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Monday, January 11th

Villanova @ Louisville (ESPN, 7pm)- Sean McDonough, Bill Raftery, Jay Bilas
Morgan State @ Hampton (ESPNU, 7pm)- Charlie Neal, Dwight Freeman
Canisius @ Siena (Time Warner-Albany, 7pm)- Doug Sherman, Tom Huerter
Oklahoma State @ Oklahoma (ESPN, 9pm)- Brent Musburger, Bob Knight, Holly Rowe
Arkansas-Pine Bluff @ Alabama State (ESPNU, 9pm)- Doug Bell, Daymeon Fischback
Belmont @ Lipscomb (CSS, 9pm)- Matt Stewart, Sonny Smith

Tuesday, January 12th

Ohio State @ Purdue (ESPN, 7pm)- Dave O'Brien, Steve Lavin, Erin Andrews
Texas A&M @ Kansas State (ESPN2, 7pm)- Jon Sciambi, Doug Gottlieb
Virginia Commonwealth @ Hofstra (ESPNU, 7pm)- Dave Popkin, Tim O'Toole
North Carolina State @ Florida State (ACC, 7pm)- Bob Rathbun, Dan Bonner (Will Air on FS Florida, South, NESN)
Wyoming @ Texas Christian (MTN, 7:30pm)- Dan Gutowsky, Bob Donewald
Maryland @ Wake Forest (Raycom, 8pm)- Steve Martin, Mike Gminski
Kentucky @ Florida (ESPN, 9pm)- Brad Nessler, Dick Vitale, Jeannine Edwards
Bradley @ Northern Iowa (ESPNU, 9pm)- Dan McLaughlin, Mac McCausland
Penn State @ Illinois (BTN, 9pm)- Dave Revsine, Jim Jackson
Baylor @ Colorado (FSN Rocky Mountain, 9pm)- Drew Goodman, Ceal Barry, Alanna Rizzo

Wednesday, January 13th

Minnesota @ 8 Michigan State (BTN, 6:30pm)- Tom Hamilton, Greg Kelser, Charissa Thompson
Boston College @ Duke (ESPN, 7pm)- Rece Davis, Bob Knight, Holly Rowe
Pittsburgh @ Connecticut (ESPN2, 7pm)- John Saunders, Fran Fraschilla
Cincinnati @ St. John's (ESPNU, 7pm)- Dan McLaughlin, Tim Welsh
East Carolina @ Memphis (CSS, 7pm)- Bob Neal, Brian Oliver
West Virginia @ South Florida (Big East Network, 7pm)- Anthony Calhoun, Brooke Weisbrod (Will Air on CST, MASN, MSG+)
St. Joseph's @ Rhode Island (Cox-New England, 7pm)- Erik Frede, Abu Bakr
George Washington @ LaSalle (A-10 Network, 7pm)- Jason Knapp, John Griffin (Will Air on Comcast Network)
Wichita State @ Indiana State (Cox-Kansas, 7pm)- TBD
Charlotte @ Xavier (FS Ohio, 7:30pm)- Brad Johansen, Steve Wolf
Syracuse @ Rutgers (Big East Network, 7:30pm)- Mike Gleason, Bob Wenzel (Will Air on SNY)
Marshall @ Central Florida (CBS College Sports, 8pm)- Tom McCarthy, Pete Gillen
Brigham Young @ Air Force (MTN, 8pm)- James Bates, Dave Bollwinkel
Texas @ Iowa State (Big 12 Network, 8pm)- Dave Armstrong, Stephen Howard (Will Air on Altitude2)
Louisiana State @ South Carolina (SEC Network, 8pm)- Eric Collins, Mike Gottfried
Mississippi @ Georgia (SEC Network, 8pm)- Dave Neal, Barry Booker
Evansville @ Illinois State (Comcast-Illinois, 8pm)- Kurt Pegler, Bob Morris
Wisconsin @ Northwestern (BTN, 8:30pm)- Wayne Larrivee, Shon Morris
North Carolina @ Clemson (ESPN, 9pm)- Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Erin Andrews
Kansas @ Nebraska (ESPN2, 9pm)- Ron Franklin, Bill Raftery
Missouri @ Texas Tech (ESPNU, 9pm)- Carter Blackburn, LaPhonso Ellis
Vanderbilt @ Alabama (SEC Network, 9pm)- Dave Baker, Daymeon Fischback (Will Air on CSS, CST, Comcast Network)
Southern Illinois @ Creighton (MVC Network, 9pm)- Mitch Holthus, Charlie Spoonhour (Will Air on FS Midwest, CSN Chicago)
Dayton v. Fordham (WHIO, 9pm)- Mike Hartsock, Derrick Dukes
San Diego State @ UNLV (CBS College Sports, 10pm)- TBD
Utah @ New Mexico (MTN, 10pm)- Ari Wolfe, Joe Cravens
Utah State @ Nevada (ESPN2, 11pm)- Todd Harris, Adrian Branch

