1955-56 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Frank Woods and GRL
For the 1955-56 college basketball regular season, CBS continued to air their slate of weekly Big 10 games, with Jack Drees continuing to serve as the commentator. In addition, CBS began to air a slate of PCC games for their west coast audience, with Tom Harmon serving as the main announcer.
Regular Season
DECEMBER
Saturday 12/3
Nebraska-Iowa, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Saturday 12/10
Kansas-Wisconsin, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Saturday 12/17
Washington-Illinois, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
JANUARY
Saturday 1/7
Indiana-Wisconsin, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
California-USC, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
Saturday 1/14
Purdue-Michigan State, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Oregon State-USC, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
Saturday 1/21
Iowa-Michigan, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Stanford-Oregon State, CBS, 5:00 (west coast), Tom Harmon
Saturday 1/28
Northwestern-Minnesota, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Stanford-Oregon, CBS, 5:00 (west coast), Tom Harmon
FEBRUARY
Saturday 2/4
Indiana-Ohio State, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
Washington-UCLA, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
Saturday 2/11
USC-Washington State, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
Saturday 2/18
Illinois-Michigan State, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
USC-Stanford, CBS, 5:00 (west coast), Tom Harmon
Saturday 2/25
Indiana-Northwestern, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
UCLA-Oregon, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
MARCH
Saturday 3/3
Illinois-Iowa, CBS, 3:00, Jack Drees
UCLA-California (Venice High), CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
Saturday 3/10
Stanford-California, CBS, 5:00 (west coast)
NIT
Saturday 3/17- NIT First Round
Duquesne-Oklahoma A&M, 3, CBS. Bud Palmer, Chris Schenkel
Saturday 3/24- NIT Championship
Louisville-Dayton, 3, CBS. Bud Palmer, Chris Schenkel
-This appears to be the first NIT to receive broad television coverage- CBS acquired the contract to air it at the same time that they renewed a contract to air Big Ten college basketball games, though without the regular-season announcer (Jack Drees was announcing the Illinois high-school basketball championships parallel to these games).
-The order of Palmer and Schenkel is taken from the contemporary press reports- any evidence as for how they split responsibilities shall be much appreciated.
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