College Basketball on ABC

See also: ESPN College Basketball

1987 American TV series or program

College Basketball on ABC

Also known as| College Basketball on ABC
Genre| College basketball telecasts
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 24
Production
Camera setup| Multi-camera
Running time| 120 minutes or until end of game
Production companies| ABC Sports
Raycom Sports
ESPN
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| January 18, 1987 (1987-01-18) \- present
Related
ESPN College Basketball

ABC first broadcast selected college basketball games of the now-NCAA Division I during the 1960s and 1970s, before it began televising them on a regular basis on January 18, 1987, with a game between the LSU Tigers and Kentucky Wildcats). As CBS and NBC were also broadcasting college games at the time, this put the sport on all three major broadcast television networks.

After the ABC Sports division was merged into ESPN Inc. by parent company Disney in 2006, broadcasts have since been produced by ESPN, and have primarily used the ESPN College Basketball branding and graphics instead of the College Basketball on ABC branding.

After a five-year hiatus, ABC returned to airing college basketball in 2019 with five games on the network, and has continued to do so since.[1]

## Men's coverage overview

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### 1962, 1973, 1978

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ABC first broadcast college basketball games in 1962, when the network aired the NCAA Championship Game on a day-behind delayed basis, as part of its Wide World of Sports anthology series. On December 15, 1973, ABC aired what is considered to be the first[2] telecast of a regular season college basketball game by a major broadcast network. A feature of the afternoon episode of the program, ABC's Wide World of Sports, the game was a special presentation rather than the start of regular telecasts.,[3] and matched UCLA and North Carolina State in St. Louis). Previously, postseason games in the NCAA tournament had been shown on NBC. Regular season college basketball games, though not on ABC, NBC or CBS, had been syndicated to U.S. television stations, such as the so-called ""Game of the Century"" sold to stations nationwide by the TVS Television Network in 1968. ABC (which had recently lost the NBA rights to CBS) televised this game using its former NBA announcing crew of Keith Jackson and Bill Russell.

In the 1977–78 season, C.D. Chesley (who controlled the rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) at the time) wanted NBC to televise select ACC games as part of its national package as it had done the previous few years. However, NBC wanted to feature intersectional games. This action greatly upset Chesley, who wound up selling the rights to the ACC Tournament final to ABC. ABC would televise the 1978 ACC Tournament final as part of Wide World of Sports. The game, called by Keith Jackson and Bill Russell, marked the first time Duke University's Blue Devils basketball team played on national television.

### 1987–2014

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When ABC's coverage[4][5] began in 1987,[6][7][8] the network primarily covered[9][10] the Big Ten,[11] Big 8[12] and Pac-10 Conferences. By 1991 (around the time NBC was phasing out their own college basketball coverage), ABC ramped up its basketball coverage in an effort to fill the void.[13][14] As a result, the network also started to cover games focusing on teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Southeastern Conference (SEC). Otherwise, it was essentially, a considerable hodge-podge with an ACC game one week, or a Pac-10 or Big 10 game the next. The games that were broadcast were a hodge-podge of conference matchups even after the ESPN on ABC brand change, with SEC and Big East match-ups occasionally being shown alongside frequent ACC, Big 12 and Pac-10 match-ups.

ABC's early regular season broadcasts were, for the most part, technically time buys from organizations such as Raycom[15][16][17][18] (particularly, around 1990–91) or sister network ESPN. This in return, was a way to avoid union contracts which require that 100% of network shows had to use crew staff who were network union members.[19] During the early 1990s, Raycom paid ABC US$1.8 million for six weeks of network airtime of 26 regional games. The format allowed Raycom to control[20] the games and sell the advertising.[21]

In the 1987–88 season, ABC did not air any college basketball games during the last three weekends of February due to the network's coverage of the Winter Olympics. As previously mentioned, coverage by ABC steadily increased during the early 1990s;[22] by the 1991–92 season, ABC was carrying regional games in many timeslots on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. By 1997, ABC's presenting sponsor was Paine Webber.[23]

Starting in 1997,[24][25][26] coverage of the PGA Tour limited the number of games that the network showed; this continued through 2006. Coverage of the NBA further decreased college basketball coverage on the network when ABC Sports acquired the broadcast rights to the league (through a production arrangement with ESPN) beginning in 2002. Beginning with the 2007 season, all games were rebranded as part of the integration of ABC Sports into ESPN as ESPN on ABC (meaning that all sports telecasts on ABC would exclusively feature ESPN's graphics, music and announcers) and Sunday games were discontinued. From 2007 to 2009, all games began at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, which was a departure from the differing broadcast times that were previously assigned to the game telecasts.

