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#TBT: Over 30 years, parameters for ‘Greatest College Basketball Schedule Ever’ have changed a bit
Editor’s note: Welcome to another edition of Front Row’s #TBT: Throwback Thursday.
ESPN’s college basketball game coverage this week featured the Tip-Off Marathon of nearly 30 hours of hoops. This season, ESPN will be providing fans with more than 1,500 games across its networks.
A little more than 30 years ago, the network was touting the “Greatest College Basketball Schedule Ever” for the 1982-83 season that included. . . wait for it. . . a whopping 163 games. (The Marathon alone had 18 games or 11 percent of the ’82-’83 schedule in a single day!)
Here’s a cheat sheet to help you track analysts and commentators for this season.