Bowling Green State University Athletics
MAC Announces Men's and Women's Basketball Television Schedule
December 06, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2007
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced a 59-game men's and women's basketball league television package, which includes appearances on FOX Sports Net Ohio, Comcast Local and the ESPN Family of Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com).
Complete Release from MAC Office in PDF Format
The Bowling Green State University men's team will host the University of Toledo on ESPNU on Sunday, Feb. 10. The game will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Anderson Arena. Additionally, the Falcons' game at Eastern Michigan three days later (Wed., Feb. 13) will be aired by Comcast Local.
BGSU's contest at Ohio on Tuesday, Feb 19, will be part of the ESPN Full Court package. And, the regular-season finale at Miami on March 9 will be shown on either FSN Ohio or Comcast Local.
The men's basketball television schedule began on Thursday, November 22 as Miami took on South Alabama in the Anaheim Classic (ESPNU) and culminates with quarterfinal (FSN Ohio), semifinal (FSN Ohio) and Championship game (ESPN2) coverage of the First Energy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament on March 12-15.
Michael Reghi will be joined by MAC Hall of Famer and former Toledo and Philadelphia 76ers standout Steve Mix as talent for the MAC men's basketball syndicated package, while Jeff Phelps and Robin Mueller will make up the talent for the women's package.
FSN Ohio will once again produce a "MAC Scoreboard Show" between games on the four (4) doubleheader weekends (Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 9 and Feb. 16). The show will be hosted by FOX 8's Tony Rizzo and FSN Ohio's Kendall Lewis.
Additionally, the field for the 2008 O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters event on Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23 will include all 12 Mid-American Conference schools. BracketBuster pairings will be made in early February and will be televised on the ESPN Family of Networks.
The women's basketball television schedule begins Wednesday, January 9 as Ball State travels to Western Michigan for a 7 p.m. tip (Comcast Local) and contains eight regular-season telecasts in addition to MAC Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal and championship games telecast on FSN Ohio and Comcast Local. The 10 MAC tournament games that will be televised will be the most that the conference has ever had aired.
2007-08 MAC Men's & Women's Basketball Television Package
Date Game Network Time
Thu., November 8 Buffalo at Uconn (M) ESPNU 9 p.m.
Fri., November 9 New Mexico St. at Ohio (M) ESPN Full Court 7 p.m.
Mon. November 12 CMU at Missouri (M) ESPN Full Court 8 p.m.
Mon. November 12 WMU at Oregon (M) ESPN Full Court 10:30 p.m.
Thu., November 22 Miami vs. South Ala. (M) ESPNU 9:30 p.m.
Fri., Novmber 23 Kent State at Xavier (M) FSN Ohio 6 p.m.
Sat., November 24 Miami vs. Southern Cal (M) ESPN2 12:30 a.m.
Sat., November 24 CMU at Minnesota (M) ESPN360 8 p.m.
Sun., November 25 Miami vs. Miss. St (M) ESPN2 9 p.m.
Sat., December 15 Ohio vs. Kansas (M) ESPN2 5 p.m.
Sat. December 22 Miami at Kansas (M) ESPN Full Court 1 p.m.
Wed., January 2 Kent St at N Carolina (M) ESPN 8 p.m.
Sun., January 6 EMU at CMU (M) Comcast Local 2 p.m.
Wed., January 9 Ball State at WMU (W) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Sun., January 13 CMU at Ball State (M) Comcast Local 2 p.m.
Thu., January 17 Ohio at Akron (M) ESPNU 9 p.m.
Sat., January 19 EMU at Ball State (M) Comcast Local 2 p.m.
Sat., January 19 Kent State at Ohio (M) ESPN Classic 6 p.m.
Sun., January 20 Buffalo at Miami (M) FSN Ohio 2 p.m.
Tues., January 22 Toledo at EMU (M) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Tues., January 22 CMU at WMU (M) ESPNU 7 p.m.
Wed., January 23 CMU at Ball State (W) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Sat., January 26 Ohio at CMU (W) FSN Ohio 12 p.m.
Sat. January 26 Ball State at Ohio (M) ESPN Full Court 2 p.m.
Sat., January 26 Akron at CMU (M) FSN Ohio 2:30 p.m.
Tues., January 29 CMU at Ohio (M) ESPN Full Court 7 p.m.
Sat., February 2 Kent State at Toledo (M) FSN Ohio 12 p.m.
Sat., February 2 Bowling Green at Toledo (W) FSN Ohio 2:30 p.m.
Wed., February 6 Akron at WMU (M) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Sat. February 9 EMU at Ohio (W) FSN Ohio 12 p.m.
Sat., February 9 WMU at Ohio (M) FSN Ohio 2:30 p.m.
Sun., February 10 Toledo at Bowling Green (M) ESPNU 4 p.m.
Tues., February 12 Akron at EMU (W) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Tues., February 12 NIU at Akron (M) FSN Ohio 8 p.m.
Wed., February 13 BGSU at Eastern Mich (M) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Sat., February 16 Ball St. at Kent St. (W) FSN Ohio 12 p.m.
Sat., February 16 Ohio at Kent State (M) FSN Ohio 3 p.m.
Tues., February 19 Bowling Green at Ohio (M) ESPN Full Court 7 p.m.
Wed., February 20 Ball State at CMU (M) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Wed., February 20 EMU at WMU (M) ESPNU 9 p.m.
Fri./Sat., Feb. 22 & 23 ESPN Networks
O'Reilly ESPNU Bracketbusters (M)
Sat., March 1 EMU at NIU (W) FSN Ohio 12 p.m.
Sat., March 1 Ohio at Miami (M) ESPN Full Court 7:30 p.m.
Tues., March 4 21-day advance (M) & ESPN2 7 p.m.
Tues., March 4 WMU at CMU or UT at EMU (M) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Tues., March 4 Akron at Ohio (M) ESPN Full Court 7 p.m.
Wed., March 5 CMU at EMU (W) Comcast Local 7 p.m.
Sun., March 9 Bowling Green at Miami (M) FSN Ohio or 12 p.m.
Comcast Local
Sun., March 9 Kent State at Akron (M) FSN Ohio or 6 p.m.
Comcast Local
Thu., March 13 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M) $ 12 p.m.
Thu., March 13 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M) $ 2:30 p.m.
Thu., March 13 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M) $ 7 p.m.
Thu., March 13 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M) $ 9:30 p.m.
Fri., March 14 MAC Tournament Semifinals (W) $ 12 p.m.
Fri., March 14 MAC Tournament Semifinals (W) $ 2:30 p.m.
Fri., March 14 MAC Tournament Semifinals (M) $ 7 p.m.
Fri., March 14 MAC Tournament Semifinals (M) $ 9:30 p.m.
Sat., March 15 MAC Tournament Final (W) $ 1 p.m.
Sat., March 15 MAC Tournament Final (M) ESPN2 7 p.m.
& wildcard - teams TBA
$ FSN Ohio or Comcast Local
