| Wednesday Night Hoops |
| Format |
College basketball |
| Country of origin |
United States |
| Production |
| Running time |
120 minutes |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
ESPN |
| Original run |
2003 (2003) – present |
Wednesday Night Hoops appears every Wednesday with the biggest college basketball games in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference, and Big 12 Conference in primetime during the regular season on ESPN. The official name is Wednesday Night Hoops presented by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Wednesday Night Hoops is similar to Thursday Night Showcase, Super Tuesday and Big Monday, but unlike the others, Wednesday Night Hoops only has one game on ESPN due to an NBA game as part of NBA Wednesday immediately following the game, although on occasion the NBA Wednesday game will be preempted as there will be a Wednesday Night Hoops doubleheader.
The ACC game of the week usually starts at 7 p.m. ET with either play-by-play commentators Dan Shulman or Dave O'Brien and analyst Dick Vitale announcing the game. On occasion Vitale is joined by Jay Bilas. At times Bilas or Doris Burke serves as game analyst in place of Vitale. At 7 p.m. on ESPN2, Mike Patrick calls the Big East game with LaPhonso Ellis as analyst. The Big 12 game, shown at 9 p.m., is called by Bob Wischusen and Stephen Bardo. 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. Starting this year Pac-12 games will be part of ESPN's Wednesday coverage. Dave Pasch will call the play-by-play and will be joined by Bill Walton.
Studio hosts and analysts [edit]
The studio host is usually either Scott Reiss or Karl Ravech along with analyst Jimmy Dykes. 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 [edit]
In the Southern United States and parts of New England, ACC Wednesday Night Hoops games are often blacked out due to ACC coverage provided on local television stations by Raycom Media. 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.
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