TV Hoops: Saturday and Sunday February 3, and 4, 2007!

*** all times pacific; add +3 for eastern; adjust for other time zones ***
*** predictions are not the most likely outcomes ***
*** predictions attempt to catch the randomness of each game ***
*** FSN/FoxCollegeSports games may be regionally aligned. YMMV ***
*** by the law of averages, I am bound to have some incorrect listings ***
*** please double-check with your local listings ***


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2007

730am, Basketball weekly, a 30-minute preview of the weekend action on CSTV.

8am, College Gameday on ESPN

8am, 3 point club on CSTV, covering the SEC

830am, Courtside with Rick Pitino, CSTV. He actually gives a high level breakdown of opponents, so it might be of interest to hardcore fans, coaches or aspiring coaches

9am, SMU at Memphis, ESPN. The AASAA Tigers looking to hammer the SMU Doherties, one of the most overrated and corrosive coaches by the way. I hope Michael Jordan is not reading this :) Prediction: Memphis wins

9am, Louisvilel at Nova, ESPN2. Could be a fun game to coach with up and down action and lots of scoring. Prediction: Tempted to say Villanova, but Louisville matches up well with them, and they are playing well as of late, so it's too close to call...

1030am, Washington at Arizona, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Must win for Arizona. Their high SOS and history in the NCAAs can still get them a bid (just like a couple of years ago), but it's a good idea to win home games in conference. Washington has a chance to pick up another W and don't look now, but didn't Washington do the same thing three years ago when they started a miraculous comeback after an overtime win at Oregon State. That game started the Nate Robinson bandwagon... In theory Arizona should win. In practice, who knows...

11am, Indiana at Iowa, ESPN. Of course ESPN wouldn't pass up the Steve Alford vs Indiana game. How could they? Prediction: Iowa wins - but just barely...

11am, 8pm, 3am, Duquesne at St Bonaventure, CSTV. An inspiration season for Duquesne after the tragic shooting of last summer. Prediction: Duquesne wins!

11am, Southern Illinois at Wichita State, ESPN2. If the score is under 60 they may hear about it from Digger Phelps once again ;-) Prediction: Wichita State has to win, and they will win.

12pm, 230am, ACC Basketball Today, enjoy your favorite ACC Homers predicting 15 NCAA bids for the ACC :-) at FSN/FoxCollegeSports

1230pm, Regional action: North Carolina at NC State or Kansas State at Texas on ABC. No Billy Walker so it spoils the fun for ABC. Durant will score 37 this time and Texas will win. Logically one would give the game to North Carolina since they have a 10+ rotation and the fighting Sidney Lowes have just 6. I predict the game will be much closer than anticipate but Ole Roy will escape with a win.

1230pm, Oregon at USC, CSN/FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Prediction: Oregon sneaks out of SoCal with a very very close W.

1230pm, 7pm, St Francis of PA vs Robert Morris, FSN/FoxCollegeSports

1230pm, 830pm, Gonzaga at Pepperdine, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Once upon a time the game of the year in WCC, this will be a Gonzaga win, even if they stumble through the game. The AASAA Waves are about two years away from becoming a thread...

1pm, Ohio State at Michigan on CBS. Not a football game CBS. What were you thinking? I highly doubt Michigan can win, although I'm sure Jay Bilas will find ways to defend Amaker after they lose by 20 :)

1pm, Wright State at Detroit, ESPN2. Who says ESPN2 doesn't love mid-majors?

1pm, Northeastern at Hofstra, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Hofstra wins!

230pm,1130pm, 1am, Oregon State at UCLA, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Jay John dreams of getting this upset. Dreams don't always come true. Prediction: UCLA holds them under 50 and gets a comfy W.

