A total of 35 regular season games are part of GIANT fm Real Radio’s 2021-2022 boys and girls basketball broadcast schedule.
Games can be heard this season on 96.5 (FM), 106.3 (FM), via internet at giant.fm and the GIANT fm App.
The broadcast schedule opens with a Shelby County-rivalry game on Nov. 9 at William L. Garrett Gymnasium between Waldron and Shelbyville.
Waldron was 18-4 last season and returns much of its roster. Shelbyville also has a large portion of the 2020-2021 roster back with expectations on improving on an 8-15 season.
Two days later, GIANT fm will broadcast Triton Central girls basketball’s Indiana Crossroads Conference opener at Cascade. The Tigers finished 20-4 last season. Cascade was 16-6.
Triton Central won 95-89 in double-overtime in its 2020 meeting with the Cadets.
On Nov. 19, Shelbyville hosts Southwestern with the return of Jason West to Garrett Gymnasium headlining the matchup. West was Shelbyville’s head coach from 2015-2019. He was just recently hired at Southwestern to replace Garrett Krieg, who resigned after being hired for a boys basketball head coaching position in northern Indiana.
Southwestern finished 18-8 last season under Krieg and advanced to the regional championship game.
Three boys basketball games in five nights closes out the November schedule.
Southwestern’s season opener Nov. 23 against Edinburgh will start the boys basketball broadcast schedule. Edinburgh finished 18-6 last season and swept a pair of regular-season games against the Spartans, who went 14-11 and made a regional championship game appearance.
One night later, Shelbyville hosts Rushville in a battle of longtime rivals. The Golden Bears were 8-14 last season and graduated a large senior class. Rushville went 1-20 and has a new coach this season in Ryan Ehm.
The December schedule kicks off with Waldron at Triton Central in a potential Shelby County Girls Basketball Tournament championship game preview. The two squads combined for 38 wins last season.
Shelbyville boys basketball travels east to the Spartan Bowl in Connersville on Dec. 4. The Spartans were 18-8 last season for head coach Kerry Brown, who is eight wins away from 200 wins as the Connersville coach and 26 wins from career win No. 300.
In what could be a Class A, Sectional 60 championship game preview, GIANT fm will broadcast the Jac-Cen-Del at Waldron game on Dec. 7. The Eagles finished 22-4 last season for head coach Scott Smith and lost in the sectional championship game to Southwestern. Smith has 366 career victories in 21 seasons as the girls basketball coach at Jac-Cen-Del.
The first girls-boys basketball doubleheader broadcast follows on Dec. 10 when New Castle visits Shelbyville.
The final broadcast of 2021 is Dec. 29 with a 4A Sectional 13 preview of Franklin at Shelbyville. The Grizzlies finished 7-15 last season and have a new head coach in former Franklin standout Adrian Moss.
The tradition-rich Shelby County Tournament opens the 2022 broadcast schedule. Waldron is the host site for girls semifinal games on Jan. 6 and boys semifinals on Jan. 7. The championship games follow on Jan. 8.
A quintet of Shelbyville boys basketball games closes out January with Pendleton Heights, Franklin Central, Greenfield-Central, Indian Creek and South Ripley taking on the Golden Bears.
Girls basketball sectional action starts the February slate of games. GIANT fm also will broadcast any regional, semistate or state final games.
The regular season schedule concludes with Shelbyville hosting Seymour on Feb. 22 and Batesville on Feb. 24.
Boys basketball sectional games run from March 1-5.
All broadcasts will go live approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of varsity games.
The schedule is subject to change.
GIANT fm Real Radio Broadcast Schedule
Nov. 9: Waldron at Shelbyville (G), 7 p.m. (approximate start time)
Nov. 11: Triton Central at Cascade (G), 7 p.m.
Nov. 19: Southwestern at Shelbyville (G), 7 p.m.
Nov. 23: Edinburgh at Southwestern (B), 7 p.m.
Nov. 24: Rushville at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Nov. 27: Shelbyville at Triton Central (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 3: Waldron at Triton Central (G), 7 p.m.
Dec. 4: Shelbyville at Connersville (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 7: Jac-Cen-Del at Waldron (G), 7 p.m.
Dec. 10: New Castle at Shelbyville (G/B), 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 11: Shelbyville at Whiteland (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 14: Greenwood at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 17: Shelbyville at Mt. Vernon (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 18: Shelbyville at Yorktown (B), 7 p.m.
Dec. 29: Franklin at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 6: Shelby County Tournament (G), 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 7: Shelby County Tournament (B), 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 8: Shelby County Tournament (G/B), 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 11: Shelbyville at Columbus East (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 15: Pendleton Heights at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 19: Shelbyville at Franklin Central (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 22: Greenfield-Central at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 28: Indian Creek at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Jan. 29: Shelbyville at South Ripley (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 1-5: Girls Basketball Sectionals, TBD
Feb. 8: Edinburgh at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 11: Shelbyville at New Palestine (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 12: Girls Basketball Regionals, TBD
Feb. 15: Triton Central at Monrovia (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 18: Shelbyville at Delta (B), 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 19: Girls Basketball Semistate, TBD, OR Shelbyville at East Central (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 22: Seymour at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
Feb. 24: Batesville at Shelbyville (B), 7 p.m.
March 1-5: Boys Basketball Sectionals, TBD
