1970-71 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Sat 1/2/71, Dayton @ #1 UCLA, TVS, 11:30 pm, Monte Moore, Ed Macauley
Sat 1/9/71, Loyola-Chi @ Detroit, TVS, 1:30 pm, Les Keiter, Joe Dean
Sat 1/16/71, New Mexico St @ #2 Marquette, TVS, 1:30 pm, Gene Kirby, Joe Dean
Sat 1/23/71, #1 UCLA @ #9 Notre Dame, TVS, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/6/71, Creighton @ #12 Notre Dame, TVS, 1:30 pm, Les Keiter, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/6/71, #3 UCLA @ #2 USC, Hughes, 11:30 pm, Ray Scott, ??
Sat 2/13/71, #9 Notre Dame @ DePaul, TVS, 1:30 pm, Les Keiter, Cliff Hagan
Sat 2/20/71, #14 Notre Dame @ West Virginia, TVS, 2 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/27/71, #6 Jacksonville @ Houston, TVS, 1:30 pm, Harry Kalas, Cliff Hagan
Sat 3/6/71, #2 Marquette @ Xavier, TVS, 4 pm, Jim McIntyre, Rod Hundley
* Sat 3/13/71, #3 USC @ #1 UCLA, Hughes, 5 pm, Don Klein, ??
- The UCLA games from this season were syndicated nationally. The other games appear to be part of the aforementioned TVS game of the week package.
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/13 (first round) - doubleheader (national)
Marquette-Miami-Ohio (at South Bend), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Western Ky-Jacksonville (at South Bend), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
BYU-Utah St (at Logan), TVS, 11 pm, Connie Alexander, Don Perkins
* Note: TVS covered many other first round games as well.
Thu 3/18 (regional semis) - local
* Villanova-Fordham (at Raleigh), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Penn-South Carolina (at Raleigh), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Ohio St-Marquette (at Athens), TVS, 7 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Western Ky-Kentucky (at Athens), TVS, 9 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Drake-Notre Dame (at Wichita), TVS, 8 pm, Max Falkenstein, Ed Macauley
Kansas-Houston (at Wichita), TVS, 10 pm, Max Falkenstein, Ed Macauley
Long Beach-Pacific (at Salt Lake City), TVS, 9 pm, Connie Alexander, Dick Enberg [1]
UCLA-BYU (at Salt Lake City), TVS, 11 pm, Dick Enberg, Connie Alexander
Sat 3/20 (regional finals) - doubleheader (all regionalized)
Villanova-Penn (at Raleigh), NBC, 2 pm, Jim Simpson, Pat Hernon
Western Ky-Ohio St (at Athens), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Kansas-Drake (at Wichita), NBC, 4 pm, Jay Randolph, Bill Enis
UCLA-Long Beach (at Salt Lake City), NBC, 6 pm, Charlie Jones, Frank Dill
Thu 3/25 (Final Four) - single game (regionalized)
Villanova-Western Ky (at Houston), NBC, 7:30 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA-Kansas (at Houston), NBC, 9:30 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
Sat 3/27 (consolation/championship)
Western Ky-Kansas (at Houston), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA-Villanova (at Houston), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
NIT
Sun 3/21 - first round
Michigan-Syracuse, CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sat 3/27 - championship
North Carolina-Georgia Tech, CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall