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1975 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament

ohstuskaterpunk

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NBC Sports was the first to broadcast regional coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, starting in 1969. 23 teams played in that tournament. By the time 1975 rolled around, teams other than conference champions were eligible to play in the tournament. 32 teams participated. NBC Sports had the following schedule:

1. March 15, 1975--3 first-round games airing at 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm ET
2. March 22, 1975--3 regional final games airing at 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm ET
3. March 29, 1975--The phrase "Final Four" was first published and said on-air. The games were at 3 pm and 5 pm ET
4. March 31, 1975--The championship game aired at 9 pm ET. It featured UCLA and Kentucky playing in San Diego.

Cable channels carried the night contests on March 15 and March 20.

All the games that were played on March 15 (from the Columbus (OH) Dispatch)

East Regional

(in Philadelphia)

Penn vs Kansas St, 7.10 pm
La Salle vs Syracuse, 9.10 pm

(in Charlotte, N.C.)

North Carolina vs New Mexico St, 7.10 pm
Furman vs Boston College, 9.10 pm

Mideast Regional

(in Tuscaloosa, Ala)

Kentucky vs Marquette, 2.10 pm
Central Michigan vs Georgetown, 4.10 pm

(in Lexington, Ky)

Indiana vs UTEP, 12.10 pm
Middle Tennessee vs Oregon St, 2.10 pm

Midwest Regional

(in Lubbock, Tex)

Texas A&M vs Cincinnati, 8.10 pm
Maryland vs Creighton, 10.10 pm

(in Tulsa, Okla)

Louisville vs Rutgers, 8.10 pm
Notre Dame vs Kansas, 10.10 pm

West Regional

(in Temple, Ariz)

Arizona St vs Alabama, 4.10 pm
UNLV vs San Diego St, 6.10 pm

(in Pullman, Wash)

Montana vs Utah St, 10.10 pm
UCLA vs Michigan, 12.10 am

Games played on Thursday March 20

East Regional (in Providence, R.I.)

Syracuse vs North Carolina, 7.10 pm
Boston College vs Kansas, 9.10 pm

Midwest Regional (in Dayton, Oh)

Kentucky vs Central Michigan, 7.10 pm
Indiana vs Oregon St, 9.10 pm

Midwest Regional (in Las Cruces, N.M.)

Cincinnati vs Louisville, 9.10 pm
Maryland vs Notre Dame, 11.10 pm

West Regional (in Portland, Oreg.)

Arizona St vs UNLV, 10.10 pm
Montana vs UCLA, 12.10 am

Games played on Saturday March 22

East Regional (in Providence, R.I.)

Final--Syracuse vs Kansas St, 12 pm
3rd Place--North Carolina vs Boston College, 10 am

Mideast Regional (in Dayton, Oh)

Final--Kentucky vs Indiana, 2 pm
3rd Place--Central Michigan vs Oregon St, 12 pm

Midwest Regional (in Las Cruces, N.M.)

Final--Louisville vs Maryland, 2 pm
3rd Place--Cincinnati vs Notre Dame, 12 pm

West Regional (in Portland, Oreg.)

Final--ULCA vs Arizona St., 4 pm
3rd Place--Montana vs UNLV, 2 pm

Games played on Sat March 29 (all in San Diego)

Kentucky vs Syracuse, 3.10 pm
UCLA vs Louisville, 5.10 pm

Games played on Monday March 31 (all in San Diego)

National 3rd Place--Syracuse vs Louisville, 6.10 pm
National Championship--Kentucky vs UCLA, 9.10 pm
 
What cable channels?
I wonder if the poster is referring to the old closed circuit TV systems, like were used to broadcast heavyweight title fights back in the day in auditoriums and sports arenas.
 
In 1975, Cable TV basically had channels similar to UHF channels (2-13). Major local cable markets has a couple of these channels that either air special types of programming like sports. Columbus, Ohio had three back then. They all aired the night contests of the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament on March 15 and 20. There was a special "network" channel that aired selective network programming that a particular analog station didn't clear or pre-empted. HBO was the first cable channel to be broadcast to a national audience. WTCG/WTBS (in 2007 WTBS split into the cable TBS and the local Atlanta station now known as WPCH) and CBN (now known as ABC Family) followed suit in 1976. USA Network in 1977. Showtime and Spotlight, a sports cable channel, in 1978 (I'm not sure if this channel exist anymore...may have morphed into something else). WOR (now WWOR) and WGN went to superstation status in 1978. Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, and ESPN was started in 1979. CNN and Cinemax in 1980.
Cable TV came into being in 1948 when some people in rural Pennsylvania got together and raised up extremely high antennas so that they could get local analog channels that urban areas receive. The FCC instituted the public access rule in 1971, meaning that there had to at least one channel of local origination.
 
The UHF band is channels 14 thru 69. The VHF band is channels 2-13. For now, at least.

I remember reading about the QUBE system in Columbus, and I wonder if that's what you may be referring to? I was stuck with TelePrompTer at the time, and they considered progress if they could show you color bars on a blank channel.

Even though it would be considered primitive by today's standards, QUBE was pretty advanced for the 1970's. It was the envy of TVphiles everywhere.

That makes me wonder if perhaps they were showing the feed from either of the two main sports syndicators at the time, either TVS or Hughes Sports Network? They showed early round games of the NCAA tourney before NBC took over at the Final Four. Both TVS and Hughes used to show the entire tournament.
 
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