1973-74 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Sat 12/1/73, #4 Maryland @ #1 UCLA, TVS-Chesley, 11:30 pm, Jay Randolph, Billy Packer
Sat 12/15/73, #1 UCLA vs #2 NC State (at St Louis), ABC, 5 pm, Keith Jackson, Bill Russell
Sat 1/5/74, #6 Marquette @ South Carolina, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Harry Kalas, Bob Boozer
* Sat 1/5/74, Bradley @ North Texas St, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/5/74, Penn @ Princeton, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/5/74, Kentucky @ LSU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/5/74, Minnesota @ Iowa, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/5/74, Texas @ Missouri, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/5/74, Fresno St @ #9 Long Beach St, TVS, 4 pm (regional), Mike Walden, Tom Hawkins
* Sat 1/5/74, #15 Arizona @ Colorado St, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/5/74, #11 USC @ Washington St, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
* Sat 1/12/74, Purdue @ Illinois, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/12/74, Tennessee @ Mississippi, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/12/74, Colorado @ Oklahoma St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/12/74, San Diego St @ Pacific, TVS, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/12/74, Stanford @ #1 UCLA, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sun 1/13/74, #3 Maryland @ #4 NC State, Chesley, 1 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
Sat 1/19/74, #1 UCLA @ #2 Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
* Sat 1/19/74, Temple @ Syracuse, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/19/74, Northwestern @ Purdue, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/19/74, Mississippi St @ Georgia, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/19/74, #18 Missouri @ Kansas St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/19/74, Arkansas @ Rice, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Frank Fallon, Dan Spika
Sat 1/19/74, #15 New Mexico @ UTEP, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
* Sat 1/19/74, Hawaii @ Washington, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/26/74, #5 Maryland @ #4 North Carolina, Chesley, 1 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
Sat 1/26/74, West Texas St @ Bradley, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 1/26/74, Penn St @ Duquesne, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/26/74, Michigan St @ Minnesota, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/26/74, LSU @ Auburn, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 1/26/74, Kansas @ Oklahoma, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 1/26/74, Texas Tech @ Texas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/26/74, #20 Arizona St @ Utah, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 1/26/74, Oregon St @ Oregon, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 1/26/74, #1 Notre Dame @ #2 UCLA, TVS, 11:30 pm, Al Michaels, Tom Hawkins
* Sat 2/2/74, Davidson @ #3 Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/2/74, St Joseph's @ Fairfield, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/2/74, Wichita St @ St Louis, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 2/2/74, Purdue @ Michigan St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/2/74, Kentucky @ Mississippi St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, Joe Dean
Sat 2/2/74, Oklahoma @ Missouri, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/2/74, Texas A&M @ Baylor, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/2/74, BYU @ Wyoming, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
* Sat 2/2/74, Washington St @ Washington, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, Dave Gambee
* Sat 2/9/74, #11 Providence @ Seton Hall, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/9/74, #15 Louisville @ West Texas St, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 2/9/74, Ohio St @ #16 Michigan, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/9/74, Iowa @ Wisconsin, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/9/74, Tennessee @ #8 Alabama, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/9/74, Kansas St @ Iowa St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/9/74, Rice @ Arkansas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/9/74, Santa Clara @ San Francisco, TVS, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/9/74, #9 Long Beach St @ San Diego St, TVS, 4 pm (regional), Mike Walden, Tom Hawkins
* Sat 2/9/74, #18 UTEP @ BYU, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/9/74, Washington St @ Stanford, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 2/16/74, #3 Notre Dame @ #14 South Carolina, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Harry Kalas, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/16/74, Tulsa @ New Mexico St, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 2/16/74, Illinois @ Northwestern, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/16/74, Georgia @ #5 Vanderbilt, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/16/74, Iowa St @ #16 Kansas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/16/74, Baylor @ TCU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/16/74, #20 Arizona @ New Mexico, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/16/74, #1 UCLA @ Oregon, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 2/23/74, West Virginia @ #2 Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Harry Kalas, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/23/74, North Texas St @ Tulsa, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 2/23/74, Iowa @ Illinois, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/23/74, #8 Alabama @ Kentucky, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/23/74, Oklahoma St @ Nebraska, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/23/74, TCU @ SMU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/23/74, Seattle @ UNLV, TVS, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/23/74, #13 Long Beach St @ UCSB, TVS, 4 pm (regional), Mike Walden, Tom Hawkins
Sat 2/23/74, Utah @ Arizona, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 2/23/74, California @ Oregon St, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 3/2/74, #8 Marquette @ Cincinnati, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Harry Kalas, Bob Boozer
Sat 3/2/74, #20 Louisville @ Bradley, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Ed Macauley
* Sat 3/2/74, St John's @ #12 Providence, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 3/2/74, Houston @ #14 South Carolina, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/2/74, #9 Indiana @ Ohio St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Gary Bender
* Sat 3/2/74, LSU @ Tennessee, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/2/74, #15 Kansas @ Colorado, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Sat 3/2/74, SMU @ Texas Tech, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Frank Fallon, Dan Spika
* Sat 3/2/74, #18 Arizona @ Arizona St, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/2/74, #10 USC @ California, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
* Sat 3/9/74, Purdue @ #13 Indiana, TVS, 2 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 3/9/74, #5 Vanderbilt @ Florida, TVS, 2 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 3/9/74, Nebraska @ Iowa St, TVS, 2 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/9/74, #1 NC State vs #4 Maryland (at Greensboro - ACC final), Chesley, 8:30 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
Sat 3/9/74, #3 UCLA @ #7 USC, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
- ABC (which had recently lost the NBA rights to CBS) televised the 12/15 game using their former NBA announcer crew.