From 2010 to 2013, ABC broadcast the semi-finals and finals of the SEC men's basketball tournament. In 2014, ABC only broadcast the semi-final round of the tournament.[27]

### 2019–2024

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For the first time since 2009, ABC returned to airing regular season college basketball games in 2019. The network would air 5 games, starting on December 8, when the Texas Longhorns hosted the Texas A&M Aggies, and has slowly increased since then.[1][28]

In 2022, the numbers of college basketball games on ABC was reduced due to ABC's coverage of the XFL.[29][30]

In 2023–2024, ABC aired one men's college basketball game between Kansas and Baylor, though women's college basketball games will continue to air on the network.[31]

## Women's coverage overview

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Beginning with the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, select women's college basketball games have also aired on ABC. In December 2021, the first regular season women's college basketball game aired on ABC.[32] Beginning with the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, ABC also airs the final of the tournament, along with select weekend tournament games.[33]

## Commentators

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Currently, Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas are the primary announcing team for men's college basketball, while Beth Mowins and Rebecca Lobo are the primary announcing team for women's college basketball, with Ryan Ruocco joining Lobo during the NCAA Tournament.

In the early years of ABC's regular college basketball coverage, Keith Jackson[34][35][36] and Dick Vitale[37][38] were the primary announcing crew, while Gary Bender[39][40] was the secondary play-by-play announcer behind Jackson. Meanwhile, Al Michaels[41] did regional games during this period.

When Brent Musburger[42] came over from CBS in late 1990, he started working with Dick Vitale on the main team. Jim Valvano[43][44] did color commentary on games for ABC for a few years until his death in 1993; Vitale and Valvano were paired as co-analysts on ABC's college basketball broadcasts a few times during the 1991–92 season. In the 1992–93 season, Terry Gannon filled in on a few games for Valvano, who at the time was battling cancer, which would ultimately claim his life in April 1993.

Steve Lavin replaced Dick Vitale as the lead analyst beginning in 2005, as Vitale moved to ESPN's weekly primetime showcase game. From 2010 until 2014, when ABC only aired the SEC men's basketball tournament, Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes served as the broadcast team. When college basketball returned to ABC during the 2019-2020 season, a variety of ESPN College Basketball analysts were used, including Dick Vitale.

### Play-by-play

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[45] [46]

* Dave Armstrong (1993)
* Dave Barnett (1992, 2001)
* Gary Bender[47][48] (1987-1992)
* Jason Benetti (2019)
* Tim Brant (1994, 1998)
* Tim Brando (1993)
* Jim Brinson (1992-1997)
* Bob Carpenter (1995, 2000-2004)
* Bill Doleman (1999)
* Ron Franklin (2000-2007)
* Terry Gannon[49] (2000-2009)
* Mike Goldberg (1999)
* Rich Hollenberg (2020)
* Keith Jackson[50][51] (1987-1991)
* Mark Jones (1992-2006)
* Wayne Larrivee (1995)
* Chris Marlowe (1995, 2003)
* Al Michaels[52] (1987-1989)
* Brent Musburger[53][54] (1990-2009)
* Brad Nessler (2000-2002, 2005, 2007-2014)
* Dave O'Brien (2003-2004, 2007)
* Dave Pasch[55] (2005-2006, 2019)
* Mike Patrick (2009)
* Steve Physioc (1996)
* Robin Roberts (1996)
* Jon Sciambi (2019)
* Dan Shulman (2002-2006)
* Dave Strader (2000-2002)
* Jim Szoke (1999)
* Gary Thorne (2005)
* Mike Tirico (2000-2001)
* Barry Tompkins (1992-1993)
* Al Trautwig (1987-1989)
* Roger Twibell[56] (1989-1999)
* Fred White (1992-1993)
* Bob Wischusen (2008)

