1974-75 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Sat 12/21/74, #12 Notre Dame @ #3 UCLA, TVS, 11:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 12/28/74, #3 UCLA @ #5 Maryland, TVS-Chesley, 9 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Jim Thacker
Sat 1/4/75, #19 Notre Dame @ #7 Maryland, TVS-Chesley, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Jim Thacker
TVS produced 4 regional MVC games in the 1974-75 season - [1]
* Sat 1/4/75, Manhattan @ #15 South Carolina, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/4/75, #12 Penn @ Princeton, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/4/75, Mississippi St @ Florida, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 1/4/75, Missouri @ Texas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
TVS produced 10 regional SEC games in the 1974-75 season that were broadcast over a 40-45-station network - [2]
Sat 1/4/75, Illinois @ Iowa, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Gary Bender
Sat 1/11/75, LSU @ Vanderbilt, TVS, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 1/11/75, Wisconsin @ Purdue, TVS, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/11/75, #4 Louisville @ New Mexico State, TVS, 4 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
* Sat 1/11/75, UNLV @ Pepperdine, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/18/75, #14 North Carolina @ #4 NC State, *Chesley, 1 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
* Sat 1/18/75, Villanova @ St Bonaventure, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/18/75, #10 Kentucky @ Ole Miss, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 1/18/75, #1 Indiana @ Northwestern, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Gary Bender
* Sat 1/18/75, Kansas St @ Nebraska, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/18/75, New Mexico @ #9 Arizona St, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 1/18/75, San Francisco @ Nevada, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 1/25/75, #4 UCLA @ Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm, Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 1/25/75, Penn @ #16 Providence, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 1/25/75, #20 Auburn @ LSU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 1/25/75, Northwestern @ Michigan, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Gary Bender
Sat 1/25/75, Iowa St @ Missouri, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 1/25/75, Arkansas @ SMU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/25/75, Arizona @ Colorado St, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/1/75, #8 Maryland @ #2 NC State, *Chesley, 1 pm, Jim Thacker, Billy Packer
* Sat 2/1/75, Fordham @ Boston College, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/1/75, South Carolina @ Houston, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/1/75, Stanford @ California, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 2/1/75, #18 Tennessee @ Georgia, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/1/75, Michigan St @ Illinois, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/1/75, #19 South Carolina @ Houston, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/1/75, Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St , TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/1/75, UTEP @ New Mexico, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/1/75, #17 Stanford @ California, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 2/8/75, South Carolina @ #14 Notre Dame, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/8/75, North Texas State @ Bradley, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
Sat 2/8/75, West Virginia @ Syracuse, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 2/8/75, #7 Alabama @ #15 Tennessee, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/8/75, Purdue @ Wisconsin, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/8/75, Kansas @ Oklahoma, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/8/75, Texas A&M @ Arkansas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Frank Fallon, Dan Spika
Sat 2/8/75, Wyoming @ BYU, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 2/8/75, San Diego St @ San Jose St, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Mike Walden, Tom Hawkins
* Sat 2/15/75, Furman @ Davidson, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/15/75, Tulsa @ Wichita State, TVS, 1 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Gary Chew
* Sat 2/15/75, Western Michigan @ Ohio, TVS, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/15/75, #12 La Salle @ #16 Notre Dame, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Harry Kalas, Rod Hundley
Sat 2/15/75, Florida @ Auburn, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/15/75, Minnesota @ Michigan St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/15/75, SMU @ TCU, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/15/75, Utah @ #15 Arizona, TVS, 5 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/15/75, Washington St @ Stanford, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/22/75, #9 Marquette @ South Carolina, TVS, 1 pm, ??, ??
* Sat 2/22/75, Army @ Navy, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/22/75, #7 Kentucky @ #5 Alabama, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/22/75, Iowa @ Minnesota, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/22/75, Colorado @ Iowa St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/22/75, Rice @ Texas A&M, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/22/75, #8 Arizona St @ UTEP, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
* Sat 2/22/75, San Francisco @ Seattle, TVS, 6 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/1/75, Ohio State @ #1 Indiana, TVS, 1 pm, Merle Harmon, Jerry Lucas
* Sat 3/1/75, Providence @ St John's, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/1/75, Vanderbilt @ #4 Kentucky, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 3/1/75, Purdue @ Michigan, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Gary Bender, ??
* Sat 3/1/75, Iowa St @ Kansas St, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 3/1/75, Texas @ Texas Tech, TVS, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 3/1/75, New Mexico @ Utah, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 3/1/75, California @ #12 USC, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
Sat 3/8/75, Auburn @ #7 Alabama, TVS, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 3/8/75, Minnesota @ Purdue, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Gary Bender
Sat 3/8/75, Oklahoma @ Kansas, TVS, 3 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Sat 3/8/75, #19 Arizona @ #9 Arizona St, TVS, 5 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 3/8/75, #4 UCLA @ #11 USC, TVS, 6 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
- The 12/28 game was the first time that Enberg and Packer ever worked together. Some background info on that...
