TV: What to watch Saturday and Sunday, January 20, 21, 2007

Busy Saturday, rather slow Sunday. But lots of excitement...

*** all times pacific; add +3 for eastern ***
*** predictions are not the most likely outcomes ***
*** predictions attempt to catch the randomness of each game ***
*** FSN/FoxCollegeSports games are regionally aligned. YMMV ***


Saturday, January 21, 2007

730am, Basketball Weekly, on CSTV. 30-minute show previewing the weekend action of "BCS" conferences, with Bob Wenzel

8am, Gameday on ESPN from Chappel Hill, NC

830am, 3-point club, on CSTV. 30-minute preview show covering the SEC

9am, Louisville at DePaul on ESPN. Prediction: DePaul by 20, or they lose in overtime.

9am, Eckerd at Rollins on CSTV

1030am, Texas at Villanova on CBS. Prediction: Durant scores 30+. Nova wins

11am, Wisconsin at Illinois, on ESPN. First one to 62 wins.

1130am, Northwestern at Minnessoooooooota, on CSN (Comcast Sports Net)

12pm, Charlotte at George Washington on CSTV

1230pm, Duke at NC State on ABC. Please NC State win! Prediction: Duke by 20+.

1245pm, UConn at Indiana on CBS. Prediction: Indiana wins 53-49.

1pm, Kansas at Texas Tech on ESPN. Predicton: Superior talent outshines Bob Knight's teamwork

1pm, Arizona at UCLA, on FSN and Fox College Sports, and on FSN-HD (high definition) where available. Game of the Day!. UCLA went 3 out of 3 against Arizona this year. UCLA should win.

2pm, San Diego State at Air Force on Versus and Versus-Golf-HD (high definition) where available. Versus-Golf-HD is a high definition channel composed of content from Comcast's sports channels, Versus and The Golf Channel. Prediction: Air Force in three overtimes.

2pm, Pacific at UC Davis on CSN

3pm, Washington at Washington State on FSN and Fox College Sports. A must win for Washington. Prediction: Washington wins!

3pm, Memphis at East Carolina on CSTV. Prediction: Yet another tease-game for C-USA teams against Memphis. At some point they'll think they are in the game, before Memphis pulls away or stumbles to yet another undefeated C-USA season

5pm, Stanford at Oregon State on FSN and Fox College Sports. Prediction: Stanford!

5pm, Arizona Staet at USC on FSN and Fox College Sports. USC avoids the letdown of the Arizona win and wins this one as well.

5pm, Gameday, the pre-game version, from Chappel Hill, NC

6pm, ESPN Primetime Game, Georgia Tech at North Carolina on ESPN. Prediction: Carolina scores over 100, Georgia Tech at least 80, a fast-paced and highly entertaining game. Dick Vitale mentions the Broken Egg three times and praises Duke 2 times. Very detailed predictions!

7pm, Saint Marys at San Francisco on CSN

7pm, Cal State Fullerton (Harvard of SoCal) at UC Irvine on FSN and Fox College Sports. Prediction: The winner enjoys ... eating ants.

730pm, Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount on CSTV. Everybody loves the Big West / WCC on Saturday nights!

9pm (or later): Midnight Madness, a recap of the day's college hoops action on ESPN.

a handful of games on ESPN Full Court


Sunday, January 21, 2007

6am, Game of the Week replay on ESPN Classic. Do not know which game

6am, 3pm, Connecticut high school game, St Joseph's vs Harding on FSN and Fox College Sports. Do not know if any major D1 prospects are playing

12pm, Game of the day, Marquette at Pitt on CBS. Prediction: Marquette wins! Marquette wins!!!!

12pm, New Orleans at Western Kentucky, Fox College Sports

1pm, Loyola Maryland vs Rider, Fox College Sports

4pm, ACC Sunday Night Hoops Tip Off Show, FSN and Fox College Sports

430pm, Maryland at Virginia Tech, FSN and Fox College Sports. First one to 100 wins! Promises to be an exciting and entertaining game!


Early Monday morning, January 22, 2007

5am Monday: Penn State vs Minnessota, repeat I assume, Fox College Sports

7am Monday: from 1988, Alaska Shootout, 1-hour Drive-thru edit, Cincinatti (Bob Huggins) vs Duke, ESPN-Classic

11am Monday, from 1997, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, on ESPN-Classic, preparing fans for the 6pm Big Monday matchup of this season. Clever way for ESPN to use their tape library! Great feature ESPN. Please keep it up!

11am Monday, repeat, Memphis at East Carolina on CSTV


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