Big Ten TV Schedule: Week Seventeen (3/15-3/21)

[Styre]

All times CENTRAL. All games nationally televised unless otherwise indicated. I will add future games and announcers as they are determined. All NCAA Tournament games are played in Bloomington, Indianapolis, or West Lafayette, IN.

Thursday, March 18

NCAA: 11-Michigan State vs. 11-UCLA (First Four)
8:57 PM, TBS
PxP: Brian Anderson
Color: Jim Jackson

Friday, March 19

NCAA: 1-Illinois vs. 16-Drexel
12:15 PM, TBS
PxP: Kevin Harlan
Color: Dan Bonner

NCAA: 2-Ohio State vs. 15-Oral Roberts
2:00 PM, CBS
PxP: Ian Eagle
Color: Grant Hill

NCAA: 9-Wisconsin vs. 8-North Carolina
6:10 PM, CBS
PxP: Ian Eagle
Color: Grant Hill

NCAA: 4-Purdue vs. 13-North Texas
6:25 PM, TNT
PxP: Tom McCarthy
Color: Avery Johnson

NCAA: 10-Rutgers vs. 7-Clemson
8:20 PM, TBS
PxP: Spero Dedes
Color: Brendan Haywood

Saturday, March 20

NCAA: 1-Michigan vs. 16-Texas Southern
2:00 PM, CBS
PxP: Ian Eagle
Color: Grant Hill

NCAA: 2-Iowa vs. 15-Grand Canyon
5:25 PM, TBS
PxP: Brad Nessler
Color: Steve Lavin

NCAA: 10-Maryland vs. 7-Connecticut
6:10 PM, CBS
PxP: Ian Eagle
Color: Grant Hill

Sunday, March 21

NCAA: 1-Illinois vs. 8-Loyola Chicago
11:10 AM, CBS
PxP: Jim Nantz
Color: Bill Raftery

NCAA: 9-Wisconsin vs. 1-Baylor
1:40 PM, CBS
PxP: Kevin Harlan
Color: Dan Bonner

NCAA: 10-Rutgers vs. 2-Houston
6:10 PM, TBS
PxP: Spero Dedes
Color: Brendan Haywood

 

[NUCat320]

Consecutive days of Eagle-Spanarkel! Yahoooo!

With the limited travel , are all crews doing double duty? I haven’t looked at the schedules to know how many venues are being used.

 

[GatoLouco]

Where are the NU games?

Venues are supposed to be:
1) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
2) Hinkle Fieldhouse
3) Indiana Farmers Coliseum
4) Assembly Hall
5) Mackey Arena

Final four: Lucas Oil Stadium

 

[CappyNU]

Both courts at Lucas Oil are also being used for 1st round games.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...s-and-announcer-teams-announced-march-madness

 

[Styre]

Consecutive days of Eagle-Spanarkel! Yahoooo!

With the limited travel , are all crews doing double duty? I haven’t looked at the schedules to know how many venues are being used.

Basically, every venue has one broadcast crew for each day. With 7 total courts spread over 2 days, CBS/Turner are using 10 different broadcast crews to cover everything. The Carter Blackburn, Lisa Byington, and Ian Eagle crews are doubling up.

Where are the NU games?

I could write "Northwestern did not qualify for the postseason" at the top but that's just rubbing it in at this point.

 

[NUCat320]

I don’t care about Byington (okay, just a little, Go Cats!) or Carter Blackburn, but gimme some extra Spanarkel!

Thank you again for this!

 

[FloridAlum]

As long as I don’t have to listen to Crispin or, the absolute worst of the worst, Dick Vitale.

 

[Styre]

I don’t care about Byington (okay, just a little, Go Cats!) or Carter Blackburn, but gimme some extra Spanarkel!

Thank you again for this!

Unfortunately, Jim Spanarkel will not be calling any games this weekend, as he is in COVID-19 protocols. He will be replaced by Grant Hill.