Weekend what to watch on TV

Big games this weekend, empty your TiVos, get a 2nd DVR, reconnect your VCRs!

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Saturday December 16, 2006

9am: Pitt at Wisconsin, on ESPN with Dick Vitale. Prediction: Wisconsin by 5

10am: Wooden Tradition: Butler vs Purdue on WGN (yes, WGN) and Fox College Sports. Who outside of Indiana would have thought that this game would be among two highly rated (at least RPI-wise and wins/losses-wise) teams? Purdue wins in a close game

1030am: Game of the Day: Kentucky at Louisville, on CBS. Prediction: Kentucky in triple over time in an instant classic

11am: Texas Tech vs Arkansas on ESPN. Bob Knight will still be two wins away from the Dean after this game :-)

11am: N.Illinois at Michigan on CSN, ESPN+. Prediction: Tommy Amaker and his team take out their six-year-long frustration on UNI and win by 40 :-)

12pm, Bradley at Iowa State, ESPN2. Prediction: Bradley, comfortably even

1245pm: Wooden Tradition, game 2: Cincinatti vs Ohio State on CBS. Yes, the 3rd Greg Oden game. Will he get his first triple double? :-)

1pm: UNC-Asheville vs UNC-Roy Williams on regional FSNs and FCS. Prediction: North Carolina by 40

2pm: Gonzaga at Georgia on ESPN2. Prediction: Georgia surprises (!) and wins

4pm Chicago State at Izzo State on CSN, ESPN+

4pm High School Hoops: Appleton East vs Fond du Lac on FCS and regional FSNs.

7pm Portland State at Washington. Lorenzo Romar continues to try to mold this new team at home against not-so-tough teams.

930pm: UW Whitewater vs UW Superior on FCS. I am not familiar with these teams, presumably they are non-Division 1 Wisconsin teams. I just type what I see in the TV schedule :-)

130am: Sports List on FSN: Top 10 NCAA College basketball moments. Repeats other times as well. Check local listings (as with most of these anyways)

3am (tape-delayed I presume): Mississippi State at Miami on FCS (airs live earlier on some regional FSNs)

On ESPN Full Court: Tennessee, Oklahoma, Michigan State and LeBron's Akron.





Sunday December 16, 2006
* Usually Sundays are relatively quiet, but this Sunday there's some exciting games going on:

11am St Marys at UConn, on ESPN+, CSN. Prediction: Thabeet gets 7 blocks.

2pm Belmont at Illinois, on ESPN+, CSN. Prediction: Illinois by 29

2pm: ACC Sunday Night Hoops on FSN and FCS: Tip Off Show and then Wake Forest at Virginia Tech. Yes this is ACC conference action.

5pm Southern Illinois at Indiana on ESPN. ESPN seems to have picked up on the Sunday spot, usually occupied by FSN ACC Sunday Night Hoops. First one to 51 wins.

5pm LSU at Oregon State on FSN, FCS. Woohoo, LSU gets some national TV love. And if you like Big Baby and LSU, there's an even better game next Wednesday as they visit Washington (also on FCS and FSN).

530pm: (Repeat) Austin Peay (sp?) at Memphis on CSTV. Without Carney, Shawne and Darrius Disaster, Memphis is not getting as much TV love from CSTV.

7pm Houston at Arizona on FCS, FSN. In theory this should be an up-and-down high scoring affair, but it wasn't like that last year as you may recall. That was the game Lute Olson had to discipline two members of the Moody Blues (Adams, Rodgers). Prediction: Arizona in a lower-than-expected-scoring-game.

7pm REPEAT: Butler vs Purdue, Wooden Tradition on FCS

On ESPN Full Court: UConn, Illinois, Florida cup-caking





Next Week "Game of the Day" Sneak Peek
* Sneak Peek with the Game of Day for the week of Monday December 18 thru Sunday December 24 *
* Monday: Oklahoma State vs Tennessee on ESPN2
* Tue: Missouri vs Illinois on ESPN
* Wedn: Memphis at Arizona and LSU at Washington on FSN and FCS
* Thur: Oklahoma State vs Pitt and Duke vs Gonzaga on ESPN2
* Fri: UMass vs Kentucky on ESPN Full Court
* Sat: Ohio State vs Florida on CBS. Awesome with capital A baby!!!!
* Sun: ESPN Classic feature on the 1979 Bird vs Magic game that changed everything


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