- Once again, Chesley syndicated an ACC game nationally on Super Bowl Sunday (1/13).
- The NCAA tournament started the afternoon of 3/9 with a doubleheader on NBC. The ACC and Pac 8 had first round byes, and these leagues were still staging conference tournament and regular season action after the NCAA tournament started.
- The ACC title game was often syndicated outside of the ACC region in these years (and I remember watching this telecast in NY). This was one of the greatest games in college basketball history. 1974 was the last year that only one team from a conference could go to the NCAA tournament (and this OT classic featuring the #1 and #4 ranked teams played a huge role in the expansion of the NCAA tournament). Maryland turned down an NIT bid the next day.
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/9 (first round) - doubleheader
Marquette vs Ohio (at Terre Haute), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Notre Dame vs Austin Peay (at Terre Haute), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
Sat 3/9 (first round) - local
* Furman vs South Carolina (at Philadelphia), TVS, 6:30 pm, ??, ??
Oral Roberts vs Syracuse (at Denton), TVS, 7 pm, Steve Zabriskie, Frank Hudson
* Pittsburgh vs St Joseph's (at Morgantown), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Providence vs Penn (at Jamaica, NY), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
Creighton vs Texas (at Denton), TVS, 9 pm, Steve Zabriskie, Frank Hudson
* Dayton vs California St (at Pocatello, ID), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
* New Mexico vs Idaho St (at Pocatello, ID), TVS, 11 pm, ??, ??
Thu 3/14 (regional semis) - local
* Pittsburgh vs Furman (at Raleigh), TVS, 7 pm, ??, Bucky Waters
* NC State vs Providence (at Raleigh), TVS, 9 pm, ??, Billy Packer
Kansas vs Creighton (at Tulsa), TVS, 8 pm, Tom Hedrick, Gary Thompson
Oral Roberts vs Louisville (at Tulsa), 10 pm, TVS, Tom Hedrick, Gary Thompson
* Michigan vs Notre Dame (at Tuscaloosa), TVS, 8 pm, ??, ??
* Marquette vs Vanderbilt (at Tuscaloosa), TVS, 10 pm, ??, ??
UCLA vs Dayton (at Tucson), TVS, 10 pm, Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
San Francisco vs New Mexico (at Tucson), TVS, midnight, Connie Alexander, Dave Gambee
Sat 3/16 (regional finals) - doubleheader regionally televised
NC State vs Pittsburgh (at Raleigh), NBC, 2 pm (regional), Bill O'Donnell, Billy Packer
Kansas vs Oral Roberts (at Tulsa), NBC, 2 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Pat Hernon
Marquette vs Michigan (at Tuscaloosa), NBC, 4 pm (regional), Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins
UCLA vs San Francisco (at Tucson), NBC, 4 pm (regional), Charlie Jones, Ross Porter
Sat 3/23 (Final Four)
Marquette vs Kansas (at Greensboro), NBC, 1 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Ross Porter
NC State vs UCLA (at Greensboro), NBC, 3 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Ross Porter
Mon 3/25 (championship)
NC State vs Marquette (at Greensboro), NBC, 9 pm, Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, Ross Porter
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
- This was the first year that Billy Packer broadcast an NCAA tournament game starting a streak that ran through 2008.
NIT
Sat 3/16 - first round
Md E Shore vs Manhattan (at New York), CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Purdue vs North Carolina (at New York), CBS, 4 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Sat 3/23 - semifinals
Purdue vs Jacksonville (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Utah vs Boston College (at New York), CBS, 3 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
Sun 3/24 - championship
Purdue vs Utah (at New York), CBS 1 pm, Don Criqui, Rod Hundley
- CBS covered 5 games. The 3/16 doubleheader went up against the NCAA regional finals on NBC, while the 3/23 doubleheader went head to head against the NCAA Final Four.
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