NCAA Productions
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NCAA Productions is the official film and television production company
for the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA).
as NCAA Films. One of the earliest programs to be produced was the television show College Football, the first Sunday morning show to nationally broadcast college football highlights.
From 1946-70, LOOK Magazine
published the Football Writers Association of America
(FWAA) Team. After LOOK folded, the FWAA started a long association with NCAA Films, which produced a 30-minute television show and sold it to sponsors.
, the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament expanded to add Thursday-Friday first round games. Those games were done by NCAA Productions, who also did the regional semifinals in prior years.
By the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
(with four games being played at each first round site), NCAA Productions (who produced college basketball telecasts for ESPN
) typically sent two announcer crews to each site to call two games each. During much of the 1980s NCAA Productions televised and/or produced all tournament games which CBS
did not carry. As previously mentioned, while ESPN provided a national audience for selected NCAA Productions (and sometimes, tape delay
ed) games, live telecasts were made available (via syndication) to local television station
s in the participating markets.
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
for the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA).
Football
It was founded by Dick SniderDick Snider
Richard "Dick" Snider Sr. was an American newspaper columnist, oil executive, television producer, and founder of NCAA Films...
as NCAA Films. One of the earliest programs to be produced was the television show College Football, the first Sunday morning show to nationally broadcast college football highlights.
From 1946-70, LOOK Magazine
LOOK Magazine
LOOK Magazine is a quarterly publication in the United States. LOOK stands for Love Of Our Kind. Its target audience is African-American urban college students....
published the Football Writers Association of America
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...
(FWAA) Team. After LOOK folded, the FWAA started a long association with NCAA Films, which produced a 30-minute television show and sold it to sponsors.
Basketball
In 19791979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 9, 1979, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah...
, the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament expanded to add Thursday-Friday first round games. Those games were done by NCAA Productions, who also did the regional semifinals in prior years.
By the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began...
(with four games being played at each first round site), NCAA Productions (who produced college basketball telecasts for ESPN
College Basketball on ESPN
College Basketball on ESPN is a presentation of the college basketball television package on the ESPN family of networks. The television network broadcasts games of all the major conferences and many mid-major conferences of Division I NCAA basketball....
) typically sent two announcer crews to each site to call two games each. During much of the 1980s NCAA Productions televised and/or produced all tournament games which CBS
College Basketball on CBS
College Basketball on CBS presented by State Farm is a presentation of men's NCAA Division I basketball games on CBS...
did not carry. As previously mentioned, while ESPN provided a national audience for selected NCAA Productions (and sometimes, tape delay
Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
ed) games, live telecasts were made available (via syndication) to local television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
s in the participating markets.
Commentators
- Dan BonnerDan BonnerDan Bonner is an analyst and color commentator covering NCAA men's basketball. He previously played basketball at the University of Virginia and coached the UVa women's team for two seasons. He also coached girls' basketball and soccer at Robert E...
- He serves as an analyst for regular-season college basketball games for CBS SportsCBS SportsCBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
, ESPNESPNEntertainment 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....
(1987–2001) and Fox Sports NetFox Sports NetThe Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...
and has called ACCAtlantic Coast ConferenceThe 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...
games for Jefferson Pilot Sports since 1983. Bonner also filled that role for NCAA Productions' broadcasts of tournament games from 1985 through 1990. - Mike MayockMike MayockMichael Francis Mayock is a former professional football player, a safety with the New York Giants of the National Football League...
- Mayock has experience covering college football for Prime Network, NCAA Productions, Prime Sports Radio and the Big East Conference.