Black Friday Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Consolation: Minnesota vs. Memphis– AXS.TV, 1 p.m.
Consolation: Stanford vs. Northern Iowa — AXS.TV, 3:30 p.m.
Semifinal: Duke vs. VCU — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Semifinal: Missouri vs. Louisville — NBC Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

DirecTV Classic, Anaheim, CA
Semifinal: St. Mary’s vs. Pacific — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Consolation: Drexel vs. Xavier — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Consolation: Rice vs. Drake — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.
Semifinal: Georgia Tech vs. Cal — ESPN2, midnight

Global Sports Classic, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals
Iowa State vs. Cincinnati — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Oregon vs. UNLV — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, AK
Semifinal
Belmont vs. Northeastern — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals
Arizona State vs. Arkansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Creighton vs. Wisconsin — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Old Spice Classic, Orlando, FL
Semifinal: West Virginia vs. Davidson — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 12:30 p.m.
Consolation: Vanderbilt vs. Marist — ESPNU/ESPN D, 3 p.m.
Consolation: UTEP vs. Clemson — ESPN2/ESPN 3D, 5:30 p.m.
Semifinal: Oklahoma vs. Gonzaga — ESPN2/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m.

Preseason NIT, New York, NY
3rd Place Game: Delaware vs. Pittsburgh — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Final: Kansas State vs. Michigan — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Central Florida at Florida — Sun Sports/SportSouth, 4 p.m.
Missouri-Kansas City at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Loyola (MD) at URI — Cox Sports RI, 7 p.m.
Long Island University at Kentucky — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/North/South)/Sun Sports/Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Central Michigan at Utah — Pac-12 Network, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 8:15 p.m.

Women’s
Notre Dame at UCLA — Pac-12 Network, 3 p.m.
Nebraska at USC — Pac-12 Network, 5 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Colgate at Merrimack — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Vermont — Fox Sports North/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota State at Wisconsin — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
USC vs. UCLA — Pac-12 Network, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State– Pac-12 Network (Arizona), 9 p.m.
Colorado at Utah — Pac-12 Network (Mountain), 9 p.m.
Stanford at Cal — Pac-12 Network, 11 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Arizona/Mountain/Oregon), 11 p.m.
Washington at Washington State — Pac-12 Network (Washington), 11 p.m.

Golf
European Tour: World Tour Championship, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

Hockey
WHL
Moose Jaw Warriors at Edmonton Oil Kings — NHL Network, 9 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator’s Road to the Championships 7 — MTV2, 8 p.m.

MLB
World Series Highlights: 2002, Anaheim Angels vs. San Francisco Giants — MLB Network, 12:30 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2003, New York Yankees vs. Florida Marlins — MLB Network, 2:30 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2004, Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2005, Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros — MLB Network, 5:30 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2006, Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2007, Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies — MLB Network, 8:30 p.m.
World Series Highlights: 2008, Tampa Bay Rays vs. Philadelphia Phillies — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NBA
Oklahoma City at Boston — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Films Presents: Dynamic Duos — NFL Network, 4:30 p.m.
Around the League Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Playbook NFC — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Playbook AFC — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
The Rich Eisen Thanksgiving Special — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The ‘Lights — NBC Sports Network, 8 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain), 9 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Best of ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Facing Evil With Candice Delong: Stripped Bare — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Frosty the Snowman — CBS, 8 p.m.
Cool Tools: The Top 25 — DIY Network, 8 p.m.
Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown — Fox, 8 p.m.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer — The CW, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush – The Dirt: Miners Cribs — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Sideways — Sundance Channel, 8 p.m.
Frosty Returns — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
Facing Evil With Candice Delong: Friends Til’ the End — Investigation Discovery, 8:30 p.m.
Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas — CBS, 9 p.m.
The Happy Elf — The CW, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: The Ultimatum — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: Mommy’s Little Helper — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Union Station — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Killer Karaoke (series premiere) — truTV, 9 p.m.
Man Caves: Pilot’s Lounge Cave — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Valet Disservice — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Person to Person — CBS, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 10 p.m.
Countdown to Apocalypse: Countdown to 12/21/12: Nostradamus — H2, 10 p.m.
Wives With Knives: The Beefcake and the Beauty Queen — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Jungle Gold: Desperate Measures — Discovery, 10:01 p.m.
I Want That: Image Snap — DIY Network, 10:30 p.m.
Health Inspectors: A Game of Chicken — Food Network, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Cabarete, Dominican Republic — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Skin to the Max: Budapest, Hungary; Rome, Italy — Cinemax, 11 p.m.
Joan Rivers: Don’t Start with Me — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Black Hawk Down — Fox Movie Channel, midnight

About Ken Fang

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

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