Big 12 Conference

ESPN’s Slate of 2013-2014 Big 12 Men’s College Basketball Games

ESPN today unveiled its schedule of college basketball games this upcoming season featuring the Big 12 Conference. ESPN  will combine to televise 83 conference games.

Here is the schedule of game across the networks of ESPN:

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Big 12 Network and ESPN3 2014 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Schedule
Dates, times and television listings subject to change
 
Date Time (ET) Game Network
Sat, Jan 4 Noon Oklahoma State at Kansas State ESPNU
1:30 p.m. Iowa State at Texas Tech Big 12 Network / ESPN3
4 p.m. West Virginia at TCU Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Mon, Jan 6 7 p.m. West Virginia at Texas Tech ESPNU
Tue, Jan 7 7 p.m. Baylor at Iowa State ESPN2
8 p.m. Kansas State at TCU Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Wed, Jan 8 7 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma ESPN2
9 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma State ESPNU
Sat, Jan 11 Noon Iowa State at Oklahoma ESPNU
1:30 p.m. TCU at Baylor Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. Kansas State at Kansas ESPN
4 p.m. Oklahoma State at West Virginia Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Mon, Jan 13 7 p.m. Texas at West Virginia ESPNU
9 p.m. Kansas at Iowa State ESPN
Tue, Jan 14 7 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas State ESPN2
Wed, Jan 15 8 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
9 p.m. Baylor at Texas Tech ESPNU
Sat, Jan 18 1:30 p.m. West Virginia at Kansas State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Iowa State at Texas Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Mon, Jan 20 9 p.m. Baylor at Kansas ESPN
Tue, Jan 21 7 p.m. Kansas State at Texas ESPN2
Wed, Jan 22 8 p.m. Texas Tech at West Virginia Big 12 Network / ESPN3
9 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma ESPNU
Sat, Jan 25 1:30 p.m. Texas at Baylor Big 12 Network / ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Kansas State at Iowa State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma State ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas Tech Big 12 Network / ESPN3
9 p.m. Kansas at TCU ESPNU
Mon, Jan 27 9 p.m. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma ESPN
Tue, Jan 28 7 p.m. West Virginia at Baylor ESPN2
8 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Wed, Jan 29 9 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas ESPNU
Sat, Feb 1 1:30 p.m. Kansas State at West Virginia Big 12 Network / ESPN3
1:30 p.m. TCU at Texas Tech Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma State ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Kansas at Texas ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Oklahoma at Iowa State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Mon, Feb 3 9 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma State ESPN
Tue, Feb 4 7 p.m. Kansas at Baylor ESPN or ESPN2
8 p.m. Texas at TCU Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Wed, Feb 5 7 p.m. Oklahoma at West Virginia ESPNU
Sat, Feb 8 1:30 p.m. Texas at Kansas State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
4 p.m. West Virginia at Kansas ESPN
4 p.m. TCU at Iowa State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
7 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma ESPN2
9:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas Tech ESPNU
Mon, Feb 10 7 p.m. Iowa State at West Virginia ESPNU
9 p.m. Kansas at Kansas State ESPN
Tue, Feb 11 7 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas ESPN2
Wed, Feb 12 7 p.m. Baylor at TCU ESPNU
8 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Sat, Feb 15 1:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Iowa State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. TCU at Kansas Big 12 Network / ESPN3
7 p.m. Kansas State at Baylor ESPNU
Mon, Feb 17 9 p.m. Oklahoma State at Baylor ESPN
Tue, Feb 18 7 p.m. Texas at Iowa State ESPN2
8 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech Big 12 Network / ESPN3
Wed, Feb 19 9 p.m. TCU at Kansas State ESPNU
Sat, Feb 22 1:30 p.m. Baylor at West Virginia Big 12 Network / ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
4 p.m. Iowa State at TCU ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma Big 12 Network / ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Texas at Kansas ESPNU
Mon, Feb 24 7 p.m. Oklahoma State at TCU ESPNU
9 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas ESPN
Tue, Feb 25 7 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Tech ESPN2
Wed, Feb 26 8 p.m. West Virginia at Iowa State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
9 p.m. Baylor at Texas ESPNU
Sat, Mar 1 1:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor Big 12 Network / ESPN3
4 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma Big 12 Network / ESPN3
7 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas State ESPNU
TBA Kansas at Oklahoma State ESPN
Mon, Mar 3 9 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State ESPN
Tue, Mar 4 7 p.m. Iowa State at Baylor ESPN2
Wed, Mar 5 8 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas Big 12 Network / ESPN3
9 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma ESPNU
Sat, Mar 8 Noon Kansas at West Virginia ESPN or ESPN2
1:30 p.m. Baylor at Kansas State Big 12 Network / ESPN3
2 p.m. Oklahoma State at Iowa State ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m. Oklahoma at TCU Big 12 Network / ESPN3
4 p.m. Texas at Texas Tech ESPNEWS

