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The NCAA on CBS is the branding used for NCAA college football, college basketball, college baseball, college softball and college lacrosse on CBS and CBS Sports Network.
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The NCAA on CBS is the branding used for NCAA college football, college basketball, college baseball, college softball and college lacrosse on CBS and CBS Sports Network.
CBS has been televising college football games since it launched a sports division. CBS currently airs college football coverage from the Navy Midshipmen (since 2005), [1] Mountain West (since 2006), [2] Army Black Knights (since 2009), [3] Mid-American Conference (since 2015), [4] Conference USA (since 2018), [5] Connecticut Huskies (since 2020), [6] Northeast Conference (since 2023), [7] and Big Ten (since 2023). [8] CBS also has the rights to the Sun Bowl (since 1968), [9] and the Army–Navy Game (since 1996). [10] The network is well-known for its longstanding coverage of SEC football, which lasted from 1996 through the 2023 season. [11] [12]
CBS also holds the rights to the Conference USA Football Championship Game (airing on CBSSN) and SEC Championship Game (airing on CBS).
While all Big Ten on CBS games air on CBS, only select Mountain West games (especially those involving San Diego State, Boise State, and Air Force), select Army games and select Navy games air on CBS, all other games either air on CBS Sports Network or Facebook.
The Army-Navy game and the Sun Bowl always air on CBS.
CBS has been televising college basketball since 1966. CBS currently airs college basketball coverage from the American Athletic Conference (since 2013), [13] Atlantic 10 Conference (since 2013), [14] Big 12 Conference (since 2012), [15] Big East Conference (since 2013), [16] Big Ten Conference (since 1991), [17] Conference USA (since 2018), [5] Colonial Athletic Association (since 2017), [18] Mid-American Conference (since 2015), [4] Missouri Valley Conference (since 2005), [19] Mountain West Conference (since 2006), [2] Pac-12 Conference (since 2012), [15] Patriot League (since 2002), [20] SEC (since 1996), [21] Southern Conference (since 2021), [22] and West Coast Conference (since 2019). [23] CBS also holds the rights to the CBS Sports Classic (since 2014), [24] and the partial rights to March Madness (since 1982). [25]
The CBS produced American Conference, Big 12, Big Ten, and Pac-12 basketball games all air on CBS, select Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West Conference and Big East games also air on CBS. All other CBS produced college basketball games air on CBS Sports Network or Facebook.
The Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament championship, Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament, Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament championship, and Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament championship air on CBS. The Conference USA men's basketball tournament championship and Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament championship air on CBS Sports Network.
CBS shares the rights to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with Turner Sports. CBS airs the Final Four and national championship games every other year.
CBS Sports has aired college hockey since 2002. Currently, CBS Sports Network airs college hockey from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (since 2012). [26]
CBS Sports has aired college baseball since 1988. CBS Sports Network currently airs college baseball from the Patriot League [27] and Conference USA. [28]
CBS Sports Network currently airs college softball from Conference USA. [29]
CBS Sports Network currently airs college lacrosse from the Patriot League. [27]
The Big Ten Conference is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities, which accounts for its name. On August 2, 2024, the conference will expand to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. As of July 2024, it consists of 12 full-member universities in the states of Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its sixteen members include the flagship public universities of twelve states, three additional public land-grant universities, and one private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in sports competitions; for football it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A.
The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate football in the nation, and are considered the most elite conferences within that tier. The Power Five conferences have provided nearly all of the participants in the College Football Playoff since its inception, and generally have larger revenue, budgets, and television viewership than other college athletic programs.
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ESPN Events is an American multinational sporting event promoter owned by ESPN Inc. It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and shares its operations with SEC Network and formerly with ESPNU. The corporation organizes sporting events for broadcast across the ESPN family of networks, including, most prominently, a group of college football bowl games and in-season college basketball tournaments.
Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, and other content focusing on the conference's member schools. It is a joint venture between Fox Sports and the Big Ten, with Fox Corporation as 61% stakeholder and operating partner, and the Big Ten Conference owning a 39% stake. It is headquartered in the former Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House building at 600 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago.
College Football on CBS Sports is the blanket title used for broadcasts of college football games that are produced by CBS Sports, for CBS and CBS Sports Network.
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Men's college basketball on television includes the broadcasting of college basketball games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories. Within the United States, the college version of basketball annually garners high television ratings.
College Basketball on NBC Sports is the de facto branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I men's college basketball games produced by NBC Sports, the sports division of the NBC television network in the United States. The NBC network broadcast college basketball games in some shape or form between 1969 and 1998. From 1969 to 1981, NBC covered the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It became the first major network to broadcast the championship game, at a cost of more than US$500,000 in 1969.
In the United States, sports are televised on various broadcast networks, national and specialty sports cable channels, and regional sports networks. U.S. sports rights are estimated to be worth a total of $22.42 billion in 2019, about 44 percent of the total worldwide sports media market. U.S. networks are willing to pay a significant amount of money for television sports contracts because it attracts large amounts of viewership; live sport broadcasts accounted for 44 of the 50 list of most watched television broadcasts in the United States in 2016.
ABC first began broadcasting regular season college football games in 1950, and has aired games of the now-National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) annually since 1966. After the ABC Sports division was merged into ESPN Inc. by parent company Disney in 2006, broadcasts have since been produced by ESPN, and have primarily used the ESPN College Football branding and graphics instead of the College Football on ABC branding.
College Basketball on CBS Sports is the branding used for broadcasts of men's NCAA Division I basketball games that are produced by CBS Sports, for CBS, CBSSN, and Facebook.
Championship Week is ESPN's annual college basketball showcase of conference tournament games in the United States, which decide NCAA bids in early-to-mid-March. It typically lasts a little under 2 weeks, before basketball post-season play begins. The minor and mid-major conferences typically begin Championship Week and it ends on Selection Sunday with the brackets being unveiled. Over the years, more games have been added with the expansion of ESPN's numerous multicast channels.
ESPN College Basketball is a blanket title used for presentations of college basketball on ESPN and its family of networks. Its coverage focuses primarily on competition in NCAA Division I, holding broadcast rights to games from each major conference, and a number of mid-major conferences.
Fox College Football is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football games produced by Fox Sports, and broadcast primarily by Fox, FS1, and FS2.
ABC first broadcast selected college basketball games of the now-NCAA Division I during the 1960s and 1970s, before it began televising them on a regular basis on January 18, 1987, with a game between the LSU Tigers and Kentucky Wildcats). As CBS and NBC were also broadcasting college games at the time, this put the sport on all three major broadcast television networks.
Fox College Hoops is the branding used for Fox Sports broadcasts of college basketball for Fox, FS1 and FS2. Formally college basketball telecasts have also been carried by the Fox Sports Networks (FSN) and FX in the past, the Fox College Hoops branding was introduced in 1994.
March 29, 1982 In CBS Sports' first-ever broadcast of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, University of North Carolina, with freshman Michael Jordan, beats Georgetown for the NCAA crown. CBS Sports wins the Outstanding Live Sports Special Emmy Award for its coverage.