Thursday Night Showcase

Thursday Night Showcase 1970

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Thursday Night Showcase appears every Thursday with the biggest games in college basketball in primetime during the regular season on ESPN and ESPN2. The official name is Thursday Night Showcase presented by T. Rowe Price. The games include, on ESPN, an ACC battle at 7pm ET with Dave O'Brien doing play- by- play and Doris Burke as color commentator. ESPN's 9pm ET game features the Big Ten with Joe Tessitore and Sean Farnham on the call. On ESPN2, a Big East game, shown at 7 p.m. or 9 p.m., is called by John Saunders with various analysts. In the other slot, ESPN2 offers a game from the Pac-12 conference with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton calling that game. A game from the SEC with Rece Davis and Bob Knight calling that game. And, a WCC game with Dave Flemming calling play-by-play with various analysts. The studio host is Karl Ravech along with analysis from Dan Dakich. They deliver the half time report, post game report and live in-game updates. The gang also appears on College GameNight later that night. Some of these games and all of the in-studio reports are produced in high definition for ESPNHD and ESPN2HD. Thursday Night Showcase is similar to Big Monday, Super Tuesday and Wednesday Night Hoops.

1970

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday 1970

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Super Tuesday appears on ESPN and ESPN2 every Tuesday in prime time with the biggest regular-season games in college basketball. The show, is similar to Big Monday, Thursday Night Showcase and Wednesday Night Hoops. All of these games, including the in-studio reports, are broadcast on both ESPNHD and ESPN2HD. On ESPN the games include a Southeastern Conference matchup at 9pm ET with Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes, preceded by a Big Ten matchup at 7pm ET with Mike Tirico providing play-by-play and analysis by Dan Dakich . Samantha Ponder is usually the sideline reporter for the Tirico/Dakich team while Shannon Spake fulfills the role for the Nessler/Dykes team. ESPN2 usually carries a game between two teams from either major or mid-major conferences with various announcers. The in-studio host is Rece Davis, who works alongside ESPN analysts Fran Fraschilla and Jay Williams. They deliver the half-time and post-game reports, along with live in-game updates, and also appear on College GameNight later that night.

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