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TNT Sports and its various platforms will be busy over the Thanksgiving holiday with more than 30 men’s and women’s college basketball games airing on various channels. The networks will be airing games exclusively from the Acrisure Series and the Players Era Festival, which will take place from Tues. Nov. 26 through Sat. Nov. 30.
The games will air on a combination of TNT, TBS and truTV and will all stream live on Max’s B/R Sports Add-On.
The Players Era Festival will tip off on Tues. Nov. 26 with pregame coverage at 1:30 p.m. ET. The coverage will feature host Adam Lefkoe, along with analysts Josh Pastner, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis. Game coverage will be provided by two separate broadcast crews. One team will feature JB Long on play-by-play with Candace Parker serving as analyst and Lauren Jbara working the sidelines.
Additionally, Brian Anderson will call play-by-play and work alongside analyst Grant Hill. The duo will be joined by Allie LaForce who will report from the sidelines.
The Acrisure Series, which will air Tues. Nov. 26 through Fri. Nov 29 from Palm Springs, will see studio coverage from Chris Miles and Nabil Karim who will receive analysis from Randolph Childress, Tony Delk, Aja Ellison, Brendan Haywood, Renee Montgomery and Jonathan Wasserman.
That event will also have two set game crews. Cindy Brunson will call play-by-play alongside analyst Christy Winters-Scott with Autumn Johnson on the sidelines. The other unit will feature Chris Sylvester on play-by-play with Steve Smith providing color commentary and Nkwa Asonye on the sidelines.
