Subject: Re: Correction... [1st ESPN-TV on NCAAs]
In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 26 Feb 91 16:36:47 -0500 .
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Phil Ritzenthaler wrote:
>Ahhh . . . . yup . . . 1984 and I STILL have it on tape . . . it was
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>Seems to me the finals were broadcast 2-3 years on ESPN before that . . .
>placing the first live broadcast around 1981-1982 . . .
 
	I taped the 1980 semis and finals: UND vs. Dartmouth, then
	UND vs. No. Michigan (Go Sioux!  They went.)  ESPN, with snazzy
	logos, fairly good production kept up that coverage for a few years
	(I taped the same in '82, when UND beat NE and Bucky) including the
	semifinals, until they began crapping out completely, only lately
	coming back with coverage, and only the final.
 
	There may have been ESPN coverage before, in '79; I have to
	check records (I didn't have a VCR before 1980).  And ESPN
	wasn't around for too long before that, anyway...
				Dave Suess	[log in to unmask]