Complex sentence: On weekends in the late 1980s, WNVC gained an unusual reputation for sports coverage--the station showed as many syndicated college basketball games as possible on weekends, including NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament games in the era before every game was on television.
Split into simpler sentences: On weekends in the late 1980s, WNVC gained an unusual reputation for sports coverage. The station showed as many syndicated college basketball games as possible, including from the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in the era before every game was on television.