Bowling Green State University Athletics
Three BGSU Games to be Televised as Part of MAC Package
January 03, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 3, 2007
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mid-American Conference Commissioner Rick Chryst has announced the finalization of the league's television schedule for the 2006-07 men's and women's basketball season. Highlighting the 43-game package are a record eight MAC Tournament games to be televised and 11 national contests.
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The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team will be a part of three regular-season telecasts, including the home game vs. arch-rival Toledo on Sunday, Feb. 4. The starting time for the BGSU-UT game has been moved to 4:00 p.m. at Anderson Arena.
The Falcons' game at Northern Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 10, like the UT contest, will be the MAC Game of the Week. The BGSU-NIU game has been moved to 12:00 p.m. Eastern -- please note that this is a change from the original schedule the MAC sent out on Tuesday afternoon.
Planned clearances for the MAC Games of the Week are FSN Ohio, Comcast Local, CSN Chicago and Time Warner in Western New York.
BGSU's game at Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 28, is scheduled to be televised by Comcast Local and will begin at 4:30 p.m.
The MAC tournament, which will bring all men's and women's teams to Quicken Loans Arena for the first time ever, features 22 games in seven days from March 4-10. The men's quarterfinal night games on Friday, March 8, will be aired live, as well as both men's and women's semifinals on Friday, March 9, and both championship games on Saturday, March 10. This marks the first time in league history that quarterfinal games will be televised.
The MAC's partnership with ESPN will lead to 11 national appearances on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Included in that total is the league's participation in the ESPN BrackerBuster Saturday event on Feb. 17 and the Central Michigan at Miami women's contest on ESPNU on Jan. 27.
The MAC Game of the Week schedule begins Feb. 3 and will follow the league race until the final regular season date of competition on March 3. The MAC Game of the Week is scheduled to air on FSN Ohio, Comcast Local, CSN Chicago and Time Warner in New York, an estimated 10 million homes.
In addition to its MAC Game of the Week and MAC Tournament coverage, Comcast Local will partner with the MAC to exclusively carry 14 games throughout the season.
2006-07 MAC Basketball Television Schedule
(all times listed are p.m. and ET)
(MAC Game of the Week planned clearances are FSN Ohio, Comcast Local, CSN Chicago and Time Warner in Western New York)
Day Date Time Game Markets Fri. Nov. 12 Western Michigan vs. Pittsburgh (m) ESPNU Sat. Nov. 13 Ball State at Michigan (w) Comcast Local Thu. Nov. 23 Western Michigan vs. Virginia Tech (m) ESPN2 Fri. Nov. 24 Western Michigan vs. West Virginia (m) ESPN2 Sun. Nov. 26 Western Michigan vs. Marist (m) ESPN2 Thu. Dec. 7 Michigan at Miami (m) ESPNU Sat. Dec. 9 Toledo vs. Kansas (m) ESPN2 Mon. Dec. 18 Dartmouth at Central Mich. (w) CL Tue. Dec. 19 Kent State at Duke (m) ESPN Sat. Jan. 13 2:00 Eastern Mich. at Ball State (m) CL Tue. Jan. 16 7:00 Central Mich. at Western Mich. (m) CL Sat. Jan. 20 2:00 Eastern Mich. at Western Mich. (m) CL Wed. Jan. 17 7:00 Central Mich. at Eastern Mich. (w) CL Sat. Jan. 27 4:00 Western Michigan at Akron (m) ESPN2 Sat. Jan. 27 12:00 Central Michigan at Miami (w) ESPNU Sun. Jan. 28 4:30 Bowling Green at Eastern Mich. (w) CL Sat. Feb. 3 4:00 Ball State at Akron (m) MAC Game of the Week Sat. Feb. 3 7:00 Eastern Mich. at Akron (w) MAC Sun. Feb. 4 4:00 Toledo at Bowling Green (w) MAC Sat. Feb. 10 12:00 Bowling Green at Northern Illinois (w) MAC Sat. Feb. 10 3:00 Northern Illinois at Ohio (m) MAC Sun. Feb. 11 12:00 Kent State at Western Michigan (m) MAC Tue. Feb. 13 7:00 Eastern Michigan at Toledo (m) CL Wed. Feb. 14 7:00 Western Michigan at Central Michigan (m) CL Sat. Feb. 17 TBD ESPN BracketBuster (m) ESPN2/ESPNU Sat. Feb. 17 TBD Ball State at Western Michigan (w) CL Wed. Feb. 21 7:00 Central Michigan at Ball State (w) CL Thu. Feb. 22 7:00 Central Michigan at Ball State (m) CL Sat. Feb. 24 12:00 Kent State at Miami (w) MAC Sat. Feb. 24 3:00 Buffalo at Miami (m) MAC Sun. Feb. 25 12:00 Northern Illinois at Western Michigan (w) MAC Sun. Feb. 25 3:00 Toledo at Western Michigan (m) MAC Sun. Feb. 25 2:00 Ball State at Eastern Michigan (m) CL Sun. Mar. 4 12:00 21-day advance selection (m) MAC Sun. Mar. 4 7:30 Akron at Kent State (m) MAC Sun. Mar. 4 2:00 Western Michigan at Ball State (m) CL Thu. Mar. 8 7/9 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (m) FSN Ohio, CL Fri. Mar. 9 12/2:30 MAC Tournament semifinals (w) FSN Ohio, CL Fri. Mar. 9 7/9 MAC Tournament semifinals (m) FSN Ohio, CL Sat. Mar. 10 1:00 MAC Tournament Championship (w) FSN Ohio, CL Sat. Mar. 10 7:00 MAC Tournament Championship (m) ESPN2
(portions of this release courtesy MAC office)
