1979-80 College Basketball Season

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As originally written by Jeff Haggar and Jimmy Delach

Regular Season

OTA & Nationally Syndicated

Sat 11/17/79, #3 Duke vs #2 Kentucky (at Springfield, MA), TVS, 1 pm, Jay Randolph, Billy Packer

Sat 12/15/79, #11 DePaul @ #7 UCLA, NBC, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sat 12/22/79, #8 North Carolina @ #5 Indiana, NBC, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sat 12/29/79, #3 Notre Dame vs #2 Kentucky (at Louisville), NBC, 11:30 pm (tape delay), Charlie Jones, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 1/13/80, #5 Syracuse @ #10 Purdue, NBC, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sat 1/19/80, #8 Notre Dame @ UCLA, NBC, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 1/20/80, #14 LSU @ #1 DePaul, NBC, 1:30 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sat 1/26/80, #15 Maryland @ #8 Notre Dame, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 1/27/80, #17 Virginia @ #4 Ohio St, NBC, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 2/3/80, #7 Louisville @ #9 St John's, NBC, 2 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 2/10/80, #10 Duke vs Marquette (at Madison), NBC, 2:30 pm, Merle Harmon, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 2/17/80, #5 Kentucky @ UNLV, NBC, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 2/24/80, Marquette @ #10 Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Al McGuire

Sun 2/24/80, #3 Kentucky @ #5 LSU, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), Don Criqui, Billy Packer

Sun 3/2/80, #9 Ohio State @ #13 Indiana, NBC, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

ESPN

Sun 11/11/79, Soviet national team @ #15 BYU (exhibition), ESPN, 5 pm (tape delay - Sat 9:30 pm tip), Fred White, Billy Packer

* Wed 11/14/79, Yugoslavia national team @ #7 LSU (exhibition), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 11/15/79, Soviet national team @ #5 Notre Dame (exhibition), ESPN, 8:30 pm (tape delay - 8 pm tip), ??, ??

* Wed 11/21/79, Poland national team @ #8 UCLA (exhibition), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 11/23/79, Soviet national team @ #12 Syracuse (exhibition), ESPN, 7:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 11/24/79, Soviet national team @ Providence (exhibition), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 11/30/79, #16 St John's vs Oral Roberts (at New York - Lapchick Memorial semi), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 11/30/79, Michigan St vs Princeton (at New York - Lapchick Memorial semi), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/1/79, Valparaiso @ #5 Notre Dame, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/1/79, #16 St John's vs Michigan St (at New York - Lapchick Memorial final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/1/79, Yale @ Connecticut, ESPN, ?? pm (tape delay), ??, ??

* Tue 12/4/79, Holy Cross @ St Peter's, ESPN, 8 pm, ??, ??

* Tue 12/4/79, #19 Kansas @ Oral Roberts, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay - 8:30 pm Mon tip), ??, ??

* Wed 12/5/79, Missouri @ Illinois, ESPN, 7 pm (tape delay - from Tue), ??, ??

Wed 12/5/79, Wisconsin @ #10 DePaul, ESPN, 9 pm, Joe Boyle, Dick Vitale

* Fri 12/7/79, Connecticut vs Richmond (at Salt Lake City - Utah Classic semi), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/7/79, Utah vs Cal St Fullerton (at Salt Lake City - Utah Classic semi), ESPN, 11:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/8/79, Utah vs Connecticut (at Salt Lake City - Utah Classic final), ESPN, 11 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 12/13/79, Western Kentucky vs Evansville (at Louisville - Louisville Classic semi), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 12/13/79, #12 Louisville vs Charlotte (at Louisville - Louisville Classic semi), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/14/79, #12 Louisville vs Western Kentucky (at Louisville - Louisville Classic final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/14/79, LaSalle vs Texas A&M (at Provo, UT - Cougar Classic semi), ESPN, 11:30 pm (tape delay - from Fri), ??, ??

* Sat 12/15/79, #18 BYU vs UCSB (at Provo, UT - Cougar Classic semi), ESPN, 2 am (tape delay - from Fri), ??, ??

* Sat 12/15/79, #15 St John's @ Rutgers, ESPN, 11:59 pm (tape delay), ??, ??

* Sun 12/16/79, E Tennessee St @ Virginia Tech, ESPN, 5:30 pm (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

Sun 12/16/79, Detroit @ #8 North Carolina, ESPN, 10:30 pm (tape delay - from Sat), Jim Simpson, Dick Vitale

* Mon 12/17/79, Minnesota @ Tennessee, ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Tue 12/18/79, Providence @ #17 Georgetown, ESPN, 7:30 pm (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Wed 12/19/79, Ohio St @ #11 Louisville, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay), ??, ??