Thursday, January 14th

Seton Hall @ Georgetown (ESPN, 7pm)- Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
Auburn @ Tennessee (ESPN2, 7pm)- Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, Jeannine Edwards
Arkansas @ Mississippi State (ESPNU, 7pm)- Eric Collins, Jay Williams
Lehigh @ Navy (CBS College Sports, 7pm)- TBD
James Madison @ William & Mary (CSN Washington, 7pm)- TBD
Gardner-Webb @ Liberty (Liberty Channel, 7pm)- Jim Hunter, Craig Esherick (Will Air on MASN)
Cleveland State @ Butler (WNDY, 7pm)- TBD
Detroit @ Wisconsin-Milwaukee (TWC Sports, 8pm)- TBD
Wright State @ Wisconsin-Green Bay (WACY, 8pm)- TBD
Florida Atlantic @ Western Kentucky (WKYU, 8pm)- TBD (Will Air on FCS Central)
Arizona State @ Oregon (OSN, 8:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN Northwest)
Indiana @ Michigan (ESPN, 9pm)- Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin
Providence @ DePaul (ESPN2, 9pm)- Dave Pasch, Doris Burke
Tennessee Tech @ Tennessee-Martin (ESPNU, 9pm)- Dave Weekley, Mark Adams
Charleston @ Samford (CSS, 9pm)- Chris Stewart, John Kresse
Fresno State @ Louisiana Tech (ESPN Plus, 9pm)- TBD (Will Air on Altitude, CST, MASN)
Portland @ San Diego (CSN Northwest, 10pm)- TBD
Stanford @ Washington (FSN, 10:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Houston, Midwest (JIP), North, Ohio, South, Southwest, PrimeTicket; FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Washington; MSG; FCS Pacific)
Gonzaga @ St. Mary's (ESPN2, 11pm)- Terry Gannon, Stephen Bardo
Santa Clara @ Pepperdine (ESPNU, 11pm)- Todd Harris, Miles Simon

Friday, January 15th

Marist @ Loyola-MD (ESPNU, 7pm)- Doug Sherman, Rob Kennedy
Mercer @ USC-Upstate (CSS, 7pm)- TBD
Northern Arizona @ Eastern Washington (SWX, 8pm)- TBD
Loyola @ Illinois-Chicago (ESPNU, 9pm)- Anthony Calhoun, Jim Chones

