College Basketball is back and ESPN is airing their annual 24-hour marathon of college hoops. Remember when I attempted to live blog this entire marathon a few years ago? (Ah the good ol college days) Well I'm not going to attempt to do that again but instead will leave an open thread for you folks to comment on the games you're watching. Obviously the biggest game, the game everyone will want to watch, is the Kansas-Duke game. There are some other good games as well in this period so let's enjoy the college basketball!
Schedule via ESPN Media Zone
Monday
Stanford at UConn (Women's), 7PM (ESPN2: Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke)
Kent State at Temple, 7PM (ESPNU: Adam Amin, Tim Welsh)
Tennessee at UNC (Women's), 9PM (ESPN2: Pam Ward(!!!), Carolyn Peck)
Colorado State at Gonzaga, 9PM (ESPNU: Roxy Bernstein, Miles Simon)
BYU at Stanford, 11PM (ESPN2: Dave Pasch, Seth Greenberg)
Tuesday
Western Kentucky at Wichita State 1AM (ESPN2: Dave Flemming, Mark Adams)
Akron at St. Mary's, 3AM (ESPN2: Carter Blackburn, Bob Valvano)
New Mexico State at Hawaii, 5AM (ESPN2: Kanoa Leahey, Stephen Howard)
Hartford at Florida Gulf Coast, 7AM (ESPN2: Mark Jones, LaPhonso Ellis)
Quinnipiac at LaSalle, 9AM (ESPN2: Mike Crispino, Tim Welsh)
LSU at UMass, 11AM (ESPN2: Bram Weinstein, Kara Lawson)
West Virginia at Virginia Tech, 1PM (ESPN: Jon Sciambi, Bruce Pearl)
South Carolina at Baylor, 3PM (ESPN: Jimmy Dykes, Fran Fraschilla)
NC State at Cincinnati, 5PM (ESPN: John Saunders, Sean Farnham)
VCU at Virginia, 7PM (ESPN2: Mike Patrick, Len Elmore)
Michigan State vs Kentucky, 7:30 PM (ESPN: Dan Schulman, Jay Bilas, Andy Katz)
Florida at Wisconsin, 9PM (ESPN2: Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich)
Kansas vs Duke, 9:30 (ESPN: Dan Schulman, Dick Vitale, Andy Katz)
I'm surprised at how many of these games are on ESPN2. Almost all of them used to air on ESPN. I find this interesting because what does it say about this marathon? Is this the last one for a while or is ESPN just bowing down to the all important NFL coverage?
Students at Florida Gulf Coast won't even be awake at 7AM. /It still surprises me teams agree to these start times
ReplyDeleteGonzaga destroying Colorado State. I love Gonzaga. They're the ultimate cock tease.
ReplyDeletePretty sure I'm the only person that enjoys staying up for these games.
ReplyDeleteIncredibly entertaining half of basketball to start this marathon.
ReplyDeleteSo, so many white guys on BYU. Also I can't believe Johnny Dawkins is still coaching at furd. He's done nothing there.
ReplyDeleteGreenberg: "Carlino is like the Johnny Manziel of basketball. He just plays!"
ReplyDelete#torturedanalogies
@colonel It's all part of the K voodoo, unless you're Quin Snyder. I fully expect Chris Collins to spend 20 years at Northwestern.
ReplyDeleteWell the last coach at Northwestern stayed there way past the necessary point so this wouldn't actually surprise me.
DeleteYou know ESPN isn't trying when they're recycling the same halftime report.
ReplyDeleteIs this the year UMASS and Kellogg finally get to the tournament?
ReplyDeleteBram Weinstein's parents must have been vampire fans. #LameJoke
ReplyDeleteI know I shouldn't make fun of kids but there's a kid on LSU who has teeth as yellow as his jersey.
ReplyDeleteI've missed having Karl Hess in my sports viewing life.
ReplyDeleteI love annoyed Huggins face...
ReplyDeleteBitter beer face
DeleteAdd Brady Heslip to that list of guys who've played about 10 years of college ball.
ReplyDeleteAnd I found out that Josh Smith is still playing college basketball but at Georgetown. He's another 1 who's been around forever.
DeleteSmith is going to be allowed to play next season as well.
DeleteJimmy Dykes talking about Kentucky during the South Carolina-Baylor game. WELCOME BACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina is just giving this game away.
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe Frank Martin left KState for that wasteland and I can't believe KState hired Bruce Weber to replace him.
DeleteIt was all about money with Martin. He wanted to be PAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIDDDDDD and that's why he left. Still a mystery why KState hired Weber.
DeleteIt's also easier to recruit to Columbia, South Carolina than Manhattan, Kansas.
DeleteWhat a terrible ending to a game. Just brutal.
ReplyDelete@Kris: How long does it take NC State to fall under Gottfried? 2 more years?
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