* Thu 12/20/79, Oral Roberts @ Tulsa, ESPN, 7:30 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/21/79, Providence vs Stanford (at Providence - Industrial National classic semi), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, Dick Vitale

* Fri 12/21/79, Duke vs Boston College (at Providence - Industrial National classic semi), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, Dick Vitale

* Fri 12/21/79, Santa Clara vs Army (at Santa Clara - Cable Car classic semi), ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/22/79, San Jose St vs #12 Virginia (at Santa Clara - Cable Car classic semi), ESPN, 10 am (tape delay - from Fri), ??, ??

* Sat 12/22/79, Duke vs Providence (at Providence - Industrial National classic final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, Dick Vitale

* Sat 12/22/79, San Jose St vs Santa Clara (at Santa Clara - Cable Car classic final), ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 12/23/79, Texas A&M vs UNLV (at Las Vegas - Rebel Roundup classic final), ESPN, 9 am (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

* Wed 12/26/79, Jacksonville vs William & Mary (at Jacksonville - Gator Bowl classic semi), ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay), ??, ??

* Thu 12/27/79, Florida vs Iowa St (at Jacksonville - Gator Bowl classic semi), ESPN, 12:30 am (tape delay), ??, ??

* Thu 12/27/79, Jacksonville vs Florida (at Jacksonville - Gator Bowl classic final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/28/79, Pittsburgh vs Cal St Fullerton (at New Haven, CT - Connecticut Mutual classic semi), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/28/79, Connecticut vs Ohio (at New Haven, CT - Connecticut Mutual classic semi), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 12/28/79, #10 Indiana vs Tennessee (at San Diego - Cabrillo classic semi), ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/29/79, Brown vs San Diego St (at San Diego - Cabrillo classic semi), ESPN, 2:30 am (tape delay), ??, ??

* Sat 12/29/79, Pittsburgh vs Connecticut (at New Haven, CT - Connecticut Mutual classic final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 12/29/79, #10 Indiana vs Brown (at San Diego - Cabrillo classic final), ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 12/30/79, Florida St @ Western Kentucky, ESPN, 12 pm (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

* Sun 12/30/79, Weber St vs UNLV (at Las Vegas - Rebel Classic final), ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

* Mon 12/31/79, NC State vs Davidson (at Charlotte), ESPN, 7:30 pm, ??, ??

* Mon 12/31/79, Kansas @ Arizona, ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Tue 1/1/80, Utah @ UNLV, ESPN, 11:30 pm (tape delay - from Mon), ??, ??

* Wed 1/2/80, #3 DePaul @ #12 Missouri, ESPN, 9 pm (tape delay - 8:30 pm tip), ??, ??

* Fri 1/4/80, Arizona St @ Stanford, ESPN, 11:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 1/5/80, Memphis St @ Virginia Tech, ESPN, 5:30 pm, ??, ??

Sat 1/5/80, Seton Hall @ #9 Syracuse, ESPN, 8 pm, Dave Cohen, John Andriese

* Sat 1/5/80, Kansas St @ #15 Louisville, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay - 8 pm tip), ??, ??

* Mon 1/7/80, Tulsa @ Wichita St, ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Tue 1/8/80, Marquette @ Long Beach St, ESPN, 7 pm (tape delay - from Mon), ??, ??

* Wed 1/9/80, Wake Forest @ #15 North Carolina, ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 1/12/80, Hawaii @ UNLV, ESPN, 2 am (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Sat 1/12/80, #11 Louisville @ Memphis St, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 1/13/80, #16 UCLA @ USC, ESPN, 3 pm (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

* Mon 1/14/80, Drake @ Indiana St, ESPN, 8:30 pm, ??, ??

* Wed 1/16/80, Fordham @ Connecticut, ESPN, 8 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 1/18/80, Wyoming @ #18 BYU, ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 1/20/80, #7 Louisville @ Tulane, ESPN, 4 am (tape delay - Sat 1:30 pm tip), ??, ??

Mon 1/21/80, Arkansas St @ Louisiana Tech, ESPN, 8:30 pm, Fred White, Joe Dean

* Wed 1/23/80, Providence vs Connecticut (at New Haven, CT), ESPN, 8 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 1/24/80, #6 Syracuse @ Rutgers, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay), ??, ??

* Fri 1/25/80, UAB @ South Alabama, ESPN, 7:30 pm (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Fri 1/25/80, Colorado St @ Wyoming, ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sat 1/26/80, Cincinnati @ Virginia Tech, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 1/27/80, Florida St @ #7 Louisville, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 1/27/80, Utah St @ San Jose St, ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Mon 1/28/80, #2 Oregon St @ Stanford, ESPN, 11:59 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 2/1/80, Tulsa @ Creighton, ESPN, 1:30 am (tape delay), ??, ??

* Fri 2/1/80, Cal-Irvine @ San Jose St, ESPN, 11:59 pm (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Sat 2/2/80, Florida St @ Cincinnati, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 2/3/80, #2 Oregon St @ USC, ESPN, 9:30 pm (tape delay - from Sat), ??, ??

