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College Basketball Viewing Picks For 03/02 & 03/03/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Saturday, March 2

Pregame & Studio Shows
College Gameday live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2013 — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Ultimate Bracket — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 7:15 p.m.
College GameDay live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Big Ten Finale ’12-’13 — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

11:30 a.m.
Robert Morris at Central Connecticut State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Dave Popkin/Joe DeSantis/Paul Dottino)

noon
Maryland at Wake Forest — ACC Network (Tim Brant/Cory Alexander)
Louisville at Syracuse — CBS (Ian Eagle/Clark Kellogg)
Army at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network (Bob Socci/Chris Spatola)
Old Dominion at Northeastern — Comcast SportsNet (California/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Northwest)/The Comcast Network (Gary Tanguay/Walter McCarty)
Alabama at Florida — ESPN (Mark Jones/Jimmy Dykes)
Butler at Virginia Commonwealth — ESPN2 (Carter Blackburn/Stephen Bardo/Andy Katz)

Women’s: Texas at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net (Detroit Plus/Southwest) (Mike Wolfe/Casey Kendrick)

1 p.m.
Jacksonville State at Belmont — ESPNU (Adam Amin/Brooke Weisbrod)
Memphis at Central Florida — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Ron Thulin/Perry Clark/Jenn Hildreth)

Women’s: South Florida at UConn — SNY (Andrew Catalon/Meg Culmo/Kerith Burke)

1:30 p.m.
Iowa State at Oklahoma — Big 12 Network (Dave Armstrong/Bryndon Manzer)
Tennessee at Georgia — SEC Network (Dave Baker/Joe Dean)

2 p.m.
UConn at Cincinnati — Big East Network (Anish Shroff/Bob Wenzel)
West Virginia at Kansas — CBS (Kevin Harlan/Jim Spanarkel)
UMass at Xavier — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Steve Lappas)
Marshall at Houston — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Houston/The Comcast Network (David Saltzman/Tom Penders)
Notre Dame at Marquette — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Len Elmore)
Wichita State at Creighton — ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg/Mark Adams)
George Mason at Delaware — NBC Sports Network (Mike Corey/Ron Thompson)

3 p.m.
Penn State at Minnesota — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Sean Harrington)
Valparaiso at Green Bay — ESPNU (Jim Barbar/Bob Valvano)
Arizona State at USC — Fox Sports Net-national (Steve Physioc/Marques Johnson)

4 p.m.
Richmond at Dayton — A-10 Network (Bob McElligott/Tony White)
TCU at Texas Tech — Big 12 Network (Mitch Holthus/Dan Hughes)
Kentucky at Arkansas — CBS (Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner)
Simon Fraser at Western Washington — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Julianne Viani)
Saint Louis at George Washington — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox Sports Midwest Plus (Byron Kerr/Glenn Consor/Kellie Cowan)
Texas at Oklahoma State — ESPN (Jon Sciambi/Fran Fraschilla)
UNLV at Nevada — NBC Sports Network (Steve Schlanger/Blaine Fowler)
LSU at Missouri — SEC Network (Clay Matvick/Jon Sundvold)

Women’s: Notre Dame at Providence — Big East Network (Bob Picozzi/LaChina Robinson)

5 p.m.
Colorado at Cal — ESPNU (Dave Flemming/Sean Farnham)
Indiana State at Evansville — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest (Tom Ackerman/Rich Zvosec)
Mississippi at Mississippi State — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Detroit/Florida/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Southwest Plus) (Dave Neal/Larry Conley)
Portland at Gonzaga — WCC TV (Andy Mauser/Brad Holland)

Women’s: Iowa State at TCU — Fox Sports Net-national (Chuck LaMendola/Janice Dziuk)

5:15 p.m.
Nebraska at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee/Tom Doyle)
North Dakota State at Nebraska-Omaha — Fox College Sports Central (Tom Niemann/Brad Newitt)

6 p.m.
James Madison at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic/Northwest) (Al Koken/John Feinstein)
Miami (FL) at Duke — ESPN (Dave O’Brien/Dick Vitale/Doris Burke)
New Mexico State at Denver — ESPN Plus (Trey Bender/Stephen Howard)
Harvard at Penn — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Calen Duff)

7 p.m.
Kansas State at Baylor — ESPN2 (Mark Neely/Bob Knight)
South Carolina at Texas A&M — ESPNU (Tom Hart/Matt Doherty)

Women’s: Baylor at West Virginia — Fox Sports Net-national (Bob Licht/Brenda VanLengen)

7:30 p.m.
Iowa at Indiana — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Jim Jackson/Stephanie Wells)

8 p.m.
St. John’s at Providence — Big East Network (Eric Frede/Ron Perry)
Clemson at Virginia Tech — Fox Sports Net-regional (Florida/South/SportSouth/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN) (Mike Hogewood/Eddie Fogler)

Women’s: Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Oklahoma/Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Carpenter/Billy Tubbs/Jessica Coody)

9 p.m.
Arizona at UCLA — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dan Shulman/Jay Bilas/Samantha Ponder)
Vanderbilt at Auburn — ESPN2 (Dave Lamont/Kara Lawson)
Rutgers at Georgetown — ESPNU (Lou Canellis/Tim Welsh)

11 p.m.
BYU at Loyola Marymount — ESPNU (Roxy Bernstein/Danny Schayes)

Sunday, March 3

noon
Villanova at Pittsburgh — Big East Network (Kevin Connors/John Celestand)

Women’s: Michigan at Ohio State — Big Ten Network (Mike Wolf/Patricia Babcock McGraw)
Women’s: Southern Mississippi at Tulane — CBS Sports Network (Don Criqui/Amy Lawrence)

1 p.m.
Purdue at Wisconsin — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Dan Dakich)

Women’s: Florida at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit/North Plus/SportSouth/Sun Sports) (Dave Baker/Elizabeth Moreau)
Women’s: Florida State at Virginia — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Carolinas/Detroit Plus/Florida/South/Prime Ticket/Tennessee/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESNplus) (Mike Hogewood/Debbie Antonelli)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: Vanderbilt at Georgia — ESPNU (Melissa Lee/Steffi Sorenson)

2 p.m.
DePaul at South Florida — Big East Network (Rich Hollenberg/Paul Biancardi)
Florida State at North Carolina — CBS (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr)

Women’s: Wisconsin at Michigan State — Big Ten Network (Lisa Byington/Shelly Till)
Women’s: URI at Virginia Commonwealth — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Julianne Viani)
Women’s: St. Joseph’s at Dayton — ESPN2 (Pam Ward/Swin Cash)
Women’s: LSU at Texas A&M — SEC Network (Cara Capuano/Nell Fortner)
Women’s: Miami (OH) at Akron — STO (Mike Cairns/Jackie Windon)

3:30 p.m.
Washington State at Washington — Fox Sports Net-national (Justin Kutcher/Marques Johnson)

Women’s: Drexel at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (Mike Corey/Pam Roecker)
Women’s: Tennessee at Kentucky — ESPNU (Sam Gore/Maria Taylor)

4 p.m.
Virginia at Boston College — ACC Network (Tom Werme/Dave Odom)
Michigan State at Michigan — CBS (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery)

Women’s: Illinois at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Stephanie White)
Women’s: North Carolina at Duke — ESPN2 (Brenda VanLengen/Carolyn Peck)

5 p.m.
Utah at Stanford — Pac-12 Network (Paul Sunderland/Ernie Kent)

6 p.m.
North Carolina State at Georgia Tech — ESPNU (Carter Blackburn/Jay Williams/Allison Williams)

Women’s: Penn State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/LaChina Robinson)

Breaking Out Some Sunday Linkage

I haven’t done Sunday links in a very long while. It seems as if part of my weekends have been planned for me behind my back for almost three years straight. Finally glad to be able to do links on a weekend.

Charlie White at Mashable talks about NASCAR taking down fan videos of the horrific crash that injured 28 fans at the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona yesterday.

John McQuaid from Forbes says NASCAR has a YouTube problem.

Jon Lafayette of Broadcasting & Cable says Dish Network may not be allowed to advertise on Fox over its Hopper device, but it’s finding a way to be seen on today’s Daytona 500.

The Sherman Report’s Ed Sherman has some videos displaying Joe Garagiola on TV at various times in his career.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the Big East had to go back to ESPN after rejecting a huge megabucks offer from the network two years ago.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks with SNY’s Bob Ojeda who steps out of the studios to analyze Mets Spring Training games.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post hates Twitter.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union has the entire World Baseball Classic TV schedule.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner looks at the new season of The Haney Project on Golf Channel.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle looks at the local sports radio ratings and the Houston Rockets’ TV numbers.

Mel Bracht from The Oklahoman talks with Sooner State native Stacey King who is now the Chicago Bulls TV analyst.

Paul M. Banks at the Chicago Sports Media Watch has NASCAR pundits choosing their winners for the Daytona 500.

MediaRantz has yet another mistimed headline at ESPN.com.

That’s it for the linkage for now. I could be back later if news breaks.

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/23 & 02/24/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Saturday, February 22

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Lexington, KY — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m.
75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Top 10 Upsets — CBS, 1 p.m.
75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Top 10 Champs That Never Were — CBS, 1:30 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
College GameDay live from Lexington, KY — ESPN, 8 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, midnight

BracketBusters
Iona at Indiana State — ESPNU, 11 a.m. (Doug Sherman/Sean Harrington)
Pacific at Western Michigan — ESPN3, 1 p.m. (Dan Gutowsky/Nate Ross)
Canisius at Vermont — ESPN3, 1 p.m. (Ed Cohen/Rob Kennedy)
Eastern Kentucky at Valparaiso — ESPNU, 1 p.m. (Jim Barbar/Brooke Weisbrod)
Montana at Davidson — ESPNU, 3 p.m. (Ray Philpott/Paul Biancardi)
Northwestern State at Niagara — ESPN3, 3 p.m. (Mike Gleason/Daymeon Fishback)
Detroit at Wichita State — ESPN2, 4 p.m. (Dave Lamont/Darrin Horn)
Creighton at St. Mary’s — ESPN, 6 p.m. (Mark Jones/Jimmy Dykes)
South Dakota State at Murray State — ESPN2, 8 p.m. (Roxy Bernstein/Mark Adams)
Denver at Northern Iowa — ESPN3, 8 p.m. (Mike Couzens/Rich Zvosec)
Ohio at Belmont — ESPN2, 10 p.m. (Mike Crispino/Malcolm Huckaby)

noon
Seton Hall at Louisville — Big East Network (Anish Shroff/Bob Wenzel)
Clemson at Maryland — ESPN2 (Carter Blackburn/Jay Williams)

Women’s: Johnson C. Smith at Shaw — CBS Sports Network
Women’s: Akron at Kent State — STO (Mike Cairns/Jackie Windon)

1 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Memphis — Fox Sports Net-national (Ron Thulin/Perry Clark/Jenn Hildreth)
Miami (FL) at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net-regional (Carolinas/Detroit Plus/Florida/South/Tennessee/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/NESN) (Rich Waltz/Eddie Fogler)

Women’s: Wisconsin at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Lisa Byington/Shelley Till/Kara Lentz)
Women’s: Texas at Baylor — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox College Sports (Kris Radcliffe/Jim Haller)

1:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Iowa State — Big 12 Network (Dave Armstrong/Stephen Howard)
Alabama at LSU — SEC Network (Joe Davis/Barry Booker)
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State — SEC Network (Dave Baker/Jon Sundvold)

2 p.m.
South Carolina at Georgia — CBS (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb)
Virginia Commonwealth at Xavier — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Steve Wolf)
Oklahoma State at West Virginia — ESPN2 (Jon Sciambi/Fran Fraschilla)

Women’s: Syracuse at South Florida — Big East Network (Bob Picozzi/LaChina Robinson)

3 p.m.
Washington State at Arizona — Fox Sports Net-national (Steve Physioc/Marques Johnson)

Women’s: Indiana at Illinois — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Stephanie White)
Women’s: Iowa State at Kansas State — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox College Sports Pacific (Brian Smoller/Missy Heidrick)
Women’s: Oklahoma State at Oklahoma — Fox Sports-regional (Detroit Plus/North Plus/Oklahoma Plus/Southwest) (Mike Wolfe/Casey Kendrick)

4 p.m.
TCU at Kansas — Big 12 Network (Mitch Holthus/Reid Gettys)
Georgetown at Syracuse — CBS (Tim Brando/Bill Raftery)
George Washington at St. Joseph’s — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic Plus)/CSS/The Comcast Network (Scott Graham/Joe Lunardi)
William & Mary at George Mason — Comcast SportsNet (Houston/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest/Philadelphia) (Al Koken/Ron Thompson)
North Carolina State at North Carolina — ESPN (Dave O’Brien/Doris Burke)
New Mexico at Colorado State — NBC Sports Network (Steve Schlanger/Stan Van Gundy)
Tennessee at Texas A&M — SEC Network (Clay Matvick/Joe Dean)

Women’s: Seton Hall at UConn — SNY

5 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma — ESPNU (Brad Sham/Bob Valvano)
Auburn at Mississippi — Fox Sports Net-regional (Detroit/Midwest/North/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Southwest/Sun Sports) (Dave Neal/Larry Conley)
Binghamton at New Hampshire — WBIN/Fox College Sports Central (Mike Murphy/Bob Lipman)
Santa Clara at Portland — WCC TV (Ari Wolfe/Brad Holland)

6 p.m.
Marquette at Villanova — ESPN2 (Mike Patrick/Len Elmore)
Nevada at San Diego State — NBC Sports Network (Todd Harris/Blaine Fowler)
Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (JB Long/Lamar Hurd)

7 p.m.
Arkansas at Florida — ESPNU (Tom Hart/Matt Doherty)

8 p.m.
UConn at DePaul — Big East Network (Lou Canellis/Sean Kearney)
Harvard at Yale — CBS Sports Network (Don Criqui/Alaa Abdelnaby)
Kansas State at Texas — Longhorn Network (Paul Sunderland/Bruce Bowen/Kaylee Hartung)
Stanford at Oregon — Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson/Ernie Kent)

8:30 p.m.
Weber State at Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Pacific (Bob Carpenter/Mickey Michalec)

Women’s: Sacramento State at Northern Arizona — Fox Sports Arizona

9 p.m.
Missouri at Kentucky — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dan Shulman/Dick Vitale/Samantha Ponder)
Providence at Rutgers — ESPNU (Beth Mowins/Tim Welsh)

11 p.m.
Washington at Arizona State — ESPNU (Dave Flemming/Sean Farnham)

Sunday, February 24

noon
Pittsburgh at St. John’s — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/John Celestand)
Lehigh at Lafayette — CBS Sports Network (Bob Socci/Chris Spatola)

1 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Dan Dakich)

Women’s: Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network (Lisa Byington/Patricia Babcock-McGraw/Dave Leno)
Women’s: Purdue at Minnesota — ESPN2 (Jim Barbar/Maria Taylor)
Women’s: Texas Tech at Kansas — Fox Sports Net-national (Ron Thulin/Brenda VanLengen)
Women’s: Miami at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Carolinas/Detroit Plus/North Plus/Prime  Ticket/South/Tennessee/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic) (Mike Hogewood/Christy Winters-Scott)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: North Carolina State at North Carolina — ESPNU (Roy Philpott/LaChina Robinson)

2 p.m.
Boston College at Duke — ACC Network (Tim Brant/Cory Alexander)
Georgia Tech at Virginia — ACC Network (Tom Werme/Debbie Antonelli)
Cincinnati at Notre Dame — CBS (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel)
LaSalle at URI — Comcas SportsNet Philadelphia/Cox Sports RI (Mike Mancuso/Chris DiSano)

Women’s: St. Bonaventure at George Washington — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Julianne Viani)
Women’s: Georgia at Mississippi — CSS/Comcast Sportsnet California (Matt Stewart/Joe Ciampi)
Women’s: Tennessee at Arkansas — SEC Network (Melissa Lee/Nell Fortner)

