College GameDay (basketball)

College GameDay
College Gameday Crew visiting Knoxville, TN
Format	College Basketball
Starring	Rece Davis Digger Phelps Jay Bilas Hubert Davis Bob Knight
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Original run	January 22, 2005 (2005-01-22) – 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 Saturdays in the college basketball season 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. This program has also appeared at the site of the Final Four. The first two years of the show, it went to seven sites in seven weeks, but starting in 2007, it has been expanded to eight sites in eight weeks. The official name of the show is College GameDay Driven by State Farm.

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 since 2007, Hubert Davis has been on the team on the set with Dick Vitale contributing. In 2008 during Championship Week, Bob Knight joined the cast, where he remains to this day. 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.

College GameDay is broadcast live twice, both for one hour from 11am-noon ET and from 8-9pm ET, respectively. The series began its 6th season on January 16, 2010 from Storrs, Connecticut, where, for the first time ever, it was on site for a women's college basketball game.

When College GameDay tipped off its 7th season on January 15, 2011, the show expanded to two hours, with the first hour airing on ESPNU, followed by the second hour on ESPN. The first game of the 2011 schedule marked the first time the show has originated from a site that has featured a men’s and women’s game played in the same day.

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 on the concourse; at Gonzaga, Florida, and Marquette, they were on the court; and at Duke, they were in Krzyzewskiville, the tent village outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. It is also worth noting that in recent years (except for the Final Four), the morning airings of this program have taken place on the court.

Through the end of the 2009-2010 basketball & football seasons, 17 schools (Boston College, Clemson, Florida, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, and Wisconsin) have hosted College GameDay for both basketball and football events. On January 22, 2011, Purdue became the 18th school to reach that mark, having hosted for football in 2004. On February 26, 2011, Virginia Tech will also be added to the list as they hosted for football in 2007.

Starting with the fourth season (2008), the basketball version of GameDay is broadcast in high-definition on ESPN HD.

On January 16, 2010, the 6th season premiere of College GameDay, the show was broadcast live from the site of a women's college basketball game for the first time ever as it made an appearance at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The show covered the women's college basketball game between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Connecticut Huskies.

Personalities

Current

• Rece Davis: (Host, 2005–present)
• Digger Phelps: (Analyst, 2005–present)
• Jay Bilas: (Analyst, 2005–present)
• Hubert Davis: (Analyst, 2007–present)
• Bob Knight: (Analyst, 2008–present)
• Andy Katz: (Reporter, 2005–present)

Former

• Chris Fowler: (Host, 2005)

Locations

2005

• Jan. 22 - #17 Pittsburgh Panthers at #13 UConn Huskies
• Jan. 29 - #16 Texas Longhorns at #6 Kansas Jayhawks
• Feb. 5 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #8 Syracuse Orange
• Feb. 12 - #7 Duke Blue Devils at Maryland Terrapins
• Feb. 19 - Mississippi State Bulldogs at #5 Kentucky Wildcats
• Feb. 26 - #11 Louisville Cardinals at Memphis Tigers
• March 5 - Texas Longhorns at #8 Oklahoma State
• March 12 - ACC Tournament from Washington, DC

2006

• Jan. 21 - #3 UConn Huskies at #17 Louisville Cardinals
• Jan. 28 - #4 Texas Longhorns at #24 Oklahoma Sooners
• Feb. 4 - Kentucky Wildcats at #8 Florida Gators
• Feb. 11 - Stanford Cardinal at #5 Gonzaga Bulldogs
• Feb. 18 - Louisville Cardinals at Syracuse Orange
• Feb. 25 - #18 Kansas Jayhawks at #7 Texas Longhorns
• March 4 - #14 North Carolina Tar Heels at #1 Duke Blue Devils
• March 11 - Big 12 Tournament from Dallas, Texas

2007

• Jan. 6 - #18 Connecticut Huskies at #14 LSU Tigers
• Jan. 13 - Georgetown Hoyas at #10 Pittsburgh Panthers
• Jan. 20 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at #4 North Carolina Tar Heels
• Jan. 27 - Michigan State Spartans at #5 Ohio State Buckeyes
• Feb. 3 - #10 Texas A&M Aggies at #6 Kansas Jayhawks
• Feb. 10 - #1 Florida Gators at #18 Kentucky Wildcats: Held on Rupp Arena rooftop.
• Feb. 17 - #4 North Carolina Tar Heels at #21 Boston College Eagles
• Feb. 24 - Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan State Spartans
• March 3 - #12 Pittsburgh Panthers at #21 Marquette Golden Eagles
• March 10 - ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut: Championship Week
• March 31 - Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia
• April 2 - National Championship Game in Atlanta, Georgia

2008

• Jan. 19 - Kentucky Wildcats at Florida Gators^[1]
• Jan. 26 - Creighton Bluejays at Southern Illinois Salukis^[2]
• Feb. 2 - Arizona Wildcats at #5 UCLA Bruins^[3]
• Feb. 9 - #6 Georgetown Hoyas at Louisville Cardinals^[4]
• Feb. 16 - #9 Michigan State Spartans at #12 Indiana Hoosiers^[5]
• Feb. 23 - #2 Tennessee Volunteers^[6] at #1 Memphis Tigers^[7]
• March 1 - Kansas State Wildcats at #7 Kansas Jayhawks^[8]
• March 8 - #1 North Carolina Tar Heels at #5 Duke Blue Devils^[9]
• April 5 - Final Four in San Antonio, Texas
• April 7 - National Championship Game in San Antonio, Texas

2009

^[10]

