MSC Sports announces Week 1 College Basketball announcers

MSC Sports revealed today its coverage plans for College Basketball during the 2024-25 season.

Kevin Calabro, Stephen Bardo and Sara Strong return as the lead commentary crew primarily for men's basketball this season. Beth Mowins, Brenda VanLangen and Carolyn Peck will do the same primarily for women's basketball. Like for College Football, MSC will break up many of its crews to provide more specific regional commentary. The split up is as follows:

Men's Lead:

1) Kevin Calabro, Stephen Bardo, Sara Strong 

2) Brian Anderson, Steve Lappas

3) Noah Eagle, LaPhonso Ellis

4) Rich Waltz, Jon Crisipin 

Women's Lead:

1) Beth Mowins, Brenda VanLangen, Carolyn Peck

2) Sara Kurtfield, Mary Murphy

3) Daria Curtfield, Sara Antonelli

East based:

Brandon Gaudin, Gary Williams 

Taylor Zarzour, Seth Greenburg 

Dave Revshine, Steve Akromda

Ted Robinson, Len Elmore

Connor Onion, Mark Adams 

Dave LaMont, Ben Braun

Dana Willyroy, Kevin O’Neil

Lara Johnson, Cam Mick

Gus Smith, William Tuuling 

Luck Mittifield, Kurt Johnson 

Nick Sampson/John Jacobson

Don Johnson/Mitchell Sauce

David Lawrence-Taylor/Sarah Widows

Missy Smith-Jones/Curt Phillips Sr.

West based:

Carter Blackburn, Robbie Hummel 

Justin Kutcher, Jay Williams 

Sara Jones, Jim Jackson 
Steve Brando, Doug Gottlieb

Sara Kurtfield, Jennifer Man

Brian Custer, Sean Elliot 

Curt Celway, Stephen Culdrip 

Will Lillington, Lamar Cooding 

David Johnson, Will Mitterfield

Kurt Williams, Norman Lawrence

Tim Phillps/Ryan White

Sara Smith/Lauren Mitchell

Throughout the season, other play-by-play commentators including Jason Benetti, Pam Ward, Terry Gannon and Lauren McNight, along will color commentators Carolyn Peck, Jay Wright, Jon Rothstein, William Turner and Alex Williamson, will also call select games. Throughout the season, featured reporters include Lauren McNight, Luck Mittfield, Sam Williams and Sean Murphy. 

All games on MSC will feature coverage from College Basketball Game Time Live presented by Verizon. Steve Willhops, Jay Wright and Jon Rothstein will be featured all season long. Other studio coverage will be presented as part of The Ultimate College Basketball Show. Hosts for the show include Sara Nighthurst, Curt Nicholson and Kurt Villehouse. Analysts include Lawrence Stephenson, Cam Wilson, William Turner and Alex Williamson. New for 2024, Michelle Greenburger will be now be MSC Sports' college basketball insider.

Week 1 commentators are as follows:

Monday, November 4th:

Florida Atlantic vs. Indiana State, 5PM, MSC+2 (Eagle/Ellis)

Hall of Fame Series: Michigan vs. South Carolina (W), 7:30PM, MSC+2 (Calabro/Bardo/Strong)

Lehigh at Northwestern, 7PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Robinson/Elmore)

Valparaiso vs. Liberty, 9PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Eagle/Ellis)
Hall of Fame Series: #19 Texas vs. Ohio State, 10PM, MSC+2 (Calabro/Bardo/Strong)

Miami (OH) at App State, 6:30PM, MSC Sports Extra (Lillington/Cooding)

Bellarmine at VCU, 7PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live (Johnson/Mitterfield)

New Hampshire at UMass, 7PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live (Williams/Lawrence)

Toledo at Troy, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Phillips/White)

Buffalo at Old Dominion, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Smith/Mitchell)

Navy at Saint Joseph's, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (McNight/Williamson)

Western Michigan at Coastal Carolina, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Smith-Jones/Phillips Sr.)

Northern Illinois at Georgia Southern, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Lawrence-Taylor/Widows)

Ball State at Georgia State, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Johnson/Sauce)

Ohio at James Madison, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Sampson/Jacobson)

Central Michigan at South Alabama, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Johnson/Mick)

Bowling Green at Southern Miss, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Willyroy/O'Neil)

Eastern Michigan at Texas State, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Smith/Tuuling)

Akron at Arkansas State, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Johnson/Mick)

Kent State at Louisiana, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Gannon/Eliot)

Missouri at Memphis, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Onion/Adams)

Holy Cross at Wisconsin, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (LaMont/Braun)

Sam Houston at Nevada, 10PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live (Kurtfield/Man)

Portland State at Washington State, 11PM, MSC Sports Extra (Jones/Jackson)

Alabama State at UNLV, 11:30PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live (Brando/Gottlieb)

Tuesday, November 5th:

FIU at Rice, 7PM, MSC+2 (Gaudin/Williams)

Central Arkansas at BYU, 9PM, MSC+2 (Waltz/Crispin)

FIU at Rice, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Idaho State at Arizona State, 9PM, MSC Sports Extra (Celway/Culdrip)

Wednesday, November 6th:
Oral Roberts at Minnesota, 8PM, MSC+2 (Ward/Greenburg)

Oakland at Boise State, 9PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live (Brando/Gottlieb)

Thursday, November 7th:

Cal Poly at California, 11PM, MSC+2 (Blackburn/Hummel)

Idaho State at USC, 11PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Kutcher/Williams)

Detroit Mercy at Loyola Chicago, 8PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Idaho State at USC, 10PM, MSC Sports Extra (Celway/Culdrip)

Central Arkansas at Utah, 10:30PM, MSC Sports Extra (Kurtfield/Man)

Friday, November 8th:

Las Vegas Hoopfest: Santa Clara vs. Arizona State, 8PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Jones/Jackson)

Davidson at Bowling Green, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Gannon/Sauce)

ULM at Tulane, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Extra (Ward/Widows)

SIUE at Illinois, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra (Smith-Jones/Phillips Sr.)

Saturday, November 9th:

The Battleground 2k24: Florida State vs. Rice, 7PM, MSC+2 (Anderson/Lappas/Williams)

The Battleground 2k24: #11 Auburn vs. #4 Houston, 9:30PM, MSC+2 (Anderson/Lappas/Williams)

Washington at Nevada, 10PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Celway/Culdrip)

Omaha at Minnesota, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Extra (Smith/Tuuling)

Old Dominion at #10 Arizona, 4PM, MSC Sports Extra (Willyroy/O'Neil)
Coastal Carolina at East Carolina, 4PM, MSC Sports Extra (Mittifield/Johnson)

Memphis at UNLV, 6PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra (Jones/Jackson)

Toledo at Marshall, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra (Mittifield/Johnson)

Northwestern at Dayton, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra (McNight/Jacobson)

WKU at Grand Canyon, 8PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra (Smith/Mitchell)

Boise State at San Francisco, 10:30PM, MSC Sports Extra (Lillington/Cooding)

Sunday, November 10th:
Appalachian State at Wisconsin, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live (Revshine/Akromada)

Michigan vs. Wake Forest, 2PM, MSC+ (Mowins/VanLangen/Peck)

Harvard at American, 2PM, MSC Sports Extra (Johnson/Sauce)