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October 22, 2009
ESPN Regional Television Presents Extensive College Basketball Package on SEC Network
Exclusive Regional SEC Coverage Debuts in January, Includes SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament
ESPN Regional Television, the over-the-air syndication home for Southeastern Conference programming, will present a regionally syndicated package of SEC college basketball in 62 television markets as part of the groundbreaking 15-year agreement between ESPN, Inc., and the SEC.
The regular-season SEC men’s basketball package on the SEC Network beginning in January will consist of Wednesday and Saturday games, including doubleheaders. The SEC Network will also offer regional coverage of multiple rounds from the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament, as well as SEC women’s basketball games on Sundays, also beginning in January.
Within the nine-state SEC footprint, the SEC Network will be delivered in markets primarily by the local over-the-air carrier of SEC events. In markets outside the SEC footprint, the syndicated programming will air on either local, over-the-air television stations or regional sports cable networks.
The SEC Network will also feature an SEC Studio show, with host Whit Watson, produced by ESPN Regional Television at their headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., also the home of ESPNU.
“As ESPN embarks this season on the landmark agreement with the SEC, ESPN Regional Television will provide viewers with a consistent window for Southeastern Conference basketball,” said Pete Derzis, senior vice president & general manager, ESPN Regional Television. “With ESPN’s multimedia platforms, SEC sports now touch an unprecedented base of college fans nationwide.”
The markets that will air the SEC Network college basketball package represent more nearly 30 million television households, or 27 percent of the U.S. The 15-year agreement between ESPN and the SEC begins with the 2009-10 season and continues through 2023-24.
SEC Network Commentators
Play-by-play announcers include Dave Baker, Carter Blackburn, Eric Collins, Dave Lamont and Dave Neal; analysts are Barry Booker, Joe Dean Jr., Mark Gottfried and Bob Wenzel.
2009-10 SEC Network Men's College Basketball Schedule (Subject to change)
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup |
| Sat, Jan 9 |
1:30 p.m. |
Mississippi State at Ole Miss |
| |
1:30 p.m. |
South Carolina at Auburn |
| |
4 p.m. |
Georgia at Kentucky |
| Wed, Jan 13 |
8 p.m. |
LSU at South Carolina |
| |
8 p.m. |
Ole Miss at Georgia |
| Sat, Jan 16 |
1:30 p.m. |
Alabama at Arkansas |
| |
1:30 p.m. |
Ole Miss at Tennessee |
| |
4 p.m. |
Kentucky at Auburn |
| Wed, Jan 20 |
8 p.m. |
Auburn at LSU |
| Sat, Jan 23 |
1:30 p.m. |
Auburn at Vanderbilt |
| |
1:30 p.m. |
Ole Miss at LSU |
| |
4 p.m. |
Arkansas at Kentucky |
| Wed, Jan 27 |
8 p.m. |
LSU at Alabama |
| Sat, Jan 30 |
1:30 p.m. |
LSU at Mississippi State |
| |
4 p.m. |
Alabama at Auburn |
| |
4 p.m. |
Arkansas at Ole Miss |
| Wed, Feb 3 |
8 p.m. |
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt |
| Sat, Feb 6 |
1:30 p.m. |
Mississippi State at Florida |
| |
4 p.m. |
Auburn at Arkansas |
| |
4 p.m. |
Kentucky at LSU |
| Wed, Feb 10 |
8 p.m. |
Florida at South Carolina |
| |
8 p.m. |
LSU at Arkansas |
| Sat, Feb 13 |
1:30 p.m. |
LSU at Vanderbilt |
| |
4 p.m. |
Arkansas at Alabama |
| |
4 p.m. |
South Carolina at Georgia |
| Wed, Feb 17 |
8 p.m. |
Georgia at Tennessee |
| Sat, Feb 20 |
1:30 p.m. |
Tennessee at South Carolina |
| |
4 p.m. |
Alabama at Georgia |
| |
4 p.m. |
Mississippi State at LSU |
| Wed, Feb 24 |
8 p.m. |
Arkansas at LSU |
| |
8 p.m. |
Auburn at Ole Miss |
| Sat, Feb 27 |
1:30 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Arkansas |
| |
4 p.m. |
Florida at Georgia |
| Wed, Mar 3 |
8 p.m. |
Kentucky at Georgia |
| |
8 p.m. |
Mississippi State at Auburn |
| Sat, Mar 6 |
1:30 p.m. |
Auburn at Alabama |
| |
4 p.m. |
Ole Miss at Arkansas |
| Thu, Mar 11 |
1 p.m. |
SEC Tournament, First Round: Game 1 |
| |
3:30 p.m. |
SEC Tournament, First Round: Game 2 |
| |
7:30 p.m. |
SEC Tournament, First Round: Game 3 |
| |
10 p.m. |
SEC Tournament, First Round: Game 4 |
| Fri, Mar 12 |
1 p.m. |
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals: Game 1 |
| |
3:30 p.m. |
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals: Game 2 |
| |
7:30 p.m. |
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals: Game 3 |
| |
10 p.m. |
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals: Game 4 |
2009-10 SEC Network Women's College Basketball Schedule (Subject to change)
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup |
| Sun, Jan 10 |
2 p.m. |
Tennessee at Mississippi State |
| Sun, Jan 17 |
