BTN Communications, October 22, 2018

The 2018-19 Big Ten basketball season tips off in less than three weeks and BTN today announced on-air talent for over 200 men?s and women?s games, as well as its nightly studio shows.

New this year to the network will be play-by-play announcer Dave O?Brien, who joins Kevin Kugler, Brian Anderson, Brandon Gaudin, and Cory Provus in calling games. They accompany an experienced lineup of analysts including  Robbie Hummel, a three-time first-team All-Big Ten performer at Purdue; basketball reporters Andy Katz and Mike DeCourcy; Shon Morris, a Northwestern center who led the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding for three consecutive seasons; Jon Crispin, a Penn State standout and former Illini great Stephen Bardo, the 1989 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Dave Revsine will once again serve as lead studio host and also be on the play-by-play call for various men?s games throughout the season.

Alongside Mike Monaco and Lisa Byington, the Network?s lead play-by-play voice for women?s basketball, BTN is also home to a strong group of women?s basketball analysts, including Christy Winters Scott, Vera Jones, Shelley Till, Brenda Van Lengen and Julianne Viani.

The first men?s regular season game will air on Tuesday, Nov. 6, when Indiana and talented freshman Romeo Langford host Chicago State. The first women?s regular season game airs on Sunday, Nov. 11, as Northwestern welcomes Duke to a newly renovated Welsh-Ryan arena.

The network?s season-long coverage includes a number of studio shows which return in January:

  • Big Ten Basketball & Beyond - National news from a Big Ten perspective, airing Sunday nights
  • BTN Live - Roundtable discussion and analysis Monday through Friday with hosts Revsine, Pizzo and Mike Hall and rotating analysts
  • Big Ten Tip-Off Show - Airing throughout the season.
  • B1G Show - Highlights and analysis following the conclusion of the evening?s final Big Ten basketball game
  • Women?s Sports Report - Airing weekly with hosts Lisa Byington and Elise Menaker
  • The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2019 - Returns in January

Basketball games and coverage can be streamed all season long via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through BTN2Go or the Fox Sports app.