Women's Basketball Falcons to Appear on SportsTime Ohio Twice in 2010-11

The Mid-American Conference has announced the men's and women's basketball broadcast schedule for its television partners for the 2010-11 season, and the Bowling Green State University women's team will be featured on SportsTime Ohio (STO) twice during the upcoming year.

*** CLICK HERE for the 2010-11 BGSU Women's Basketball Schedule ***

The Falcons' home games against Central Michigan and Kent State both will be aired by the Cleveland-based network. Both of those Saturday games – the Jan. 22 contest vs. CMU and the Feb. 26 matchup with KSU – will begin at noon at venerable Anderson Arena. The latter will be the final weekend regular-season game for the BGSU women at 'The House That Roars.'

There are three women's TV games yet to be determined, as STO will choose a contest 21 days ahead of time. Those dates are three consecutive Saturdays: Feb. 5, Feb 12 and Feb. 19. STO's coverage also will include the MAC Women's Basketball Tournament semifinals (March 11, Noon and 2:30 p.m.) and championship (March 12, 1:00 p.m.).

In all, the MAC television schedule includes a total of 34 men's and women's games produced and distributed by STO, as well as a minimum of 13 games broadcast on the ESPN Family of Networks. STO's Mike Cairns will provide the play-by-play coverage of the women's basketball broadcasts, with the analyst role to be determined.

The Falcons of head coach Curt Miller, winners of six consecutive MAC regular-season titles, return 10 letterwinners from a year ago. BGSU went 27-7 overall and 14-2 in league regular-season action, and the Falcons won the MAC Tournament title to advance to the NCAA Championships for the fourth time in six seasons.

The complete release from the conference office, with a listing of all TV games, follows ...

MAC Announces Historic Men's & Women's Basketball Television Schedule

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference has announced a 34-game men's and women's basketball league television package produced and distributed by the new home for MAC basketball -- SportsTime Ohio (STO). The 34 scheduled games are part of the largest men's and women's television package in league history. In addition, there will be at least 13 other men's basketball games that are scheduled to be televised on ESPN's Family of Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com) – the conference's most extensive national cable package ever.

The men's basketball television schedule will begin on Tuesday, November 16 as Central Michigan battles Hawaii at 4 a.m. ET as part of ESPN's College Hoops Tip-off marathon. STO's coverage of the MAC will begin on Wednesday November 24 as Akron hosts Cleveland State and will culminate with quarterfinals (STO), semifinals (STO) and Championship game (ESPN2, 6 p.m. ET) coverage of the FirstEnergy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament on March 10-12.

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 SportsTime Ohio package. STO's Mike Cairns will provide the play-by-play for the women's broadcasts with the analyst role to be determined.

The STO women's basketball television schedule begins on Saturday, January 8 as Ohio travels to Akron for a Noon tip and contains eight regular-season telecasts in addition to the MAC Women's Basketball Tournament semifinals (March 11, Noon/2:30 p.m. ET) and championship game (March 12, 1 p.m. ET) telecast.

The majority of STO's men's and women's basketball productions will be distributed in high definition – a first for the league's regional television package.

Games will also be available in the MAC footprint via Comcast Michigan (channel 900), Comcast Indiana (channel 81) and Comcast Sports Net Chicago. Check your local listings for game times and local availability. Games will also be available via STO in the Buffalo market on DirecTV (channel 662) and Dish Network (channel 431) as Buffalo is part of STO's normal distribution footprint.