### Color commentary

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[45] [46]

* Stephen Bardo (2007)
* Dan Belluomini (1992, 1997-1999)
* Jay Bilas (2000-2003, 2019)
* Quinn Buckner (2000-2002)
* Larry Conley (2000-2003)
* Brad Daugherty (2001-2004)
* Jimmy Dykes (1998-2014)
* Len Elmore (2000-2005, 2009)
* Larry Farmer (1994-1997)
* Fran Fraschilla (2003-2008, 2020)
* Terry Gannon (1993-1999)
* Doug Gottlieb (2005)
* Joe B. Hall[57][58] (1987-1990)
* Steve Lavin[59] (2004-2009)
* Tim McCormick (2004)
* John Mengelt[60] (1993-1999)
* Ann Meyers[61] (2002-2005)
* Cheryl Miller[62] (1989-1993)
* Bob Ortegel[63] (1992)
* David Robinson (1988)
* Digger Phelps[64] (1987, 2019)
* Chris Piper (1995)
* Paul Splittorff (1993)
* Jon Sundvold (2000-2004)
* Gary Thompson (1992)
* Bob Valvano (2005)
* Jim Valvano[65] (1990-1993)
* Dick Vitale[66] (1987-2005, 2019)
* Bill Walton (2019)
* Bob Wenzel[67] (2008)

### Studio hosts

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* Karl Ravech
* John Saunders
* Terry Gannon
* Bonnie Bernstein

### Studio analysts

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* Tom Brennan
* Doug Gottlieb

### Reporters

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* Thea Andrews
* Jack Arute[68]

## See also

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* ESPN on ABC
* Men's college basketball on television
* ESPN College Basketball
* List of ESPN College Basketball personalities

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## External links

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* Official website

Preceded by

None

|  NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship television broadcaster
1962 | Succeeded by

SNI

|
|

Preceded by

ESPN

|  NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament television broadcaster
2022–present  |  Succeeded by

Incumbent

* v
* t
* e

Sports properties of ESPN on ABC

Current|

* College Basketball on ABC
* College Football on ABC
* Saturday Night Football
* NFL on ABC
* Monday Night Football
* Results
* Bundesliga on ABC
* La Liga on ABC
* Formula One
* NBA on ABC
* WNBA on ABC
* NHL on ABC
* NHL Game of the Week
* Little League World Series
* X Games
* Major League Baseball on ABC
* history
* UFL on ABC

Former|

* American Football League on ABC
* Arena Football League on ABC
* USFL
* World League of American Football
* Major League Baseball on ABC
* Monday Night Baseball
* Sunday Afternoon Baseball
* Thursday Night Baseball
* Baseball Night in America
* MLS on ABC
* NASCAR on ESPN
* NBA Inside Stuff
* NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
* Olympics
* PGA Tour on ABC
* Monday Night Golf
* Kentucky Derby
* Preakness Stakes
* Belmont Stakes
* Breeders Cup
* ABC's Wide World of Sports
* FIFA World Cup on ABC
* NASL
* The American Sportsman
* Scripps National Spelling Bee
* Superstars
* Battle of the Network Stars
* ESPN Sports Saturday
* Indianapolis 500
* IndyCar Series
* Boxing on ABC
* Premier Boxing Champions
* Pan American Games
* Tour de France

See also|

* History
* United States sports broadcasting lists

* v
* t
* e

NBA on ABC

Related
programs|

* NBA Countdown
* NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
* NBA Inside Stuff
* NBA Saturday Primetime
* NBA Sunday Showcase
* WNBA on ABC

| NBA on ESPN|

* Radio
* NBA Wednesday
* NBA Friday
* WNBA on ESPN
* NBA Today

|

NBA drafts|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Non-NBA
programs|