Saturday, January 16th

Dayton @ Xavier (ESPN2, 11am)- Bob Wischusen, Tim Welsh
Syracuse @ West Virginia (ESPN, Noon)- Dave O'Brien, Bill Raftery
Ohio @ Miami-OH (ESPNU, Noon)- Michael Reghi, Anthony Buford
Towson @ Delaware (CSN Regional, Noon)- TBD (Will Air on CSN New England, Comcast Network)
Louisville @ Pittsburgh (Big East Network, Noon)- TBD (Will Air on CST, MASN, SNY)
Clemson @ North Carolina State (Raycom, Noon)- TBD
Missouri @ Oklahoma (ESPN2, 1pm)- Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla
Penn State @ Iowa (BTN, 1pm)- TBD
Texas Tech @ Kansas (Big 12 Network, 1pm)- TBD (Will Air on Altitude, YES)
Alabama @ Arkansas (SEC Network, 1:30pm)- TBD
Mississippi @ Tennessee (SEC Network, 1:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN Washington+)
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina (ESPN, 2pm)- Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
Tennessee State @ Austin Peay (ESPNU, 2pm)- Dave Weekley, Barry Booker
George Mason @ James Madison (CSN Regional, 2pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN New England, Philadelphia, Washington; CSS)
Cleveland State @ Valpariaso (Horizon League Network, 2pm)- TBD (Will Air on STO)
Rhode Island @ Fordham (A-10 Network, 2pm)- TBD
Denver @ Louisiana-Monroe (Sun Belt TV, 2pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSS, CST)
Youngstown State @ Butler (WNDY, 2pm)- TBD
California @ Washington (FSN, 2:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Arizona, Detroit+, Florida, Houston, Midwest, North, South, Southwest, PrimeTicket; FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Washington+ (JIP); MSG; FCS Pacific)
Charleston @ Chattanooga (SportSouth, 2:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FCS Atlantic)
Georgia @ Mississippi State (ESPN2, 3pm)- Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes
McNeese State @ Lamar (Southland TV, 3pm)- TBD
Missouri State @ Bradley (Mediacom-Springfield/Comcast-Peoria, 3pm)- TBD
Illinois @ Michigan State (CBS, 3:30pm)- TBD
New Mexico @ Wyoming (MTN, 3:30pm)- TBD
Notre Dame @ Cincinnati (ESPNU, 4pm)- Jim Barbar, Dickey Simpkins
Kansas State @ Colorado (Big 12 Network, 4pm)- TBD
Oklahoma State @ 24 Baylor (Big 12 Network, 4pm)- TBD (Will Air on Altitude2, MASN)
Kentucky @ Auburn (SEC Network, 4pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN Washington+ (JIP))
Maryland @ Boston College (Raycom, 4pm)- TBD
LaSalle @ Richmond (A-10 Network, 4pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN Philadelphia, Washington; CSS)
Columbia @ Cornell (Time Warner-Central NY, 4pm)- TBD
Arizona @ Oregon (FSN, 4:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Arizona, Detroit+, Florida, Houston, Midwest, North, Ohio, Southwest, SportSouth, PrimeTicket; FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago (JIP); MSG; Comcast Network; FCS Pacific)
Wichita State @ Creighton (ESPN2, 5pm)- Brian Anderson, Stephen Bardo
Purdue @ Northwestern (BTN, 5:30pm)- TBD
Texas A&M @ Texas (ESPNU, 6pm)- Clay Matvick, Stephen Howard
Virginia Tech @ Florida State (ACC, 6pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Florida, South; CSN Washington+; NESN (JIP))
Colorado State @ Brigham Young (MTN, 6pm)- TBD
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina (CSS, 6pm)- TBD
Arizona State @ Oregon State (FSN Regional, 6:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Arizona; FSN Northwest; FCS Pacific)
Morgan State @ South Carolina State (ESPN2, 7pm)- Jon Sciambi, LaPhonso Ellis
UNC-Asheville @ Liberty (Liberty Channel, 7pm)- Jim Hunter, Craig Esherick (Will Air on MASN)
Rutgers @ South Florida (ESPN360, 7pm)- Rich Hollenberg, Dennis Felton
USC @ UCLA (PrimeTicket, 7:30pm)- TBD (Will Air on FCS Pacific)
Miami @ Virginia (ESPNU, 8pm)- Lou Canellis, Tim McCormick
Wisconsin @ Ohio State (BTN, 8pm)- TBD
Central Florida @ Tulsa (CBS College Sports, 8pm)- TBD
Louisiana State @ Florida (SEC Network, 8pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Florida, South)
Iowa State @ Nebraska (Cyclones TV/FS Midwest, 8pm)- TBD
Memphis @ Rice (CSS, 8pm)- TBD
Wright State @ Wisconsin-Milwaukee (TWC Sports, 8pm)- TBD
Florida International @ Western Kentucky (WKYU, 8pm)- TBD (Will Air on FCS Atlantic)
Indiana State @ Northern Iowa (Panther Sports, 8pm)- TBD
Prairie View A&M @ Jackson State (ESPN2, 9pm)- Allen Hopkins, Mark Adams
Gonzaga @ San Diego (KHQ/4SD, 9pm)- TBD
Fresno State @ New Mexico State (BSN/Aggie Vision, 9pm)- TBD (Will Air on Altitude2)
Boise State @ Utah State (KUCW, 9pm)- TBD
Utah @ UNLV (CBS College Sports, 10pm)- TBD
Texas Christian @ San Diego State (MTN, 10pm)- TBD
Portland @ St. Mary's (CSN Regional, 10pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN California+, Northwest)
Santa Clara @ Loyola Marymount (PrimeTicket, 11pm)- TBD

