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Published On Wednesday, August 25th 2010  

‘College GameDay’ sites, dates, times announced

‘College GameDay’ sites, dates, times announced

A ranking from the best to worst, and news on how the underrated television program has expanded for the better in the upcoming season.

Published On Wednesday, August 18th 2010  

Super Tuesday schedule is out

Super Tuesday schedule is out

Believe it or not, Kentucky will NOT be featured week in and week out. But the 'Cats will get more Tuesday night airtime than any other SEC team.

Published On Tuesday, August 17th 2010  

Texas Tech bringing reality TV back to its campus

Texas Tech bringing reality TV back to its campus

Reality television probably doesn't have much of a long-term place on college campuses. It may not have any place, some would argue. But Texas Tech is going back into the business anyway. It'll be the school's second foray; you'll remember the first go-round four and a half years ago, when "Knight School" had a six-episode run on ESPN. That's when Bobby Knight was still running the show. The new program, "The Ride," won't ... Read More

Published On Monday, August 16th 2010  

ESPN releases schedule for 24-hour Tip-Off Marathon

ESPN releases schedule for 24-hour Tip-Off Marathon

For the third consecutive year ESPN will give us college hoophead diehards a treat by broadcasting games for 24 consecutive hours. The made-for-TV event, titled "College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon," runs throughout the course of Tuesday, Nov. 16. Man ... it's so easy to type that with such restraint right now. I blame it entirely on the month of August. When October rolls around, my excitement will not be curtailed. This marathon ... Read More

Published On Tuesday, August 3rd 2010  

Highlights for Big 12 ESPN schedule

Highlights for Big 12 ESPN schedule

Talking TV in August? Yes, I'm already pining.

Published On Tuesday, June 29th 2010  

CBS lands a huge March, primetime game

CBS lands a huge March, primetime game

For many, the wish has been granted: a Duke-Carolina game that won't feature Dick Vitale. Today, CBS announced quite a coup: it will broadcast, for the first time in primetime on network TV, college basketball's best rivalry. From the brief press release, the network states: "CBS Sports, college basketball's leading network broadcaster, has announced that the Duke at North Carolina game will be broadcast in prime time on Saturday, March 5, 2011 ... Read More

Published On Monday, May 17th 2010  

ESPN signs its own long-term TV deal

ESPN signs its own long-term TV deal

Though ESPN couldn't steal The Tournament away from CBS recently, it got what it considers the next most sacred thing when it comes to college basketball television rights: the ACC. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal tweeted this morning about how the Four-Letter was able to stave of Fox's heavy push to steal the broadcast rights for the ACC in basketball and football. The link to the article is here, but ... Read More

Published On Thursday, May 6th 2010  

We came close to ESPN getting The Tournament

We came close to ESPN getting The Tournament

We got entirely too close to having Dick Vitale call an NCAA Tournament, a fate that was a meeting or two away from becoming a reality. And this was even before the broadcast bidding rights began. When the talks started up at CBS prior to the 2009-10 college basketball season about what it needed to do to restructure its deal with the NCAA, one idea got floated out there that was unprecedented ... Read More

Published On Friday, April 16th 2010  

ESPN passes on upping Tourney bid, broadcast rights

ESPN passes on upping Tourney bid, broadcast rights

Somewhat of a shocker here, as quite a few people expected ESPN to push rather hard for the broadcast rights in this critical year. This decision by the Juggernaut has little to do with expansion, it would seem, though. Somewhat shockingly, the sports world's richest company passed on the opportunity to broadcast one of the most unifying events in American sports — a sport it already dedicates more than 2,200 hours of ... Read More

Published On Sunday, April 4th 2010  

Final Four ratings at their highest in five years

Final Four ratings at their highest in five years

We knew Duke would bring the eyeballs, but who said Butler would kill ratings? Those people were oh so wrong. We had plenty of people watching what happened in Indianapolis last night, even though two programs who had a combined one trip in the past 51 years were taking part. And weather was good around the country. This is certainly a big, big thing for CBS, which needs these kinds ... Read More

Published On Monday, January 25th 2010  

John Calipari quickly diffuses the “jag off” comment he made on ESPN

John Calipari quickly diffuses the “jag off” comment he made on ESPN

The good-natured ribbing occurs between 1:40 and 2:30 of the video, after Buccigross sneaks in a little shot at Memphis' inability to win that national title (which now wouldn't exist!) in 2008.

