1972-73 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
* Sat 1/6/73, SW Louisiana @ Jacksonville, TVS, 12 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 1/6/73, #4 NC State @ Virginia, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 1/6/73, Oregon St @ #1 UCLA, Hughes, 11:30 pm, ??, ??
Sun 1/7/73, Kansas @ Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Merle Harmon, Rod Hundley
Sat 1/13/73, Cincinnati @ #18 Florida St, Hughes, 1 pm, Bill O'Donnell, Walt Dunbar
* Sat 1/13/73, Clemson @ Duke, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
Sun 1/14/73, #3 NC State @ #2 Maryland, Chesley, 12 pm, Ray Scott, Billy Packer, Jim Thacker
* Sat 1/20/73, Duke @ #4 North Carolina, Chesley, 2 pm, ??, ??
Sat 1/27/73, #3 North Carolina @ #4 Maryland, Chesley, 12 pm, Ray Scott, Billy Packer
Sat 1/27/73, #13 Jacksonville @ #14 Providence, TVS, 1:30 pm, Al Michaels, Bill van Breda Kolff
Sat 1/27/73, #1 UCLA @ Notre Dame, TVS, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/3/73, DePaul @ #10 Marquette, TVS, 1:30 pm, Harry Kalas, Bob Boozer
Sat 2/3/73, #3 Maryland @ Duke, Chesley, 1:30 pm, Ray Scott, Billy Packer
* Sat 2/3/73, Virginia @ #2 NC State, Chesley, 3:30 pm, Bill O'Donnell, ??
Sat 2/3/73, #1 UCLA @ #20 USC, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/10/73, St Bonaventure @ South Carolina, TVS, 1:30 pm, Al Michaels, Bill van Breda Kolff
* Sat 2/10/73, Wake Forest @ Virginia, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
Sat 2/17/73, #7 Houston @ Creighton, TVS, 1:30 pm, Harry Kalas, Bob Boozer
Sat 2/17/73, Niagara @ St Bonaventure, TVS, 1:30 pm, Al Michaels, Bill van Breda Kolff
* Sat 2/17/73, Clemson @ #10 Maryland, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 2/17/73, #6 North Carolina vs Florida State (at New York), Chesley, 3:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 2/17/73, Villanova @ South Carolina, TVS, 3:30 pm, ??, ??
Sat 2/24/73, SW Louisiana @ Oral Roberts, TVS, 1:30 pm, Ray Scott, Bill O'Donnell
Sat 2/24/73, Southern Illinois @ Detroit, TVS, 1:30 pm, Harry Kalas, Bob Boozer
* Sat 2/24/73, #6 North Carolina @ Virginia, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 2/24/73, Duke @ #8 Maryland, Chesley, 3:30 pm, ??, ??
Sat 2/24/73, Notre Dame vs #11 St. John's (at Uniondale), TVS, 3:30 pm, Al Michaels, Rod Hundley
Sat 3/3/73, South Carolina @ Notre Dame, TVS 1:30 pm, Al Michaels, Rod Hundley
* Sat 3/3/73, Grambling @ Kentucky St, TVS, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 3/3/73, #7 North Carolina @ Duke, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 3/3/73, #9 Maryland @ Virginia, Chesley, 1:30 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 3/3/73, #5 Marquette @ #4 Long Beach St, TVS, 11:30 pm, ??, ??
- The 1/14 Chesley game was the first Super Bowl Sunday college basketball national telecast (syndicated nationally by Chesley which covered the ACC). Chesley also syndicated the 1/27 game nationally (with their remaining telecasts being seen generally only in the ACC region)
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/10 (first round) - doubleheader (national)
Long Beach vs Weber St (at Logan), NBC, 2 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
SW Louisiana vs Houston (at Wichita), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Bill Enis
Sat 3/10 (first round) - local
Arizona St vs Oklahoma City (at Logan), TVS, 4 pm, Connie Alexander, Don Perkins
* South Carolina vs Texas Tech (at Wichita), TVS, 6 pm, ??, ??
* Marquette vs Miami-OH (at Dayton), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Penn vs St John's (at Williamsburg, VA), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Syracuse vs Furman (at Philadelphia), TVS, 8 pm, ??, ??
* Providence vs St Joseph's (at Jamaica, NY), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
* Austin Peay vs Jacksonville (at Dayton), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Thu 3/15 (regional semis) - local
* Providence vs Penn (at Charlotte), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Maryland vs Syracuse (at Charlotte), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Indiana vs Marquette (at Nashville), TVS, 8 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Kentucky vs Austin Peay (at Nashville), TVS, 10 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Kansas St vs SW Louisiana (at Houston), TVS, 8 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Memphis St vs South Carolina (at Houston), TVS, 10 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
San Francisco vs Long Beach (at Los Angeles), TVS, 10 pm, Dick Enberg, Dick Garibaldi
UCLA vs Arizona St (at Los Angeles), TVS, midnight, Dick Enberg, Dick Garibaldi
Sat 3/17 (regional finals) - doubleheader (all regionalized)
Providence vs Maryland (at Charlotte), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
* Indiana vs Kentucky (at Nashville), NBC, 4 pm, ??, ??
* Memphis St vs Kansas St (at Houston), NBC, 4 pm, ??, ??
* UCLA vs San Francisco (at Los Angeles), NBC, 6 pm, ??, ??
Sat 3/24 (Final Four) - doubleheader (national)
Memphis St vs Providence (at St. Louis), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA vs Indiana (at St. Louis), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
Mon 3/26 (championship)
UCLA vs Memphis St (at St. Louis), NBC, 9 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
- 1973 was the first time the Final Four was on Saturday, and featured the first prime time championship game on NBC.
- The title game was the Bill Walton 44 point game (21 for 22 from the field). ESPN Classic re-aired this title game at one point - and it remains the earliest college basketball game I have ever seen re-aired on Classic.
NIT
Sat 3/17 - first round
Notre Dame vs USC (at New York), CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Sun 3/18 - first round
Virginia Tech vs New Mexico (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Sat 3/24 - semifinal
Notre Dame vs North Carolina (at New York), CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sun 3/25 - championship
Virginia Tech vs Notre Dame (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
- CBS expanded its coverage to 4 games. The 3/17 game went up against an NCAA regional final on NBC while the 3/24 game went up against the first NCAA Final Four game.
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