3 p.m.
Women’s: Iowa at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Stephanie White)
Women’s: Duke at Maryland — ESPN2 (Pam Ward/Carolyn Peck)
Women’s: Arizona at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network (Ann Schatz/Kyndra de St. Aubin)

3:30 p.m.
UCLA at USC — Fox Sports Net-national (Justin Kutcher/Marques Johnson/Steve Kerr)

Women’s: Notre Dame at DePaul — ESPNU (Lou Canellis/Brooke Weisbrod)

4 p.m.
Michigan State at Ohio State — CBS (Kevin Harlan/Clark Kellogg)

4:30 p.m.
Women’s: James Madison at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/CSS/The Comcast Network (Al Koken/Pam Roecker)

5 p.m.
Women’s: Texas A&M at Vanderbilt — ESPN2 (Adam Amin/Swin Cash)
Women’s: USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Network (Anne Marie Anderson/Tammy Blackburn)
Women’s: Oregon State at Cal — Pac-12 Network (Bay Area/Oregon/Washington) (Krista Blunk/Mary Murphy)

6 p.m.
Northwestern at Purdue — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Dan Bonner)
Florida State at Virginia Tech — ESPNU (Carter Blackburn/Jay Williams/Allison Williams)

7 p.m.
Old Dominion at Hofstra — Comcast SportsNet (California/Houston/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/CSS/SNY/The Comcast Network (Joe Beninati/John Feinstein)

Women’s: Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Network (Jim Watson/Rose Gold-Onwude)

8 p.m.
LIU-Brooklyn at Wagner — ESPNU (Bob Picozzi/Derek Whittenburg)

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/16 & 02/17/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports

Saturday, February 16

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Lawrence, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m.
75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Top 10 Improbable Heroes — CBS, 12:30 p.m.
College GameDay live from Lawrence, KS — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Big Ten Finale ’12-’13 — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, midnight
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, midnight

11 a.m.
Kent State at Ohio — ESPNU (Joe Davis/Brooke Weisbrod)

11:30 a.m.
Central Connecticut State at Mount St. Mary’s — Fox College Sports Atlantic (Dave Popkin/Tim Capstraw/Paul Dottino)

noon
Boston College at Florida State — ACC Network (Tom Werde/Dave Odom)
Virginia at North Carolina — ACC Network (Steve Martin/Eddie Fogler)
Notre Dame at Providence — Big East Network (Eamon McAnaney/Bob Wenzel)
Clayton State at Montevallo — CBS Sports Network (Jason Knapp/TBD)
William & Mary at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Houston/Mid-Atlantic/New England/Northwest/Philadelphia)/CSS (Brent Harris/Brian Oliver)
Villanova at UConn — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Len Elmore)
Xavier at Dayton — ESPN2 (Mike Crispino/Stephen Bardo)

Women’s: Michigan State at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Lisa Byington/Stephanie White)

1 p.m.
Kentucky at Tennessee — CBS (Ian Eagle/Clark Kellogg)
Pittsburgh at Marquette — CBS (Spero Dedes/Greg Anthony)
Rutgers at DePaul — ESPNU (Beth Mowins/Tim Welsh)
St. Joseph’s at LaSalle — NBC Sports Network (Dave Strader/Mike Kaplan)

Women’s: Central Connecticut State at Mount St. Mary’s — Fox College Sports Pacific (Paul Dottino/Phyllis Mangina/John Schmeelk)

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State — Big 12 Network (Dave Armstrong/Bryndon Manzer)
TCU at Iowa State — Big 12 Network (Chad McKee/Kevin Lehman)
Florida at Auburn — SEC Network (Clay Matvick/Joe Dean)

2 p.m.
Army at Navy — CBS Sports Network (Bob Socci/Chris Spatola)
Purdue at Indiana — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Dan Dakich)
Virginia Tech at North Carolina State — ESPN2 (Carter Blackburn/Fran Fraschilla)
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Carolinas/Detroit/North Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Tennessee/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN)

Women’s: Pittsburgh at Syracuse — Big East Network (Bob Picozzi/LaChina Robinson)

2:30 p.m.
SMU at Tulane — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Pete Pranica/Dan Bonner/Debbie Antonelli)

3 p.m.
Creighton at Evansville — ESPNU (Mitch Holthus/Mark Adams)
Northern Arizona at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central (Dan Hammer/Greg Stemen)

4 p.m.
Texas Tech at West Virginia — Big 12 Network (Mark Neely/Rich Zvosec)
Butler at Fordham — CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen/Steve Lappas)
Georgia State at George Mason — Comcast SportsNet (Chicago/Houston/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest/Philadelphia)/CSS (Joe Beninati/John Feinstein)
Missouri at Arkansas — ESPN (Mark Jones/Jimmy Dykes)
UCLA at Stanford — ESPN2 (Dave Pasch/Bill Walton)
South Carolina at Alabama — SEC Network (Dave Baker/Jon Sundvold)

Women’s: UConn at Rutgers — SNY
Women’s: Western Michigan at Ohio — STO

4:30 p.m.
Houston at Tulsa — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Atlantic (Ron Thulin/Mike Gminski/Jenn Hildreth)

Women’s: North Dakota at Northern Arizona — Fox Sports Arizona Plus (Jordan Byrd/Sharon Falor/Heather Hodgeson)

5 p.m.
Mississippi State at LSU — ESPNU (Tom Hart/Matt Doherty)
Western Illinois at South Dakota State — Fox College Sports Pacific (Tom Nieman/Brad Newitt)

6 p.m.
Temple at UMass — CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover/Steve Wolf)
Duke at Maryland — ESPN (Dave O’Brien/Doris Burke/Jeannine Edwards)
Detroit at Valparaiso — ESPN2

6:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Vanderbilt — Fox Sports net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/Midwest Plus/South/Southwest/West/Wisconsin/Sun Sports) (Dave Neal/Larry Conley)

7 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas State — ESPNU (Brad Sham/Bob Valvano)
Princton at Harvard — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Dalen Cuff)
Oregon at Washington State — Pac-12 Network (JB Long/Ernie Kent)

7:15 p.m.
Oakland at Missouri-Kansas City — Fox College Sports Pacific (Neil Harwell/Jaycie Pearson)

8 p.m.
Syracuse at Seton Hall — Big East Network (Mike Corey/Jim Spanarkel)
Michigan State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Tim Doyle)
Memphis at Marshall — CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan/Pete Gillen)
Georgia at Mississippi — ESPN2 (Dave Lamont, Kyle Macy)

8:30 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Central (David Garrett/Mickey Michaelec)

Women’s: Utah State at New Mexico State — Fox Sports Arizona Plus

9 p.m.
Portland at BYU — BYU TV (Dave McCann/Steve Cleveland/Robbie Bullough)
Texas at Kansas — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dan Shulman/Jay Bilas/Holly Rowe)
Arizona State at Colorado — ESPNU (Dave Flemming/Sean Farnham)
San Diego State at UNLV — NBC Sports Network (Paul Burmister/Blaine Fowler)

11 p.m.
New Mexico State at Utah State — ESPNU (Roxy Bernstein/Corey Williams)
Oregon State at Washington — Fox Sports Net-national (Justin Kutcher/Marques Johnson/Laura McKeeman)
Cal State-Fullerton at Cal-Irvine — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego/Fox College Sports Central (Justin Alderson/Michael Cage/Kelli Tennant)

Sunday, February 17

noon
Penn State at Michigan — Big Ten Network (Tom Hamilton/Shon Morris)
Holy Cross at American — CBS Sports Network (Bob Socci/Steve Spatola)

1 p.m.
Ohio State at Wisconsin — CBS (Tim Brando/Bill Raftery)
Louisville at South Florida — ESPN (Rich Hollenberg/Bob Wenzel)

Women’s: North Carolina at Florida State — Fox Sports Net-regional (Carolinas/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Tennessee/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN) (Tom Werme/Chelsea Shine)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: DePaul at Louisville — ESPNU (Jim Barbar/Sonya Beeler) (2013 Play 4Kay)
Women’s: West Virginia at Iowa State — Fox Sports Net-national (Ron Thulin/Brenda VanLengen)
Women’s: LSU at Mississippi State — Fox Sports Net-regional (Florida/North Plus/SportSouth) (Dave Baker/Daymeon Fishback)

2 p.m.
Women’s: Temple at St. Joseph’s — CBS Sports Network (John Sadak/Julianne Viani)
Women’s: South Carolina at Mississippi — SEC Network (Cara Capuano/Steffi Sorensen)

2:30 p.m.
2013 Play 4Kay
Women’s: Alabama at Auburn — ESPN2 (Clay Matvick/Brooke Weisbrod)
Women’s: Georgia Tech at North Carolina State — ESPN2 (Joe Davis/Deb Antonelli)
Women’s: Notre Dame at Marquette — ESPN2 (Pam Ward/Stephanie White)
Women’s: Oklahoma at Kansas — ESPN2 (Holly Rowe/Fran Fraschilla)

2 p.m.
Minnesota at Iowa — Big Ten Network (Brian Anderson/Sean Harrington)

3 p.m.
Arizona at Utah — Pac-12 Network (Paul Sunderland/Brevin Knight)

Women’s: Wake Forest at Duke — Fox Sports Net-regional (Carolinas/Prime Ticket/San Diego/South/Tennessee/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN) (Mike Hogewood/Christy Winters Scott)

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: Stanford at UCLA — ESPNU (Rich Cellini/Rosalyn Gold-Onwude) (2013 Play 4Kay)
Women’s: Texas at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Net-national (Bob Licht/Dan Hughes)

4 p.m.
Women’s: UNLV at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network (James Bates/Tammy Blackburn)

5 p.m.
Women’s: Towson at George Mason — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (Joe Beninati/John Feinstein)
Women’s: Cal at USC — Pac-12 Network (Krista Blunk/Mary Murphy)

2013 Play 4Kay
Women’s: Cincinnati at St. John’s — ESPN2 (Bob Picozzi/Rebecca Lobo)
Women’s: Iowa at Purdue — ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Nell Fortner)
Women’s: Maryland at Virginia — ESPN2 (Melissa Lee/LaChina Robinson)
Women’s: Vanderbilt at Tennessee — ESPN2 (Adam Amin/Maria Taylor)

6 p.m.
Miami at Clemson — ESPNU (Carter Blackburn/Jay Williams/Allison Williams)

7 p.m.
Washington State at Oregon — Pac-12 Network (Ann Schatz/Ann Meyers-Drysdale)

7:30 p.m.
Illinois at Northwestern — Big Ten Network (Eric Collins/Mike Kelley)
James Madison at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet (Houston/Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphia)/CSS (Mike Reghi/Brad Jackson)

8 p.m.
Wichita State at Illinois State — ESPNU (Mitch Holthus/Mark Adams)

10 p.m.
USC at Cal — Fox Sports Net-national (Steve Physioc/Corey Williams)

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 01/19 & 01/20/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, January 19

Pregame & Studio Shows
College GameDay live from Indianapolis — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 p.m.
College GameDay live from Indianapolis — ESPN, 8 p.m.

11 a.m.
Virginia Military Institute at Coastal Carolina — ESPNU (Adam Amin/Brooke Weisbrod)

noon
St. John’s at DePaul — Big East Network (Anish Shroff/Bob Wenzel)
Maryland at North Carolina — ESPN (Dave O’Brien/Doris Burke)
UConn at Pittsburgh — ESPN2 (John Saunders/Dereck Whittenburg)

12:30 p.m.
Harvard at Memphis — Fox Sports Net (national)/Fox College Sports Atlantic

1 p.m.
St. Bonaventure at Temple — CBS Sports Network
Nebraska at Penn State — ESPNU (Mike Crispino/Bob Valvano)

1:30 p.m.
Iowa State at TCU — Big 12 Network (Mitch Holthus/Reid Gettys)
Arkansas at Mississippi — SEC Network (Dave Baker/Barry Booker)
Vanderbilt at South Carolina — SEC Network (Dave Lamont/Kara Lawson)

2 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech — ACC NetworkLaSalle at Xavier — A-10 Network
Kansas at Texas — CBS (Kevin Harlan/Clark Kellogg)
West Virginia at Purdue — CBS (Ian Eagle/Bill Raftery)
Drexel at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/The Comcast Network/CSS
Missouri at Florida — ESPN (Mark Jones/Jimmy Dykes)
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State — ESPN2 (Jon Sciambi/Fran Fraschilla)

Women’s: Seton Hall at Georgetown — Big East Network
Women’s: Boston University at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Pacific

2:30 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State — Fox Sports Net (national)
Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State — Fox Sports South

3 p.m.
Akron at Kent State — ESPNU (Dan Gutowsky/Darrin Horn)
Columbia at Cornell — NBC Sports Network (Randy Moss/Dalen Cuff)

Women’s: Texas at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Oklahoma

4 p.m.
Florida State at Virginia — ACC Network
Villanova at Providence — Big East Network (Don Orsillo/Ron Perry)
Oklahoma at Kansas State — Big 12 Network (Dave Armstrong/Rich Zvosec)
Oregon at UCLA — CBS (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb)
SMU at UTEP — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Houston/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest/Philadelphia)
Syracuse at Louisville — ESPN (Mike Patrick/Len Elmore)
Creighton at Wichita State — ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg/Mark Adams)
Boston University at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Pacific
Mississippi State at Tennessee — SEC Network (Clay Matvick/Joe Dean)

Women’s: Syracuse at UConn — SNY

4:30 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — Fox Sports Net (national)

5 p.m.
Penn at St. Joseph’s — ESPNU (Scott Graham/Carolyn Peck)
Hofstra at George Mason — NBC Sports Network (Mike Corey/Ron Thompson)

6 p.m.
Georgetown at South Florida — Big East Network (Jason Benetti/Mark Wise)
UAB at Southern Mississippi — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area Plus/Houston/Northwest)
Ohio State at Michigan State — ESPN (Bob Wischusen/Dan Dakich)
Texas A&M at Alabama — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Florida/North Plus/South/Southwest/Sun Sports)

7 p.m.
Marquette at Cincinnati — ESPNU (Beth Mowins/Tim Welsh)
UNLV at Colorado State — NBC Sports Network (Steve Schlanger/Blaine Fowler)

8 p.m.
Rutgers at Notre Dame — Big East Network (Lou Canellis/Sean Kearney)
Wisconsin at Iowa — Big Ten Network
LSU at Georgia — CSS/Bright House Sports/Comcast SportsNet (Houston/Northwest)/Cox Sports Television (Matt Stewart/Daymeon Fishback)
Oregon State at USC — Pac-12 Network

9 p.m.
San Diego at BYU — BYU TV
Gonzaga at Butler — ESPN/ESPN 3D (Dan Shulman/Dick Vitale/Shannon Spake)
Kentucky at Auburn — ESPNU (Tom Hart/Matt Doherty)

11 p.m.
Utah at Washington — ESPNU (Dave Flemming/Sean Farnham)
Colorado at Washington State — Pac-12 Network

Sunday, January 20

noon
Navy at Army — CBS Sports Network

Women’s: St. John’s at Notre Dame — ESPNU

1 p.m.
Indiana at Northwestern — Big Ten Network

Women’s: Iowa State at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net-national
Women’s: Wake Forest at Boston College — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/South/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN)
Women’s: South Carolina at Florida — Fox Sports Florida

2 p.m.
Women’s: Butler at LaSalle — CBS Sports Network
Women’s: Maryland at Georgia Tech — ESPN2
Women’s: Auburn at Kentucky — SEC Network

3 p.m.
Women’s: UAB at UTEP — Fox Sports Net-national
Women’s: Florida State at North Carolina State — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/South/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN)

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: UCLA at Cal — ESPNU

4 p.m.
Women’s: Purdue at Iowa — Big Ten Network
Women’s: Colorado State at UNLV — CBS Sports Network

5 p.m.
Women’s: Texas A&M at Georgia — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

6 p.m.
Clemson at North Carolina State — ESPNU (Carter Blackburn/Jay Williams/Allison Williams)