* College Basketball on ABC
* Olympics on ABC

Related
articles|

* NBA on TV (NBA Finals TV ratings)
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

Key figures|

* All-Star Game
* ESPN
* NBA Finals
* WNBA All-Star Game
* WNBA Finals

| Play-by-play|

* Mike Breen
* Jim Durham
* Bill Flemming
* Chet Forte
* Jim Gordon
* Curt Gowdy
* Chuck Howard
* Keith Jackson
* Mark Jones
* Jim McKay
* Al Michaels
* Brent Musburger
* Brad Nessler
* Dave Pasch
* Ryan Ruocco
* John Saunders
* Chris Schenkel
* Mike Tirico

|

Color
commentators|

* Greg Anthony
* Hubie Brown
* Doris Burke
* Vince Carter
* Bob Cousy
* Sean Elliott
* Len Elmore
* Tim Legler
* Mark Jackson
* Richard Jefferson
* Steve "Snapper" Jones
* Johnny Kerr
* Dan Majerle
* Jack Ramsay
* JJ Redick
* Doc Rivers
* Bill Russell
* Tom Tolbert
* Jack Twyman
* Jeff Van Gundy
* Bill Walton
* Jerry West

Sideline
reporters|

* David Aldridge
* Malika Andrews
* Doris Burke
* Howard Cosell
* Heather Cox
* Dave Diles
* Israel Gutierrez
* Cassidy Hubbarth
* Mark Jones
* Sal Masekela
* Tom Rinaldi
* Craig Sager
* Lisa Salters
* Stuart Scott
* Jorge Sedano
* Michele Tafoya
* Bob Wolff

Studio
hosts|

* Malika Andrews
* Michelle Beadle
* Mike Greenberg
* Rachel Nichols
* Dan Patrick
* John Saunders
* Stuart Scott
* Sage Steele
* Hannah Storm
* Maria Taylor
* Mike Tirico

Studio
analysts|

* Jon Barry
* Chauncey Billups
* Chris Broussard
* Doug Collins
* Steve Javie
* Richard Jefferson
* Avery Johnson
* Magic Johnson
* George Karl
* Bob Myers
* Chiney Ogwumike
* Kendrick Perkins
* Paul Pierce
* Scottie Pippen
* Jalen Rose
* Byron Scott
* Bill Simmons
* Stephen A. Smith
* Michael Wilbon
* Jay Williams
* Adrian Wojnarowski

ABC Radio
announcers|

* Marv Albert
* Dave Barnett
* Chick Hearn
* Rod Hundley
* Steve "Snapper" Jones
* Fred Manfra
* Earl Monroe
* Johnny Most
* Oscar Robertson
* Dick Vitale

NBA Finals|

* 1965 (Games 1, 5)
* 1966 (Games 1, 5)
* 1967 (Games 2, 5)
* 1968 (Games 1, 4)
* 1969 (Games 3, 5-7)
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

| ABC Radio's
coverage|

* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

|

WNBA Finals|

* 2003 (Game 2)
* 2005 (Game 3)
* 2010 (Game 1)
* 2014 (Game 1)
* 2015 (Game 1)
* 2016 (Game 1)
* 2017 (Game 1)
* 2018 (Game 2)
* 2019 (Game 3)
* 2020 (Game 2)
* 2021 (Game 1)
* 2022 (Game 1)
* 2023 (Games 1, 3)
* 2024 (Game 2)

All-Star Game|

* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973

| ABC Radio's
coverage|

* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

|

WNBA|

* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

NBA Cup|

* 2023
* 2024

| Finals|

* 2023
* 2024

|

Lore|

* "I think we see Willis coming out!"
* "The Block (2016)"
* Christmas Day

| Rivalries|

* Bryant–O'Neal
* Lakers–Pistons
* Celtics–Lakers
* Cavaliers–Warriors

|

ESPN lore|

* "Malice at the Palace"

McDonald's
Championship|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

* v
* t
* e

College basketball on television

Current broadcast partners|

* CBS
* ESPN/ABC
* Fox/FS1
* NBC/USA
* TNT Sports (TBS/TNT/truTV)
* The CW

Secondary broadcast partners|

* FanDuel Sports Network
* CBS Sports Network
* Next Level Sports
* ESPNU
* Stadium College Sports
* FS2
* Stadium

