College GameDay (basketball)
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| Genre | college basketball |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Starring | Rece Davis, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | ESPN (2005-) |
| Original run | January 22, 2005–Present |
College GameDay is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and is a spin-off of the successful college football version. Since debuting on January 22, 2005, it airs on ESPN every Saturday at 11am ET and 8pm ET at a different game site each week. One difference between the two versions is that the college basketball version always appears at the ESPN Saturday Primetime game location, which is the ESPN college basketball game of the week and appears at 9pm ET Saturdays on ESPN. The first two years of the show, it went to seven sites in seven weeks, but starting in 2007, it will expand to eight sites in eight weeks. The official name of the show is College GameDay Fueled by Diet Mountain Dew.
In 2005, the host of the show the first four weeks was Rece Davis, but then the last four weeks Chris Fowler hosted the show, but since 2006, Rece Davis has been the exclusive host of the show. Since the show debuted, Davis has been joined by Digger Phelps,Jay Bilas and beginning in 2007, Hubert Davis will join the team on the set with Dick Vitale contibuting. Andy Katz has also served as a feature reporter giving up to the minute news and reports. Saturday Primetime is called by Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale along with Erin Andrews as sideline reporter.
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[edit] History
- The program has appeared in many different spots throughout each basketball arena. At Kansas, they were in the program's museum, at Kentucky, they were at the entrance of the arena, at UConn, they were in the stands, at Gonzaga, they were on the court and at Florida, they were outside the arena.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Present
- Jay Bilas: (Analyst, 2005-present)
- Hubert Davis: (Analyst, 2007-present)
- Rece Davis: (Host, 2005-present)
- Andy Katz: (Contributor, 2005-present)
- Digger Phelps: (Analyst, 2005-present)
- Dick Vitale: (Contributor, 2005-present)
[edit] Former
- Chris Fowler: (Host, 2005)
[edit] Locations
[edit] 2005
- Jan. 22 - Pittsburgh Panthers at UConn Huskies
- Jan. 29 - Texas Longhorns at Kansas Jayhawks
- Feb. 5 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Syracuse Orange
- Feb. 12 - Duke Blue Devils at Maryland Terrapins
- Feb. 19 - Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kentucky Wildcats
- Feb. 26 - Louisville Cardinals at Memphis Tigers
- March 5 - Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma State Cowboys
[edit] 2006
- Jan. 21 - UConn Huskies at Louisville Cardinals
- Jan. 28 - Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners
- Feb. 4 - Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators
- Feb. 11 - Stanford Cardinal at Gonzaga Bulldogs
- Feb. 18 - Louisville Cardinals at Syracuse Orange
- Feb. 25 - Kansas Jayhawks at Texas Longhorns
- March 4 - North Carolina Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils
[edit] 2007
- Jan. 6 - Connecticut Huskies at LSU Tigers
- Jan. 13 - Georgetown Hoyas at Pittsburgh Panthers
- Jan. 20 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at North Carolina Tar Heels
- Jan. 27 - Michigan State Spartans at Ohio State Buckeyes
- Feb. 3 - Texas A&M Aggies at Kansas Jayhawks
- Feb. 10 - Florida Gators at Kentucky Wildcats
- Feb. 17 - North Carolina Tar Heels at Boston College Eagles
- Feb. 24 - Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan State Spartans
- March 3 - Pittsburgh Panthers at Marquette Golden Eagles
[edit] Segments
- Predictions: A quick series of predictions by Bilas and Phelps, picking the winners of the day's matchups involving top-25 teams.
- Vitale Signs: Dick Vitale will present "Vitale Signs" - an in-depth analysis of the vital plays in the matchup. The segment will also include Vitale's take on key issues, matchups and news in the sport.
- Power Rankings: Bilas, Phelps and Katz will rank their top-five college basketball teams at the completion of the day's action, preceding the Sunday morning release of the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
- Spirit Meter: This segment, which was taken from the basketball version of College GameDay, looks to see how loud the crowd behind them really is. In its short existence on the basketball version, the loudest so far has been at University of Kentucky on February 10, 2005.
- Bracketology: Joe Lunardi will wrap up the impact of the week's basketball action with a look at who's in or out in the NCAA Tournament field of 65.
- Gym Gems: This segment features the best highlights from the day in men’s hoops (midnight).
[edit] See also
- College GameNight
- Big Monday
- Super Tuesday
- ACC Wednesday
- Throwdown Thursday
- Saturday Primetime
- List of games televised on ESPN Saturday Primetime
[edit] References
- Press Release: NEW BASKETBALL VERSION OF COLLEGE GAMEDAY AND PRIMETIME GAME-OF-THE-WEEK TO DEBUT JAN. 22 ON ESPN
- Press Release: ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY -BASKETBALL SERIES - PREMIERES SATURDAY, JAN. 22
- Press Release: ESPN'S COLLEGE GAMEDAY AND SATURDAY PRIMETIME TO BEGIN SATURDAY IN LOUISVILLE
- Press Release: ESPN College Basketball GameDay Coming to PMAC