Women’s: Nebraska at Minnesota — Big Ten Network

8 p.m.
Illinois State at Southern Illinois — ESPNU (Mitch Holthus/Mark Adams)

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 01/05 & 01/06/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, January 5

11 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Rutgers — ESPN2

noon
Virginia Tech at Maryland — ACC Network
Seton Hall at Notre Dame — Big East Network
Purdue at Michigan State — Big Ten Network
Delaware at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid Atlantic/Philadelphia)/CSS
Wake Forest at Duke — ESPNU

12:30 p.m.
Women’s: Northwest Missouri State at Pittsburg State

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State — Big 12 Network
South Carolina State at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Detroit Plus/Midwest Plus/San Diego/South/Southwest/Sun Sports)

Women’s: Oklahoma at Texas — Fox Sports Net-national

2 p.m.Georgetown at Marquette — Big East Network
George Mason at William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid Atlantic/Philadelphia)/CSS
Texas at Baylor — ESPNU

Women’s: Purdue at Nebraska — CBS

2:15 p.m.
Ohio State at Illinois — Big Ten Network

2:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech — ACC Network

3 p.m.
Northwest Missouri State at Pittsburg State — CBS Sports Network
Stanford at UCLA — Pac-12 Network

4 p.m.
Oklahoma at West Virginia — Big 12 Network
Oakland at Alabama — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston/Northwest/Philadelphia)/Cox Sports Television
North Carolina at Boston College — ESPN2
St. John’s at Cincinnati — ESPNU
Florida State at Clemson — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit Plus/Florida/North Plus/San Diego/South/Prime Ticket/Wisconsin)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN
Bucknell at Missouri — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Midwest/Sun Sports
Long Island at Quinnipiac — SNY

Women’s: Notre Dame at UConn — CBS

5 p.m.
Southern Utah at Northern Arizona — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox College Sports PacificLehigh at VCU — NBC Sports Network
Utah at Arizona — Pac-12 Network

6 p.m.
Murray State at Southeast Missouri State — ESPNU
Texas Tech at TCU — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox College Sports Central

Women’s: Louisville at DePaul — Big East Network

8 p.m.
DePaul at Providence — Big East Network

Women’s: Iowa State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific

9 p.m.
Southern Illinois at Evansville — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox College Sports Atlantic

9:30 p.m.
Washington at Washington State — ESPNU

10 p.m.
BYU at San Francisco — BYU TV/Comcast SportsNet California Plus

11 p.m.
Cal at USC — Fox Sports Net-national

Sunday, January 6

11:30 a.m.
Women’s: St. John’s at Rutgers — ESPNU

noon
Syracuse at South Florida — Big East Network
Iowa at Michigan — Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Women’s: Virginia at Miami — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Detroit Plus/North/South/Sun Sports/Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN)
Women’s: Georgia at Tennessee — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit/Florida/North Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/Southwest/SportSouth)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: Florida State at Maryland — ESPNU

2 p.m.
Women’s: LSU at Florida — SEC Network

2:15 p.m.
Women’s: Penn State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network

3 p.m.
Women’s: Texas A&M at Arkansas — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Detroit/North Plus/Prime Ticket/San Diego/Southwest/SportSouth/Sun Sports)

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: Vanderbilt at Mississippi — ESPNU

4:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Nebraska — Big Ten Network
Temple at Kansas — CBS

5:30 p.m.
Wichita State at Bradley — ESPNU
Florida at Yale — NBC Sports Network

Women’s: Oklahoma State at Baylor — Fox Sports Net-national

7 p.m.
Northwestern at Minnesota — Big Ten Network

8 p.m.
Tulsa at SMU — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Atlantic
Colorado at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network

10 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Fox Sports Net-national/Fox College Sports Pacific

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 12/22 & 12/23/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, December 22

Gotham Classic, New York, NY
Syracuse vs. Temple — ESPN2, noon

Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI
Quarterfinals
Indiana State vs. Mississippi — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
San Diego State vs. San Francisco — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. Tennessee State — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) vs. Hawaii — ESPNU, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Virginia Governor’s Cup, Richmond, VA
Richmond vs. George Mason — NBC Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Old Dominion vs. Virginia — NBC Sports Network, 5:30 p.m.

noon
American at Georgetown — Big East Network
Murray State at Dayton — CBS Sports Network
McNeese State at North Carolina — ESPNU

1 p.m.
Coppin State at Iowa — Big Ten Network
Tennessee Tech at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox College Sports Atlantic

Women’s: UConn at Hartford — SNY

1:30 p.m.
USC at Georgia — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Midwest/North/Prime Ticket./an Diego/South/Southwest/Wisconsin/Sun Sports)

2 p.m.
Maryland-Baltimore County at DePaul — Big East Network
Florida State vs. Charlotte at Charlotte, NC — CBS Sports Network
Georgia State at URI — Cox Sports RI
Mercer at Alabama — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Houston/New England/Northwest)
Texas at Michigan State — ESPN2
LSU at Marquette — ESPNU
Arizona State at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports West/Fox College Sports Central

3 p.m.
Tulsa at Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Atlantic
Houston Baptist at Oregon — Pac-12 Network (Oregon/Washington)

Women’s: Duke at USC — Pac-12 Network

4 p.m.
Wright State at Cincinnati — Big East Network
Kansas at Ohio State — CBS
Marshall at Kentucky — ESPN2
Citadel at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Florida/North/San Diego/South/Prime Ticket/Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN)
Southern at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports West/Sun Sports/Fox College Sports Central

Women’s: Stanford at Tennessee — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/SportSouth)

5 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at Cal — Pac-12 Network

6 p.m.
Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, MO — ESPN2

7 p.m.
Lafayette at Minnesota — Big Ten Network
Northern Illinois at Washington — Pac-12 Network

8 p.m.
Winthrop at Auburn — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/New England)
Davidson at Drexel — NBC Sports Network

8:30 p.m.
Florida vs. Kansas State at Kansas City, MO — ESPN2
Louisville vs. Western Kentucky at Nashville, TN — ESPNU

9 p.m.
Missouri State at New Mexico State — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox College Sports Atlantic
Oregon State vs. San Diego State at Las Vegas, NV — Pac-12 Network

9:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network

11 p.m.
Fresno State at UCLA — Pac-12 Network

Sunday, December 23

Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI
Consolation
ESPNU, 3 p.m.
ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Semifinals
ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, NV
3rd Place Game
CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Championship Game
CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.
UNH at Penn State — Big Ten Network

noon
Siena at Fordham — YES

5 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Pittsburgh — Big East Network

Cranking Out The Friday Megalinks

Wasn’t able to do any posts yesterday as I was away for most of the day. Tough to get anything done when you’re out of range for any internet or even 3G. First World Problems.

Anyway, time for some Friday megalinks. Been doing well with the links, except for Thursday, but let’s continue doing them today.

No Weekend Viewing Picks yet. When they’re done, I’ll insert them here.

Let’s get cracking on the linkage.

National

We begin with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who talks with CBS’ Gary Danielson about the SEC Championship.

Ed Sherman with The Sherman Report has AOL’s David Whitley’s response to criticisms about his column about 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s tattoos.

Ed has CBS’ Verne Lundquist discussing SEC fatigue.

Ed has Gary Danielson’s preview of the SEC Championship.

And Ed analyzes the local ratings for the NFL.

Michael David Smith at Pro Football Talk has Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein baffled at the NFL’s censoring of an interview featuring Bradley Cooper over a movie Weinstein produced that referenced gambling and adds that some team owners actually liked the flick.

Lesley Goldberg of the Hollywood Reporter notes that U.S. Olympic diving gold medalist David Boudia will join a new ABC celebrity diving show as a judge. Yes, Greg Louganis will also be a judge.

Will Ashworth of Investor Place wonders if now is the time for Disney to sell ESPN.

Jordan Rabinowitz of SportsGrid has video of San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich shooting down TNT’s Charles Barkley during an in-game interview against the Miami Heat.

Matt Yoder from Awful Announcing says this weekend is a big test for Fox College Football.

Dave Kohl at the Broadcast Booth notes that CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network need to step up their games.

Sports Media Watch talks about the ratings for Notre Dame-USC.

Kristi Dosh at ESPN.com says Notre Dame’s resurgence is good news for its TV rights.

ESPN’s Darren Rovell feels NBA Communist Sympathizer David Stern is wrong for threatening to sanction the San Antonio Spurs for sending their major players home last night.

Ronnie Ramos at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says traditional media is clashing with new rules surrounding live tweeting of games.

From earlier in the week, John Koblin of Deadspin writes about ESPN admonishing its staff for crediting a story to SportsbyBrooks.

East and Mid-Atlantic

Chad Finn from the Boston Globe says some big name announcers got their start at Boston College’s student radio station.

Paul Doyle of the Hartford Courant writes that the Big East Conference has to recover from its latest blows while negotiating a new TV contract.

Charles McGrath of the New York Times profiles WFAN’s Steve Somers who’s been schmoozing s-p-o-r-t-s for 25 years on the nation’s first all-sports radio station.

Newsday’s Neil Best says SNY’s New York Jets postgame show does not pull any punches.

Neil has the Jets’ Tim Tebow being fine with the New York media.

Neil has an ESPN executive embracing debate.

The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick hates the Knicks’ style of play.

Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union has New York’s Capital Region’s Week 13 NFL TV schedule.

Pete says ESPN executives are doing backflips over Notre Dame playing in the BCS National Championship Game.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says next week’s Army-Navy game will be aired nationally on radio.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner notes that Louisville made the right sales pitch to get invited to join the ACC.

South

Mel Bracht from The Oklahoman notes that three local college football teams all get national telecasts at the same time on Saturday.

Midwest

Lynn Henning of the Detroit News says while the Tigers may not have a rights fee as high as major market teams, they are still happy with their relationship with Fox Sports.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recaps a GQ article that profiles some of the NFL replacement referees.

Danny Ecker at Crain’s Chicago Business discusses Groupon’s new relationship with MLB.

Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes that Missouri football and basketball games will remain on a Gateway City radio station for several years.

Dan wonders where a local sports radio talk show host will surface after losing his job for making racial comments.

Greg Palermo of the Creve Coeur (MO) Patch says a local sports radio host said goodbye to his listeners today.

West

The Idaho Statesman says ESPN Radio has picked up a new affiliate in Boise.

John Maffei of the North County Times is frustrated that most local fans can’t watch this weekend’s high school football championship games.

Jim Carlisle from the Ventura County Star says tonight’s Pac-12 Championship on Fox gives UCLA and Stanford a chance to wipe their slate clean for the postseason.

Steve Dilbeck of the Los Angeles Times catches up with Dodgers voice Vin Scully as he turns 85.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says the Dodgers are about to hit the motherlode whether it’s with Fox or another company.

Tom has some items that didn’t make his newspaper media column.

And that’s going to do it for now.

Bringing Out Your Monday Linkage

Ok, time for some links on this Columbus Day holiday for some of you.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today has a bunch of news and notes in his Monday sports media column including a recap of the NFL Today interview with scab NFL referee Lance Easley.

Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says the first-ever MLB Wild Card Games did well for TBS last Friday.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Time Warner Cable SportsNet has signed its first affiliate for its Los Angeles Lakers-centric regional sports network.

Over to Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report. He talks with Steve Madden, the man in charge of Sports on Earth, the joint venture between USA Today and MLB Advanced Media. Disclaimer: Fang’s Bites is an independently-owned blog affiliated with USA Today Media Group.

Glenn Davis of SportsGrid has video of San Diego Super Chargers safety Atari Bigby’s creative introduction on Sunday Night Football.

Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing notes that NBC’s Cris Collinsworth called New Orleans’ game-ending strip sack of San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers just before it occurred.

Brandon Costa at Sports Video Group says MLB Network prepared to air its first postseason games not knowing where they would be.

ESPN’s Darren Rovell tells us that MLB teams don’t keep any of the playoff ticket money the games generate.

Jim Romenesko notes how ESPN edited a blogger’s KKK-Rod headline.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the Mets are looking for ways to refinance its huge debts through its regional sports network, SNY.

As usual, Phil Mushnick of the New York Post hates everything on television.

Jerry Barmash of FishbowlNY notes that long-time New York Knicks analyst John Andariese is retiring.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun says TBS stepped up to the task for the New York Yankees-Orioles game on Sunday.

David says CBS’ Ian Eagle got the job done during yesterday’s Baltimore Ravens-Kansas City Chiefs game while his partner, Dan Fouts did not.

Tom Jones from the Tampa Bay Times reviews the weekend in sports television.

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel reports that Fox Sports Florida will air all 81 Magic games this season instead of splitting them between FS Florida and Sun Sports.

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle says the Astros are considering replacements to its radio team of Dave Raymond and Brett Dolan who were let go last week.

David says ESPN’s Jon Gruden brings his enthusiasm for the NFL to Monday Night Football.

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviews the CBS NFL Today interview of former scab referee Lance Easley.

Missouri Sports Magazine notes that the Kansas City Royals have set a ratings record for the 2012 season.

Dusty Saunders from the Denver Post says Sunday gave sports fans plenty of action to watch.

Paola Boivin of the Arizona Republic says there are a number of candidates to replace the Diamondbacks TV team of Daron Sutton and Mark Grace who were let go by the team after the season.

Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times says the Lakers have become the least-viewed team in the NBA thanks to its deal with Time Warner Cable Sports.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has your sports calendar for this week.

Tom has the five things he learned from watching sports over the weekend.

Jon Wilner at the San Jose Mercury News updates us on the Pac-12 Network and its dispute with DirecTV.

Bruce Dowbiggin of the Toronto Globe and Mail says fans are split over which side to support in the NHL lockout.

Ryan Lambert at Yahoo’s Puck Daddy looks at ESPN picking up KHL games in the wake of the NHL lockout.

Ty Duffy at the Big Lead says MLS is doing well at the gate, but not on TV.

Media Rantz informs us that former NFL Network original Kara Henderson left broadcasting to get married. Congrats to Kara.

That’s going to do it.

Your Thursday Linkage

Let’s do a few links for you.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the local MLB TV ratings.

Mike Ozanian from Forbes explains what the new national MLB TV deals mean for the upcoming bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights.

Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter has an NBC Sports executive defending its decision not to air live coverage of the Paralympics.

ESPN Ombudsman Jason Fry at the Poynter Institute discusses ESPN taking credit for the work of others and standardizing its editorial policies.

Bradley Klein of Golfweek was not enamored with the amount of commercials in NBC’s Ryder Cup coverage. Thanks to Ed Sherman for the link.

Speaking of Ed, he wonders if this season will be the last for the partnership of Chicago White Sox TV announcers Ken Harrelson and Steve Stone.

Jill Goldsmith from Variety discusses the new carriage deal between Disney and Cablevision that includes WatchESPN, Longhorn Network and other ESPN platforms.

Broadcasting & Cable reports on Golf Channel’s record viewership for the third quarter of 2012.

Dan Daly from Sports Video Group explores how Fox and Turner are preparing to pick up audio during the MLB Postseason.

ESPN’s Kristi Dosh looks at the next Manchester United cash deal.

ESPN’s Darren Rovell wonders how much Master Swindler Curt Schilling can receive for selling his bloody sock. I live in Rhode Island and I’m an angry taxpayer on the hook thanks to Curt’s 38 Studios deal.

Rocco Pendoia at The Street wonders if national sports radio can generate revenue for CBS.

Jordan Rabinowitz at SportsGrid has the painful video of actor Liam Neeson’s appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter as Mike Hill asked him about Tim Tebow. You can only imagine the results.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks with SiriusXM’s Chris Russo.

Jerry Barmash at FishbowlNY says YES has received its best ratings in two years for the last two Red Sox-Yankees games.

The Schenectady Gazette’s Ken Schott says local sports anchor Andrew Catalon will call UConn women’s basketball on SNY this season.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union has the Week 5 NFL TV schedule for the Capital Region.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record looks at the SNY UConn Women’s basketball schedule.

Tom Luicci of the Newark Star-Ledger talks with ESPN analyst John Congemi about Saturday’s UConn-Rutgers game.