Enberg's book Oh My! says that the first time these two worked together was on a UCLA-Maryland game in 1974.
Packer's book Hoops says that the first time these two worked together was on a UCLA @ Maryland game on Super Bowl Sunday 1975. Packer is clearly incorrect on the date because these teams did not play on 1/12/75 (or any other SB Sunday for that matter) and there was no national college BB telecast on this date either. Packer spends a few pages on this telecast which he says was a joint production between TVS and Chesley and talks about meeting Enberg for the first time earlier that day. He also says that Enberg called pxp for one half and Jim Thacker did pxp for the other half and that Packer was the analyst throughout.
Interestingly, in their respective books, both Enberg and Packer state that the UCLA-Md game was the only time they worked together before NBC paired them for the 1975-76 season. However, the Enberg/Packer/Thacker trio also worked the 1/4 ND-Md game one week later.
- The other ACC home games on this list might have been joint TVS-Chesley productions.
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/15 (first round) - tripleheader
Indiana vs UTEP (at Lexington), NBC, 12 pm, Charlie Jones, Jerry Lucas
Kentucky vs Marquette (at Tuscaloosa), NBC, 2 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer
Arizona St vs Alabama (at Tempe), NBC, 4 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Sat 3/15 (first round) - local
* Oregon St vs Middle Tenn St (at Lexington), TVS, 2 pm, ??, ??
Central Mich vs Georgetown (at Tuscaloosa), TVS, 4 pm, ??,??
North Carolina vs New Mexico St (at Charlotte), TVS, 7 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Boston College vs Furman (at Charlotte), TVS, 9 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
* Kansas St vs Penn (at Philadelphia), TVS, 7 pm, ??, ??
* Syracuse vs LaSalle (at Philadelphia), TVS, 9 pm, ??, ??
* Cincinnati vs Texas A&M (at Lubbock), TVS, 8 pm, ??, Dan Spika
* Maryland vs Creighton (at Lubbock), TVS, 10 pm, ??, Dan Spika
* Louisville vs Rutgers (at Tulsa), TVS, 8 pm, ??, ??
* Notre Dame vs Kansas (at Tulsa), TVS, 10 pm, ??, ??
Montana vs Utah St (at Pullman), TVS, 10 pm, Mike Walden, Dave Gambee
UCLA vs Michigan (at Pullman), TVS, 11:59 pm, Mike Walden, Dave Gambee
UNLV vs San Diego St (at Tempe), 6 pm (not televised)
Thu 3/20 (regional semis) - local
Syracuse vs North Carolina (at Providence), TVS, 7 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Kansas St vs Boston College (at Providence), TVS, 9 pm, Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Kentucky vs Central Michigan (at Dayton), TVS, 7 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean
Indiana vs Oregon St (at Dayton), TVS, 9 pm, Merle Harmon, Joe Dean
* Louisville vs Cincinnati (at Las Cruces), TVS, 9 pm ??, ??
* Maryland vs Notre Dame (at Las Cruces), TVS, 11 pm ??, ??
UCLA vs Montana (at Portland), TVS, 10 pm, Dick Enberg, Dave Gambee
* Arizona St vs UNLV (at Portland), TVS, midnight, Connie Alexander, ??
Sat 3/22 (regional finals) - tripleheader
Syracuse vs Kansas St (at Providence), NBC, 12 pm, Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Kentucky vs Indiana (at Dayton), NBC, 2 PM (regional), Marv Albert, Jerry Lucas
Louisville vs Maryland (at Las Cruces), NBC, 2 PM (regional), Jay Randolph, Ross Porter
UCLA vs Arizona St (at Portland), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer
Sat 3/29 (Final Four)
Kentucky vs Syracuse (at San Diego), NBC, 3 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
UCLA vs Louisville (at San Diego), NBC, 5 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
Mon 3/31 (championship)
UCLA vs Kentucky (at San Diego), NBC, 9 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Jim Simpson, Jerry Lucas
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
- NBC expanded the regional finals coverage to present a tripleheader with regionalized coverage in the middle time slot.
- NBC used Tim Ryan and Norm Sloan in the studio on 3/15.
- NBC used Tim Ryan and Al McGuire in the studio on 3/22.
- This was the first year Billy Packer worked the Final Four.
NIT
Sat 3/22 - semifinals
Providence vs St John's (at New York), CBS, 2 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
Princeton vs Oregon (at New York), CBS, 4 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
Sun 3/23 - championship
Princeton vs Providence (at New York), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill
- CBS did not cover any games on the first weekend, but carried the semis and finals. The 3/22 doubleheader went head-to-head with the NCAA regional finals.
NCIT
Sun 3/16 - final
Drake vs Arizona (at Louisville), CBS, 1 pm, Don Criqui, Sonny Hill [3]
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