Subject: Re: Correction... [1st ESPN-TV on NCAAs] In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 26 Feb 91 16:36:47 -0500 . -------- Phil Ritzenthaler wrote: >Ahhh . . . . yup . . . 1984 and I STILL have it on tape . . . it was > >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]