1976-77 College Basketball Season
Originally written by Jeff Haggar
Regular Season
Sun 1/2/77, #1 Michigan @ South Carolina, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Stockton, Billy Packer
Sun 1/2/77, Houston @ #8 UCLA, NBC, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, John Wooden
Sat 1/8/77, Rutgers @ Connecticut, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
* Sat 1/8/77, Purdue @ Ohio St, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/8/77, Missouri @ Kansas, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 1/8/77, Appalachian St @ William & Mary, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/8/77, Stanford @ Washington, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/8/77, New Mexico St @ Wichita St, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/8/77, #3 Kentucky @ Vanderbilt, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sun 1/9/77, NC State @ #15 Maryland, NBC, 12:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
* Sat 1/15/77, Tulane @ Penn, NBC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/15/77, Central Michigan @ Miami (OH), NBC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/15/77, Nebraska @ Iowa St, NBC, 1 pm (regional), Bob Barry, Gary Thompson
* Sat 1/15/77, Furman @ The Citadel, NBC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/15/77, West Texas A&M @ Tulsa, NBC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/15/77, Vanderbilt @ Florida, NBC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/15/77, Hawaii @ Providence, NBC, 3 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 1/15/77, Iowa @ Illinois, NBC, 3 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
Sat 1/15/77, Kansas @ Oklahoma, NBC, 3 pm (regional), Fred White, Bob Boozer
Sat 1/15/77, USC @ California, NBC, 3 pm (regional), Monte Moore, Tom Hawkins
Sat 1/15/77, #10 Arizona @ UTEP, NBC, 3 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
Sat 1/15/77, #4 Alabama @ Mississippi State, NBC, 3 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 1/15/77, Texas Tech @ Texas, NBC, 3 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/15/77, Washington @ Oregon St, NBC, 6:30 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Steve Grad
Sun 1/16/77, #19 Notre Dame @ #11 Marquette, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 1/22/77, Utah @ Arizona St, NBC,, 4 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
* Sat 1/22/77, Mississippi St @ Georgia, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/22/77, Houston @ Texas A&M, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/22/77, Davidson @ South Carolina, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/22/77, Colorado @ Oklahoma, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/22/77, Northwestern @ Iowa, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
* Sat 1/22/77, Princeton @ St. John’s, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/22/77, Oregon @ Oregon St, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Tom Hawkins
Sun 1/23/77, #10 UCLA @ Notre Dame, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 1/29/77, Oregon @ St. John’s, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 1/29/77, Michigan St @ Wisconsin, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
Sat 1/29/77, Oklahoma St @ Nebraska, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 1/29/77, UNCC @ Florida St, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/29/77, UTEP @ Utah, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 1/29/77, Auburn @ LSU, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 1/29/77, #15 Arkansas @ Baylor, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 1/29/77, Washington @ Washington St, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Tom Hawkins
Sun 1/30/77, #8 UCLA vs #7 Tennessee (at Atlanta), NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 2/5/77, Seton Hall @ Army, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 2/5/77, Northwestern @ #10 Minnesota, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
Sat 2/5/77, Oklahoma St @ Missouri, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/5/77, Notre Dame @ Davidson, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/5/77, Wyoming @ New Mexico, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, Bill Strannigan
Sat 2/5/77, #11 Tennessee @ Auburn, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/5/77, Rice @ Texas Tech, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/5/77, Washington St @ #2 UCLA, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Tom Hawkins
Sun 2/6/77, #15 Providence @ #9 Louisville, NBC, 1:30 pm (regional), Curt Gowdy, John Wooden
Sun 2/6/77, #6 Marquette @ #12 Cincinnati, NBC, 1:30 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 2/12/77, Ole Miss @ Georgia, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/12/77, BYU @ Colorado St, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 2/12/77, South Carolina @ Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/12/77, Kansas St @ Kansas, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), Fred White, Gary Thompson
Sat 2/12/77, Michigan St @ Ohio St, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
* Sat 2/12/77, Boston College @ Holy Cross, NBC, 2:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/12/77, Oregon St @ California, NBC, 6:30 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Tom Hawkins
Sun 2/13/77, #5 Michigan @ Indiana, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
* Sat 2/19/77, Arizona St @ BYU, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/19/77, #14 Tennessee @ #4 Alabama, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
* Sat 2/19/77, Georgia Tech @ South Carolina, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/19/77, Kansas St @ Missouri, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
Sat 2/19/77, Notre Dame @ West Virginia, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 2/19/77, #3 UCLA @ Oregon, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), Ross Porter, Tom Hawkins
Sun 2/20/77, #13 North Carolina @ Virginia, NBC, 1:30 pm (regional), Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer
Sun 2/20/77, Indiana @ Purdue, NBC, 1:30 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, John Wooden
* Sat 2/26/77, Buffalo @ UNCC, NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/26/77, #8 Alabama @ #2 Kentucky, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 2/26/77, Rutgers @ #15 Syracuse, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 2/26/77, Illinois @ #13 Minnesota, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
Sat 2/26/77, Nebraska @ Kansas (Big 8 qtr), NBC, 4 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
* Sat 2/26/77, The Citadel @ Furman (Southern qtr), NBC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 2/26/77, Wyoming @ Arizona NBC, 4 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, Bill Strannigan
* Sat 2/26/77, Stanford @ USC, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), ??, ??