Sunday, January 17th

Georgetown @ Villanova (Big East Network, Noon)- TBD (Will Air on MASN, SNY)
Toledo @ Ball State (FSN Regional, 1pm)- TBD (Will Air on FS Detroit+, Indiana, Ohio)
Connecticut @ Michigan (CBS, 1:30pm)- TBD, Clark Kellogg
Boston @ Vermont (ESPNU, 2pm)- Eric Frede, Tim O'Toole
Colgate @ American (CBS College Sports, 2pm)- TBD
DePaul @ St. John's (Big East Network, 2pm)- TBD (Will Air on MASN, MSG)
Northern Arizona @ Portland State (Altitude, 3pm)- TBD (Will Air on CSN Northwest)
Saint Louis @ Charlotte (CBS College Sports, 4pm)- TBD
Providence @ Marquette (Big East Network, 4pm)- TBD (Will Air on MASN, SNY)
Minnesota @ Indiana (BTN, 4:30pm)- TBD
Wake Forest @ Duke (FSN, 8pm)- Tim Brando, Mike Gminski (Will Air on FS Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Houston, Midwest, North, Ohio, South, Southwest, West; FSN Northwest, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago, Washington; MSG+; NESN; FCS Atlantic)
Illinois State @ Drake (ESPNU, 8pm)- Dan McLaughlin, Mac McCausland
San Jose State @ Hawaii (KFVE, 11:59pm)- TBD

(The CBB schedule comes out on either Monday or Tuesday and will update throughout the week as game notes become available)

While Mark McGwire was lying to Bob Costas on MLB Network about taking steroids to recover from injuries, ESPN was trotting out random people to comment on the subject. They had Tony LaRussa on earlier in the day, and then brought out the foremost expert on the topic of PEDs. Wait, it was Bobby Knight? And he compared steroids to Gatorade? Naturally.

Lost within all of this, is the fact that Bob Knight is a close personal friend of Tony LaRussa and was possibly just on to defend Mark McGwire's former manager (and current boss). I mean, by the true definition of "performance enhancing" I guess Gatorade would fall into that category, but that's just a tad bit of a stretch there Bobby.

Bob Knight compares steroids to Gatorade on ESPN (Chicago Sun Times)

Well this is is a first. FSN Pittsburgh is in some hot water with the NHL for its actions during a Flyers-Pens game last week, and it's all because they didn't provide officials with every replay angle during a shorthanded attempt by Simon Gagne. Via Philly.com....

The NHL yesterday said it was investigating why the Pittsburgh Penguins' TV-rights holder withheld from replay officials a videotape that showed the Flyers' Simon Gagne scoring a shorthanded goal against the host Penguins last Thursday.

"At the heart of the matter is the integrity of the system," said Gary Meagher, the NHL's senior vice president of public relations.

Gagne appeared to score on a second-period shot that goalie Brent Johnson smothered and carried into the net. It would have given the Flyers a 6-3 lead with 2 minutes, 53 seconds left in the second period.

The play was reviewed, and officials in Toronto said replays were inconclusive and did not count the goal.

A few minutes later, FSN in Pittsburgh gave its viewers a replay that showed the puck across the goal line. The NHL said that replay was not sent to its review team in Toronto until after the puck was dropped following the review. Once the puck is dropped, the ruling cannot be reversed, the NHL said.