2 p.m. |
Alabama at Kentucky |
| Sun, Jan 24 |
2 p.m. |
Auburn at Kentucky |
| Sun, Jan 31 |
2 p.m. |
Tennessee at South Carolina |
| Sun, Feb 7 |
2 p.m. |
Ole Miss at LSU |
| Sun, Feb 14 |
2 p.m. |
Florida at Tennessee |
| Sun, Feb 21 |
2 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss |
| Sun, Feb 28 |
2 p.m. |
Georgia at Arkansas |
SEC Network Markets
| State |
City |
Station(s) |
Affiliation |
| Alabama |
Birmingham-Tuscaloosa-Anniston |
WTTO; WABM |
CW; MNT |
| |
Dothan |
WTVY; WTVY-DT2, -DT3 |
CBS; MNT; CW |
| |
Huntsville-Decatur (Flor) |
WZDX; WAMY |
FOX; MNT |
| |
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) |
WJTC |
IND |
| |
Montgomery (Selma) |
WCOV; WCOV-DT2 |
FOX |
| Arkansas |
Fort Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs |
KHBS+; KHBS-DT2 |
ABC; CW |
| |
Jonesboro |
KAIT; KAIT-DT2, -DT3 |
ABC |
| |
Little Rock-Pine Bluff |
KATV; KATV-DT2 |
ABC |
| Florida |
Fort Myers-Naples |
WXCW; TBA |
CW |
| |
Gainesville |
WOGX |
FOX |
| |
Jacksonville, Brunswick |
WJXT |
IND |
| |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale |
WSFL; TBA |
CW |
| |
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbrn |
WOFL; WRBW |
FOX; MNT |
| |
Panama City |
WJHG |
MNT |
| |
Tallahassee-Thomasville |
WCTV; WCTV-DT2 |
CBS; MNT |
| |
Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota |
WTTA |
MNT |
| |
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce |
WFLX |
FOX |
| Georgia |
Albany |
WALB |
NBC |
| |
Atlanta |
WPCH |
IND |
| |
Augusta |
My 12 |
MNT |
| |
Columbus |
WXTX; WTVM; TBA |
FOX; ABC |
| |
Macon |
WGXA; TBA |
FOX |
| |
Savannah |
WTGS; TBA |
FOX |
| Indiana |
Evansville |
WTVW |
FOX |
| Kansas |
Wichita-Hutchinson |
KWCH; KSCW |
CBS; CW |
| Kentucky |
Bowling Green |
WBKO; WBKO-FOX; WBKO-This-TV |
ABC; FOX |
| |
Lexington |
WKYT; CWkyt; WYMT |
CBS; CW; CBS |
| |
Louisville |
WAVE |
NBC |
| |
Paducah-C.Girard.-Harrbg-Mt VN |
WPSD; WPSD-DT2 |
NBC |
| Louisiana |
Alexandria |
KLAX |
ABC |
| |
Baton Rouge |
WAFB; WBXH |
CBS; MNT |
| |
Lafayette |
KADN; KLAF |
FOX; MNT |
| |
Lake Charles |
KVHP |
FOX |
| |
Monroe-El Dorado |
TBA |
|
| |
New Orleans |
WWL; WUPL |
CBS; MNT |
| |
Shreveport |
KMSS; KSHV |
FOX; MNT |
| Missouri |
Springfield |
KCZ |
CW |
| Mississippi |
Biloxi-Gulfport |
WXXV; My XXV2 |
Fox; MNT |
| |
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point |
WCBI; My MS |
CBS; MNT |
| |
Greenwood-Greenville |
WABG; FOX 10 |
ABC; FOX |
| |
Hattiesburg-Laurel |
WHLT; WHLT-DT2 |
CBS; RTN |
| |
Jackson |
WJTV; WJTV-DT3 |
CBS; RTV |
| |
Meridian |
WDMN; WGBC; WGBC-DT1 |
CBS; NBC; FOX |
| N. Carolina |
Charlotte |
WAXN |
IND |
| |
Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem |
WCWG |
CW |
| |
Raleigh-Durham |
WNCN; WNCN-DT2 |
NBC |
| Ohio |
Cincinnati |
WSTR |
MNT |
| |
Dayton |
TBA |
|
| Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City |
KSBI |
IND |
| S. Carolina |
Charleston |
WMMP |
MNT |
| |
Columbia |
WIS |
NBC |
| |
Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And |
WSPA; WYCW |
CBS; CW |
| |
Myrtle Beach-Florence |
WWMB; WPDE |
CW; ABC |
| Tennessee |
Chattanooga |
WDSI; WFLI; WDSI-DT2 |
FOX; CW |
| |
Jackson |
WJKT |
FOX |
| |
Knoxville |
WVLT; My VLT2 |
CBS; MNT |
| |
Memphis |
WLMT |
CW |
| |
Nashville |
WUXP |
MNT |
| |
Tri-Cities, TN-VA |
WCYB; CW4 |
NBC; CW |
| Texas |
Tyler-Longview-Lufkin & Ncgd |
KLPN; KFXK |
MNT; FOX |
| Virginia |
Norfolk-Portsmouth-NN-Hampton |
WSKY |
IND |
| West Virginia |
Charleston-Huntington |
WSAZ; My ZTV |
NBC; MNT |
ESPN and the SEC
ESPN, Inc., and the Southeastern Conference entered into a landmark 15-year agreement for extensive football, men’s and women’s basketball, Olympic sports and conference championship content across multiple ESPN entities beginning with the 2009-10 academic year. As a result of the deal -– the longest national rights agreement in ESPN history – ESPN will showcase more than 5,500 SEC events on ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic. ESPN has televised the SEC since 1982.
ESPN Regional Television
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to ownership of several sporting events, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network and the syndication rights holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, Sun Belt, WAC).
SEC
The Southeastern Conference was formed in 1933 and consists of 12 member institutions: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The league currently sanctions championship play in nine men’s sports and 11 women’s sports. Its headquarters has been located in Birmingham, Ala., since 1948. For more on the conference, visit www.secsports.com.
Media contact: Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN, 407-566-2213
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