A complete listing of 2010-2011 MAC Men's and Women's Basketball TV Schedule is as follows:

2011 MAC/STO Women's TV Schedule:
-          Saturday, Jan. 8: Ohio @ Akron, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Jan. 15: Toledo @ EMU, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Jan. 22: CMU @ BGSU, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Jan. 22: EMU @ Akron, 5pm ET*
-          Saturday, Jan. 29: Kent State @ Toledo, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Feb. 5: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Feb. 12: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday Feb. 12: Ball State @ Akron, 5pm ET*
-          Saturday, Feb. 19: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, 12 Noon ET
-          Saturday, Feb. 26: Kent State @ BGSU, 12 Noon ET
-          Friday, March 11: MAC Tournament Semifinals (12 Noon/2:30 pm)
-          Saturday, March 12: MAC Tournament Championship (1 pm)
* Denotes Akron/ ISP Sports Production

2010 - 2011 MAC/STO Men's TV Schedule:
-         Wednesday, Nov. 24: Cleveland State @ Akron, 7pm ET;*
-         Tuesday, Dec. 21: Cincinnati @ Miami, 7 pm ET;
-         Saturday, Jan. 8; Kent State @ Akron; 7pm ET;*
-          Sunday, Jan. 9: Miami @ Ohio, 2 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Jan. 12: WMU @ Ball State, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Sunday, Jan. 16: Akron @ Buffalo, 2 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Jan. 19: Kent State @ Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Saturday, Jan. 22: BGSU @ Akron, 7:30pm ET;*
-          Sunday, Jan. 23: Miami @ Kent State, 2 pm ET;
-          Tuesday, Jan. 25: BGSU @ Toledo, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Jan. 26: Akron @ NIU, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT;
-          Sunday, Jan. 30: Toledo @ Kent State, 2 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Feb. 2: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Tuesday, Feb. 8: CMU @ Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Feb. 9: WMU @ Akron, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Saturday Feb. 12: Ball State @ Akron, 7:30pm ET;*
-          Tuesday, Feb. 15: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Feb. 16: EMU @ CMU, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, Feb. 23: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Tuesday, March 1: Kent State @ BGSU, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Wednesday, March 2: Miami @ Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET;
-          Thursday, March 10: MAC Quarterfinals (12 Noon/2:30pm/7 pm/9:30 pm);
-          Friday, March 11: MAC Semifinals (7 pm/9:30 pm);
* Denotes Akron/ ISP Sports Production

2010-11 ESPN Men's Basketball Schedule:
-          Tuesday, Nov. 16: CMU @ Hawaii, 4 am ET/ESPN;
-          Tuesday, Nov. 16: Robert Morris @ Kent State, 8 am ET/ESPN;
-          Saturday, Nov. 27: Illinois @ Western Michigan, 1 pm/ESPN3.com;
-          Thursday, Dec. 9: Kent State @ Florida, 7 pm ET/ESPN2;
-          Sunday, Dec. 12: South Florida @ Kent State, 6:30 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Saturday, Dec. 18: Detroit @ CMU, 7 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Sunday, Jan. 2: Miami @ Kansas, 6 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Saturday, Jan. 22: Buffalo @ Ohio, 3 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Sunday, Jan. 30: CMU @ Akron, 6 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Saturday, Feb. 5: CMU @ Kent State, 5 pm ET/ESPNU;
-          Saturday, Feb. 19: ESPN BracketBuster Saturday, TBD;
-          Saturday, Feb. 26: ESPNU 21-Day Wildcard selection, 11 am ET/10 am CT;
-          Friday, March 4: ESPN2 21-Day Advance Selection, 7pm ET/6 pm CT;
-          Saturday, March 12: FirstEnergy MAC Tournament Championship, 6 pm ET/ESPN2

About SportsTime Ohio
SportsTime Ohio is a Northern Ohio regional sports network reaching 2.8 million homes and designed to offer a variety of sports programming produced for the Ohio sports fan. STO's initial venture was the largest television package in Cleveland Indians team history. STO offers 150 Indians games annually with ALL games in HD. Beginning July 1, 2007 STO became the official cable home of the Cleveland Browns offering Browns fans 52 weeks of Browns coverage. STO is also the television home of the OHSAA football and basketball playoffs and championships and the official cable partner of the Mid-American Conference. Additional programming is geared specifically toward Ohio-area sports fans and the passion that makes the region the greatest sports community.

About the Mid-American Conference
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of 11 members of the Football Bowl Subdivison (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in six (6) states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio. In addition a 13th school – Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. -- is an affiliate member for football only.

Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are -- East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947). Temple University (2007) competes in the East Division in football only. The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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