* Tue 2/5/80, Oregon @ USC, ESPN, 2 am (tape delay), ??, ??

* Wed 2/6/80, Massachusetts @ Connecticut, ESPN, 8:30 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 2/8/80, UCSB @ Pacific, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Sat 2/9/80, Cincinnati @ Florida St, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 2/10/80, Rhode Island @ Connecticut, ESPN, 12 pm, ??, ??

* Wed 2/13/80, Boston University @ Connecticut, ESPN, 8 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 2/14/80, Providence @ Rhode Island, ESPN, 8:30 pm (tape delay - from Wed), ??, ??

* Sat 2/16/80, Long Beach St @ Utah St, ESPN, 1:30 am (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Sat 2/16/80, St Louis @ Tulane, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Mon 2/18/80, LaSalle @ #1 DePaul, ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Tue 2/19/80, UCLA @ #18 Arizona St, ESPN, 10 pm (tape delay - from Mon), ??, ??

* Thu 2/21/80, #1 DePaul vs Wagner (at New York), ESPN, 8 pm, ??, ??

* Fri 2/22/80, #14 BYU @ Colorado St, ESPN, 6:30 pm (tape delay - Thu 9:30 pm tip), ??, ??

* Sat 2/23/80, Long Beach St vs Cal St Fullerton (at Anaheim), ESPN, 1:30 am (tape delay - Thu 10:30 pm tip), ??, ??

* Sat 2/23/80, Memphis St @ Tulane, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 2/24/80, #2 Louisville @ Florida St, ESPN, 1:30 pm, ??, ??

* Mon 2/25/80, VCU vs UAB (at Charlotte - Sun Belt final), ESPN, 9 pm, ??, ??

* Wed 2/27/80, West Texas St @ Creighton (MVC semi), ESPN, 10 pm, ??, ??

* Thu 2/28/80, Marquette @ Detroit, ESPN, 6:30 pm (tape delay - Wed 8 pm tip), ??, ??

* Fri 2/29/80, Hawaii @ #12 BYU, ESPN, 6:30 pm (tape delay - Thu 9:30 pm tip), ??, ??

* Fri 2/29/80, UCLA @ Stanford, ESPN, 9:30 pm (tape delay - from Thu), ??, ??

* Sat 3/1/80, Illinois St @ #1 DePaul, ESPN, 8:30 pm, ??, ??

* Sun 3/2/80, Western Kentucky vs Murray St (at Bowling Green, KY - OVC final), ESPN, 1:30 pm (tape delay - from Fri), ??, ??

Sat 3/15/80, Virginia Union vs Florida Southern (at Springfield, MA - D2 semi), ESPN, 9:30 am (tape delay - from Fri), Dave Cohen, John Andriese

Sat 3/15/80, North Park vs Upsala (at Rock Island, IL - D3 final), ESPN, 10 pm, Paul Braun, Dick Vitale

Sun 3/16/80, Virginia Union vs New York Tech (at Springfield, MA - D2 final), ESPN, 12 pm, Dave Cohen, John Andriese

- On 1/3, ESPN planned to televise Wichita St @ Iona live at 8 pm. However, ESPN never aired this game due to technical issues with phone lines.

NCAA Tournament

As originally written by Jeff Haggar

The 1980 tournament featured the involvement of 6-month-old ESPN which carried many of the NCAA Productions telecasts on national cable.

Note: These listings include all the ESPN regional semifinals coverage plus the live ESPN first round games. On each first round day, after the live coverage, ESPN also aired several other games on tape delay overnight and the next morning. These games are simply listed in the NCAA Productions section.

1980 NCAA Tournament

Thu 3/6 (first round)

* 12 Penn vs 5 Washington St (at West Lafayette), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

* 6 Purdue vs 11 LaSalle (at West Lafayette), ESPN, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* 10 Lamar vs 7 Weber St (at Ogden), ESPN, 11:30 pm, ??, ??

other NCAA Productions games

* 7 Tennessee vs 10 Furman (at Greensboro), NCAAProd, 7 pm, ??, Bones McKinney

7 Kansas St vs 10 Arkansas (at Lincoln), NCAAProd, 8 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson

* 6 Clemson vs 11 Utah St (at Ogden), NCAAProd, 9 pm, ??, ??

* 5 Iowa vs 12 VCU (at Greensboro), NCAAProd, 9:30 pm, ??, Bones McKinney

5 Missouri vs 12 San Jose St (at Lincoln), NCAAProd, 10:30 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson

Fri 3/7 (first round)

* 6 Iona vs 11 Holy Cross (at Providence), ESPN, 7 pm, ??, ??