Keith Groller at the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says IndyCar racing returns next year to Pocono Raceway, but in a shorter form and with ABC televising the race over NBC Sports Network.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun has a slideshow in which he gives grades to the MASN Orioles broadcasters for this season.

David notes the O’s home finale’s ratings on MASN almost doubled from the last season.

In the Washington Post, Dan Steinberg wants to know why former WaPo columnist Michael Wilbon trashed DC in ESPN The Magazine.

Dan also responds to Michael’s trashing of him.

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle says the final day of the Astros season meant saying goodbye on both TV and radio.

Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman writes that several Oklahoma City Thunder players were gripped by ESPN’s “Broke” 30 for 30 documentary.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says the Reds set a ratings record on Fox Sports Ohio.

In the Los Angeles Times, Joe Flint writes about the Disney carriage deal with Cablevision.

Joe Eskanazi of San Francisco explains how the Bleacher Report became so big.

John Carvalho at ChuckOliver.net delves into the feud between South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier and a newspaper columnist.

Andrew Kameka of Mobile Play says WatchESPN is now adding support for Apple AirPlay through iOS6.

Dave Kohl has some various sports media thoughts in The Broadcast Booth.

I’m going to end it there.

Some Wednesday Links

Can you believe it’s Wednesday already? Holiday on Monday makes the work week go faster.

To the linkage which has been too scarce on the site.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at some of the changes on the NFL’s TV partners this season.

John Ourand of Sports Business Journal talks about the fierce bidding between Fox and Turner for the MLB TV contract.

Mike Ozanian of Forbes has a video interview with MLB Advanced Media’s Bob Bowman about the company’s video technology which is being used all over the internet.

Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says CBS Sports is adding an on-air medical consultant to its NFL coverage this season.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says CBS/CBS Sports Network’s coverage of the US Open this past Labor Day Weekend was on the mark.

Anthony Crupi of Adweek tells us that General Motors is all over the NFL season opening game.

Natalie Zmuda from Advertising Age discusses what Pepsi is doing to maximize its branding in a new 10 year contract with the National Football League.

Michael Bradley at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says when it comes to the NFL on TV, it’s all about the money.

Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report looks at what’s new on NBC’s Sunday Night Football coverage this season.

ESPN’s Darren Rovell looks at the best of Aramark’s NFL stadium food for this season.

The great people at Awful Announcing have started an offshoot site called Awful Advertisements.

Speaking about Awful Announcing, Brad Gagnon talks about former New York Giant Shaun O’Hara joining NFL Network.

At the New York Times, Richard Sandomir notes that SNY analyst Keith Hernandez’s famous mustache is now turning grey and could actually be shaved off!

Newsday’s Neil Best looks at the new Monday Night Football booth for this season.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union writes that a former New York Giants offensive lineman will be joining NFL Network as an analyst.

Pete says local listeners to last Saturday’s Northwestern-Syracuse game were suddenly left in limbo late in the 4th quarter.

Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette has your Week 2 college football schedule on TV.

Keith Groller at the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says the NFL is back on TV.

Sheil Kapadia of Philadelphia Magazine reports that former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is headed to television.

Dave Hughes from DCRTV.com writes in Press Box that legendary Voice of the University of Maryland sports, Johnny Holliday will be honored in November.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner talks with NBC’s Al Michaels who’s in his 25th year of calling the National Football League’s premier primetime game.

Adam H. Beasley at the Miami Herald recaps the season finale of HBO’s Hard Knocks.

Steve Svekis of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel notes that Hard Knocks showed all of the Miami Dolphins’ warts.

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Tribune likes that the NFL on Fox’s Michael Strahan is joining Kelly Ripa on “Live”.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle has CBS’ Jim Nantz and Phil Simms being bullish on the Texans’ chances this season.

Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman notes that last Saturday’s OU-UTEP game was the lowest rated Sooners game in five years.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer notes that NBC Sports Radio launched around the country last night, but not in the Queen City.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Bob Wolfley looks at Dwayne Wade’s new autobiography.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch notes that Notre Dame football radio analyst Allen Pinkett has been suspended for comments he made about recruiting criminals for the program.

Dusty Saunders of the Denver Post profiles a long-time local sports radio host.

Scott D. Pierce of the Salt Lake Tribune tells us what we already know, that the NFL is the king of sports television.

Bruce Dowbiggin of the Toronto Globe and Mail says the NHL’s Canadian TV partners have been notoriously silent about the impending lockout.

Sports Media Watch says ESPN has added a former referee to the Monday Night Football lineup.

Dave Kohl of the Broadcast Booth says Fox Sports almost lost its college football opener when its MLB games went long.

That’s going to do it for now.

Two Regional Sports Networks College Football Schedules

I’ll provide you with a couple of broadcast schedules for two regional sports networks, SNY and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. For SNY, the schedule is all Big East while Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic relies mostly on ACC and CAA games.

Let’s post the CSN Mid-Atlantic sked for you first.

2012 COMCAST SPORTSNET MID-ATLANTIC NCAA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Thursday,  August 30 — Towson at Kent State,  7:00 p.m.,  CSN+

Saturday,  September 1 — Richmond at Virginia, 3:00 p.m.,  CSN

Saturday,  September 1 — Texas State at Houston, 8:00 p.m., CSN+

Saturday,  September 8 — North Carolina at Wake Forest, 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday,  September 8 — Kent State at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 15 — Furman at Clemson, 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 15 — Rhode Island at Villanova, 3:30 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, September 15 — Florida International at Central Florida*, 4:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, September 15 — Florida Atlantic at Georgia, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 22 — New Hampshire at Old Dominion, 12:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 22 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 22 — Marshall at Rice, 3:30 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, September 22 — Delaware at William & Mary, 7:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 29 — Teams TBA (ACC), 12:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, September 29 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, September 29 — Georgia State at William & Mary, 7:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, October 6 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, October 6 — Maine at Delaware, 3:30 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, October 6 — North Texas at Houston, 7:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, October 13 — Richmond at New Hampshire, 12:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, October 13 — SMU at Tulane*, 1:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 13 — Teams TBA (ACC),  3:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 13 — William & Mary at James Madison, 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 13 — Memphis at East Carolina*, 4:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 20 — New Hampshire at Maine, 12:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, October 20 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 20 — James Madison at Richmond, 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 20 — Central Florida at Memphis*, 8:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday. October 27 — Southern Miss at Rice*, 1:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 27 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 27 — Towson at Villanova, 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, October 27 — UTEP at Houston*, TBA, TBA

Saturday, November 3 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, November 3 — James Madison at Maine, 3:30 p.m., TBA

Saturday, November 3 — UAB at Southern Mississippi, 7:30 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, November 10 — William & Mary at Old Dominion, 12:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, November 10 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., TBA

Saturday, November 10 — Marshall at UAB*, TBA, TBA

Saturday, November 17 — Towson at New Hampshire, 12:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, November 17 — Houston at Marshall, 12:00 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, November 17 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, November 17 — SMU at Rice, 3:30 p.m., CSN+

Saturday, November 24 — Teams TBA (ACC), 3:00 p.m., CSN

Saturday, November 24 — Southern Miss at Memphis, 4:30 p.m., CSN+

*- Delayed Airing; Schedule Subject to Change, All Times Eastern

CSN – Comcast SportsNet; CSN+ – Comcast SportsNet Plus

Now let’s provide the SNY schedule.

SNY College Football Schedule 2012
Schedule Subject to Change

Thursday, August 30 — 7:00 PM, UCONN Football Preview Show, LIVE
Thursday, August 30 — 7:30 PM, UMASS at UCONN, LIVE
Saturday, September 8 — 12:00 PM, North Carolina State at UCONN, LIVE
Saturday, September 8 — 3:30 PM, Howard at Rutgers, LIVE
Thursday, September 13 — 8:00 PM, Rutgers at South Florida, Tape Delay,TBD
Saturday, September 15 — 12:30 PM, UCONN at Maryland, LIVE
Saturday, September 15 — 3:30 PM, Stony Brook at Syracuse, LIVE
Saturday, September 22 — 2:00 PM, UCONN at Western Michigan, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, September 22 — 4:30 PM, South Florida at Ball State, LIVE
Saturday, September 29 — 12:00 PM, Buffalo at UCONN, LIVE
Saturday, October 6 — 12:00 PM, UCONN at Rutgers or South Florida at Temple, LIVE
Saturday, October 6 — UCONN at Rutgers, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, October 13 — 12:00 PM, Temple at UCONN or Louisville at Pittsburgh or Syracuse at Rutgers, LIVE
Saturday, October 13 — Temple at UCONN, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, October 13 — Syracuse at Rutgers, Tape Delay – TBD
Friday, October 19 — 8:00 PM, UCONN at Syracuse, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, October 20 — 12:00 PM. South Florida at Louisville or Rutgers at Temple, LIVE
Saturday, October 20 — 3:30 PM, Pittsburgh at Buffalo, LIVE
Saturday, October 20 — Rutgers at Temple, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, October 27 — 12:00 PM, Temple at Pittsburgh or Syracuse at South Florida, LIVE
Saturday, October 27 — 3:30 PM, Kent State at Rutgers, LIVE
Saturday, November 3 — 12:00 PM, Syracuse at Cincinnati or UCONN at South Florida, LIVE
Saturday, November 3 — UCONN at South Florida, Tape Delay – TBD
Friday, November 9 — 8:00 PM, Pittsburgh at UCONN, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, November 10 — 12:00 PM, Cincinnati at Temple or Louisville at Syracuse or Army at Rutgers, LIVE
Saturday, November 10 — Army at Rutgers, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, November 17 — 12:00 PM, Rutgers at Cincinnati, LIVE
Saturday, November 24 — 12:00 PM, UCONN at Louisville or Rutgers at Pittsburgh, LIVE
Saturday, November 24 — UCONN at Louisville. Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, November 24 — Rutgers at Pittsburgh, Tape Delay – TBD
Friday, November 30 — 7:30 PM, Louisville at Rutgers, Tape Delay – TBD
Saturday, December 1 — Cincinnati at UCONN, Tape Delay – TBD

That will do it.

Some Thursday Links

After an outage that ruined things from Sunday through Tuesday and being busy yesterday, my goal to have links every day this week has gone out the window. However, I can get a few links out to you today.

Let’s get to them.

Starting with Ed Sherman from the Sherman Report who talks with ESPN resident Prince of Darkness Vince Doria who not only hates Twitter, but is concerned that the social media site could bring “diminished standards.” No, hiring Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith brings “diminished standards.”

Ed feels ESPN’s hiring of Darren Rovell away from CNBC is a good move for all sides.

Christopher Botta and John Ourand from Sports Business Journal write that despite having ratings downturns for the NHL Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup Final, NBC and its sponsors are happy with the results.

Christopher notes that a budding Northwest US MLS rivalry is bringing excellent sponsor activation in the region.

At the Bleacher Report, Dan Levy asks ESPN to respond to the heavy viewer criticism brought forth to the network every time Chris Berman does the U.S. Open.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says the ESPN Family is doing well with EURO 2012.

Peter Kafka at All Things Digital writes that the on-again/off-again Turner purchase of the Bleacher Report seems to be on again. I promise my friends over at Bleacher Report that I won’t publish the Tsunami screengrab like Deadspin does.

Speaking of Deadspin, John Koblin tells us that CNBC’s Darren Rovell, will be getting $500,000 from Disney to work at ESPN and ABC News.

The Big Lead notes that Jalen Rose will be heading to the basketball version of ESPN’s College Gameday.

Simon Dumenico of Advertising Age notes the high amount of Tweets devoted to Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Media Life Magazine notes NBC’s ratings for last weekend’s US Open.

Evan Weiner at Examiner.com says while Roger Clemens was acquitted by a jury of his peers, he still has to get by the Hall of Fame jury known as the Baseball Writers of America.

Lance Venta at Radio Insight reports that with CBS Radio starting a new sports network, ESPN Radio will lose two affiliates in Florida.

To espnW where Amanda Rykoff went to an event which honored women in sports business including Kim Williams, the Chief Operating Officer of NFL Network.

Matt Rudnitsky at SportsGrid says today is D-Day for many Sports Illustrated employees. Godspeed to them.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group looks at how TNT tries to expand the fan experience during its six NASCAR Sprint Cup productions.

Jerry Barmash of FishbowlNY talks with MSG Network’s Walt “Clyde” Frazier about his popularity among Knicks fans.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says SNY’s Gary Cohen will be taking two rare days off this week.

Ken says WFAN will be airing Team USA Olympic basketball games.

And Ken talks about the launch of CBS Sports Radio.

Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says the Philadelphia Phillies’ troubles have become fodder for the local talk shows.

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle notes that the city is about to get its 5th sports radio station thanks to the new CBS Sports Radio.

Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman says Game 4 of the NBA Finals set another local ratings record.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that the Reds’ ratings are up and they’re being noticed by Fox Sports.

Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Brewers analyst Bill Schroeder will work Saturday’s game against the White Sox for a different audience.

Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch says Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper guest tweeted on the White Sox official account this week.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily has begun a list of the top sports media voices of the landmark Title IX that gave women the opportunity to play sports. His first honoree is sports broadcasting pioneer Donna de Varona. Next is Mary Carillo. She’s followed by Ann Ligouri. Pam Ward is next. Basketball Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale follows. Read about Jeannine Edwards. Then look at the bio of Christine Brennan. Then there’s Michele Tafoya. Then Jamie Little. Next is Suzy Kolber. And she’s followed by Sally Jenkins. Great stuff by Tom.

Bruce Dowbiggin from the Toronto Globe and Mail reports that the NHL doesn’t want Maple Leafs rightsholders Rogers and Bell to form a consortium to bid for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and they’ve been told to provide separate bids.

Michael Hill from Dolce Vita magazine profiles CTV Olympic host Brian Williams (not to be confused with NBC’s Brian Williams) about the many Games he has hosted over the years for either CBC or CTV.

Sports Media Watch speculates that NBC could be moving its NHL Game of the Week to Saturday afternoons for the 2012-13 season.

Tony Manfred at the Business Insider Sports Page has a slideshow on ESPN’s Erin Andrews who remains a free agent at this time.

Joe Favorito looks at the NBA possibly shutting the door on its players participating in the Olympics.

And that will do it for us today for the links.

Cranking Out Some Friday Megalinks

Ok, linkage has been really scarce over the last month and a half and I apologize for that. My schedules have been quite busy and it’s been tough to sit down for the time it takes to gather the links. I hope that changes over the next month or so.

I have some National links for you right now. I’ll follow up with more stuff later.

Here are the Weekend Viewing Picks for you.

National

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch speaks with the people at the Poynter Institute who are the ESPN Ombudsman.

Nate Davis at USA Today’s The Huddle has the Miami Dolphins not so enthusiastic about being on Hard Knocks this season.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with ESPN’s Sean McDonough who will undergo brain surgery later this year.

Ira Boudwell of Bloomberg Businessweek says ESPN is getting out of the high school sports business saying it’s not broad enough.

Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski says this week’s blowout between David Stern and Jim Rome proves that the NBA Commissioner needs to go.

John Ourand of Sports Business Daily says Fox Sports San Diego is launching an ad campaign against Time Warner Cable which has still not picked up the regional sports network.

Good Morning America’s and former ESPN SportsCenter host Robin Roberts says she will beat the rare blood disorder that will require a bone marrow transplant.

Michael O’Connell of the Hollywood Reporter notes that the NBA Finals are pacing ABC to good ratings this week.

At Broadcasting & Cable, Tim Baysinger writes that this week’s Dream Team documentary gave NBA TV its best viewership ever.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says GolTV scored with this week’s soccer international friendly match between Brazil and Argentina.

Toni Fitzgerald of Media Life reports that NBC will debut two new sitcoms right smack dab in the middle of the Olympics.

Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report looks at the geriatric broadcasting team calling the NBA Finals for ESPN Radio.

Glenn Davis at SportsGrid notes that even after the winning the Stanley Cup this week, the Los Angeles Kings still aren’t getting respect from the local media.

