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Wednesday Night Hoops |
| Format |
College basketball |
| Country of origin |
United States |
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Production |
| Running time |
120 minutes |
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Broadcast |
| Original channel |
ESPN |
| Original run |
2003 (2003) – present |
Wednesday Night Hoops appears every
Wednesday with the biggest college basketball games in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East
Conference, and Big 12 Conference in primetime during
the regular season on ESPN. The
official name is Wednesday Night Hoops presented by Disney
Parks. Wednesday Night Hoops is similar to Thursday Night Showcase,
Super Tuesday and Big Monday, but
unlike the others, Wednesday Night Hoops only has one game
on ESPN due to an NBA game as part of
NBA
Wednesday immediately following the game, although on
occasion the NBA Wednesday game will be preempted as there will be
a Wednesday Night Hoops doubleheader.
The ACC game of the week usually starts at 7 p.m. ET with
play-by-play commentator Mike Patrick and analyst Dick Vitale announcing
the game. On occasion Len
Elmore or Jay Bilas
serves as game analyst in place of Vitale. At 7 p.m. on ESPN2,
Either Dave Pasch or Dave O'Brien calls the Big East game with Len
Elmore or Doris Burke as analyst. The Big 12 game, shown at 9 p.m.,
is called by Ron
Franklin, with either Fran Fraschilla or Hubert Davis. For
major games, the ACC telecast often moves to 9 p.m., particularly
if ESPN is not carrying an NBA game that night. In that case, the
Big East game moves to ESPN.
Studio
hosts and analysts
The studio host is usually either Scott Reiss or Karl Ravech along with analysts Steve Lavin and Jimmy Dykes. They also appear on
College GameNight later that night. Both the game and
in-studio reports are presented in high definition on ESPN HD and
ESPN2HD.
Blackouts
In the Southern United States and parts
of New England, ACC
Wednesday Night Hoops games are often blacked out due to ACC coverage
provided on local television stations by Raycom Media. ESPN sublicenses the rights
to ACC games from Raycom, which retains exclusive in-market rights
to a certain number of regular season games and the entire
conference tournament.
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