1971-72 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Wed 12/22/71, Notre Dame @ #1 UCLA, TVS, 11 pm, Dick Enberg, Elgin Baylor, Charlie Jones
Sat 1/8/72, #1 UCLA @ Oregon, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sun 1/9/72, #2 Marquette @ #4 South Carolina, TVS, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 1/15/72, Notre Dame @ Tulane, TVS, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 1/22/72, #4 Long Beach St @ Loyola-Chi, TVS, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Wed 1/26/72, Providence @ #7 USC, TVS, 10 pm, Charlie Jones, Elgin Baylor
Sat 1/29/72, #1 UCLA @ Notre Dame, TVS, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sun 1/30/72, #5 Long Beach St @ Pacific, TVS, 3 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
* Sat 2/5/72, #2 Marquette @ DePaul, TVS, 1 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 2/5/72, #18 USC @ #1 UCLA, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, ??
Sat 2/12/72, DePaul @ Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/19/72, Clemson @ #19 Maryland, TVS, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/26/72, #2 Marquette @ Detroit, TVS, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 3/4/72, #10 Florida St @ Cincinnati, TVS, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/11 (first round) - doubleheader (national)
Marquette vs Ohio (at Knoxville), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Long Beach vs BYU (at Pocatello), NBC, 4 pm, Jim Simpson, Bill Enis
Sat 3/11 (first round) - local
* Florida St vs Eastern Kentucky (at Knoxville), TVS, 4 pm, ??, ??
* Weber St vs Hawaii (at Pocatello, ID), TVS, 6 pm, ??, ??
* Penn vs Providence (at Jamaica, NY), TVS, 8 pm, ??, ??
* South Carolina vs Temple (at Williamsburg, VA), TVS, 8 pm, ??, ??
* SW Louisiana vs Marshall (at Las Cruces, NM), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
* Texas vs Houston (at Las Cruces, NM), TVS, 11 pm, ??, ??
* Villanova vs East Carolina (at Princeton, NJ), ???, 8 pm (not sure if televised)
Thu 3/16 (regional semis) - local
* North Carolina vs South Carolina (at Morgantown), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Penn vs Villanova (at Morgantown), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Kentucky vs Marquette (at Dayton), TVS, 7 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Florida St vs Minnesota (at Dayton), TVS, 9 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Louisville vs SW Louisiana at Ames), TVS, 8 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Kansas St vs Texas (at Ames), TVS, 10 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
UCLA vs Weber St (at Provo), TVS, 9 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Long Beach vs San Francisco (at Provo), TVS, 11 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 3/18 (regional finals) - doubleheader (all regionalized)
North Carolina vs Penn (at Morgantown), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Florida St vs Kentucky (at Dayton), NBC, 4 pm, Jay Randolph, Pat Hernon
Louisville vs Kansas St (at Ames), NBC, 4 pm, Bill Enis, Frank Dill
UCLA vs Long Beach (at Provo), NBC, 6 pm, Charlie Jones, Elgin Baylor
Thu 3/23 (Final Four) - single game (regionalized)
Florida St vs North Carolina (at Los Angeles), NBC, 9 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA vs Louisville (at Los Angeles), NBC, 11 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
Sat 3/25 (consolation/championship)
North Carolina vs Louisville (at Los Angeles), NBC, 3 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA vs Florida St (at Los Angeles), NBC, 5 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
- This was the last year that NBC aired the consolation game.
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
NIT
Sun 3/19 - first round
Princeton vs Indiana (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sat 3/25 - championship
Maryland vs Niagara (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall