BIG EAST Unveils Its Men’s Lacrosse Television Schedule
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 3:24PM from press release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The BIG EAST Conference, in conjunction with ESPN, has announced its 2010
national television schedule for the inaugural season of BIG EAST men’s lacrosse. The television package will feature 11 games and 15 appearances by Conference teams, all on ESPNU.
Men’s lacrosse is the 24th sport sponsored by the BIG EAST and is the 11th men’s sport. The seven conference schools participating in the newly formed league are Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Syracuse and Villanova. The teams will play a six-game single round-robin regular-season schedule.
BIG EAST coverage beings on Feb. 27 when Georgetown hosts Maryland at 2 p.m. ET, and will conclude with Syracuse at Notre Dame on May 1 at 7 p.m. Also featured on the schedule is a game on ESPN 360.com, Syracuse at Virginia on March 7. That game will also be tape-delayed on ESPNU.
Included in this year’s schedule will be a new lacrosse doubleheader, the ESPNU Warrior Lacrosse Invitational, organized by ESPN Regional Television. The event will take place at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Conn., on April 24, and will showcase Georgetown against Massachusetts at 1:30 p.m. after the No. 17 Denver vs. Fairfield.
ESPNU highlights the second annual Konica Minolta Big City Classic on April 10, with Syracuse vs. Princeton at 6:30 p.m. from New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Scheduled to play in the early game of the doubleheader are North Carolina and Virginia.
ESPNU will lead ESPN’s college lacrosse coverage with increased game coverage this season, including 40 men’s and women’s regular-season contests combined, in addition to one live ESPN2 and ESPN360.com game. The networks will televise 57 games overall, including 42 regular-season contests (up from 30) and 15 NCAA Championship games across ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com.
For the fourth year in a row, the ESPN networks will televise the complete NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship. ESPNU will televise all eight first-round games and quarterfinal contests from May 15-23. ESPN2 will televise the National Semifinals on May 29 and ESPN will offer the National Championship game on May 31, all from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. ESPN360.com will simulcast the National Semifinals and Championship games.
2010 BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Composite Television Schedule
FEBRUARY
Sat. 27 Maryland at Georgetown 2:00 p.m. ESPNU
MARCH
Sun. 7 Syracuse at Virginia 1:00 p.m. 360.com/ESPNU TD
Sat. 13 GEORGETOWN at SYRACUSE 2:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat. 20 Syracuse at Johns Hopkins 8:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat. 27 Duke at Georgetown Noon ESPNU
APRIL
Sat. 10 Konica Minolta Big City Classic (E. Rutherford, N.J.)
Syracuse vs. Princeton 6:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sun. 11 NOTRE DAME at GEORGETOWN Noon ESPNU
Sat. 17 Georgetown at Loyola (Md.) Noon ESPNU
Sun. 18 SYRACUSE at RUTGERS 6:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat. 24 ESPNU Invitational (Hartford, Conn.)
Massachusetts vs. Georgetown 1:30 p.m. ESPNU
MAY
Sat. 1 SYRACUSE at NOTRE DAME 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
BIG EAST games in CAPS; All dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change; 360.com – ESPN 360.com; ESPNU TD – tape delayed broadcast
The BIG EAST is the largest and most diverse Division I conference in the country. It was formed in 1979 and represents the athletic interests of 16 member institutions including the University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, DePaul University, Georgetown University, University of Louisville, Marquette University, University of Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, Providence College, Rutgers University, St. John's University, Seton Hall University, University of South Florida, Syracuse University, Villanova University and West Virginia University. The BIG EAST Conference has captured 27 national championships in six different sports and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series. For more information on the Conference and its membership, please visit www.bigeast.org.
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