Former Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio returns to his former stomping grounds to do a massive takedown of Jay “The Rat” Mariotti.

Also from Deadspin, John Koblin writes that there doesn’t seem to be a clamoring for Erin Andrews beyond ESPN.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group says NBA TV and NBA Entertainment are appealing to the hardcore basketball fan for their Finals coverage.

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead says Sports Illustrated could be laying off part of its staff.

Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing has tweets from people who hated Chris Berman on the U.S. Open yesterday.

Sports Media Watch notes that this year’s Stanley Cup Final did not resonate with viewers.

SMW also has some various ratings news and notes.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell writes that Brooklyn Nets gear is selling very well.

MediaRantz tells us that Sean Salisbury will be getting a new internet radio gig.

UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: Time for more linkage here.

East and Mid-Atlantic

Chad Finn of the Boston Globe reports that May was a very good month for sports radio station WEEI as it finished ahead of 98.5 The Sports Hub.

At SB Nation, Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch writes about golfer David Duval taking a turn in the broadcast tower at the U.S. Open.

Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette discusses Johnny Miller holding court for NBC at the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this week.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks with ESPN college baseball analyst Kyle Petersen who will be introducing many Long Islanders to the College World Series today.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post goes after the Yankees for pricing out fans from the “Beautiful People” seats at Yankee Stadium.

Jerry Barmash at Fishbowl NY notes that SNY will unveil the all-time Mets team at a gala event on Sunday.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says the US Women’s National Soccer Team will be on TV and the web this weekend.

Ken says local Time Warner Cable subscribers will have access to the new Pac-12 Networks this summer.

Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette says NBC Sports Group has announced the 2012 Summer at Saratoga schedule.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union talks with Jim Rome who marks his 16th year in New York’s Capital Region.

Pete says one of harness racing’s famous races changes networks this year.

Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call profiles a local cable TV sports reporter who is filling a double role this summer.

Keith has more on her in his blog.

In Press Box, Dave Hughes of DCRTV.com writes that a decision on the Washington Nationals TV rights has been delayed.

South

Barry Jackson from the Miami Herald has some NBA Finals Game 2 postgame reaction as well as Jon Barry saying he’s not a Miami Heat Hater.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle says Fox Sports Houston was well-prepared and staffed for Wednesday’s perfect game thrown against the Astros by Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants.

Mel Bracht at The Oklahoman writes that ESPN on ABC was all over the non-foul call against the Thunder’s Kevin Durant during Game 2 of the NBA Finals.

The Oklahoman rounds up what sports reporters are saying on Twitter about the NBA Finals.

Midwest

John Kiesewetter at the Cincinnati Enquirer says an all-star high school football game will be shown locally this weekend.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that ESPN is dropping its high school sports operation.

Bob criticizes Jim Rome for his questioning of NBA Communist China Sympathizer David Stern.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch says Cubs announcers Len Kasper and Bob Brenly were silent when comedian Jeff Garlin brought up trading Alfonso Soriano.

Paul Christian of the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin notes the rare occurrence of the U.S. Open and the NBA Finals going head-to-head on TV this Father’s Day.

Dan Caesar from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that viewers of Fox Sports Midwest may need a scorecard to tell who’s in the Cardinals TV booth over the next few days.

Dan notes that next week will mark a decade since the passing of Jack Buck and Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile.

West

Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman says this fall’s Boise State-Southern Mississippi game will get the Fox treatment.

Scott D. Pierce of the Salt Lake Tribune says Utahans are nervous about getting the Pac-12 Networkcomparing it to their experience with the ill-fated the mtn.

John Maffei of the North County Times writes that Fox Sports San Diego has set its sights squarely on Time Warner Cable.

Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star says ESPN’s NBA Countdown show seems to work fine without a host.

Jim talks with NBC’s Johnny Miller about the U.S. Open.

Jim has his weekend viewing picks.

Melissa Rohlin of the Los Angeles Times says Game 2 of the NBA Finals drew a good overnight number for ABC.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News talks with former Kings voices about the Stanley Cup victory.

Tom has some more in his blog.

Canada

The Toronto Globe and Mail’s Bruce Dowbiggin blames both Jim Rome and David Stern for their ugly exchange this week.

The Toronto Sports Media Blog says the NBA and NHL Commissioners are taking it on their chins this week.

And that’s going to do it.

Johan Santana’s New York Mets No-No Draws Good Numbers For SNY

We have this press release from SNY in New York regarding the viewership for Friday’s historic no-hitter for the New York Mets.

According to SNY, the game was the most watched program in primetime either on cable or network TV in New York. It registered 744,000 thousand viewers with a 4.18 household rating, the highest non-interleague primetime game on the network in three years.

The rating peaked at 7.73 in the 9:45-10 p.m. quarter hour.

Let’s take a look at what SNY is saying about the ratings.

744,000 Total Viewers Watched History Made on SNY as Johan Santana Pitches First Mets No-hitter

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SNY was the most-watched network on broadcast or cable from 7:30pm-10:15pm
Johan’s no-hitter delivers highest-rated primetime game in three years

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[New York] June 4, 2012 – SNY, the official television home of the New York Mets, today announced that 744,000 Total Viewers tuned in from 9:45pm-10:00pm to watch Johan Santana pitch the first no-hitter in New York Mets history. In the peak quarter-hour (9:45pm-10:00pm), the game registered a 7.73 household rating in the New York DMA. SNY also ranked as the most watched station in the market from 7:30pm-10:15pm – out-rating every cable and broadcast station in the New York DMA (in both TV Households and Total Viewers).

In addition, Johan Santana’s no-hitter on SNY averaged a 4.18 household rating, which represents the highest-rated primetime game (non-interleague) in nearly three years.

SNY’s Mets Post Game Live garnered a 2.64 household rating, the highest rated post game show since 2009.

SNY will re-air Johan Santana’s historic game tonight at 7:30pm.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD Data

That’s all.

Let’s Get Some Linkage Out

I’ve accumulated a lot of links. They’re slowing down my browser so let’s clear them so I can let my computer get back some memory. Lots of stuff going on.

Let’s start with ESPN stuff as it dominated the news today with its network upfront presentation to advertisers and also confirmed personnel moves.

First, Sports Media Watch talks about Scott Van Pelt reupping with ESPN.

The ESPN Front Row blog has a Q&A podcast with Van Pelt in which he explains why he decided to remain with the Bristolians.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today recaps today’s ESPN upfront presentation in New York.

Mike McCarthy of USA Today notes that with Michelle Beadle leaving ESPN, the network is now focusing on keeping Erin Andrews in the fold.

The Hollywood Reporter goes over some ESPN upfront news including its plans to bring back the 30 for 30 documentary series.

Stuart Levin from Variety also has a story on the new set of 30 for 30 docs.

Jeannie Poggi of Advertising Age also reviews ESPN’s upfronts.

Alex Weprin from TVNewser says ESPN and ABC News will co-produce an interview series to be fronted by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.

Mike Shields from Adweek says ESPN.com will now partner to sell ads.

ESPN’s Vice President of College Sports Programming, Burke Magnus responds to a Dan Wetzel/Yahoo Sports article on the new ACC TV contract.

Chad Scott at ChuckOliver.net explains how third tier media rights work in college sports.

Andy Fixmer and Alex Sherman at Bloomberg report on how ESPN may expand its WatchESPN app to Apple TV platforms.

Andy Fixmer of Bloomberg says CBS is ready to take the coveted 18-49 ratings title from perennial winner Fox with the airing of Super Bowl XLVII next season.

The great SportsbyBrooks tweets that Erik Kuselias’ move to NBC Sports Network from Golf Channel’s Morning Drive is being considered a demotion by network higher-ups. I had a feeling this was the case. Do you consider this tweet inane, Mike Francesa?

Ed Sherman from The Sherman Report enjoyed watching Survival Sunday on the Fox Sports platforms, but wondered why the most important English Premier League game was on another network.

Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing has four different calls of the same moment when Manchester City won the EPL title on Sunday.

John Ourand from Sports Business Journal writes about a now-defunct Twitter account that got under the skin of several sports network executives.

Earlier today, WFAN’s Mike Francesa

If you want to see Mike’s veins popping out during this rant, you can see it here on the YES Network website.

And while Francesa seemingly hates Twitter, Media Rantz points out that Francesa has an app where he does something similar to Twitter.

Bruce Jenkins from Sports Illustrated says Tennis Channel failed to serve the WTA Tour’s Madrid Open like it did with the ATP’s side of the same tournament.

Phil Allaway at Front Stretch looks at ESPN’s coverage of this past weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Race.

BBC Sport has announced it will have 24 live HD streams dedicated to the Olympics this summer.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says NBCUniversal has set the Olympics programming lineup for Bravo, CNBC and MSNBC.

John Eggerton at Multichannel News notes that a Federal Appeals Court has upheld an FCC ruling that Time Warner Cable did not discriminate against MASN when it refused to put the regional sports network on its North Carolina systems.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell says the college conference realignment game won’t be settled for at least another decade.

Matt Boutwell of Maine Sports Media looks at a case I wrote about three years ago, about the mysterious tweeter, BrianAdExec.

NESN goes behind the scenes with Jenny Dell and the network’s production team on what goes on during a typical Red Sox gameday.

Rich Elliot of the Connecticut Post has SNY’s president talking about the regional sports network’s plans to air UConn Women’s basketball next season.

Newsday’s Neil Best talks with NBC Sports’ Mike Emrick about calling his old team, the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Eastern Conference Final.

In the New York Times, Jay Schreiber talks about the last time the Devils and the New York Rangers met in the Eastern Conference Final and how he had to monitor the series without smartphones back then.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reports on ESPN’s plans to bring back 30 for 30.

Jerry Barmash from Fishbowl NY writes that MSG Network will provide of wraparound coverage of the NHL Eastern Conference Final.

Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette says YES Network will air a Yankeeography on David Wells this week.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record notes that MSG Network will begin airing the WNBA’s New York Liberty starting this weekend.

Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer says two local global conglomerates including Comcast expect to make some big money from the London Olympics.

Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com Sports goes behind-the-scenes with ESPN’s MLS production.

Jeff Barker from the Baltimore Sun says the Orioles and the Washington Nationals are waiting word from MLB on a decision on how much MASN should pay the Nats.

Over to Dan Steinberg at the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog who writes that Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is making a change in its DC NFL team beat reporter.

Dan talks about former Post columnist Howard Bryant ranting against Washington Nationals ownership.

Mike Finger at the Houston Chronicle says the Longhorn Network may offer more Texas football games in another attempt to get carriage from state cable providers.

Mel Bracht in The Oklahoman writes that the Oklahoma City Thunder on TNT set another local ratings record.

In Chicago Sports Media Watch, Paul M. Banks goes over some hate mail.

Scott D. Pierce at the Salt Lake Tribune writes that Utahans should be able to see the Running Utes thanks to wider distribution of the Pac-12 Networks than the soon-to-be defunct the mtn.

Tuesday night, KNBC-TV did a story on the busy postseason in Los Angeles, but aired the wrong graphic for the Kings and showed the Sacramento Kings instead of the LA Kings. C’mon, man!

Martin Miller of the Los Angeles Times says ESPN upfront presentation showed the network was ready for some football.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media is telling everyone that a New York Rangers-Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup Final might not mean boffo ratings as some NHL observers are saying.

Jay Koot of Busted Coverage is disgusted by Erik Kuselias’ engagement to Morning Drive news reader Holly Sonders.

And that’s where we’ll end the links tonight.

Finally Some Friday Megalinks

Let’s do some Friday megalinks. You’ve been owed some and I haven’t been able to do links for most of the week.

Of course, you have the Weekend Viewing Picks which provide plenty of college sports, soccer, baseball and the NBA and NHL postseason action.

Now let’s do your links.

National

Michael Hiestand of USA Today explores Jason La Canfora’s decision to leave NFL Network and bolt to CBS.

Media Rantz looks into the potential departure of Michelle Beadle from ESPN to NBC.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says E! will produce a special on New York Jets QB Tim Tebow.

Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report hears from a Fox Soccer executive on why the Fox Sports Media Group chose to air so many English Premier League games on the final day of the season.

Michael David Smith at Pro Football Talk writes that despite reports to the contrary, it appears that the New York Jets won’t make another appearance on HBO’s Hard Knocks this summer.

Eriq Gardner at the Hollywood Reporter says a group of fans have filed a class action lawsuit against MLB and its TV partners on the antiquated and silly blackout policy.

Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel says while the Minnesota Vikings will finally get their long-awaited stadium, one state legislator attempted to sneak a bill ending all local NFL blackouts. I think that was a great idea.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News/Broadcasting & Cable writes the long-anticipated Time Warner Cable Los Angeles Lakers-centric regional sports network will launch in October.

At Adweek, Anthony Crupi writes that Fox has sold out its ad inventory for the UEFA Champions League Final.

Thomas Pardee of Advertising Age says social media is changing the way we watch sports.

In the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times says there are times when the N-word should to be published in full.

Eric Goldschein at SportsGrid says CBC Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean stretched his analogy too far in comparing the 9/11 First Responders to NHL players this week.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group looks at NBC/Golf Channel’s joint production of this week’s Players Championship.

Brandon Costa of SVG explores ESPN’s expanded multiplatform rights for NCAA Championships.

And SVG tells us about the Big East Conference’s in-house production of the league’s Baseball Tournament.

Kristi Dosh at ESPN.com looks into the dollars and cents of the major college sports TV rights contracts.

Patrick Rishe at Forbes says while the ACC signed a rich contract with ESPN, it still doesn’t compare to the Pac-12′s huge megadeal.

My Twitter Trophy Wife, Amanda Rykoff chronicles her day spent at the MLB Fan Cave for espnW.

Paulsen at Sports Media Watch crunches the numbers behind the ratings rise for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and the lower for the NBA Playoffs.

Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing also looks into the ratings for the NBA and NHL Postseasons.

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead notes the disturbing arrest of the PA Announcer for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Dave Kohl at The Broadcast Booth looks at some of the sports media stories that are irking him this week.

East and Mid-Atlantic

I haven’t been able to address the death of Carl Beane, the Red Sox public address announcer. Carl was a radio reporter in Western Massachusetts and also free-lanced for ESPN Radio, CBS Radio, Fox Sports Radio to report on various NFL and college games. He died this week when he suffered a heart attack and crashed his car. He was 59. It seemed everyone in New England had some connection to Beane. I’ll give you some of the stories that have been written about him this week.

David Scott at ESPN’s Front Row PR blog gets reaction from people at the network who knew him.

Gordon Edes at ESPN Boston says Beane felt he was born to be the Fenway Park public address announcer.

WEEI’s Mike Petraglia writes about his personal connection to Beane.

Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe says the Red Sox paid tribute to Beane at last night’s game by not having anyone do the PA.

Amanda Bruno of the Springfield Republican writes that Beane was a role model and mentor to her.

To other stories now, heading back to the Globe, Chad Finn says the ACC got its huge deal and it will affect member school Boston College in many ways.

Chad says former Red Sox voice Jerry Trupiano is getting some familial help in trying to get the Houston Astros radio gig.

Desmond Connor of the Hartford Courant says the Big East’s interim commissioner is hopeful his conference can cash in on the recent big spending by ESPN and other networks.

The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir talks with the legendary Vin Scully.

Richard profiles the person behind a fake Walt Frazier Twitter account.

Jack Bell of the Times interviews Fox Sports President Eric Shanks about Sunday’s unprecedented English Premier League coverage.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Times rails over player unions defending their membership for the wrong reasons.

The Post’s Justin Terranova talks with NBC’s Pierre McGuire.

Justin has five questions for TNT’s Kenny Smith.

Jerry Barmash at Fishbowl NY says a former local sports reporter is returning to her roots with Time Warner Cable’s Southern California network.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union says technical difficulties plagued a local radio broadcast of the Yankees.

Pete says many of NBC/Golf Channel’s cameras will be focused squarely on one hole at the Players Championship this week.

