NCAA Productions is the official film and television

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for the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

(NCAA).

History

Football

It was founded by Dick Snider as NCAA Films. One of the earliest programs to be produced was the television show ''College Football'', the first Sunday morning show to nationally broadcast college football highlights. From 1946 to 1970, '' Look'' published the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Team. After ''Look'' folded, the FWAA started a long association with NCAA Films, which produced a 30-minute television show and sold it to sponsors.

Basketball

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, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament expanded to add Thursday-Friday first round games. Those games were done by NCAA Productions, who also did the regional semifinals in prior years. By the

1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 tea ...

(with four games being played at each first round site), NCAA Productions (who produced college basketball telecasts for

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) typically sent two announcer crews to each site to call two games each. During much of the 1980s, NCAA Productions televised and/or produced all tournament games which

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did not carry. As previously mentioned, while ESPN provided a national audience for selected NCAA Productions (and sometimes, tape delayed) games, live telecasts were made available (via

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) to local

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s in the participating markets.

Commentators

Dan Bonner Dan Bonner is an analyst and color commentator covering NCAA men's basketball and the NBA. He previously played basketball at the University of Virginia and coached the UVa women's team for two seasons. He also coached girls' basketball and soccer ...

– He serves as an analyst for regular-season college basketball games for

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(1987–2001) and

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and has called

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games for

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since 1983. Bonner also filled that role for

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

Productions' broadcasts of tournament games from 1985 through 1990. * Mike Mayock – Mayock has experience covering college football for Prime Network, NCAA Productions, Prime Sports Radio and the Big East Conference.

References

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