Winkler Productions

12/30/2020

Mercer fell to Wofford last night, 78-65, to open Southern Conference play. Here are scenes from the beautiful Mercer University campus and Hawkins Arena.

12/29/2020

It's time for more NCAA basketball! Winkler Productions is headed to Macon, Georgia to produce the Wofford versus Mercer Game tonight. ESPNU will broadcast it at 7 pm ET.

12/24/2020

Team Winkler Productions wishes you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

- Steve Winkler

12/18/2020

We are back on the road! Tomorrow's ACC/Big 10 Challenge features two top 25 teams — #12 Wisconsin and #23 Louisville. Tune in tomorrow, Dec 19, at 12 pm ET on ESPN2.

12/17/2020

The Wichita State Shockers prevailed over the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes on Tuesday with a narrow 69-65 win. Live audiences have been replaced with cardboard cutouts and plexiglass divides the announcers, but the magic on the court remains.

Click below to see behind-the-scenes of what NCAA basketball looks like in these new times.

12/15/2020

The Winkler Productions team will be crisscrossing the middle of the country the rest of December producing NCAA Basketball games in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Next up is tonight's Wichita State at Tulsa game. You can watch it at 7 pm ET on ESPNU.

12/11/2020

The #1 ranked Women’s team from South Carolina was victorious over the home team from Iowa State on Sunday with a score of 83-65. Unfortunately, the Men's game between DePaul and Iowa State was canceled because of COVID-19 protocols within the DePaul program.

Here are some behind-the-scenes photographs from our first NCAA Basketball game of the season. It’s definitely strange producing a sports event in an empty stadium, but at least we know the fans are able to watch at home! Even Johnny Orr's statue is taking precautions during this unusual time.

12/11/2020

Braggin’ Rights Game To Played in 2020; Campus Venue to be Decided by Coin Toss

It is a "home game" for the Winkler Productions team tomorrow. We are headed 90 miles west to Columbia, MO for the 38th annual MO/IL Braggin’ Rights game between MIZZOU and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This historic, rivalry matchup is usually held in St. Louis, but a coin flip between the two campuses relocated it to MIZZOU Arena this year. Tune in to ESPNU at 7 pm CT to watch.

Click below to learn more:

For the 38th consecutive year, Illinois and Missouri will participate in a non-conference basketball game and the date of this year's matchup will be Saturday, Dec. 12.

12/03/2020

The Winkler Productions team is excited to get back to producing NCAA basketball games for ESPN for the 2020-21 season. We are kicking off our first two games of the season this Sunday at Iowa State University.

The #1 women's team in the country, South Carolina, will take on Iowa State first followed by the men's teams from DePaul University and Iowa State. Click here for more details: https://winklerproductionsllc.com/events/list

07/22/2020

The sports world is beginning to return to play and plans for protecting players and audiences are carefully being put into place. No one can say for sure if things will be back to the way they were before, and the transition will undoubtedly present many challenges. However, we assure you that Winkler Productions is prepared to once again deliver high-quality productions of your favorite sporting and entertainment events.

As with most business entities, we have been busy preparing to resume production activities in new and different ways that will be both safe and effective. The new processes and procedures are designed to maximize production value and crew safety such as REMI/at-home style productions, limited on-site personnel, expanded work stations and medical protocols for all production staff (illness screening, mask requirements, sanitization procedures, etc.)

When the time is right, know that we are ready and eager to serve your production needs in the safest manner possible. Please feel free to contact us directly to discuss our services as you proceed with bringing your sports properties back on line.

— Steve Winkler, Winkler Productions President & Executive Producer

04/09/2020

Over the last few weeks, COVID-19 has presented many complex challenges and has had an unprecedented impact on all of our daily lives. In addition to the personal toll, the business of our clients and colleagues, many of which are in the sports industry, has been greatly impacted.

We know that eventually, normalcy will return and that the lights will come back on in sports arenas and school gymnasiums. However, right now the number one priority is for everyone to take the proper steps to be safe and healthy for themselves, their family and their communities.

Even though we are not producing broadcasts of sporting or public events during this time, we want you to know that Winkler Productions is fully operational and available to assist with any type of media production service, both in the near term and when things return to normal. The primary objective both now and in the future will be to ensure the health and safety of our clients as well as our staff on all projects.

Let us know if we can help in any way. In the meantime, we wish everyone our best as we navigate through this global crisis together.

Be safe and well,

Steve Winkler

03/05/2020

Last Saturday, Oklahoma defeated #20 West Virginia 73-62 in another key Big 12 Conference match up. On the call for our final ESPN regular season NCAA basketball production was Mark Neely and Bryndon Manzer.

02/28/2020

We are producing our last regular season game of this NCAA Basketball season tomorrow, February 29 when Oklahoma takes on #20 West Virginia in Morgantown, WV. Tune in to ESPN2 at 4pm ET to watch it live.

