College GameNight
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. This article has been tagged since January 2007. |
| College GameNight | |
|---|---|
| Genre | college basketball |
| Starring | various personalities (see below) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ESPN and ESPN2 (2006-) |
| Original run | 2006 – Present |
College GameNight is a twenty minute highlights and college basketball analysis show that airs on ESPN during The Trifecta at 12am ET and 12pm ET. College GameNight is similar to other shows on ESPN such as Baseball Tonight, NBA Fastbreak and NFL Live. It airs Monday through Saturday during the college basketball season. They deliver scores, highlights, news and analysis from the night's action in college sports. The show is also always broadcast on ESPN HD.
The regular hosts that appear on the show are Digger Phelps, Stacey Dales, and Rece Davis Wednesday and Thursday. Also Scott Reiss, on occasion, will also serve as host. Normal analysts are Tom Brennan and Doug Gottlieb Friday and Saturday, Digger Phelps and Len Elmore on Monday, Jay Bilas and Rick Majerus on Tuesday and Fran Fraschilla and Hubert Davis on Thursday. Steve Lavin, former UCLA head coach, also sometimes appears on the show.
Contents |
[edit] Midnight Madness
On January 6, 2007, the Saturday edition of the show was retitled as Midnight Madness. Like its aforementioned weeknight companion, Midnight Madness also features scores, highlights, news, and analysis from Saturday's action. In addition, Midnight Madness recaps the week that was in college basketball.
[edit] Personalities
- Jay Bilas- analyst
- Tom Brennan- analyst
- Hubert Davis- analyst
- Rece Davis- host
- Len Elmore- analyst
- Fran Fraschilla- analyst
- Doug Gottlieb- analyst
- Steve Lavin- analyst
- Rick Majerus- analyst
- Digger Phelps- analyst
- Scott Reiss- host
- Dave Revsine- host
[edit] Segments
- Highlights is the part when they run down all of the biggest games of the day in college basketball from the top 25 to the rivalries and is usually the longest segment.
- Pontiac Game Changing Performance is the part of the show when all the analyst tell who they thought had the biggest game changing performance.
- Gym Gems the greatest plays in the days college basketball games, similar to Baseball Tonight's Web Gems.
- Final Thoughts is when both analyst deliver a monologue about their overall thoughts about the days games or events from around the country, similar in concept to College Football Final.
[edit] See also
- Big Monday
- Super Tuesday
- ACC Wednesday
- Throwdown Thursday
- Saturday Primetime
- ESPN College Basketball Broadcast Teams
