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Game and Studio Commentators Announced for 2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas on TNT, truTV & Max — Monday, Nov. 6

College Basketball Season to Tip Off with Marquee Quadruple-Header Headlined by Start of LSU Tigers NCAA Women’s Title Defense, Debut of USC Trojans Top Men’s Recruits

Pregame Coverage to Start at 1:30 p.m. ET on truTV for Afternoon Games, 7 p.m. on TNT for Evening Games

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Game and studio commentators have been announced for the 2023 Hall of Fame SeriesLas Vegas on Monday, Nov. 6, from T-Mobile Arena, exclusively airing across Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ networks and platforms and tipping off the 2023-24 college basketball season.

Coverage will span TNT and truTV throughout the day, with pregame at 1:30 p.m. ET on truTV for the afternoon games and 7 p.m. on TNT for the evening games, setting the stage for a quadruple-header of men’s and women’s college basketball opening day action. Studio coverage throughout the day will be hosted by the team of Stephanie Ready, Renee Montgomery and Brendan Haywood.

All eyes will be on TNT at 7:30 p.m. as the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball National Champion LSU Tigers and unanimous first-team All-American Angel Reese begin their title defense against the Colorado Buffaloes, who earned a berth in last season’s Sweet 16.

Earlier in the day, the action will begin with a match-up of two Top 25 teams from the AP’s preseason rankings as the USC Trojans women’s basketball team and top recruit JuJu Watkins face Cotie McMahon and the Ohio State Buckeyes on truTV at 2 p.m.

Both women’s basketball games will be called by Angel Gray, Candace Parker, and Taylor Rooks.

At 10 p.m. on TNT, the USC Trojans men’s basketball team — featuring one of the nation’s top backcourts with all-conference guard Boogie Ellis and #1 recruit Isaiah Collier — will open their season against impact transfer Arthur Kaluma and the Kansas State Wildcats, hoping to build on their 2022-23 season, which culminated with an Elite 8 appearance.

Earlier in the day at 4:30 p.m. on truTV, five-star recruit Kwame Evans and the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team will face Justin Hill and the Georgia Bulldogs, in only the second meeting ever between the two teams.

Spero Dedes, Grant Hill and Allie LaForce will be the commentator team for both men’s basketball games.

All studio and live game coverage will be available to stream via the B/R Sports Add-On tier on Max. Bleacher Report will also have extensive coverage of the day’s thrilling action across its social, digital and mobile platforms.

2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas — Broadcast Schedule & Commentator Teams  

Time (ET)  

Program / Commentators  

Platform  

1:30 p.m.  

2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas Pregame Coverage  

Stephanie Ready, Renee Montgomery, Brendan Haywood  

truTV, Max  

2 p.m.  

Women: USC vs. Ohio State  

Angel Gray, Candace Parker, Taylor Rooks  

truTV, Max  

4:30 p.m.  

Men: Oregon vs. Georgia  

Spero Dedes, Grant Hill, Allie LaForce  

truTV, Max  

7 p.m.  

2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas Pregame Coverage  

Stephanie Ready, Renee Montgomery, Brendan Haywood  

TNT, Max  

7:30 p.m.  

Women: Colorado vs. LSU  

Angel Gray, Candace Parker, Taylor Rooks  

TNT, Max  

10 p.m.  

Men: USC vs. Kansas State  

Spero Dedes, Grant Hill, Allie LaForce  

TNT, Max  

Postgame  

2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas Postgame Coverage  

Stephanie Ready, Renee Montgomery, Brendan Haywood  

TNT, Max  

   

For more information or to purchase tickets to attend the 2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas, please visit hofseries.com.