02/27/2020

In the state of Oklahoma college basketball showdown last Saturday, Oklahoma State won convincingly against Oklahoma 83-66 in Stillwater. On the call were Mark Neely and Chris Spatola in another Winkler Productions Big 12 Conference game.

02/26/2020

Last Thursday, #3 Gonzaga handily defeated San Francisco 91-78 in another West Coast Conference match up. On the call were two of ESPN’s most colorful analysts, Fran Fraschilla and Jimmy Dykes. Also on-site was David Ceisler, the Coordinating Producer for ESPN college basketball.

02/21/2020

In a Big 12 Conference matchup, Iowa State continued their home-court dominance by defeating Texas 81-59 last Saturday in Ames. On the call was Rich Hollenberg and Robbie Hummel.

02/20/2020

Our team is in Spokane, WA tonight producing the game between San Francisco and #2 Gonzaga in a West Coast Conference matchup. Tune in to ESPN2 at 11pm ET to watch it live.

02/19/2020

#23 ranked BYU defeated Loyola Marymount 77-54 in another West Coast Conference game last Thursday in Los Angeles called by our announcers Eric Rothman and Dan Dickau.

02/15/2020

We are back at it again! Today, Winkler Productions is producing college basketball games at both Iowa State and North Texas. Tune in to see which teams come away with the win!

02/14/2020

Iowa State continued their home-court dominance on Saturday by defeating long-time Big 12 Conference rival Kansas State 73-63. Check out these behind the scenes shots from our production.

02/13/2020

Last week, Winkler Productions traveled to San Diego to cover another West Coast Conference match up where Saint Mary’s hung on to defeat San Diego 66-60.

02/13/2020

Our team is in Los Angeles tonight producing the BYU vs. Loyola Marymount in another West Coast Conference matchup. Tune in to ESPNU at 11pm ET to watch it live.

02/08/2020

We’re back at it again tonight for another Big 12 Conference college basketball showdown! Tune in to ESPN2 at 8 PM eastern to catch the Kansas State vs Iowa State game.

02/06/2020

Winkler Productions is producing the Saint Mary’s vs. San Diego game tonight at 11 pm Eastern. Tune in to ESPNU to watch!

02/04/2020

In an important, Big 12 Conference contest, West Virginia prevailed against Kansas State in front of a packed house at West Virginia Coliseum in Morgantown, WV on Saturday.

01/31/2020

Winkler Productions kicks off a busy February production calendar with two NCAA Men’s basketball games on Saturday, February 1st featuring two of the Top 25 teams in the country! Be sure to tune in tomorrow to catch the Kansas State vs #12 West Virginia and #23 Wichita State vs Tulsa games!

Check out our full February production schedule at winklerproductionsllc.com/events/list

01/29/2020

Check out the behind-the-scenes of our production of the Florida International vs Old Dominion Conference USA matchup last week at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA. Florida International held off Old Dominion 83-80.

01/28/2020

NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s statement on passing of Kobe Bryant

We share shock and sadness with the entire sports world about the passing of Kobe Bryant, a true legend. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver describes Kobe and his contributions to the sport so well in this article.

“For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what is possible when remarkable talent blends with an absolute devotion to winning. He was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are legendary.”

Our hearts go out to all the victims of the helicopter crash and their families.

NEW YORK, United States of America, January 27, 2020/ — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement Sunday regarding the passing of Kobe Bryant: “The NBA family is devastated by the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. “For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what is ...

01/23/2020

Winkler Productions is producing the Florida International vs Old Dominion game tonight at 7 pm Eastern. Tune in to ESPNU to watch!

01/20/2020

Texas Tech, now ranked 18th in the country, defeated Iowa State in front of a sold-out crowd at United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday! The final score was 72-52. Enjoy these photos from behind the scenes of our production of the game.

01/18/2020

Iowa State and Texas Tech, the #23 ranked team in the country, go head-to-head today! Tune in to ESPNU at 4 pm Eastern to see who will come out on top.

01/17/2020

Gonzaga won big...104-54 proving again why they remain the #1 team in the country! Off to Lubbock and game tomorrow at Texas Tech.

01/17/2020

Winkler Productions produced two men’s college basketball games this past Thursday at UTSA and St. Mary’s and one on Saturday at Iowa State.

The production team at the Iowa State game included Producer/Director, David Ashbrock; AP/AD, Bill Conerly; and Executive Producer, Steve Winkler.

Producer/Director, Kent Samul with Joe Lunardi, the famed ESPN NCAA Tournament Bracketology expert aka “Joey Brackets” joined our announcers during the game at St. Mary’s to offer his insight into which teams will be participating this year.

Below are pictures from behind the scenes of all three games... Be sure to check out our calendar to see all the upcoming games on our schedule: https://winklerproductionsllc.com/events/list/

01/16/2020

Tune in to ESPN2 tonight to catch Santa Clara vs the #1 team in the country, Gonzaga, produced by Winkler Productions! The game starts at 11 pm Eastern.

01/11/2020

Tune in to ESPN/ESPN2 tonight at 8 PM eastern for the Oklahoma vs Iowa State game!