Ken McMillan at the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record explores the new SNY deal to air UConn women’s basketball games.

At the New Jersey Newsroom, Evan Weiner asks if high school football is doomed.

Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call watched the train wreck of former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens appearing on Dr. Phil this week and being confronted by his multiple baby mommas.

Dan Steinberg at the Washington Post says MLB Network compared the swings of the late Mickey Mantle and the Nationals’ Bryce Harper.

South

David Barron from the Houston Chronicle says a new local sports radio morning host comes with some baggage from his old job.

David says Comcast and ESPN cut a deal this week for subscribers to watch the network online.

Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman notes that Fox Sports Oklahoma will air specials next week on the state’s two major college football programs.

Midwest

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer notes that the Reds TV and Radio ratings are up this season.

Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch explores the Cubs’ Kerry Wood blowing up at the local media this week.

Paul Christian at the Rochester (MN) Post Bulletin looks at NBC’s coverage of The Players Championship.

Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that a local sports anchor gets to talk news on the radio.

West

John Maffei of the North County Times says the local media plans to cover Junior Seau’s public memorial today.

Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star notes that outgoing flagship TV station KCAL gave another farewell to the Los Angeles Lakers this week.

Jim looks at the 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass which will get plenty of attention on NBC/Golf Channel at the Players Championship.

Jim provides his weekend viewing picks.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News looks at Time Warner Cable’s new sports channels.

Tom tries to give Kings fans missing their local TV voices a silver lining.

Jon Wilner at the San Jose Mercury News goes over the latest developments at the Pac-12 Networks.

Canada

Bruce Dowbiggin at the Toronto Globe and Mail says CBC’s Ron MacLean had to clarify his 9/11 remarks before Game 6 of the New York Rangers-Washington Capitals series.

The Canadian Sports Media Blog has the announcing assignments for both CBC and TSN in the NHL Conference Final round.

And we are done. Enjoy your sports weekend.

SNY To Be Home of UConn Women’s Basketball

Ending an 18 year relationship with Connecticut Public Television, the University of Connecticut has signed a new four year deal with SNY to air women’s basketball games. SNY is already the home of the UConn men since 2010.

Now completing the UConn picture, SNY will now carry UConn football and men’s and women’s basketball. The rights fee for the next four years is expected to be $1.14 million annually. That’s over the $900,000 per year that Connecticut Public Television had paid previously.

Under the agreement, SNY says it will air at least 17 games women’s games per year.

We have the press release from SNY and the University of Connecticut.

SNY Selected As Women’s Basketball Television Partner

STORRS, Conn. (May 8, 2012) – The University of Connecticut has selected SNY to be its women’s basketball regional television broadcast partner for the next four seasons, pending finalization of an executed contract between the parties.

This historic agreement will further reinforce UConn women’s basketball television package as the best in the nation, which will now include enhancements in terms of household reach, programming opportunities and rights fees.

SNY will expand UConn women’s basketball television coverage to nearly 14 million homes. SNY’s regional territory includes all of Connecticut, NewYork , New Jersey and Northeast Pennsylvania for a reach of 8.7 million households. With national coverage on DirectTV, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Cable and AT&T U-Verse, SNY’s total distribution is 13.7 million homes.

The rights fee provided to the University by SNY is anticipated to be $4.55 million over the four-year term of the contract which will cover the 2012-13 season through 2015-16 – approximately $1.14 million annually. The rights fee in the previous four-year agreement for UConn women’s basketball television rights averaged $900,000 annually.

The new agreement with SNY will provide UConn with unique cross promotional opportunities as UConn’s television packages for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and football will all be shown by the same carrier. SNY is the local television home for Husky football and men’s basketball through rights granted by the BIG EAST Conference to ESPN Regional Television.

“I am very excited that SNY will be our television home for the next four years,” says UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma. “This agreement will continue to provide all of our loyal fans in the state of Connecticut an opportunity to watch our team play and will also help us develop a whole new group of UConn women’s basketball fans throughout the Northeast and the entire nation.  SNY will also allow us to showcase UConn women’s basketball to a larger audience, which will support our recruiting efforts and help us maintain the level of success in our program.”

“We’re thrilled to become the official TV home of UConn women’s basketball, the preeminent women’s basketball program in the nation,” said Steve Raab, President of SNY.  “This is a landmark partnership and a special opportunity for SNY.  Our unmatched distribution, unprecedented programming commitment, and live game production experience provides us the unique opportunity to help maintain and grow UConn’s leadership position.”

SNY is one of 14 managed regional sports networks by Comcast Sports Management Group. Comcast is the owner of NBC Universal and its NBC Sports Group. The entire NBC Sports Group will make Stamford, Conn., its new corporate headquarters next year.

“This new agreement with SNY will bring UConn women’s basketball to more Husky fans than ever before throughout the region and the nation,” said President Susan Herbst. “This is a great opportunity for the University to further showcase our outstanding women’s basketball program and reach our enthusiastic alumni base, both inside and outside the state of Connecticut.”

“I would like to thank Connecticut Public Television, who has been our women’s basketball television home for the past 18 years.  CPTV has been a loyal and dedicated partner, and both CPTV and UConn have benefitted from the relationship. We look forward to maintaining a relationship with CPTV, both institutionally and in terms of athletics with their new CPTV Sports channel.”

Similar to past years, a minimum of 17 live UConn games will be televised as part of the SNY package.  The exact number of games is dependent on several factors related to BIG EAST broadcast agreements, including the number of games selected for national television.

“I am very impressed with the coverage that SNY will provide to our women’s basketball program,” said UConn Director of Athletics Warde Manuel. “SNY has been a great partner as our television home of Husky football and men’s basketball and we look forward to that relationship flourishing even more. SNY will provide our loyal Husky fans a terrific game presentation and production and will also feature a number of exciting multi-platform presentations.”

SNY will devote approximately 325 hours of coverage annually to UConn women’s basketball. In addition to the live games, there will be game replays, an in-season weekly coach’s show and a new program called “Geno’s Legacy.” This program, which would have 2-3 episodes annually, would feature interviews with former UConn players who have played a major role in the history of the program and highlight what these players are now doing in their lives.

The annual number of hours also features  in-depth pre game and post  game shows  for each broadcast that would originate live from SNY’s street-level studio — in the heart of Manhattan — directly across the street from Radio City Music Hall.

There you have it.

A Few Monday Links

I’m going to be away from a computer for most of the day so I’ll provide a few links for you now. If I can, I’ll provide more later when I’m back.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Floyd Mayweather vs. Larry Merchant II did not materialize after Saturday’s Mayweather-Cotto fight on pay per view.

Mike says TNT is denying that Charles Barkley used a gay slur during its NBA pregame show on Sunday.

Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report notes that Phil Mushnick’s Sunday column was not A) posted on the New York Post’s main sports webpage, and B) did not reference the brouhaha over his Friday piece.

Sophie A. Schillaci of the Hollywood Reporter talks about Hollywood’s love affair with hockey.

Jon Lafayette of Broadcasting & Cable says CBS is receiving increased ad revenues for its SEC college football package due to a price increase.

R. Thomas Umstead writes that a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquaio pay per view fight could reap millions of dollars for both fighters when it finally becomes reality.

Noreen O’Leary of Adweek says a new Olympic ad is causing a firestorm in the UK for renewing old wounds from the 1982 Falklands War between the UK and Argentina.

Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing notes that ESPN’s Karl Ravech got his DC monuments mixed up during last night’s edition of Baseball Tonight.

Do you want to see ESPN Erin Andrews in her Kentucky Derby hat from Saturday? I think you do. It’s at The Big Lead.

Phil Mushnick at the New York Post still doesn’t address his controversial Friday column today, but has time to criticize SNY for one of its graphics.

Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY says Mushie is still feeling the heat today.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times pays tribute to former CBS and ABC wordsmith Jack Whitaker who received a Lifetime Achievement Sports Emmy Award last week.

To David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun who reports that WJZ-TV actually cut away from yesterday’s marathon Red Sox-Orioles game in favor of 60 Minutes and a feature on local Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

John-John Williams IV of the Sun says O’s fans took to Twitter to express their anger at the move. The game was also shown on MASN in the local area, however, there are still parts of Baltimore that are still not wired for cable so you can imagine the anger.

Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times enjoyed NBC’s coverage of the Kentucky Derby.

However, Sports Media Watch says the overnight ratings for the Derby dropped 7% from last year and hit a six year low.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch can’t believe White Sox TV voice Hawk Harrelson remained silent for over a minute apparently despondent over a loss on Friday.

Dusty Saunders of the Denver Post feels ESPN’s Doris Burke gets the job done on NBA games.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has the sports calendar for this week.

Bruce Dowbiggin from the Toronto Globe and Mail says CBC’s Bob Cole remains a polarizing figure among hockey fans.

Raju Mudhar of the Toronto Star writes that the sale of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment to Canadian media giants Rogers and Bell is a home run.

And that’s it for now. I’ll try to do more when I return.

Grinding Out The Monday Linkage

Let’s go for some linkage now.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today says ESPN and NFL Network have agreed not to show prospects on the phone spoiling the suspense of the NFL Draft.

Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated goes behind-the-scenes with ESPN and NFL Network as they prepare for their NFL Draft coverage later this week.

Congrats to Jimmy Traina at SI for 10 years of Hot Clicks. The site has been very good to Fang’s Bites since first linking here in 2008.

Patrick Stiegman of ESPN.com writes a guest editorial in Sports Business Journal responding to another guest editorial from last month criticizing the network’s journalism ethics.

Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com says the Big Ten Conference will have a lot of say at the next BCS meetings thanks to its TV network.

In the Sherman Report, Ed Sherman talks with NBC Sports Network programming chief Jon Miller about the channel’s lowly ratings at its outset.

At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Ronnie Ramos gives praise to MLB’s social media efforts.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Time Warner Cable has added ESPN and several other sports networks to its mobile and tablet apps.

Sam Laird at Mashable says ESPN is launching a social campaign to determine where the next College GameDay promo will be shot.

Bill Cromwell of Media Life Magazine writes that the NHL’s TV ratings are red hot.

Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing says it appears that the Atlanta Falcons have turned down HBO to go on Hard Knocks this season.

At Pro Sports Communications, Martine Charles stresses that in a crisis, hiding from the media is the worst thing to do.

Greg Wyshynski at Yahoo’s Puck Daddy wonders if parity in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs could hurt the TV ratings in the long run.

The Connecticut Post says ESPN SportsCenter anchor Sara Walsh will host a business breakfast meeting next month.

Tanzina Vega at the New York Times notes that Jeep has become a USA Basketball sponsor in time for the 2012 Olympics.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post labels Yankees radio voice John Sterling a fraud. Wow.

The New York Post points out that Tennis Channel’s Mayleen Ramey is the new host of SNY’s Beer Money quiz show.

Dr. Doom & Gloom at the New York Daily News says the growing feud between the Giants and Jets is the main reason why Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning was pulled from ESPN Radio NY which is the Jets flagship radio station.

Richard Huff at the Daily News speaks with MLB Network’s Sam Ryan.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union feels Fox’s coverage of Philip Humber’s perfect game on Saturday was flawed.

Greg Connors of the Buffalo News says be prepared for an online Olympic smorgasboard.

At the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog, Dan Steinberg notes that MASN’s Kristina Akra has been doused with Gatorade by the victorious Nationals again. This is three times by my count. In fact, here’s the video of Kristina getting doused with the bucket by Rick Ankiel and Chad Tracy. Good angle from behind the Nats dugout.

Guyism notes the first two Gatorade baths.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner talks with ESPN NFL Draft analyst Bill Polian about former Baylor QB Robert Griffin III.

Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times looks back at the weekend in sports TV.

Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel says a local sports anchor who’s been taking heat for his reporting of the Magic’s Dwight Howard story this season responded to criticisms.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle links us to his appearance on NPR over the weekend.

Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune says a new BCS Championship system will be bandied about this week and get a lot of interest from the networks.

Dan Whitney of the Cherokee (IA) Chronicle Times says thanks to NBC’s blanket coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, he’s a fan of hockey again.

Dusty Saunders at the Denver Post notes the increasing coverage of the NFL Draft.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has your sports calendar for this week.

The Toronto Globe and Mail’s Bruce Dowbiggin says the ratings show that Blue Jays fans are being patient with the team.

Sports Media Watch says NBA TV will produce its own playoff telecasts which is a departure from the last few years.

SMW says Fox garnered good overnight numbers for its Saturday Baseball broadcast thanks to Philip Humber’s perfect game and the Yankees stunning comeback against the Red Sox.

And SMW says the NHL on NBC drew very good ratings over the weekend.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says a Western Conference Semifinal featuring Nashville and Phoenix may not be as disastrous as some observers think.

Joe Favorito has his weekly sports business roundup.

A.T. Faust III at AppAdvice says ESPN’s iPad website fails to take advantage of the tablet’s strengths.

Bike World News says Fox Sports Net will pick up the Tour of Utah cycling race again this year.

And that’s going to do us for today.

Back For Some Linkage

Yesterday, I focused on several press releases before heading out for errands. Today, it’s back to the links.

Daniel Kaplan at Sports Business Journal writes that the NFL wants to set up local zones in Super Bowl host cities similar to what Indianapolis did with a village and zip line this year.

Mike Ozanian of Forbes explores the sale of the San Diego Padres and how it contrasts greatly from the Dodgers sale.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch explores NBC’s plans for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and I liked what I saw during the first night of coverage on Wednesday.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News feels NBC’s multiplatform coverage of the NHL postseason should increase ratings and open ad sale opportunities.

John Koblin at Deadspin looks at ESPN’s free agents and handicaps who stays and who goes.

George Winslow at Broadcasting & Cable notes that one company will provide multiscreen coverage of the Olympics to computers.

Ben Koo at Awful Announcing writes that HBO is interested in the Atlanta Falcons for the next season of Hard Knocks.

Toni Fitzgerald at Media Life explores how the NHL is expanding its brand by marketing a 21 foot tall replica of the Stanley Cup in New York’s Times Square.

Writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Michael Bradley says no media outlet is safe from the budget ax.

Karen Hogan at Sports Video Group looks at SNY’s studio renovations.

SVG’s Ken Kerschbaumer tells us how ESPN’s 3D production of The Masters^® has grown over the years.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell says Masters champion Bubba Watson is bound to be a marketing champion as well.

Ira Kantor at the Boston Herald writes that the Red Sox have chosen Comcast to provide computer networking services at their ballparks.

To Fishbowl NY and Jerry Barmash who says MSG Network saw excellent ratings for the New York Rangers this season.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union says MLB Network is looking to gain “exclusive content” for the channel.

Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says CBS Sports Network airs a special on the Army Spring Football game this weekend.

Laura Nachman says a legendary Philadelphia sportscaster passed away over the weekend.

John F. Morrison of the Philadelphia has the obituary for late sports talk show host Steve Fredericks.

At Press Box, Dave Hughes of DCRTV.com says Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic plans to expand its Baltimore Ravens offseason coverage.

Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner has a couple of NHL on NBC analysts handicap the Capitals chances against the defending Stanley Cup Champions Boston Bruins.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that embattled Miami sports radio host Sid Rosenberg has been fired after his latest brush with the law.

And Radio-Info says another embattled sports talk show host takes Rosenberg’s place on his former station.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle says a new sports talk show will debut in the market on Monday.

Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman says ESPN’s Skippy Bayless had to backtrack from claims about his high school basketball career on First Take this week.

Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star says new royals TV analyst Rex “The Wonder Dog” Hudler is hoping to win over fans in his new gig.

Scott D. Pierce of the Salt Lake Tribune writes that NHL fans will see more postseason games on TV than ever before.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News looks at the Broadway play on Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times misses Dodgers voice Vin Scully as he’s had to miss broadcasts due to a cold.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a local sports talk show host who late last year acknowledged he has Parkinson’s Disease now finds himself without a job.

The Chronicle gets the host’s reaction to his firing.

Daniel Brown of the San Jose Mercury News says the firing came as a surprise.