Specialty broadcast partners|

* Big Ten
* Pac-12
* BYUtv
* LHN
* SEC
* ACC

Former broadcast partners|

* ASN
* Jefferson Pilot
* Lincoln Financial
* Lorimar Sports
* Mizlou
* MountainWest
* North Dakota
* Prime
* Buckeye
* SNI
* SportsChannel
* TVS
* NBCSN
* ACC (Raycom)
* beIN Sports

General media|

* Big Monday
* Championship Week
* College GameDay
* locations
* Rivalry Week
* Saturday Primetime
* Selection Sunday
* Super Tuesday
* Thursday Night Showcase
* Wednesday Night Hoops
* Fox Primetime Hoops

Commentators by network|

* ABC
* CBS
* ESPN
* NBC
* TBS/TNT/truTV

Broadcasters by event|

* AAC Tournament Finals
* ACC Tournament Finals
* America East tournament Finals
* ASUN Tournament Finals
* Atlantic 10 Tournament Finals
* Big 12 Tournament Finals
* Big East tournament Finals
* Big Eight tournament Finals
* Big Sky tournament Finals
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* SEC Tournament Finals
* Southern Conference tournament Finals
* Southland Tournament Finals
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* West Coast Conference tournament
* Women's Final Four

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Baseball|

* Major League Baseball
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* National Basketball Association
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Football|

* American Football League
* All-Star Game
* Championship Game
* Arena Football League

Golf|

* History
* Announcers
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* U.S. Open

Motorsports|

* IndyCar Series
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* History
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Soccer|

* FIFA World Cup
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* History
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Thoroughbred Racing|

* History
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Other|

* Boxing
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* Pan American Games
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Related articles|

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* Men's college basketball on television

Commentators|

* ACC Men's Finals
* McDonald's All-American Game
* Men's Final Four
* SEC Men's Finals
* Southwest Conference Men's Finals

| Play-by-play|

* Dave Armstrong
* Dave Barnett
* Gary Bender
* Jason Benetti
* Tim Brando
* Tim Brant
* Bob Carpenter
* Bill Doleman
* Ron Franklin
* Terry Gannon
* Mike Goldberg
* Keith Jackson
* Mark Jones
* Jim Lampley
* Wayne Larrivee
* Chris Marlowe
* Al Michaels
* Brent Musburger
* Brad Nessler
* Dave O'Brien
* Dave Pasch
* Steve Physioc
* Robin Roberts
* Jon Sciambi
* Dan Shulman
* Dave Strader
* Gary Thorne
* Mike Tirico
* Barry Tompkins
* Al Trautwig
* Roger Twibell
* Fred White
* Bob Wischusen

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Color
commentators|

* Stephen Bardo
* Jay Bilas
* Quinn Buckner
* Larry Conley
* Brad Daugherty
* Jimmy Dykes
* Len Elmore
* Larry Farmer
* Fran Fraschilla
* Terry Gannon
* Doug Gottlieb
* Joe B. Hall
* Steve Lavin
* Tim McCormick
* John Mengelt
* Ann Meyers
* Cheryl Miller
* Bob Ortegel
* Digger Phelps
* David Robinson
* Bill Russell
* Paul Splittorff
* Jon Sundvold
* Gary Thompson
* Bob Valvano
* Jim Valvano
* Dick Vitale
* Bill Walton
* Bob Wenzel

Studio hosts, analysts,
and reporters|

* Thea Andrews
* Jack Arute
* Bonnie Bernstein
* Tom Brennan
* Terry Gannon
* Doug Gottlieb
* Karl Ravech
* John Saunders

NCAA Division I
men's tournament|

* 1962

ACC men's tournament|

* 1978

Big Eight Conference
Tournament|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991

McDonald's
All-American Game|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

Pac-10 Conference
men's tournament|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

SEC men's tournament|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013

Southwest Conference
men's tournament|

* 1991

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