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
Sat 1/20/73, Duke @ #4 North Carolina, Chesley, 2 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 1/27/73, #3 North Carolina @ #4 Maryland, Chesley, 12 pm, Jerry Gross, 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, ??, Billy Packer
Sat 2/3/73, Virginia @ #2 NC State, Chesley, 3:30 pm, ??, ??
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-Weber St (at Logan), NBC, 2 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
SW Louisiana-Houston (at Wichita), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Bill Enis
Thu 3/15 (regional semis) - local
* Providence-Penn (at Charlotte), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Maryland-Syracuse (at Charlotte), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Indiana-Marquette (at Nashville), TVS, 8 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Kentucky-Austin Peay (at Nashville), TVS, 10 pm, John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Kansas St-SW Louisiana (at Houston), TVS, 8 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Memphis St-South Carolina (at Houston), TVS, 10 pm, Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
San Francisco-Long Beach (at Los Angeles), TVS, 10 pm, Dick Enberg, Dick Garibaldi
UCLA-Arizona St (at Los Angeles), TVS, midnight, Dick Enberg, Dick Garibaldi
Sat 3/17 (regional finals) - doubleheader (all regionalized)
Providence-Maryland (at Charlotte), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
* Indiana-Kentucky (at Nashville), NBC, 4 pm, ??, ??
* Memphis St-Kansas St (at Houston), NBC, 4 pm, ??, ??
* UCLA-San Francisco (at Los Angeles), NBC, 6 pm, ??, ??
Sat 3/24 (Final Four) - doubleheader (national)
Memphis St-Providence (at St. Louis), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
UCLA-Indiana (at St. Louis), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Jim Simpson
Mon 3/26 (championship)
UCLA-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-USC, CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sun 3/18 - first round
Virginia Tech-New Mexico, CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sat 3/24 - semifinal
Notre Dame-North Carolina, CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Pat Summerall
Sun 3/25 - championship
Virginia Tech-Notre Dame, 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.