Sports Media Watch has some various ratings news and notes.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says NBC Sports Network’s NHL ratings are down from last year’s record ratings on Versus.

Martin Charles writes in the Sports PR blog says it’s important for athletes to get media training to understand how to properly handle reporters’ questions.

The Big Lead talks with multi-faceted Julie Alexandria.

And that’s going to do it for now.

Bringing Out Some Tuesday Linkage

Let’s do linkage again. Trying to get this done as I have several errands to run in the afternoon.

At Multichannel News, Mike Reynolds says Fox Sports is eying several sports properties which are coming up for grabs as potential programming for a cable channel which would challenge ESPN.

Mike talks with the President of New York regional sports network SNY about what he’s looking for in 2012.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today discusses the lower ratings for The Masters^®.

Lacey Rose at the Hollywood Reporter goes in-depth on Fox Sports taking over Saturday nights in 2012.

Tim Nudd of Adweek looks at New Era’s sequel to last year’s funny Yankees-Red Sox ads with a new batch for the Cubs-White Sox rivalry.

Mike Shields from Adweek explores how ESPN tries to get fans use its sites as “second screens” while they watch sports on other networks in real time.

David Goetzl at MediaPost notes that ESPN’s public relations blog has now added podcasts.

Also from MediaPost, Wayne Friedman talks about the NCAA Tournament being one of TV’s biggest social media activities.

Bill Cromwell at Media Life says while Bubba Watson brought excitement to The Masters^®, it didn’t translate in the ratings.

To Forbes where Trefis Team analyzes what a Fox Sports cable network would mean for parent company News Corp’s stock price.

Also from Forbes, Tom Van Riper looks at the commitment NBC Sports Group is assembling for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Fox Sports reports that NFL Network is unlikely to bring back Warren Sapp. He just recently filed for bankruptcy.

SportsbyBrooks notes that ESPN’s Skippy Bayless lied about his high school basketball career.

The Lost Ogle which looked into Bayless’ claims about his high school basketball career has an extensive post unearthing Daily Oklahoman stories and box scores. Great stuff.

Sports Video Group looks at one company that will stream the Olympics all over the world.

Evan Silva from Pro Football Talk says based on the success of Super Bowl XLVI, Indianapolis plans to make another run at hosting another Big Game.

Amy K. Nelson has the Miami Marlins statement suspending manager Ozzie Guillen for his comments in Time regarding Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell has Magic Johnson talking about the exorbitant sales price for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Darren notes that incoming NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III has signed an endorsement deal with Castrol?

Alex Weprin of TV Newser has a video tour of MLB Network’s New Jersey studios.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says MLB will unveil its version of the Red Zone Channel tonight on three satellite and cable providers.

Laura Nachman notes that a former Philadelphia Phillie joins a local sports radio station for the 2012 season.

At the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog, Dan Steinberg says a local sports radio host continues to fan the Crosby vs. Ovechkin flames.

Lisa De Moraes says “Cops” is the victim of Fox giving Saturday primetime to its sports division.

The Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson says embattled sports radio host Sid Rosenberg has been suspended. Again.

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle notes that Time Warner Cable subscribers won’t have access to three Astros games on Fox Sports Net.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says Wednesday’s Reds game will be picked up by MLB Network.

Robert Feder at Time Out Chicago reports that a local sports radio host returned to work this week after being out due to health issues.

Sports Media Watch says Fox is reaching back to the old Baseball Network for “Baseball Night in America.”

At Awful Announcing, Ben Koo wishes there would be more synergy between NBC and the Comcast SportsNet regional networks.

To the Bleacher Report where Jim Williams asks which network offers the best MLB announcers?

That’s going to do it.

Mets Set A Ratings Record For Daytime Home Opener

Our first press release sent to us by SNY, the cable home of the New York Mets, tells us that Thursday’s home opener against the Atlanta Braves set a ratings record. According to SNY, the game had a 3.95 household rating averaging 321,000 viewers in the New York market.

In addition, the ratings were the highest for a Mets daytime home opener on a regional sports network. Previously, the Mets have been on SportsChannel, Fox Sports Net and MSG Network. The old record was a 3.9 recorded back in 2002.

We have the press release from SNY.

SNY Establishes New Ratings Record for the New York Mets

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Mets-Braves Game Delivers the Highest Rated Daytime Home Opener Ever for the New York Mets

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2012 Home Opener Garners More Than 300,000 Total Viewers

[New York, April 6, 2012]  On the heels of the New York Mets setting an attendance record at Citi Field for yesterday’s Mets-Braves home opener – SNY – the official television home of the New York Mets, announced it also established a new ratings benchmark for yesterday’s 1:00pm Mets-Braves home opener by garnering a 3.95 household rating (292,000 TV households) and averaged 321, 000 Total Viewers.  Yesterday’s Mets-Braves telecast also peaked at a 4.61 household rating (341,000 TV households).

The 3.95 household rating represents the highest-rated – most-watched – weekday (daytime) home opener ever for the New York Mets on a Regional Sports Network (RSN).  This eclipses the previous ratings record for a daytime home opener, which took place on April 1, 2002 when the Mets-Pirates game recorded a 3.9 household rating (284,000 TV households).

In addition, the household rating is +21% higher than the 2011 Mets-Marlins season opener on April 1, 2011 at 7:00pm (3.95 household rating vs. 3.27 household rating) and +138% higher than the 2011 Mets-Nationals home opener on April 8, 2011  (3.95 household rating vs. 1.66 household rating).

SNY’s next Mets telecast is Saturday, April 7^th at 1:00pm.  Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Gary Cohen and Kevin Burkhardt – widely recognized as the best broadcast team in all of baseball – will cover the action.  Prior to the Mets-Braves game, SNY’s Mets Pre Game Live show will kick off the action at 12:30pm with lead studio analyst Bob Ojeda and host Chris Carlin.  Immediately Following the Mets-Braves tilt, fans can tune to Mets Post Game Live on SNY.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD Data

Thanks to SNY for sending the press release.

55th New York Emmy Award Winners in Sports Categories

Last night, the New York Emmy Awards were handed out at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Ballroom in New York City. A star-studded gala featuring the best and brightest in New York City television were on hand. Among the big winners were MSG Network with 14 trophies, the most of any station; Steve Cangialosi of MSG pulling a rare double, Best Sports Anchor and Best Play-by-Play and YES Network winning for Best Live Sports Event: Series for the New York Yankees. SNY’s Ron Darling won for Best Analyst.

The entire list of winners is available at the New York Emmy Awards website.

The sports winners are listed below. First, we’ll post the press release and the New York Emmy Award winners in the sports categories come after a jump break.

THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF THE 55th ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY^® AWARDS

New York, NY, April 1, 2012 – MSG was the big winner tonight at the 55th Annual New York Emmy® Awards which took place at the Marriott Marquis’ Broadway Ballroom.

Following MSG with 14 Awards was WNBC-TV, which won 11 New York Emmy^® Awards.

WNJU Telemundo 47’s Tormenta de Nieve 2011 took home the Emmy^® for best “Evening Newscast (Under 35 Minutes)” for its January 7, 2011 broadcast.

WCBS-TV took home the Emmy® for best “Evening Newscast (Over 35 minutes)” for its Irene Aftermath.

The Governors’ Award, the New York Chapter’s highest honor, was presented to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for his outstanding contributions to advance and promote television and production in New York City and the successful “Made in NY” program.

The numerical breakdown of winners, as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, is as follows:

Total Number of Winning Entries

MSG — 14
WNBC-TV — 11
News 12 Connecticut — 7
WPIX-TV — 6
MSG Varsity — 5
WNJU Telemundo 47 — 5
WXTV Univision 41 — 5
YES Network — 5/(MLB Productions for YES Network – 1)
News 12 Long Island — 4
News 12 New Jersey — 4
Thirteen/WNET — 4/(Thirteen/WNET & GetTheMath.org – 1)
WABC-TV — 4
CUNY-TV — 3
NYC Life — 3
Plum Hamptons — 3
WCBS-TV — 3
WNYW Fox 5 — 3
MSG Plus — 2
News 12 Westchester — 2
Newsday — 2
SNY — 2
WGRZ-TV — 2
Bard Entertainment — 1
BronxNet — 1
CBSNewYork.com — 1
EPIX — 1
ESPD — 1
MySmallFactory.com — 1
NJN Public Television – 1
NY1 News — 1
WROC-TV — 1
WXXA Fox 23 — 1

Attached is the complete list of winners for the event. The New York Emmy^® Awards will be broadcast on CUNY-TV, channel 75 on Sunday, April 8th at 9pm. Encore presentation will air Sunday, April 15th at 1pm. For additional information, visit www.nyemmys.org.

After the break, the list of winners in the sports categories for the 55th New York Emmy^® Awards

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College Basketball Viewing Picks For 03/03 & 03/04/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports

Saturday, March 3

Men’s Schedule

College GameDay live from Durham, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Atlantic Sun Championship, Macon, GA
Belmont vs. Florida Gulf Coast — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Big South Championship, Asheville, NC
VMI vs. UNC-Asheville — ESPN, noon

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, Richmond, VA
Quarterfinals
Drexel vs. UNC-Wilmington — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic & New England)/The Comcast Network, noon
Old Dominion vs. Delaware — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic Plus & New England)/The Comcast Network, 2:30 p.m.
VCU vs. William & Mary — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic Plus & New England)/CSS/The Comcast Network, 6 p.m.
George Mason vs. Georgia State — Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic Plus & New England)/The Comcast Network, 8:30 p.m.

Horizon League Tournament, Valparaiso, IN
Semifinals
Detroit vs. Cleveland State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Butler vs. Valparaiso — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, St. Louis, MO
Semifinals
Wichita State vs. Illinois State — Fox College Sports Central/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:30 p.m.
Creighton vs. Evansville — Fox College Sports Central/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 5 p.m.

Ohio Valley Conference Championship, Nashville, TN
Murray State vs. Tennessee State — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Patriot League Tournament (Home Sites)
Semifinals
Lafayette at Bucknell — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
American at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.

Summit League Tournament, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals
Oral Roberts vs. IPFW — Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
South Dakota State vs. IUPUI — Fox College Sports Central, 9:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals
San Francisco vs. St. Mary’s — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
BYU vs. Gonzaga — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

noon
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech — ACC Network
West Virginia at South Florida — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/MSG Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh
Memphis at Tulsa — CBS
George Washington at Dayton — CBS Sports Network
Pittsburgh at UConn — ESPN

12:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Minnesota — Big Ten Network

1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State — Big 12 Network
South Carolina at Georgia — SEC Network

2 p.m. 
Charlotte at Xavier — A-10 Network: Fox Sports Ohio
Georgetown at Marquette — Big East Network: MASN/SNY
LSU at Auburn — CBS
Washington at UCLA — CBS
Cincinnati at Villanova — ESPN
Southern Mississippi at Marshall — Fox Sports Net (national)

2:30 p.m.
Boston College at Miami — ACC Network
Northwestern at Iowa — Big Ten Network

4 p.m.
URI at UMass — A-10 Network: Comcast SportsNet (New England & Philadelphia)/CSS
Missouri at Texas Tech — Big 12 Network
Texas A&M at Oklahoma — Big 12 Network
Louisville at Syracuse — CBS
Vanderbilt at Tennessee — ESPN
Colorado at Oregon State — Fox Sports Net (national)
Boise State at New Mexico — NBC Sports Network
Alabama at Mississippi — SEC Network
Colorado State at Air Force — the mtn.

5 p.m.
Arkansas at Mississippi State — Fox Sports Net (regional): Fox Sports South/Sun Sports

6 p.m.
Seton Hall at DePaul — Big East Network: Altitude/MASN/MSG Network

7 p.m.
North Carolina at Duke — ESPN
San Diego State at TCU — the mtn.

8 p.m.
St. John’s at Rutgers — Big East Network: MASN/MSG Network

9 p.m.
Texas at Kansas — ESPN

10 p.m.
Wyoming at UNLV

Women’s Schedule

ACC Tournament, Greensboro, NC
Semifinals
Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina State — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Maryland vs. Wake Forest — ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis, IN
Semifinals
Ohio State vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Penn State vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

SEC Tournament, Nashville, TN
Semifinals
Kentucky vs. LSU — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Tennessee vs. South Carolina — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

noon
Iowa State at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (national)

Sunday, March 4

Men’s Schedule

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, Richmond, VA
Semifinals
Drexel vs. Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/CSS/The Comcast Network, 2 p.m.
VCU vs. George Mason — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/CSS/The Comcast Network, 4:30 p.m.

Missouri Valley Championship, St. Louis, MO
Creighton vs. Illinois State — CBS, 2 p.m.

Northeast Conference Tournament (Home Sites)
Semifinals
Robert Morris vs. Wagner — Fox College Sports Atlantic/MSG Network, noon
Quinnipiac vs LIU — Fox College Sports Atlantic/MSG Network, 6 p.m.

Summit League Tournament, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals
Western Illinois vs. North Dakota State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Oakland vs. Southern Utah — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Detroit, 9:30 p.m.

noon
Kentucky at Florida — CBS
Clemson at Florida State — ESPN2

1 p.m.
Illinois at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network
Michigan at Penn State — ESPN

2 p.m.
Virginia at Maryland — ACC Network

3:30 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State — Fox Sports Net (national)

4 p.m.
Ohio State at Michigan State — CBS

5:30 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
Purdue at Michigan — Big Ten Network
North Carolina State at Virginia Tech — ESPNU

Women’s Schedule

ACC Championship, Greensboro, NC
Maryland vs. Georgia Tech — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Tournament, Philadelphia, PA
Semifinals
St. Bonaventure vs. St. Joseph’s — CBS Sports Network, noon
Temple vs. Dayton — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.

Big East Tournament, Hartford, CT
Quarterfinals
Georgetown vs. West Virginia — ESPNU, noon
Notre Dame vs. DePaul — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
St. John’s vs. Louisville — Big East Network: SNY, 6 p.m.
UConn vs. Rutgers — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, IN
Nebraska vs. Purdue — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

SEC Championship, Nashville, TN
LSU vs. Tennessee — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

1 p.m.
Texas A&M at Texas — Fox Sports Net (national)

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/25 & 02/26, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 25

College GameDay live from Storrs, CT — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m.

11 a.m.
Robert Morris at Quinnipiac — ESPNU

noon
Virginia Tech at Duke — ACC Network
Vanderbilt at Kentucky — CBS
Northeastern at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The Comcast Network
Notre Dame at St. John’s — ESPN2

Women’s: DePaul at Louisville — Big East Network: MASN/SNY

1 p.m.
Boston College at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports West/NESN
LaSalle at Fordham — YES

1:30 p.m.
Iowa State at Kansas State — Big 12 Network
Oklahoma at Baylor — Big 12 Network
Drake at Wichita State — Fox College Sports Central/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Midwest
LSU at Mississippi — SEC Network

2 p.m.
St. Louis at URI — A-10 Network: Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Cox Sports RI
UCLA at Arizona — CBS
Villanova at Georgetown — CBS
Texas A&M at Oklahoma State — ESPN2
Boise State at Wyoming — the mtn.

2:30 p.m.
Maryland at Georgia Tech — ACC Network
NC State at Clemson — ACC Network

3 p.m.
St. Francis at Sacred Heart — Fox College Sports Atlantic

4 p.m.
Texas at Texas Tech — Big 12 Network
Missouri at Kansas — CBS
Lafayette at American — CBS Sports Network
Drexel at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
North Carolina at Virginia — ESPN
Creighton at Indiana State — ESPN2
Hawaii at Louisiana Tech — ESPN Plus
Memphis at Marshall — Fox Sports Net (national)
Air Force at UNLV — NBC Sports Network
Arkansas at Auburn — SEC Network
Florida at Georgia — SEC Network

5 p.m.
Rutgers at Seton Hall — ESPNU
Houston Baptist at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central

6 p.m.
Purdue at Michigan — Big Ten Network
Portland at BYU — BYU TV
UMass at Dayton — CBS Sports Network
Mississippi State at Alabama — ESPN
George Mason at Virginia Commonwealth — ESPN2

Women’s: Oklahoma at Texas — Fox Sports Net (national)

7 p.m.
Temple at St. Joseph’s — ESPNU
New Mexico at TCU — the mtn.

