Seton Hall Basketball Radio Announcer
Voice of NEC Basketball on CBS Sports Network, SNY, & ESPN3
Buffalo Bisons Radio Announcer on ESPN 1520
Play-by-Play: Soccer, Women's Basketball, and Baseball
Dave Popkin

Bio

Who is Dave Popkin?

Dave Popkin was voted the 2024 New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. He is a versatile, veteran broadcaster based in the New York Metro Area. Popkin is in his 22nd season as a color commentator and play-by-play announcer with the Seton Hall Basketball radio network (Learfield, SiriusXM). He can be seen on YES Network and ESPN+ during basketball season as the Voice of Northeast Conference Basketball (25th year) and has called many other sports for the NEC, including: football, soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, cross country, and bowling. Dave co-hosts “Crashing the Boards” with Austin Johnson, a weekly college basketball talk show on FOX Sports Radio New Jersey.

Dave on CBS Sports

Dave has recently called men's and women's college soccer, women's basketball, and college baseball on FS1. The University of Miami graduate has 24 years of minor league baseball play-by-play experience, including presently calling selected road series for the Buffalo Bisons - Toronto Triple A (12th year). Dave has called over 50 baseball and basketball games over the years on CBS Sports Network. He served as a Power 5 college football and basketball announcer for ESPNU and ESPN3 for eight years and has appeared on many national and regional networks, including: NBCSN, MSG, SNY, MASN, NESN, Fox Sports Net, and FloSports. He also presently serves as a music news reporter for WBGO FM in Newark, the most listened-to jazz radio station in the world.

View Dave's Resume

Reels

Dave in Action

Basketball Radio PBP
The Voyage - Seton Hall PBP
Baseball TV PBP
Women's Basketball TV PBP
Stand-ups and Highlights
NHL Commercial
TV Basketball Highlights
Baseball Radio PBP
Basketball Radio PBP
Soccer TV PBP
Football TV PBP

Did You Know?

Meet Dave Popkin

01Dave has called 15 different sports, including Swimming, Bowling, Soccer, Lacrosse, and Volleyball
02Dave became the first announcer to call every game of a College World Series
03Dave served as the radio voice of two NEC teams (Monmouth, LIU) before becoming the TV voice of the conference
04In 2018, Dave called a radio game in Providence, RI and a TV game in Emmitsburg, MD in the same day
05Dave hosted sportstalk shows in Miami, Sioux City, El Paso, and Trenton early in his career
06Dave's first TV assignment was as a sideline reporter for a lifeguard tournament in Sea Girt, NJ
07Dave has called over 600 Seton Hall games with Gary Cohen over the last 22 years
08Dave called the National Youth Baseball Championships with former Yankee Jeff Nelson on CBS Sports Network for three years
09Dave has had games delayed or canceled due to: flood, snow, fog, locusts, tornado, power outage, precipitation on the court, and a pandemic

Schedule

Where to See or Hear Dave

Date Sport Details Time Where
2/26/25 College Baseball Villanova at Seton Hall 8:30 PM EST FS1, SiriusXM
3/1/25 College Basketball Seton Hall at St. John's 2:15 PM EST CBS, SiriusXM
3/4/25 College Basketball Creighton at Seton Hall 7:00 PM EST FS1, SiriusXM
3/8/25 College Basketball Seton Hall at UCONN 2:30 PM EST Fox, SiriusXM