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The “Inside the NBA” broadcast will …

The “Inside the NBA” broadcast will also feature players being miked up, including Stephen Curry, Donovan Mitchell and Ja Morant. With Barkley staying with his regular studio partners, Dwyane Wade will join Reggie Miller and Kevin Harlan in TNT’s main booth. Allie LaForce will be on the sideline. They will be joined by different members of the 75th anniversary all-time team throughout the game.

How to watch Wisconsin basketball vs. Baylor

After blowing out the North Carolina Tar Heels in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament 85-62, the Wisconsin Badgers will now face the…

After blowing out the North Carolina Tar Heels in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament 85-62, the Wisconsin Badgers will now face the No. 1 seed Baylor Bears in the round of 32 on Sunday afternoon.

Related: Wisconsin a significant underdog vs Baylor according to BetMGM

Guard Brad Davison had a career-night in the Badgers’ dominant victory against the Tar Heels finishing with 29 points and six rebounds, and the team as a whole played arguably their best game of the season. In fact, the Badgers had their highest team field goal percentage against North Carolina since their victory against Michigan State on Christmas Day.

The Badgers will need to use this positive momentum against Baylor, who has lost only two games this season to Kansas and Oklahoma State. It will be an uphill battle for Wisconsin, but it should another great matchup to watch in what has been a very exciting NCAA Tournament so far.

How to watch Wisconsin basketball against the Baylor Bears in the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels

Where: Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

When: March 21, 2021 at 1:40 p.m. CST

Where to watch: CBS

Announcers:

  • Play-by-Play: Kevin Harlan
  • Analyst: Dan Bonner
  •  Sideline: Dana Jacobson

Where to stream: CBS Sports app or online at cbssports.com

Where to listen: Badger Sports Network on the iHeartRadio app, or Satellite on SiriusXM 206

Announcers:

  • Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay
  • Analyst: Mike Lucas

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The 10 best announcer calls of the NCAA Tournament’s first day

There weren’t any fans in the stands, but Bill Raftery and his CBS co-workers brought the energy with these calls.

Without any fans in the stands, the early games of the NCAA Tournament have lacked a certain energy. We’ve seen buzzer beaters and upsets, but without an audience to erupt in excitement, it just hasn’t been the same viewing experience.

Because of that, there’s even more pressure on CBS’s commentators to fill in the gaps and try to add some energy to the broadcasts. Luckily for college basketball fans, we had some excitable announcers calling the games on Friday.

Jim Nantz, Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Kevin Harlan and others provided us with plenty of energy throughout the day. To celebrate that, we’ve picked out the 10 best calls of the day…

How to watch Wisconsin basketball vs. No. 3 Michigan

After finishing their road trip with a 61-48 win against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers will face off against the…

After finishing their road trip with a 61-48 win against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers will face off against the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines at the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon. An upset of the Wolverines could set the Badgers up well for their next matchup against No. 15 Iowa on Thursday night.

Related: Wisconsin basketball drops out of top 20 in latest Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll

Related: Wisconsin basketball locks Nebraska down in the 2H en route to a 61-48 win

The Badgers were able to regain their confidence from a dominant second half against the Cornhuskers, along with another excellent performance from true freshman Jonathan Davis off of the bench. He finished with 10 points, three rebounds, two steals, an assist and a block. His contribution off the bench will be crucial for Wisconsin to beat Michigan that has proven to be one the best teams in the country.

Although the Badgers were able to lock down in the second half against Nebraska, they will need to improve their abysmal 32.3% shooting from the field to prevent a similar result to their first matchup where Michigan dominated Wisconsin 77-54. This game is an exciting opportunity for the Badgers to flip the script in the Big Ten ahead of their final stretch of the regular season.

How to watch Wisconsin basketball against the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines on Sunday afternoon.

How to watch:

Matchup: Michigan Wolverines at Wisconsin Badgers

Where: Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

When: Feb. 14, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. CST

Where to watch: CBS

Announcers:

  • Play-by-Play: Kevin Harlan
  • Analyst: Bill Raftery

Where to stream: CBS Sports app or online at cbssports.com

Where to listen: Badger Sports Network on the iHeartRadio app, or Satellite on SiriusXM 84

Announcers:

  • Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay
  • Analyst: Mike Lucas

Kevin Harlan had a legendary call of the fan running on the field during the Super Bowl

So good.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl LV, and arguably the most entertaining part of the second half had little to do with the actual football action.