8 p.m.
Nebraska at Michigan State — Big Ten Network
UTEP at Central Florida — CBS Sports Network
Richmond at Xavier — ESPN2
Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Atlantic
USC at Arizona State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Arizona
Washington at Washington State — Fox College Sports Pacific/Root Sports Northwest
Tennessee at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net: Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

Women’s: Texas Tech at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net (national)

9 p.m.
Syracuse at UConn — ESPN
Northwestern at Penn State — ESPNU

10 p.m.
Colorado State at San Diego State — the mtn.
Nevada at Fresno State — WAC Sports Network

11 p.m.
Cal Poly at UC-Santa Barbara — ESPNU

Sunday, February 26

noon
Cincinnati at South Florida — Big East Network: Altitude/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY
Maine at Stony Brook — CBS Sports Network

Women’s: Indiana at Purdue — Big Ten Network

1 p.m.
Indiana at Minnesota — ESPN

Women’s: Boston College at Miami — Fox Sports Net: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports South/NESN/Sun Sports Plus
Women’s: Central Florida at Houston — Fox Sports Net (national)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: Kentucky at Mississippi State — ESPNU

2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Louisville — CBS

Women’s: Minnesota at Penn State — Big Ten Network
Women’s: UMass at Xavier — CBS Sports Network

3 p.m.
Women’s: Duke at North Carolina — ESPN2
Women’s: Washington State at Washington — Fox Sports Net (national)

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: Old Dominion at James Madison — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Women’s: Florida at Tennessee — ESPNU
Women’s: Mississippi at Auburn — Fox Sports Net: Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports Southwest Plus/SportSouth/Sun Sports Plus

4 p.m.
Wisconsin at Ohio State — CBS

Women’s: Ohio State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network

5 p.m.
Women’s: LSU at Georgia — ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Cal at Colorado — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
Iowa at Illinois — Big Ten Network
Florida State at Miami (FL) — ESPNU

7:30 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Fox Sports Net

8 p.m.
Akron at Ohio — ESPNU

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/18 & 02/19/2011, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 18

College GameDay live from Ann Arbor, Michigan — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m.

BracketBusters
Drexel at Cleveland State — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Wichita State at Davidson — ESPN2, noon
Buffalo at South Dakota State — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Akron at Oral Roberts — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Drake at New Mexico State — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Nevada at Iona — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Old Dominion at Missouri State — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Murray State — ESPN, 6 p.m.
UNC-Asheville at Ohio — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Weber State — ESPN3, 8 p.m.
Long Beach State at Creighton — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

11:30 a.m.
Bryant at St. Francis (NY) — Fox College Sports Atlantic/MSG Network

noon
Louisville at DePaul — Big East Network: Cox Sports Television/CSS/MASN/SNY
Marquette at UConn — ESPN

1 p.m.
Florida State at North Carolina State — ACC Network
Maryland at Virginia — ACC Network
UCLA at St. John’s — CBS
UNLV at New Mexico — CBS
UTEP at Memphis — Fox Sports Net (national)
Wake Forest at Miami (FL) — Fox Sports Net (regional): Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN

Women’s: Boise State at TCU — the mtn.

1:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Baylor — Big 12 Network
Oklahoma at Iowa State — Big 12 Network
LSU at South Carolina — SEC Network
Tennessee at Alabama — SEC Network

2 p.m.
Duquense at Temple — A-10 Network: CSS/The Comcast Network
Missouri at Texas A&M — ESPN

Women’s: Marquette at Syracuse — Big East Network: MASN/SNY
Women’s: Xavier at St. Bonaventure — CBS Sports Network

2:30 p.m.
Women’s:  Bryant at St. Francis (PA) — Fox College Sports Atlantic

3 p.m.
Arizona at Washington — Fox Sports Net (national)
Georgia Tech at Virgina Tech — Fox Sports Net (regional): Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports South/NESN/Sun Sports

Women’s: South Carolina at Alabama — SEC Network

4 p.m.
Seton Hall at Cincinnati — Big East Network: Fox Sports Ohio/MASN/SNY
Texas at Oklahoma State — Big 12 Network
Lafayette at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network
St. Joseph’s at George Washington — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
Clemson at North Carolina — ESPN
San Diego State at Air Force — NBC Sports Network
Mississippi at Kentucky — SEC Network
TCU at Boise State — the mtn.

5 p.m.
Illinois at Nebraska — Big Ten Network
Colorado at Utah — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
LaSalle at UMass — CBS Sports Network
Florida at Arkansas — ESPN2

Women’s: Western Kentucky at South Alabama — Fox College Sports Central

6:30 p.m.
Women’s: New Mexico at UNLV — the mtn.

7 p.m.
Georgetown at Providence — Big East Network: Cox Sports RI/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY
Northwestern at Minnesota — Big Ten Network
BYU at Santa Clara — ESPNU

Women’s: Texas at Kansas State — Fox Sports Net (national)

8 p.m.
Texas Tech at Kansas — Big 12 Network
Dayton at Xavier — CBS Sports Network
Western Kentucky at South Alabama — Fox College Sports Atlantic
Mississippi State at Auburn — Fox Sports Net (regional): Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

9 p.m.
Ohio State at Michigan — ESPN
Notre Dame at Villanova — ESPNU
Wyoming at Colorado State — the mtn.

Sunday, February 19

noon
Women’s: Michigan at Indiana — Big Ten Network
Women’s: Maryland-Baltimore County at Hartford — CBS Sports Network
Women’s: Georgia State at George Mason — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/CSS

1 p.m.
Michigan State at Purdue — CBS
Syracuse at Rutgers — ESPN
Vanderbilt at Georgia — Fox Sports Net (regional): Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

Women’s: Rice at SMU — Fox Sports Net (national)

1:30 p.m.
Women’s: North Carolina State at North Carolina — ESPNU

2 p.m.
Women’s: Wisconsin at Nebraska — Big Ten Network
Women’s: Tennessee at Mississippi — SEC Network

3 p.m.
Women’s: VCU at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus
Women’s: Duke at Maryland — ESPN2
Women’s: UCLA at USC — Fox Sports Net (national)
Women’s: South Carolina at Alabama — Fox Sports Net (regional): Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: Georgia at Florida — ESPN2
Women’s: Florida State at Miami — Fox Sports Net (regional): Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports South/NESN/Sun Sports

4 p.m.
Penn State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network

5 p.m.
Women’s: Purdue at Michigan State — ESPN2
Women’s: Washington at Arizona — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
Indiana at Iowa — Big Ten Network
Duke at Boston College — ESPNU

7 p.m.
South Florida at Pittsburgh — ESPN2
Oregon at Stanford — Fox Sports Net (national)

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/11 & 02/12/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 11

College GameDay live from Nashville, TN — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN,11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m.

11 a.m.
Butler at Cleveland State — ESPN2
Ball State at Kent State — ESPNU

noon
DePaul at Notre Dame — Big East Network: Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY
James Madison at Towson — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/The Comcast Network
Louisville at West Virginia — ESPN
IPFW at Oakland — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit

Women’s: Navy at Army — CBS Sports Network

1 p.m.
Miami at Florida State — ACC Network
Virginia at North Carolina — ACC Network
UConn at Syracuse — CBS
Arkansas-Little Rock at Middle Tennessee — ESPN2
Nebraska at Penn State — ESPNU
Dayton at Fordham — YES

1:30 p.m.
Baylor at Missouri — Big 12 Network
Georgia at Mississippi State — SEC Network
South Carolina at Arkansas — SEC Network

2 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The Comcast Network
Kansas State at Texas — ESPN
Western Kentucky at Troy — Fox College Sports Central
Utah at Arizona — Fox Sports Net (national)

2:30 p.m.
Navy at Army — CBS Sports Network

3 p.m.
New Mexico State at Utah State — ESPN2
Cincinnati at Marquette — ESPNU

3:30 p.m.
Wyoming at New Mexico — the mtn.

4 p.m.
Duquense at St. Bonaventure — A-10: CSS/The Comcast Network
Oklahoma at Kansas — Big 12 Network
Texas A&M at Iowa State — Big 12 Network
Maryland at Duke — ESPN
Cal at UCLA — Fox Sports Net (national)
Clemson at Wake Forest — Fox Sports Net: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/NESN
San Diego State at UNLV — NBC Sports Network
Tennessee at Florida — SEC Network

Women’s: Georgetown at UConn — Big East Network: Comcast SportsNet New England/MASN/SNY

4:30 p.m.
Women’s: Charlotte at Duquense — CBS Sports Network

5 p.m.
Wichita State at Creighton — ESPN2
George Washington at Richmond — ESPNU

6 p.m.
Pepperdine at BYU — BYU TV/Fox Sports West
Michigan State at Ohio State — ESPN

Women’s: Texas A&M at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (national)
Women’s: Air Force at Boise State — the mtn.

6:30 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona State — Fox College Sports Pacific/Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona

Women’s: TCU at Colorado State — CBS Sports Network

7 p.m.
Alabama at LSU — ESPN2
Harvard at Princeton — ESPNU
Auburn at Mississippi — Fox Sports Net: Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports

8 p.m.
Western Illinois at Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Central

8:30 p.m.
Colorado State at TCU — the mtn.

9 p.m.
Boise State at Air Force — CBS Sports Network
Kentucky at Vanderbilt — ESPN
Xavier at Temple — ESPN2

11 p.m.
Women’s: USC at Cal — Fox Sports Net (national)

Sunday, February 12

noon
Pittsburgh at Seton Hall — Big East Network: Altitude/Bright House/Cox Sports Television/CSS/MASN/SNY
Stony Brook at Vermont — CBS Sports Network

1 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan — CBS
St. John’s at Georgetown — ESPN
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Detroit — Fox Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Detroit

Women’s: Penn State at Northwestern — Big Ten Network
Women’s: Duke at Florida State — Fox Sports Net: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports South/NESN/Sun Sports
Women’s: Kansas at Kansas State — Fox Sports Net (national)

2 p.m.
Women’s: Southern Mississippi at SMU — CBS Sports Network

2:30 p.m.
Play for Kay
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Women’s: Arkansas at Auburn — ESPN2
Women’s: Iowa State at Texas Tech — ESPN2
Women’s: Marquette at DePaul — ESPN2
Women’s: Miami at Maryland — ESPN2

3 p.m.
Bradley at Missouri State — Fox Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago

Women’s: Michigan State at Iowa — Big Ten Network
Women’s: UCLA at Stanford — Fox Sports Net (national)

3:30 p.m.
Women’s: West Virginia at Notre Dame — ESPNU
Women’s: Mississippi at Mississippi State — Fox Sports Net: Fox Sports Southwest Plus/SportSouth/Sun Sports

4:30 p.m.
St. Francis (NY) at Long Island University — Fox Sports Atlantic/MSG Network

5 p.m.
Play for Kay
ESPN2 Coverage Map
Women’s: Florida at South Carolina — ESPN2
Women’s: Purdue at Ohio State — ESPN2
Women’s: St. John’s at Rutgers — ESPN2
Women’s: Wake Forest at North Carolina State — ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Washington at Oregon State — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
Northwestern at Purdue — Big Ten Network
Boston College at Virginia Tech — ESPNU

7:30 p.m.
Stanford at USC — Fox Sports Net (national)

8 p.m.
Evansville at Drake — ESPNU

Super Bowl XLVI Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern

NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m.
Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m.
Road to the Super Bowl — NBC, noon
Super Bowl XLVI Pregame — NBC, 1 p.m.
SportsNet Central Extra: Super Bowl Pregame — Comcast SportsNet New England, 3 p.m.
Super Bowl Pre-Kick Show — NBC, 6 p.m.

Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots — NBC, 6:30 p.m.
Announcers: NBC — Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya; Dial Global — Kevin Harlan/Boomer Esiason/James Lofton/Mark Malone

SportsNet Central Extra: Super Bowl Postgame — Comcast SportsNet New England, 10 p.m.
SportsNite: Big Blue Live — SNY, 10 p.m.
NFL PrimeTime — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
NFL GameDay Final — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Sirius XM Super Bowl Channel Assignments

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/04 & 02/05/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV

Saturday, February 4

College GameDay live from Columbia, MO — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m.

11 a.m.
South Florida at Georgetown — ESPNU

noon
LaSalle at St. Joseph – A-10 Network: CSS/The Comcast Network
Seton Hall at UConn — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/SNY
Syracuse at St. John’s — ESPN
Detroit at Butler — ESPN2

1 p.m.
Virginia at Florida State — ACC Network
Wake Forest at North Carolina State — ACC Network
Marquette at Notre Dame — CBS
Vanderbilt at Florida — CBS
Boston College at Georgia Tech — ESPNU
Xavier at Memphis — Fox Sports Net (national)

Women’s: St. Joseph’s at Richmond — CBS Sports Network

1:30 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma State — Big 12 Network
Arkansas at LSU — SEC Network

2 p.m.
Delaware at James Madison — CSS/The Comcast Network
Ohio State at Wisconsin — ESPN
Temple at URI — ESPN2

Women’s: Providence at Villanova — Big East Network: Comcast SportsNet New England/SNY

3 p.m.
Penn State at Iowa — ESPNU
Arizona at Stanford — Fox Sports Net (national)

Women’s: San Diego State at TCU — CBS Sports Network

4 p.m.
Rutgers at Louisville — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/SNY
Texas A&M at Kansas State — Big 12 Network
Clemson at Virginia Tech — Fox Sports Net: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/NESN
New Mexico at Boise State — NBC Sports Network
Auburn at Mississippi State — SEC Network
UNLV at Wyoming — the mtn.

5 p.m.
Air Force at Colorado State — CBS Sports Network
Old Dominion at George Mason — ESPNU
UCLA at Washington State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Root Sports Northwest
Creighton at Northern Iowa — Fox College Sports Central/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest

Women’s: Central Florida at Memphis — Fox Sports Net (national)

6 p.m.
Kentucky at South Carolina — ESPN
Iowa at Oklahoma — ESPN2

7 p.m.
DePaul at Cincinnati — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/SNY
Indiana at Purdue — Big Ten Network
Northeastern at VCU — Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The Comcast Network
Richmond at Duquense — ESPNU
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network

Women’s: Wyoming at UNLV — the mtn.

8 p.m.
Mississippi at Alabama — ESPN2
South Alabama at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Atlantic
Georgia at Tennessee — Fox Sports Net: Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest

8:30 p.m.
Portland State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific

9 p.m.
Kansas at Missouri — ESPN
Cal-Santa Barbara at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPNU
Oregon at Cal — Fox College Sports Central/Root Sports Northwest

10 p.m.
BYU at Portland — BYU TV
Indiana State at Wichita State — ESPN2
TCU at San Diego State — the mtn.

11 p.m.
USC at Washington — Fox Sports Net (national)

Sunday, February 5

11 a.m.
Women’s: Dayton at Xavier — ESPNU

noon
West Virginia at Providence — Big East Network: Altitude/Bright House/Cox Sports RI/Cox Sports Television/CSS/MASN/SNY

Women’s: UTEP at Rice — Fox Sports Net (national)

1 p.m.
Minnesota at Nebraska — Big Ten Network
Michigan at Michigan State — CBS

Women’s: DePaul at Notre Dame — ESPNU
Women’s: Wake Forest at Boston College — Fox Sports Net (regional): Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN

2 p.m.
Villanova at Pittsburgh — ESPN

Women’s: Missouri at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Net (national)
Women’s: Auburn at Tennessee — SEC Network

3 p.m.
Northwestern at Illinois — Big Ten Network
Miami (FL) at Duke — ESPNU

Women’s: Georgia at Alabama — Fox Sports Net (regional): Fox Sports Florida/SportSouth

4 p.m.
Women’s: Washington at USC — Fox Sports Net (national)