3pm, Free Ticket inside College Basketball on ABC. 30-minute "reality-style" look into one of the "BCS" basketball programs. Not sure which one this time. If you miss it, it will repeat on ESPN/ESPN2 at a later date

3pm, Samford at Eastern Illinois, ESPN2. Home team wins! (Translation: I don't know enough about these teams to make a prediction)

3pm, 10pm, New Mexico at Colorado State on CSTV. BRAWL ALERT!. Rumor has it Jerry Springer and his crew will be there to cover it ;-)

4pm, Santa Clara at St Marys, CSN

430pm, Pacific at Long Beach State on FSN/FoxCollegeSports

430pm, 3am, Washington State at Arizona State, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. As funny as it may sound, this may be Herb Sendek's best chance at a win in the Pac-10 because they are probably the only team that slows the game down more than Wazzu. They may lull Wazzzzzu to sleep and win? Who would have thought that a Pac10 game would be played in the 40s? Prediction: Washington State wins after they fall behind in the game.

5pm, Hawaiiii at Nevaaaada, ESPN2. Prediction: Fazekas gets a 20/20 and a W

5pm, College Gameday - pregame edition, ESPN

6pm, ESPN Primetime: Texas A&M at Kansas, ESPN. Promises to be a dogfight if Kansas can't score. Talent wise Kansas should blow them out by 20. But talent doesn't always get its way. If Kansas loses, Bill Self will be bombarded with the questions he doesn't like to answer... Prediction: Kansas wins, but not sure if it will be a dogfight or a walk in the park...

630pm, Stanford at California, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Prediction: Since it is a rivarly game Cal should probably win, but I predict Stanford. They seem to be tough enough to recover from the Zags loss. Mark Few got his REVENGE for losing to Trent Johnson in the NCAAs, although this win was nowhere near as significant as the NCAA game.

830pm, Lake OSwego at Mater Dei, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. New Arena Alert!. Well not really an arena, but Mater Dei will be having the grand opening of their new basketball facility by hosting Lake Kevin Love. A game of interest especially to Bruins fans since Kevin Love will play at UCLA next year.

9pm (or later), Midnight Madness on ESPN. A recap of Saturday's game. Tired of the same old same old from Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas? Well you are in luck! Midnight Madness features the trio of Tom Brennan (with great lines such as "sometimes you are the pigeon, sometimes you are the statue"), Doug Gottlieb and Dave Revsine.

3am, repeat, Virginia Tech at Maryland, FSN/FoxCollegeSports.

that's all folks :-)





SUPER-BOWL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007

6am, Game of the week!, a repeat of what the ESPN braintrust thinks was the most exciting game of the week, on ESPN Classic. Every Sunday. I do not know which game. Gonzaga at Stanford won't be it because it was on FSN. It could even be a game from Saturday...

10am, 1am and 5am (Mon): Repeat of Oregon at USC, FoxCollegeSports

1030am, Tip off Show, FSN Sunday Night (???) Hoops, FSN/FoxCollegeSports.

11am, 1030pm, 1am,3am, Florida State at Duke, FSN/FoxCollegeSports. Come on Florida State I know you can do it! Beat the Dookies!!!!!!! Prediction: The zebras give Duke an 80-20 advantage of 50-50 calls and Duke wins.

4pm, Hardwood Heavens: Allen Fieldhouse, featuring Kansas with your favorite host, Brett Massburger, INHD (HDTV channel)

5pm, 730am, Washington State at Arizona State ,repeat, FoxCollegeSports

7pm, Fresno State at Idaho, CSN

7pm, Oregon State at Washington, repeat, FoxCollegeSports

830pm, Carnasie at St Dominics, high schoo, repeat, FoxCollegeSports

11pm, Oregon State at UCLA, repeat, FoxCollegeSports

3am, Stanford at Cal, repeat, FoxCollegeSports



COMING UP NEXT WEEK!

11am Monday, from 1992, UConn at Syracuse, ESPN Classic, preparing you for the Big Monday matchup between the two Jims

The family of ESPN Networks goes into RIVARLY WEEK mode, with all sorts of rivarlies, including North Carolina at Duke (Wedn), Michigan at Ohio State (three days after they on Saturday - the wonders of TV scheduling!), Kansas State at Kansas (Wedn), USC - UCLA (FSN), Pitt at West Virginia (wedn), and many many many more. Check back next week for all the details...



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