• Jan. 17 - Miami Hurricanes at #6 North Carolina Tar Heels
• Jan. 24 - #3 Connecticut Huskies at #19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• Jan. 31 - Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers
• Feb. 7 - #15 Memphis Tigers at #18 Gonzaga Bulldogs
• Feb. 14 - Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers
• Feb. 21 - #2 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns
• Feb. 28 - #19 UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears
• March 7 - #6 Louisville Cardinals at West Virginia Mountaineers

2010

^[11]

• Jan. 16 - #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #1 Connecticut Huskies (Women's)
• Jan. 23 - #7 Duke Blue Devils at #17 Clemson Tigers
• Jan. 30 - #2 Kansas Jayhawks at #11 Kansas State Wildcats (8,159-Beat Previous "GameDay" show record-subsequently beat by Kentucky Wildcats)
• Feb. 6 - #5 Michigan State Spartans at Illinois Fighting Illini
• Feb. 13 - #12 Tennessee Volunteers at #2 Kentucky Wildcats (22,144-Largest Attendance at a "GameDay" morning show)
• Feb. 20 - UCLA Bruins at Washington Huskies
• Feb. 27 - #7 Villanova Wildcats at #4 Syracuse Orange (34,616 - Largest crowd ever for GameDay Game)
• Mar. 6 - North Carolina Tar Heels at #4 Duke Blue Devils

2011

^[12]

• °Jan. 15 - Vanderbilt Commodores at Tennessee Volunteers (Men's) (12pm Eastern)
• °Jan. 15 - Vanderbilt Commodores at Tennessee Lady Volunteers (Women's) (8pm Eastern)
• Jan. 22 - #18 Michigan State Spartans at #13 Purdue Boilermakers
• Jan. 29 - Kansas State Wildcats at #6 Kansas Jayhawks
• Feb. 5 - #11 Kentucky Wildcats at #23 Florida Gators
• Feb. 12 - #4 Pittsburgh Panthers at #10 Villanova Wildcats
• Feb. 19 - Illinois Fighting Illini at Michigan State Spartans
• Feb. 26 - #1 Duke Blue Devils at Virginia Tech Hokies
• Mar. 5 - Texas Longhorns at Baylor Bears

°For this game ESPN will televise the first hour and ESPNU continuing coverage at 11 a.m. ESPN will televise the evening edition each week.

2012

• °Jan. 14 - North Carolina Tar Heels at Florida State Seminoles
• Jan. 21 - Louisville Cardinals at Pittsburgh Panthers
• Jan. 28 - Washington Huskies at Arizona Wildcats
• Feb. 4 - Kansas Jayhawks at Missouri Tigers
• Feb. 11 - Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores
• Feb. 19 - Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Wolverines
• Feb. 25 - Syracuse Orange at Connecticut Huskies^[13]
• Mar. 3 - ^ TBA - Site to be announced on Feb. 25

°ESPN will televise the first hour and ESPNU will continue coverage at 11 a.m.
^North Carolina Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils or Texas Longhorns at Kansas Jayhawks

Appearances by school

Through the 2011-12 Season

School	Appearances	Hosted
Arizona	2	1
Boston College	1	1
Baylor	1	1
California	1	1
Clemson	1	1
Connecticut (Women's)	1	1
Connecticut (Men's)	5	2
Creighton	1	0
Duke	6	3
Florida	5	3
Florida State	1	1
Georgetown	2	0
Georgia Tech	1	0
Gonzaga	2	2
Illinois	2	1
Indiana	2	1
Kansas	7	4
Kansas State	3	1
Kentucky	7	3
Louisville	6	2
LSU	1	1
Marquette	1	1
Maryland	1	1
Memphis	3	2
Miami (FL)	1	0
Michigan	1	1
Michigan State	6	2
Missouri	1	1
Mississippi State	1	0
North Carolina	5	2
Notre Dame (Men's)	2	1
Notre Dame (Women's)	1	0
Ohio State	3	1
Oklahoma	2	1
Oklahoma State	1	1
Pittsburgh	5	2
Purdue	1	1
Southern Illinois	1	1
Stanford	1	0
Syracuse	4	3
Tennessee	4	2
Tennessee (Women's)	1	1
Texas A&M	1	0
Texas	6	2
UCLA	3	1
Vanderbilt	2	1
Vanderbilt (Women's)	1	0
Virginia Tech	1	1
Villanova	2	1
Washington	2	1
West Virginia	1	1
Wisconsin	1	1

See also

• Big Monday
• Super Tuesday
• Wednesday Night Hoops
• Thursday Night Showcase
• Saturday Primetime
• List of games televised on ESPN Saturday Primetime
• Championship Week

References

1. ^ ukathletics.com - University of Kentucky Men's Basketball Schedule
2. ^ SIU slated to host College GameDay - Campus
3. ^ UCLA Bruins - Men's Basketball
4. ^ Men's Basketball Schedule Announced: Every BIG EAST Game To Be On Television - BIG EAST Conference Athletics
5. ^ Indiana University - Men's Basketball
6. ^ University of Tennessee - Men's Basketball
7. ^ Men's Basketball - Memphis Tigers :: The Official Athletic Site
8. ^ K-State announces men's hoops slate - Kansas State University Wildcats Official Athletics Site
9. ^ University of North Carolina - Official Athletic Site
10. ^ College GameDay and Saturday Primetime 2009 Schedule
11. ^ College GameDay and Saturday Primetime 2010 Schedule
12. ^ College GameDay and Saturday Primetime 2011 Schedule
13. ^ 2012 College GameDay and Saturday Primetime Basketball Schedule Set

External links

• College GameDay-Basketball at ESPN.tv
• Official Press Release on ESPN Media Zone for 2008 season
• [1] Behind the scenes with GameDay at Marquette (OnMilwaukee.com)