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''Saturday Primetime'', officially ''Saturday Primetime presented by
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'', is an American television program that appears on
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during the
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regular season. The game is played at the site of '' College GameDay'' every Saturday evening. The previous sponsor of ''Saturday Primetime'' was
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, (and before that it was
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).


History

On March 4, 2006, the one year anniversary of
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, ''Saturday Primetime'' was seen on six different stations on the ESPN Family of Networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU,
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, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD. This was as part of the premiere of ESPNU's '' Full Circle'' series. On ESPN2 it was seen from the above the rim cam, on ESPNU it was seen on the Cameron Crazies Cam, on ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD it was seen in its normal high definition and on ESPN and ESPN 360 it was seen regularly.


On-air staff

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Dan Shulman Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN. Shulman serves as a play-by-play announcer for select Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet and during 2018 and 2020 he hosted the baseball-the ...
: (play-by-play, 2007–present) *
Jay Bilas Jay Scot Bilas (born December 24, 1963) is an American college basketball analyst who currently works for ESPN. Bilas is a former professional basketball player and coach who played for and served as an assistant under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke Uni ...
: (analyst, 2014–present) *
Holly Rowe Holly Rowe (born June 16, 1966) is an American sports telecaster currently working for the sports television network ESPN. Rowe is best known as a sideline reporter for college football games which are telecast on ESPN. Rowe made Utah Jazz team ...
: (sideline reporter, 2020–present)


See also

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List of games televised on ESPN Saturday Primetime This is a list of college basketball games televised on ESPN's ''Saturday Primetime ''Saturday Primetime'', officially ''Saturday Primetime presented by H&R Block'', is an American television program that appears on ESPN during the college baske ...
* '' College GameDay'' * ''
Big Monday ''Big Monday'' is a presentation of Division I college basketball on ESPN. History Since debuting on January 5, 1987, it has broadcast games from numerous conferences, including: the Big East, which had been a ''Big Monday'' staple from 1987 unti ...
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Super Tuesday Super Tuesday is the United States presidential primary election day in February or March when the greatest number of U.S. states hold primary elections and caucuses. Approximately one-third of all delegates to the presidential nominating co ...
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Wednesday Night Hoops ''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 c ...
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Thursday Night Showcase ''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 c ...
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ESPN College Basketball broadcast teams The ESPN men's college basketball broadcast teams are listed in the table below. These are weekly regular-season pairings for men's ''College Basketball on ESPN'', including games broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2. 2022–23 2021–22 2020–21 ...


References

*2007 ''GameDay/Saturday Primetime'' lineu


External links


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