"The league is investigating why we didn't get all angles of the replay," Meagher said.

For some reason, I didn't even know that the network provided the tape to the replay official during the game. I'm surprised that people haven't tried this before. I mean the goal didn't matter in the end because the Flyers won, but it certainly could have worked.

NHL investigating withholding of tape of Flyer's goal (Philly.com)

By now you've heard that Mark McGwire has copped to using steroids during his career, but more specifically when he broke Roger Maris' HR record in 1998. Shocking, I know. McGwire issued this admission to the Associated Press, but it will be MLB Network and Bob Costas that gets the first interview this evening....

MLB Network’s Bob Costas will have an exclusive in-depth television interview with Mark McGwire tonight on MLB Network live at 7:00 p.m. ET about McGwire’s admission of using performance enhancing drugs during his career. This is the first television interview granted by McGwire since he admitted using PEDs in a statement earlier today.

Following the exclusive interview, MLB Network’s Matt Vasgersian, Mitch Williams, Joe Magrane, Tom Verducci and Ken Rosenthal will discuss their reactions to the conversation. Costas will provide reaction from location in California and MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds and Peter Gammons will also provide commentary.

I'm one of the many people that followed McGwire's every at-bat during that season, and while I don't necessarily blame him for using steroids, this is something that should have come out years ago. Hiding that fact just makes me think he's a scumbag. I'm hoping that Bob Costas conducts a better interview than Peter Gammons' sitdown with A-Rod last year, but I doubt much of what McGwire says is going to make me change my views on him.

Yes, there are certainly terrible individuals in the broadcasting world, and there are a few bad duos as well, but I don't think it's possible to assemble a team as bad as the one that called the Jets-Bengals game. Tom Hammond is usually pretty good, but no one could stop the trainwreck that was Joe Gibbs and Joe Theismann.

There were a ton of notable mistakes, but none more glaring than the following two. Not only could they not figure out who threw the touchdown pass to Dustin Keller (Brad Smith or Sanchez) in the second quarter, but they even praised Marvin Lewis' idiotic decision to challenge challenge an almost meaningless play, and waste his last challenge....in the first quarter. Via the NY Times....

Gibbs and Theismann offered decent but unmemorable analysis. Theismann displayed how much more accurate the erratic Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer’s passing is when he follows through; both described how the Jets were running behind their offensive line to the left, six days after succeeding against the Bengals to the right.

But they were late in recognizing the seriousness of the gamble taken by Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis in using his challenges too early — in fact, Theismann said the second challenge was a good one without saying how the decision might hurt him later.

Then, he and his old coach did not revisit the subject late in the fourth quarter when Chad Ochocinco was ruled out of bounds on an attempted touchdown pass.

Not enough video analysis was given by NBC to determine if the call was right.

Joe Gibbs southern drawl was way too slow, which then allowed Theismann to interrupt him just about every single play. Theismann even took it upon himself to do play-by-play when it wasn't warranted. Basically he couldn't shut the "F" up, which is nothing new.

I know it can be tough to throw teams together at the last minute (just ask TBS Baseball), but everyone knew this was a terrible idea from the get go. NBC probably should have just gone with its full College Football announcing team, but they tried to get cute, and it turned out terribly. That didn't seem to stop people from watching though. NBC posted the best Wild Card ratings in 10 years.

Redskins Reunion in the Booth Doesn't Quite Click (NY Times)

Well thank god that crazy Pack-Cardinals game saved a rather boring Wild Card Weekend. I don't know if I've ever seen more missed field goals in my life. Anyway, now the real fun starts as we get a quartet of stellar matchups for next weekend. Here's your announcing schedule....

Saturday, January 16th

Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints (FOX, 4:30pm) - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa
Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts (CBS, 8:15pm) - Greg Gumbel Dan Dierdorf

Sunday, January 17th

Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings (FOX, 1pm) - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
NY Jets at San Diego Chargers (CBS, 4:30pm) - Jim Nantz, Phil Simms