ESPN, Big 12 Conference Sign New Rights Deal

ESPN and the Big 12 Conference announced today they have reached a new, 13-year rights agreement that will allow the network access to sports action through the 2024-2025 academic year.

The new deal will allow ESPN to access more college football and basketball games across multiple platforms.

Some aspects of the deal begins this year, including distribution on multiple ESPN networks for football games, and more men’s basketball games. As part of the agreement, Fox Sports will offer additional Big 12 content on its networks.

For now through 2015 up to 19 conference-controlled football games will be televised on ESPN networks and platforms, Beginning in 2016, ESPN can distribute up to 23 conference-controlled football games.

For men’s basketball, ESPN networks will televise up to 105 games – an increase of 10 per year.

“The Big 12 combines institutions known for excellence with passionate fan bases and rich traditions.” said ESPN President John Skipper,  “This agreement gives us long-term stability, more games and more flexibility for when and how fans can see their favorite teams.”

“The stability of the Big 12 Conference is cemented.” said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, “We are positioned with one of the best media rights arrangements in collegiate sports, providing the Conference and its members unprecedented revenue growth and sports programming over two networks.”

ESPN Announces Slate of Prime Time Big 10 Football Match-Ups

Earlier this week ESPN adjusted its upcoming schedule of ACC College Football for this fall. Now the WWL has unveiled a line-up of prime time match-ups featuring teams in the Big 12. Here is the proposed schedule:

Date Time (ET) Game Network
Thu, Sep 1 8 p.m. UNLV at No. 14 Wisconsin ESPN
Sat, Sep 10 8 p.m. No. 17 Notre Dame at Michigan ESPN
Sat, Oct 1 8 p.m. No. 17 Notre Dame at Purdue ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
8 p.m. No. 13 Nebraska at No. 14 Wisconsin ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 8 8 p.m. No. 10 Ohio State at No. 13 Nebraska ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 22 8 p.m. No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 16 Michigan State ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 29 8 p.m. No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 10 Ohio State ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Sports Media Weekly Podcast #37- Dan Hoard, Pawtucket Red Sox

Sports Media Weekly We are back for another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.

On this 37th episode Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I talk about the media reaction to the World Cup just underway in South Africa.  Specifically we attack those in the media who criticize the sport of soccer for its lack of scoring and think we ALL should join in the revolt.

Also on the agenda, the saving of the Big 12 Conference thanks to an agreement reached between the conference and ESPN,  how ESPN and NBC may fair telecasting this week’s U.S. Open in prime time, and we react to the news from a few weeks ago on the sale of The Big Lead to Fantasy Sports Ventures.

Our guest this week is Dan Hoard, play-by-play voice for the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.  Dan talks about his career, which also currently includes serving as voice of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football and men’s basketball as well as his new upcoming job as television voice of pre-season games for the Cincinnati Bengals.

In our discussion we ask Dan about his work in minor league baseball, his two successful blogs, and one post in particular that became popular involving the story of a PawSox player leaving tickets for ESPN’s Erin Andrews.