Sun 2/27/77, #10 Louisville vs #9 North Carolina (at Charlotte), NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 3/5/77, #1 San Francisco @ Notre Dame, NBC, 12:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 3/5/77, #2 Kentucky @ #11 Tennessee, NBC, 4 pm (regional), John Ferguson, Joe Dean
Sat 3/5/77, #19 Marquette @ Creighton, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Tom Hedrick, Gary Thompson
Sat 3/5/77, Holy Cross vs #8 Providence (at Hartford - ECAC New England final), NBC, 4 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Bucky Waters
Sat 3/5/77, #3 Michigan @ Purdue, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
* Sat 3/5/77, #20 Utah @ BYU, NBC, 4 pm (regional), Connie Alexander, ??
Sat 3/5/77, #4 UCLA @ USC, NBC, 7 pm (west coast), Monte Moore, Tom Hawkins
Sun 3/6/77, #19 Marquette @ #3 Michigan, NBC, 1:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
- For this season, NBC moved the national games to Sundays, starting with a doubleheader on 1/2. NBC provided split-national coverage of two games each on 2/6 and 2/20.
- NBC added a Saturday game on the last weekend of the season to show undefeated San Francisco. That weekend, Packer called 3 ACC tournament games in Greensboro on Thu 3/3, both ACC semis the next night, then went to South Bend to call SF-ND on Sat aft, went back to Greensboro to call the ACC title game that same night, and then went to Ann Arbor to call Marq-Mich the next day.
NCAA Tournament
Sat 3/12 (first round) - doubleheader
Marquette vs Cincinnati (at Omaha), NBC, 2 pm (regional), Marv Albert, Gary Thompson
UCLA vs Louisville (at Pocatello), NBC, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
UNLV vs San Francisco (at Tucson), NBC, 6 pm (regional), Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
other NCAA Productions games
* Utah vs St John's (at Tucson), NCAAProd, 3:30 pm, ??, ??
* So Illinois vs Arizona (at Omaha), NCAAProd, 4:30 pm, ??, ??
* Idaho St vs Long Beach St (at Pocatello), NCAAProd, 6:30 pm, ??, ??
VMI vs Duquesne (at Raleigh), NCAAProd, 7 pm, Jim Thacker, Bones McKinney
Wake Forest vs Arkansas (at Norman), NCAAProd, 7 pm, Jay Randolph, Frank Fallon
* Kentucky vs Princeton (at Philadelphia), NCAAProd, 7 pm, ??, ??
North Carolina vs Purdue (at Raleigh), NCAAProd, 9:30 pm, Jim Thacker, Bones McKinney
Kansas St vs Providence (at Norman), NCAAProd, 9:30 pm, Jay Randolph, Frank Fallon
* Notre Dame vs Hofstra (at Philadelphia), NCAAProd, 9:30 pm, ??, ??
Sun 3/13 (first round) - doubleheader
Michigan vs Holy Cross (at Bloomington), NBC, 1:30 pm, Curt Gowdy, John Wooden
Syracuse vs Tennessee (at Baton Rouge), NBC, 3:30 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
other NCAA Productions games
* Detroit vs Middle Tenn St (at Baton Rouge), NCAAProd, 1 pm, ??, ??
UNC Charlotte vs Central Mich (at Bloomington), NCAAProd, 4 pm, Merle Harmon, Fred Taylor
Thu 3/17 (regional semifinals) - one game (regionalized)
North Carolina vs Notre Dame (at College Park), NBC, 8 pm (regional), Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Michigan vs Detroit (at Lexington), NBC, 8 pm (regional), Curt Gowdy, John Wooden
Marquette vs Kansas St (at Oklahoma City), NBC, 8 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
UNLV vs Utah (at Provo), NBC, 8:30 pm (regional - mountain zone), Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Idaho St vs UCLA (at Provo), NBC, 11 pm (regional - west coast only), Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
other NCAA Productions games
* Kentucky vs VMI (at College Park), NCAAProd, 6 pm, ??, ??
* UNC Charlotte vs Syracuse (at Lexington), NCAAProd, 6 pm, ??, ??
* Wake Forest vs So Illinois (at Oklahoma City), NCAAProd, 10 pm, ??, ??
Sat 3/19 (regional finals) - tripleheader
North Carolina vs Kentucky (at College Park), NBC, 12 pm, Curt Gowdy, John Wooden
UNC Charlotte vs Michigan (at Lexington), NBC, 2 pm (regional), Jim Simpson, Tom Hawkins
Marquette vs Wake Forest (at Oklahoma City), NBC, 2 pm (regional), Jay Randolph, Gary Thompson
UNLV vs Idaho St (at Provo), NBC, 4 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer
Sat 3/26 (Final Four)
Marquette vs UNC Charlotte (at Atlanta), NBC, 2 pm, Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, Curt Gowdy
North Carolina vs UNLV (at Atlanta), NBC, 4 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Dick Enberg
Mon 3/28 (consolation/championship)
UNLV vs UNC Charlotte (at Atlanta), NCAAProd, 5:30 pm, Jim Thacker, Bones McKinney
Marquette vs North Carolina (at Atlanta), NBC, 8 pm, Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer, Dick Enberg
* any help on missing announcers appreciated
- NBC added first round Sunday coverage.
- For the first (and only) time, NBC aired a prime time regional semifinal game in 1977. (Side note: The Detroit coach was Dick Vitale.)
- NBC used a similar announcer pattern on the Final Four as in 1976, except this time NBC used all three on the title game. ESPN Classic re-aired both Marquette Final Four games during an Al McGuire tribute several years ago.
- NCAA Productions covered all games not televised by NBC.
NIT
* Sun 3/20/77, St Bonaventure vs Houston (at New York - final), Mizlou, 1 pm, Marv Albert, ??