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Wednesday Night Hoops appears every Wednesday with the biggest college basketball

College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

games in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

, Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

, and Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

in primetime during the regular season on ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

. The official name is Wednesday Night Hoops presented by Disney Parks. Wednesday Night Hoops is similar to Thursday Night Showcase, Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday (TV series)
Super Tuesday appears on ESPN and ESPN2 every Tuesday in prime time with the biggest regular-season games in college basketball. The show, whose official name is Super Tuesday presented by KFC, is similar to Big Monday, Thursday Night Showcase and Wednesday Night Hoops...

and Big Monday
Big Monday
Big Monday is a presentation of Division I college basketball on ESPN. The official name is Big Monday presented by Bud Light. It now shows three games every Monday at 7 pm ET and 9 pm ET on ESPN and at 10 pm ET on ESPN2 from the beginning of January till early March...

, but unlike the others, Wednesday Night Hoops only has one game on ESPN due to an NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

game as part of NBA Wednesday
NBA Wednesday
NBA Wednesday is a weekly presentation of the National Basketball Association on ESPN. Debuting in 2002, NBA Wednesday starts the first Wednesday of the NBA season and runs throughout the entire season. Games typically air at 9:00 p.m EST, following an ESPN's presentation of ACC Wednesday college...

immediately following the game, although on occasion the NBA Wednesday game will be preempted as there will be a Wednesday Night Hoops doubleheader.

Commentators

The ACC game of the week usually starts at 7 p.m. ET with play-by-play commentator Mike Patrick

Mike Patrick

Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster.-Career:Patrick began his broadcasting career in the fall of 1966 at WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pa. In 1970, he was named Sports Director at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided play-by-play for Jacksonville Sharks' World Football League telecasts...

and analyst Dick Vitale

Dick Vitale

Richard J. "Dick" Vitale , also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well-known as a college basketball broadcaster and for the enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games. He is known for his...

announcing the game. On occasion Len Elmore

Len Elmore

Leonard J. "Len" Elmore is an American sportscaster, lawyer and former National Basketball Association player....

or Jay Bilas

Jay Bilas

Jay Scot Bilas is an American lawyer and basketball analyst for ESPN and CBS Sports. He is also a former college basketball player.-Playing career:...

serves as game analyst in place of Vitale. At 7 p.m. on ESPN2, Either Dave Pasch or Dave O'Brien calls the Big East game with Len Elmore or Doris Burke as analyst. The Big 12 game, shown at 9 p.m., is called by Ron Franklin

Ron Franklin

Ron Franklin is an American sportscaster, most notably with ESPN, where he was employed from 1987-2011. He was fired by ESPN on January 4, 2011 after allegedly making sexist comments to and then berating a colleague.He is married with one child...

, with either Fran Fraschilla

Fran Fraschilla

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or Hubert Davis. For major games, the ACC telecast often moves to 9 p.m., particularly if ESPN is not carrying an NBA game that night. In that case, the Big East game moves to ESPN.

Studio hosts and analysts

The studio host is usually either Scott Reiss

Scott Reiss

Scott Reiss is an American journalist who has worked for ESPN. He is currently an anchor at CSN Bay Area and CSN California, where he hosts SportsNet Central, as well as pre- and post-game shows for the San Francisco Giants and San Jose Sharks. He was formerly seen as an anchor on College...

or Karl Ravech

Karl Ravech

Karl Ravech is an American journalist who currently works as the primary Baseball Tonight host for ESPN.-Education and career:Ravech was born in Needham, Massachusetts. He attended and graduated from Needham High School...

along with analysts Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Lavin previously served as the head coach for UCLA....

and Jimmy Dykes

Jimmy Dykes (broadcaster)

Jimmy Dykes is an American basketball sportscaster working for ESPN and ABC Sports.Before working for ESPN, Dykes served as an assistant basketball coach at University of Arkansas, Appalachian State University, University of Kentucky, Arkansas State University, University of Arkansas at Little...

. They also appear on College GameNight later that night. Both the game and in-studio reports are presented in high definition on ESPN HD and ESPN2HD.

Blackouts

In the Southern United States

Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...

and parts of New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

, ACC Wednesday Night Hoops games are often blacked out

Blackout (broadcasting)

Blackout usually relates to the broadcasting of sports events, television programming, that is prohibited in a certain media market.The purpose is theoretically to generate more revenue by obliging certain actions from fans, either by making them buy tickets or watch other games on TV...

due to ACC coverage provided on local television stations by Raycom Media

Raycom Media

- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....

. ESPN sublicenses the rights to ACC games from Raycom, which retains exclusive in-market rights to a certain number of regular season games and the entire conference tournament.

Commentators

Studio hosts and analysts

Blackouts

See also