Sportscaster Jim Gray will interview President Barack Obama during halftime of Westwood One Sports’ broadcast of the Veteran’s Day showdown between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan State Spartans on Friday, 11/11. The Quicken Loans Carrier Classic will be played on the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, stationed in San Diego and tips off Westwood One Sports’ regular season NCAA Basketball coverage of the 2011-2012 season.
Kevin Kugler, Bill Frieder and Jim Gray will call the game which will be heard on radio stations nationwide, as well as on Sirius/XM satellite radio, streaming online at www.westwoodonesports.com and on American Forces Radio Network.
Continuing through 3/11/12 Dial Global’s Westwood One Sports will present 32 regular season NCAA Basketball broadcasts and an additional 21 Championship Week games. New to the schedule this year is the annual Preseason NIT Tournament from Madison Square Garden, while other key matchups include defending champion Connecticut against Big East rivals Notre Dame, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, preseason #1 North Carolina against preseason #2 Kentucky, North Carolina vs. Duke, Louisville vs. Kentucky and more.
The full sked:
Day Date Game Air Time
Friday November 11 Michigan State vs. North Carolina 6:45 PM ET
(Carrier Classic @ San Diego)
Wednesday November 23 Preseason NIT Semifinals Doubleheader 6:45 PM ET
Friday November 25 Preseason NIT Finals 4:45 PM ET
Saturday December 3 North Carolina @ Kentucky 11:45 AM ET
Saturday December 10 Duke vs. Washington (@ NYC) 11:45 AM ET
Saturday December 17 Memphis @ Louisville 3:45 PM ET
Saturday December 31 Louisville @ Kentucky 11:45 AM ET
Thursday January 5 Arizona @ UCLA 10:45 PM ET
Saturday January 14 Connecticut @ Notre Dame 10:45 AM ET
Saturday January 21 Alabama @ Kentucky 11:45 AM ET
Kansas @ Texas 3:45 PM ET
Saturday January 28 Georgetown @ Pittsburgh 3:45 PM ET
Sunday January 29 Michigan @ Ohio State 12:45 PM ET
Thursday February 2 Arizona @ California 10:45 PM ET
Saturday February 4 North Carolina @ Maryland 3:45 PM ET
Wednesday February 8 Kansas @ Baylor 6:45 PM ET
Saturday February 11 Connecticut @ Syracuse 12:45 PM ET
Michigan State @ Ohio State 5:45 PM ET
Sunday February 12 St. John’s @ Georgetown 12:45 PM ET
Thursday February 16 Wisconsin @ Michigan State 6:45 PM ET
Saturday February 18 TBA
Sunday February 19 Duke @ Boston College 5:45 PM ET
Monday February 20 Baylor @ Texas 8:45 PM ET
Saturday February 25 Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 11:45 AM ET
UCLA @ Arizona 2:45 PM ET
Sunday February 26 Pittsburgh @ Louisville 1:45 PM ET
Tuesday February 28 Florida @ Vanderbilt 8:45 PM ET
Saturday March 3 Pittsburgh @ Connecticut 11:45 AM ET
North Carolina @ Duke 6:45 PM ET
Sunday March 4 TBA
2011-2012 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK SCHEDULE
Saturday March 3 Ohio Valley Conf. Championship 1:45 PM ET
Sunday March 4 Missouri Valley Conf. Championship 1:45 PM ET
Monday March 5 CAA Championship 6:45 PM ET
West Coast Conf. Championship 8:45 PM ET
Tuesday March 6 Sun Belt Conference Championship 6:45 PM ET
Horizon League Championship 8:45 PM ET
Wednesday March 7 Patriot League Championship 6:45 PM ET
Big Sky Conference Championship 8:45 PM ET
Friday March 9 Pac 12 Semifinal Doubleheader 8:45 PM ET
Saturday March 10 Conference USA Championship 11:15 AM ET
SEC Semifinal Doubleheader 12:45 PM ET
Atlantic Ten Semifinal Doubleheader 12:45 PM ET
Pac 12 Championship 5:45 PM ET
TBA
Big West Conference Championship 9:45 PM ET
WAC Championship 11:45 PM ET
Sunday March 13 SEC Championship 12:45 PM ET
Atlantic Ten Championship 12:45 PM ET
