TV what to watch: Tuesday, January 23, 2007

*** 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 ***
*** r-FSN is regional-FSN ***
*** by the law of averages, I am bound to have some incorrect listings ***
*** please double-check with your local listings ***


LIVE GAMES!

4pm, Indiana at Illinois, on ESPN. Promises to be a tough game. Both want to win. Illinois really needs to win, otherwise they may be facing UConn in the NIT Final Four. Prediction: Illinois in overtime. SOAP OPERA ALERT!: Kelvin Sampson and Bruce Webber (Weber?) were involved in a heated and dramatic recruiting war over 2007 Top 10 talent Eric Gordon, who changed his mind from Illinois (verbal) to Indiana (signed). Of the things to watch is any interaction between the two coaches. Bruce Weber was the one who lost in this, so he is the one to watch. We can officially call this series the Eric Gordon Invitational, following the Doug Winnins Invitational (UConn vs StJohns games). More likely: nothing will really happen. Perhaps the pre-game hand-shake will last 250ms less than the usual handshake duration?

430pm, Notre Dame at St Johns on CSN/FullCourt. Hot off their win vs Syracuse (which draws well at MSG), the Johnnies will give the Domers all they can handle, but I predict ND winning.

430pm, Robert Morris at St Francis (Pa) on r-FSN/FoxCollegeSports

6pm, Alabama at Auburn on ESPN. Game of the day!. Auburn is a very feisty and athletic team. They may be the Clemson of the 2007-2008 season!. They will give Bama all they can handle and win in overtime (prediction).

7pm, San Diego State at UNLV, on Versus and VersusGolf-HD (high definition channel created by blending Versus and Golf, both Comcast channels). No Running Rebels, these are the Kruger Rebels. Prediction: SDSU in quadruple overtime (and you know how likely is that!)

940pm, 930am, College Gamenight on ESPN. Prediction: They will show 6 gym gems.


Classic games and Repeats

11am: Big 10 Fan anxiously waiting for the Indiana-Illinois game? Catch their classic game from 1989 on ESPN Classic.

11am, Zags at Santa Clara, acrylic sweater night (no chance of seeing Bruce Pearl in body-point and losing your last three lunches), FSN/FoxCollegeSports

12pm, 630pm, Stanford at Oregon State, FSN/FoxCollegeSports

1pm, Arizona at UCLA, the Wrestlemania Bruins deliver another beatdown/takedown/knockout to the finesse Wildcats. Shakur rejoins the Moody Blues. on FSN/FoxCollegeSports.

1pm, 5am, Arizona State at USC. No, they didn't get their first conference W here. They may go 0-18 since they lost at home to Oregon State

3pm, from 2001, UCLA at USC, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Another Fired-Coaches-Battle, as Henry "Easy-Going" Bibby faces Steve "Wooden" Lavin. (nicknames inserted are for entertainment purposes only)

630pm, LIU at Wagner, FSN/FoxCollegeSports

730pm, Santa Clara at San Diego, on CSN (I believe this originally aired on ESPNU). Speaking of which, Comcast please add ESPNU already!

830pm, Maryland at Virginia Tech, overtime grinder, repeat game of the day!, FSN/FoxCollegeSports

1130pm, Santa Clara at SF, CSN

7am, Wednesday, from 1990, LMU vs LaSalle, 1-hour version, ESPN Classic. No, Bill Raftery did not play in that game.

11am, Wednesday, from 1995, Wake Forest vs North CArolina on ESPN Classic.


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