For those UConn Huskies women’s basketball fans who’ve never heard Dick Vitale call a game for ESPN, let’s just say you’re in a for a treat on January 16, 2010.
From ESPN’s Communications Department:
The sixth consecutive season of ESPN’s College GameDay Driven by State Farm® and Saturday Primetime Presented by DirecTV game-of-the-week series will begin Jan. 16 from Storrs, Conn. for the women’s BIG EAST showdown between No. 6 Notre Dame and defending National Champion No. 1 Connecticut. It will mark the first time the show has originated from a women’s game. Two one-hour segments of the show will air at 10 a.m. and at 8 p.m. The game will air on ESPN at 9 p.m.
The Jan.16 College GameDay crew will include Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Hubert Davis, who will be joined by Doris Burke. The Saturday Primetime commentator team will feature Dan Shulman, Burke and Dick Vitale, who, in his 31st season with ESPN, will be calling his first women’s basketball telecast.
And if you are unfamiliar with his lingo, don’t be afraid to check it out.
