1974-75 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Sat 12/21/74, #12 Notre Dame @ #3 UCLA, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 12/28/74, #3 UCLA @ #5 Maryland, TVS-Chesley, 9 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Jim Thacker
Sat 1/4/75, #4 Louisville @ New Mexico State, TVS, 1 pm, Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
TVS produced 4 regional MVC games in the 1974-75 season - [1]
Sat 1/4/75, Mississippi St @ Florida, TVS, 1 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
TVS produced 10 regional SEC games in the 1974-75 season that were broadcast over a 40-45-station network - [2]
Sat 1/4/75, #19 Notre Dame @ #7 Maryland, TVS-Chesley, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Jim Thacker
Sat 1/11/75, LSU @ Vanderbilt, TVS, 4 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 1/18/75, #14 North Carolina @ #4 NC State, *Chesley, 1 pm, ??, Billy Packer
Sat 1/18/75, #10 Kentucky @ Ole Miss, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 1/25/75, #4 UCLA @ Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 1/25/75, #20 Auburn @ LSU, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 2/1/75, #8 Maryland @ #2 NC State, *Chesley, 1 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
Sat 2/1/75, #18 Tennessee @ Georgia, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/8/75, South Carolina @ #14 Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, ??
Sat 2/8/75, North Texas State @ Bradley, TVS, 1 pm, Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
Sat 2/8/75, #7 Alabama @ #15 Tennessee, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 2/15/75, Tulsa @ Wichita State, TVS, 1 pm, Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
Sat 2/15/75, #12 La Salle @ #16 Notre Dame, TVS, 3 pm, Harry Kalas, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/15/75, Florida @ Auburn, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 2/22/75, #7 Kentucky @ #5 Alabama, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/22/75, #9 Marquette @ South Carolina, TVS, 1 pm, ??, ??
Sat 3/1/75, Unknown MVC game, TVS, 1 pm, Tom Hendrick, Gary Chew
Sat 3/1/75, Ohio State @ #1 Indiana, TVS, 1 pm, Merle Harmon, Jerry Lucas
Sat 3/1/75, Vanderbilt @ #4 Kentucky, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 3/8/75, Auburn @ #7 Alabama, TVS, 3 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
- The 12/28 game was the first time that Enberg and Packer ever worked together. Some background info on that...
Enberg's book Oh My! says that the first time these two worked together was on a UCLA-Maryland game in 1974.
Packer's book Hoops says that the first time these two worked together was on a UCLA @ Maryland game on Super Bowl Sunday 1975. Packer is clearly incorrect on the date because these teams did not play on 1/12/75 (or any other SB Sunday for that matter) and there was no national college BB telecast on this date either. Packer spends a few pages on this telecast which he says was a joint production between TVS and Chesley and talks about meeting Enberg for the first time earlier that day. He also says that Enberg called pxp for one half and Jim Thacker did pxp for the other half and that Packer was the analyst throughout.
Interestingly, in their respective books, both Enberg and Packer state that the UCLA-Md game was the only time they worked together before NBC paired them for the 1975-76 season. However, the Enberg/Packer/Thacker trio also worked the 1/4 ND-Md game one week later.
- The other ACC home games on this list might have been joint TVS-Chesley productions.
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/15 (first round) - tripleheader
Indiana-UTEP (at Lexington), NBC, 12 pm, Charlie Jones, Jerry Lucas
Kentucky-Marquette (at Tuscaloosa), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer
Arizona St-Alabama (at Tempe), NBC, 4 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Thu 3/20 (regional semis) - local
Syracuse-North Carolina (at Providence), TVS, 7 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Kansas St-Boston College (at Providence), TVS, 9 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Kentucky-Central Michigan (at Dayton), TVS, 7 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean
Indiana-Oregon St (at Dayton), TVS, 9 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean
* Louisville-Cincinnati (at Las Cruces), TVS, 9 pm ??, ??
* Maryland-Notre Dame (at Las Cruces), TVS, 11 pm ??, ??
UCLA-Montana (at Portland), TVS, 10 pm, Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
* Arizona St-UNLV (at Portland), TVS, midnight, Connie Alexander, ??
Sat 3/22 (regional finals) - tripleheader
Syracuse-Kansas St (at Providence), NBC, 12 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Kentucky-Indiana (at Dayton), NBC, 2 PM (regional), Marv Albert, Jerry Lucas
Louisville-Maryland (at Las Cruces), NBC, 2 PM (regional), Jay Randolph, Ross Porter
UCLA-Arizona St (at Portland), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer
Sat 3/29 (Final Four)
Kentucky-Syracuse (at San Diego), NBC, 3 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
UCLA-Louisville (at San Diego), NBC, 5 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
Mon 3/31 (championship)
UCLA-Kentucky (at San Diego), NBC, 9 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
- NBC expanded the regional finals coverage to present a tripleheader with regionalized coverage in the middle time slot.
- NBC used Tim Ryan and Norm Sloan in the studio on 3/15.
- NBC used Tim Ryan and Al McGuire in the studio on 3/22.
- This was the first year Billy Packer worked the Final Four.
NIT
Sat 3/22 - semifinals
Providence-St John's, CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
Princeton-Oregon, CBS, 4 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
Sun 3/23 - championship
Princeton-Providence, CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
- CBS did not cover any games on the first weekend, but carried the semis and finals. The 3/22 doubleheader went head-to-head with the NCAA regional finals.
NCIT
Sun 3/16 - final
Drake-Arizona (at Louisville), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill [3]