8 UCLA vs 9 Old Dominion (at Tempe), ESPN, 9 pm, Steve Shannon, Steve Grad

5 Arizona St vs 12 Loyola Marymount (at Tempe), ESPN, 11:30 pm, Steve Shannon, Steve Grad

other NCAA Productions games

* 8 Alcorn St vs 9 South Alabama (at Denton), NCAAProd, 8 pm, ??, ??

8 Florida St vs 9 Toledo (at Bowling Green), NCAAProd, 8 pm, Fred White, Larry Conley

* 8 Villanova vs 9 Marquette (at Providence), NCAAProd, 9:30 pm, ??, ??

* 6 Texas A&M vs 11 Bradley (at Denton), NCAAProd, 10:30 pm, ??, ??

7 Virginia Tech vs 10 Western Ky (at Bowling Green), NCAAProd, 10:30 pm, Fred White, Larry Conley

Sat 3/8 (second round) - doubleheader (all regionalized)

2 Louisville vs 7 Kansas St (at Lincoln), NBC, 1:45 pm, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire

6 Purdue vs 3 St. John's (at West Lafayette), NBC, 1:45 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer

5 Iowa vs 4 NC State (at Greensboro), NBC, 1:45 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean

6 Clemson vs 3 BYU (at Ogden), NBC, 3:45 pm, Charlie Jones, Lynn Shackelford

2 Maryland vs 7 Tennessee (at Greensboro), NBC, 4 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean

5 Missouri vs 4 Notre Dame (at Lincoln), NBC, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire

4 Duke vs 12 Penn (at West Lafayette), NBC, 4 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer

10 Lamar vs 2 Oregon St (at Ogden), NBC, 6 pm, Charlie Jones, Lynn Shackelford

Sun 3/9 (second round) - doubleheader (all regionalized)

2 Indiana vs 7 Virginia Tech (at Bowling Green), NBC, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer

3 Georgetown vs 6 Iona (at Providence), NBC, 1 pm, Bob Costas, Bucky Waters

8 UCLA vs 1 DePaul (at Tempe), NBC, 3 pm, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire

1 Syracuse vs 8 Villanova (at Providence), NBC, 3:30 pm, Bob Costas, Bucky Waters

1 Kentucky vs 8 Florida St (at Bowling Green), NBC, 3:30 pm, Don Criqui, Billy Packer

4 Ohio St vs 5 Arizona St (at Tempe), NBC, 5:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire

1 LSU vs 8 Alcorn St (at Denton), NBC, 1 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson

6 Texas A&M vs 3 North Carolina (at Denton), NBC, 3:30 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson

Thu 3/13 (regional semifinals)

6 Purdue vs 2 Indiana (at Lexington), ESPN, 7 pm, Fred White, Larry Conley

4 Duke vs 1 Kentucky (at Lexington), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Fred White, Larry Conley

8 UCLA vs 4 Ohio St (at Tucson), ESPN, 11:30 pm, Steve Shannon, Lynn Shackelford

Fri 3/14 6 Clemson vs 10 Lamar (at Tucson), ESPN, 1:30 am (tape delay - 9 pm tip), Steve Shannon, Lynn Shackelford

(regional semifinals)

5 Iowa vs 1 Syracuse (at Philadelphia), ESPN, 7 pm, Bill O'Donnell, Bucky Waters

3 Georgetown vs 2 Maryland (at Philadelphia), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Bill O'Donnell, Bucky Waters

2 Louisville vs 6 Texas A&M (at Houston), ESPN, 11:30 pm (tape delay - 8 pm tip), Jay Randolph, Jeff Mullins

1 LSU vs 5 Missouri (at Houston), ESPN, 1:30 am (tape delay - 10:30 pm tip), Jay Randolph, Jeff Mullins

Sat 3/15 (regional finals)

8 UCLA vs 6 Clemson (at Tucson), NBC, 1:30 pm, Don Criqui, Gary Thompson

6 Purdue vs 4 Duke (at Lexington), NBC, 3:45 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sun 3/16 (regional finals)

5 Iowa vs 3 Georgetown (at Philadelphia), NBC, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Gary Thompson

2 Louisville vs 1 LSU (at Houston), NBC, 3 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire

Sat 3/22 (Final Four)

2 Louisville vs 5 Iowa (at Indianapolis), NBC, 1:15 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire, Bryant Gumbel

8 UCLA vs 6 Purdue (at Indianapolis), NBC, 3:45 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire, Bryant Gumbel

Mon 3/24 (consolation/championship)

* 6 Purdue vs 5 Iowa (at Indianapolis), ESPN, 6 pm, ??, Gary Thompson

2 Louisville vs 8 UCLA (at Indianapolis), NBC, 9 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Al McGuire, Bryant Gumbel

* any help on missing announcers appreciated

- This time, NBC split up the analysts from its #1 announcer team only for the first weekend of the tournament.

- ESPN also aired the Final Four consolation game.


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