Late in the fourth quarter, play was stopped when a fan ran onto the field at Raymond James Stadium and started taking off his clothes while evading security.

Now, if you’re familiar with similar NFL fan-on-the-field moments in recent years, radio broadcaster Kevin Harlan has treated listeners to absolutely amazing calls of an otherwise annoying interruption (especially during a pandemic).

Well, Harlan was in the radio booth for Sunday’s Super Bowl, and his call did not disappoint. Here’s the video with Harlan’s call:

Just outstanding work.

A few years ago, Harlan told our Charles Curtis that he was done with those fan-on-the-field calls. But this was the Super Bowl. He had to make an exception.

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This video of Kevin Harlan calling a NBA game from his basement is too good

What a pro.

Kevin Harlan is one of the best play-by-play announcers in all of sports right now, especially since the great Doc Emrick retired a few months ago.

And like a lot of announcers and regular humans like us, 2020 is making Harlan’s job a little more difficult. Because just like us, he’s working from home, calling games live from his basement.

Feels familiar, right?

Harlan was calling Tuesday night’s Golden State Warriors-Sacramento Kings game on TNT from his basement when his daughter snuck in and shot some video of her dad crushing the intro to the game.

I have to say… this is pretty impressive/wild:

What a pro.

That all has to be very weird for Harlan and his family and it has to be weird for any announcer who is calling games from home this year.

Hopefully things will be back to normal soon. Until then, you can find Harlan in his basement.

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Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller, who …

Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller, who were ubiquitous on TNT seeding games, were given the first round off so they wouldn’t need to spend two consecutive months in the bubble. They’ll be back for later rounds. We’ll miss Harlan’s exuberant call in the first round. Ian Eagle, who teamed with Stan Van Gundy on TNT seeding games, is unavailable to Turner during the first round because he’s also the TV voice of the Brooklyn Nets, who play Toronto in the first round.

Turner Sports announced Tuesday that …

Turner Sports announced Tuesday that Kevin Harlan and Ian Eagle will serve as TNT’s play-by-play voices during the planned resumption of the NBA regular season at Walt Disney World, working alongside analysts Reggie Miller and Stan Van Gundy, respectively. The broadcast teams will call games on-site. Stephanie Ready, Jared Greenberg and Chris Haynes are set to serve as sideline reporters.

TNT and ESPN may utilize remote broadcasting for NBA’s July 31 return

We already knew that the 2020 NBA Playoffs would be unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. But this is another thing altogether.

The coronavirus has changed our daily lives and changed the way we perform some of our everyday tasks. It may also change the way that TNT and ESPN’s NBA broadcasters do their jobs once the NBA season resumes on July 31.

Telecommunication capabilities have increased tremendously over the past 20 years, and with technological innovations, calling a game without actually sitting courtside is possible. NBA TV has been utilizing remote broadcasting capabilities for many of its productions, and we may see that expanded to the resumption of the NBA season next month.

Kevin Harlan, one of TNT’s most renowned voices, revealed that in an interview with SiriusXM NBA Radio channel hosts Tom Byrne and Amin Elhassan. The interview and its contents were reported by The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch.

According to Harlan, the networks are likely to use remote-controlled broadcast cameras and remote playcalling, with the functions being performed from Turner Sports’ studio in Atlanta. He did, however, leave open the possibility that broadcasters would be on-site for the conference finals and NBA Finals.

“What I’ve heard from the folks at TNT is we will be in the studios in Atlanta and they will set up as close to possible a broadcast table like we would have courtside,” Harlan said. “We will have, I’m assuming, crowd noise pumped into our headsets. I think for the viewer, I don’t think it’s going to seem dramatically different… The one thing I have heard is that not until the conference finals would there be any consideration for broadcasters being in this setting.”

Although fans usually see and hear four members of the broadcast team, a successful game production requires dozens of staffers. From video producers to sound engineers and technology staffers, pulling off such a project requires a lot of bodies.

With the NBA wanting to reduce the number of individuals on-site, the limitation makes sense. Hopefully, the quality of the game-calling and viewer experience doesn’t suffer at all.