Sunday, October 29, 2023

2023 - 2024 College Basketball on Peacock (Men's and Women's) Announcers

A logo for Peacock's exclusive coverage of Big Ten (B1G) men's and women's basketball. (NBC Sports Pressbox)

* Noah Eagle, Jac Collinsworth and Terry Gannon to call Men's Games, alongside analysts Robbie Hummel, Stephen Bardo & Tre Demps
* Zora Stephenson, Cindy Brunson and Sloane Martin to handle play-by-play commentary for the Women's Games, alongside analysts Meghan McKeown and Julianne Viani
* 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston to make her broadcasting debut as studio analyst on Women's Games; Carolyn Manno to host studio coverage
* Ahmed Fareed hosts Men's Games studio coverage alongside analysts Josh Pastner and Jordan Cornette
* Peacock to exclusively present 50+ Men and Women's Big Ten Basketball Games this season


With the arrival of the 2023-24 college basketball season now just days away, NBC Sports has announced their commentator lineup (both game and studio) for this year's slate of Men and Women's Big Ten Basketball games, which will be streamed live exclusively on Peacock.

In 2023-24, Peacock will stream more than 50 Men's and Women's Big Ten Basketball games, beginning on Monday, November 6 with the Rutgers men's team facing Princeton at 7:00 PM (ET).

The following are the Big Ten Basketball on Peacock and men and women's commentary teams:

Men's Big Ten Basketball:
  • Play-by-Play: Noah Eagle, Jac Collinsworth and Terry Gannon (primary); Paul Burmeister, Steve Burkowski, Rich Lerner and Steve Schlanger (select games)
  • Analysts: Robbie Hummel and Stephen Bardo (primary); Tre Demps (select games)
- Hummel enjoyed a great career as a forward at Purdue (2007-12), earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors three times and leading the Boilermakers to the 2009 Big Ten title. A second-round draft choice in the 2012 NBA Draft, Hummel retired from professional basketball in 2017 and is currently an analyst on the Big Ten Network and has served as an analyst on ESPN and Sirius XM.

- Bardo, a college basketball analyst on Big Ten Network and FOX Sports, was a four-year starting point guard at the University of Illinois from 1986-90, helping lead the 1989 "Flying Illini" team to a Final Four appearance while being named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year that season.

- Demps, a Big Ten Network college basketball analyst, played collegiately at Northwestern from 2011-16 and twice earned honorable All-Big Ten honors as a point guard.

Women's Big Ten Basketball:
  • Play-by-Play: Zora Stephenson, Cindy Brunson and Sloane Martin
  • Analysts: Meghan McKeown and Julianne Viani
- McKeown serves as a college basketball analyst on the Big Ten Network and ESPN, and also provides analysts for the WNBA's Chicago Sky. She played collegiately at Northwestern (2010-14) and was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

- Viani has served as a college basketball analyst on NBC Sports' coverage of the Atlantic 10 since the 2018-19 season and is an analyst on YES Network's coverage of the WNBA's New York Liberty. She played college basketball collegiately at Marist College from 2005-09.

Studio Shows:
^ Ahmed Fareed hosts studio coverage for Men's Big Ten Basketball games, alongside analysts Josh Pastner and Jordan Cornette.
  • Cornette, a Notre Dame basketball player from 2001-05, previously served as a college basketball host & analyst for ESPN for several seasons. The Fighting Irish's all-time leader in blocks, Cornette also served as host of the ACC Network's pregame college football show for three seasons.
  • Pastner's college coaching career includes stints as the head coach of Georgia Tech (2016-23) and Memphis (2009-16), where he accumulated five NCAA Tournament appearances and twice won the Conference USA title with Memphis. He was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 2017 and Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2013. Pastner played collegiately at Arizona where he was a member of the 1997 NCAA Championship team.

^ Carolyn Manno hosts studio coverage for Women's Big Ten Basketball games, alongside analysts Aliyah Boston and Meghan McKeown.
  • Boston, a forward-center on the Indiana Fever, makes her broadcasting debut. Aliyah was the #1 pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft out of South Carolina. She averaged 14.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game during her rookie season, while being named the WNBA Rookie of the Year during the 2023 season. At South Carolina from 2019-23, Aliyah was a four-time All-America recipient, a two-time National Player of the Year, and was named the 2022 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player as she led the Gamecocks to a national championship.

NBC Sports' Big Ten basketball studio and game production is led by producers Mark Bellotti and Matt Borzello, and directors Kelly Atkinson and Jared Sumner.

Check out the schedule for Peacock's coverage of men's and women's Big Ten basketball for the 2023-24 season, by using this link below: https://tamirmoore.blogspot.com/2023/10/2023-2024-college-basketball-on-peacock.html

|| Sources: NBC Sports Pressbox.

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