MAC Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball Television Schedule

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).

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 FirstEnergy 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 Muller 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.

Links to the MAC League TV schedule and a composite schedule are provided below.

2007-08 MAC Men's & Women's Basketball Television Package

Date	Game	Network	Time
Thurs., November 8	Buffalo at Uconn (M)	ESPNU	9 p.m.
Fri., November 9	New Mexico State at Ohio (M)	ESPN Full Court	7 p.m.
Mon. November 12	Central Michigan at Missouri (M)	ESPN Full Court	8 p.m.
Mon. November 12	Western Michigan at Oregon (M)	ESPN Full Court	10:30 p.m.
Thurs., November 22	Miami vs. South Alabama (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 California (M)	ESPN2	12:30 a.m.
Sat., November 24	Central Michigan at Minnesota (M)	ESPN360	8 p.m.
Sun., Novmber 25	Miami vs. Mississippi State	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 State at North Carolina (M)	ESPN	8 p.m.
Sun., Januray 6	Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan (M)	Comcast Local	2 p.m.
Wed., January 9	Ball State at Western Michigan (W)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Sun., January 13	Central Michigan at Ball State (M)	Comcast Local	2 p.m.
Thurs., January 17	Ohio at Akron (M)	ESPNU	9 p.m.
Sat., January 19	Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan (M)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Tues., January 22	Central Michigan at Western Michigan (M)	ESPNU	7 p.m.
Wed., January 23	Central Michigan at Ball State (W)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Sat., January 26	Ohio at Central Michigan (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 Central Michigan (M)	FSN Ohio	2:30 p.m.
Tues., January 29	Central Michigan 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 Western Michigan (M)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Sat. February 9	Eastern Michigan at Ohio (W)	FSN Ohio	12 p.m.
Sat., February 9	Western Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan (W)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Tues., February 12	Northern Illinois at Akron (M)	FSN Ohio	8 p.m.
Wed., February 13	Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan (M)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Sat., February 16	Ball State at Kent State (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 Central Michigan (M)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Wed., February 20	Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan (M)	ESPNU	9 p.m.
Fri./Sat., Feb. 22 & 23	O'Reilly ESPNU Bracketbusters (M)	ESPN Networks	TBA
Sat., March 1	Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois (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 (wildcard) (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	Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan (W)	Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Sun., March 9	Bowling Green at Miami (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	12 p.m.
Sun., March 9	Kent State at Akron (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	6 p.m.
Thurs., March 13	MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	12 p.m.
Thurs., March 13	MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	2:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 13	MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Thurs., March 13	MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	9:30 p.m.
Fri., March 15	MAC Tournament Semifinals (W)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	12 p.m.
Fri., March 15	MAC Tournament Semifinals (W)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	2:30 p.m.
Fri., March 14	MAC Tournament Semifinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	7 p.m.
Fri., March 14	MAC Tournament Semifinals (M)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	9:30 p.m.
Sat., March 15	MAC Tournament Final (W)	FSN Ohio/Comcast Local	1 p.m.
Sat., March 15	MAC Tournament Final (M)	ESPN2	7 p.m.

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