Published On Monday, January 11th 2010  

The glorious return of Big Monday

The glorious return of Big Monday

Growing up on college basketball in the mid-'90s, I always loved Big Monday. If you fall in my age range (27 to 33 years old), you probably did too. I loved how the sport was so relevant on the national scene. Was it all in my head? Who knows. These days, it's hard to argue college basketball's slow slip into the background until late February. I still do love Big Monday, ... Read More

Published On Monday, December 21st 2009  

Quietly, Jemele Hill is forced to apologize to Kentucky for Charles Manson reference

Quietly, Jemele Hill is forced to apologize to Kentucky for Charles Manson reference

When Bobby Knights speaks his mind at ESPN (which has been rather tame), he's paid attention to and not disciplined by anyone. Ever. When someone who is not Knight speaks out To be fair, Knight hasn't said anything as stupid as what Jemele Hill (shocking!) said last week. On the Jemele Hill said (and I am paraphrasing) that UK fans would be fine with “Charles Manson as coach”, so long as ... Read More

Published On Tuesday, December 15th 2009  

Richard Deitsch gives us some end-of-decade media awards

Richard Deitsch gives us some end-of-decade media awards

Here's who he had in regard to college basketball. Best game analysts: Jay Bilas, Len Elmore, Fran Fraschilla, Clark Kellogg, Steve Lavin, Bill Raftery. No Gottlieb? Gottlieb's gotta be on that list, Richard. He's the most unafraid voice speaking on college basketball today. It's more impressive that he does it under ESPN's umbrella. Best play-by-play: Dan Shulman. Shulman gets the pick for general play-by-play duties, but his work in college basketball had ... Read More

Published On Friday, November 6th 2009  

ESPN begins to creep into March Madness broadcasting talk

ESPN begins to creep into March Madness broadcasting talk

This was addressed when I interviewed ESPN president George Bodenheimer last year, and it's only going to grow and grow as the option for the NCAA to opt out of its contract with CBS next year gets closer. Burke Magnus, the man who decides what college sports goes on where and when at ESPN, admitted the obvious to USA Today's Michael McCarthy recently when he said The Juggernaut would be interested ... Read More

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Boe vs. Food

Published On Thursday, September 2nd 2010  

I'm not one for the "Man v. Food" show, as it frequently involves host Adam Richman devouring ungodly portions of ... Read More

Rare footage of 1955 game surfaces

Rare footage of 1955 game surfaces

Published On Saturday, August 28th 2010  

You want to see how much the game has changed in 55 years? The video inside is for you.

Columbus trick-shot artists back for more

Columbus trick-shot artists back for more

Published On Monday, August 23rd 2010  

It's their era. The youthful boys and girls who choose to spend their summers not by playing video games indoors. ... Read More

Evan Turner croons to the Wrigley faithful

Evan Turner croons to the Wrigley faithful

Published On Tuesday, June 29th 2010  

Evan Turner is a Chicago boy. I, too, am one (though displaced for many years now). Can't deny that I'm ... Read More

The Bill Self Boogie

The Bill Self Boogie

Published On Monday, May 10th 2010  

Ah, the offseason. A time for coaches to hit the recruiting trails, shake the fanbase off their backs and let ... Read More

Craig Robinson appears on ‘The Colbert Report’

Craig Robinson appears on ‘The Colbert Report’

Published On Thursday, April 22nd 2010  

The Oregon State coach is pushing a new book, " A Game of Character," and appeared on the Comedy Central ... Read More

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Love the Indiana-based Crossroads Classic

Love the Indiana-based Crossroads Classic

Published On Tuesday, August 17th 2010  

For at least two years, starting in 2011, the four biggest basketball programs in Indiana will, once again, have late-fall ... Read More

Davis can alter tone of <em>Sun-Times</em> story depending on his school choice

Davis can alter tone of Sun-Times story depending on his school choice

Published On Sunday, August 8th 2010  

Though it's Sunday and I should be soaking up the last few weekends of summer, I have to pipe in ... Read More

On recruits and rankings

On recruits and rankings

Published On Tuesday, July 20th 2010  

The world of recruiting is a scary one to cover. So scary, in some ways, I feel I barely qualify ... Read More

NCAA fittingly chooses flawed, inconsistent format

NCAA fittingly chooses flawed, inconsistent format

Published On Monday, July 12th 2010  

No, I don't think the format improved. The NCAA definitely stepped on a landmine with this one. Not a fatal one, ... Read More

NCAA wants to ban early scholly offers. Good luck.

NCAA wants to ban early scholly offers. Good luck.

Published On Monday, July 12th 2010  

Is attempting to prevent coaches from going after freshmen and sophomores a worthwhile endeavor?

Jones and Thomas showing immaturity over UK/UW fiasco

Jones and Thomas showing immaturity over UK/UW fiasco

Published On Friday, May 21st 2010  

When Terrence Jones waited until the last possible hour to make his decision — his second one — about which ... Read More

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