessee — SEC Network (Paul Sunderland/Nell Fortner//Steffi Sorensen)
Alabama A&M at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus (Will Kohlmeyer/Armintie Harrington)

2 p.m.

Grambling State at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central (Brian Smoller/Missy Heidrick

4 p.m.

Furman at Georgia — SEC Network Plus (Kaleb Frady/Brittany Northcutt)

Sunday, December 21

noon

Harvard at Virginia — ESPNU (Mike Couzens/Dan Dakich)

2 p.m.

Maryland at Oklahoma State — ESPNU (Dave Armstrong/Bryndon Manzer)
Vermont at Saint Louis — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest (Dan McLaughlin/Scott Highmark)
Creighton at North Texas — Fox Sports Net (Ron Thulin/Dan Bonner)

3 p.m.

Tennessee State at Middle Tennessee — American Sports Network (Dave Barnett/Tim Scarborough)

3:30 p.m.

Coker at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus (Andy Demetra/Alex English)

4 p.m.

USC at Boston College — ESPNU (Bob Picozzi/Tim Welsh)

6 p.m.

Seton Hall at Georgia — ESPNU (Matt Stewart/Mark Wise)

6:30 p.m.

Appalachian State at Alabama — SEC Network (Doug Bell/Joe Dean)

7 p.m.

San Jose State at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks (JB Long/Lamar Hurd)

Women’s

SEC/Big 12 Women’s Basketball Challenge, Verizon Arena, Little Rock, AR
Texas vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Arkansas — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Announcers: Pam Ward/Carolyn Peck//Cara Capuano

2:30 p.m.

Southern at Florida — SEC Network Plus (Larry Vettel/Mark Wise)

3 p.m.

Kentucky at Duke — ESPN2 (Tiffany Greene/Stephanie White)
Ball State at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Pacific (Randy Lee/Hal Schmitt)
Oklahoma State at USC — Pac-12 Networks (Anne Marie Anderson/Tammy Blackburn)
Dayton at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus (Kevin Ingram/Carolina Hipps)
New Orleans at Alabama — SEC Network Plus (Mick Gillespie/Rick Moody)

5 p.m.

UCLA at UConn — ESPN2 (Dave O’Brien/Rebecca Lobo)
Louisville at Cal — Pac-12 Networks (Krista Blunk/Rosalyn Gold-Onwude)NCAA Basketball

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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