MAAC Basketball to Air on ESPNU and MSG Network for 2007-08 Season
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. - The Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference and its basketball programs will provide its fans
with all of the exciting, fast paced action of MAAC Basketball right in their
very own homes.
The
MAAC will be televising nine men’s basketball games on ESPNU, a multi-media
college sports initiative including a new 24-hour television network that
launched March 4, 2005.
Additionally,
ESPN2 will air a single regular season MAAC game with Rider University
at Siena College on Saturday, February 2, 2008. The 2008 Citizens Bank MAAC Men’s Basketball
Championship title game will also be carried live on ESPN2 on Monday, March 10
at 7:00 p.m.
The
MSG Network will once again be the primary carrier for the Pepsi MAAC
Basketball Game of the Week. MSG will
carry six regular season men’s games as well as the men’s first round,
quarterfinal and semifinal games of the 2008 Citizens Bank MAAC Basketball
Championship at the Times
Union Center
in Albany, N.Y.
The
MAAC will also televise three regular season women’s basketball contests on
ESPNU and two regular season women’s basketball games on the MSG Network. MSG will also televise the women’s
quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game of the 2008 Citizens Bank MAAC
Women’s Basketball Championship.
The
schedule starts off on Friday, January 4, as Loyola College
hosts Fairfield University for a 7:00 p.m. game on ESPNU.
Canisius College will host the first men’s and
women’s basketball television doubleheader on Friday, January 18. The Golden Griffins’ women’s program will
face crosstown rival Niagara
University in the first
game at 4:30 p.m.,
followed by the men’s programs for the Griffs and the Purple Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both games will be broadcasted on ESPNU.
ESPNU
will broadcast two more men’s and women’s basketball doubleheaders this
season. On Friday, February 15, Manhattan College hosts a twin bill, featuring the
Lady Jaspers versus Iona
College at 4:30 p.m., and the Jaspers against Marist College
at 7:00 p.m.
Rider’s
Alumni Gymnasium is the locale for the final ESPNU doubleheader on Friday,
February 29. The Rider women will take
on Siena at 4:30 p.m., while the Broncs will
face Saint Peter’s College at 7:00
p.m.
The
Pepsi MAAC Television Network will also host a pair of men’s and women’s
basketball doubleheaders. On Sunday,
January 27, Marist’s McCann
Center will feature the
Red Foxes’ women’s program against Loyola at 12:00 p.m., and the men versus Canisius at 4:00 p.m.
The
Arena at Harbor Yard, home of the Fairfield Stags, will be the site of the
Pepsi MAAC Television Network doubleheader on Monday, February 18. The Fairfield
women will play Saint Peter’s at 5:00
p.m., followed by the Fairfield
men against Marist at 7:30 p.m.
Furthermore,
MAAC teams will be in television action all season long during non-conference
play. Highlighting the long list of
those matchups is the opening round of the Old Spice Classic at Walt Disney
World’s Wide World of Sports Complex, as Rider takes North Carolina State
University for a 2:00 p.m. game live on ESPN2. Several other local, regional and/or national
games are currently being finalized for both conference and non-conference
games.
MAAC TELEVISION NETWORK TELECASTS
Date Matchup Outlet Time
Fri., 1/4 Fairfield at Loyola* (m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Sun., 1/6 Saint
Peter's at Siena*
(m) MSG/MAAC 6:00 p.m.
Fri., 1/11 Siena at Niagara* (m) ESPNU 9:00 p.m.
Fri., 1/18 Niagara at Canisius* (w) ESPNU 4:30 p.m.
Niagara at Canisius* (m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Mon., 1/21 Iona at Rider* (m) MSG/MAAC 7:00 p.m.
Fri., 1/25 Canisius
at Fairfield*
(m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Sat., 1/26 Loyola at Manhattan* (m) ESPNU 4:00 p.m.
Sun., 1/27 Loyola at
Marist* (w) MSG/MAAC 12:00 p.m.
Canisius
at Marist* (m) MSG/MAAC 4:00 p.m.
Fri., 2/1 Iona at Saint Peter's* (m) ESPNU 7:00
p.m.
Fri., 2/8 Siena at Marist* (m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Sun., 2/10 Niagara at Loyola* (m) MSG/MASN 4:00 p.m.
Fri., 2/15 Iona at Manhattan*
(w) ESPNU 4:30 p.m.
Marist
at Manhattan*
(m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Mon., 2/18 Saint
Peter's at Fairfield*
(w) MSG/MAAC 5:00 p.m.
Marist
at Fairfield*
(m) MSG/MAAC 7:30 p.m.
Fri., 2/29 Siena at Rider* (w) ESPNU 4:30 p.m.
Saint
Peter's at Rider* (m) ESPNU 7:00 p.m.
Sun., 3/2 Manhattan at Iona* (m) MSG/MAAC 12:00 p.m.
2008 Citizens Bank MAAC
Basketball Championships
Date Matchup Outlet Time
Fri, 3/7 Women's
Quarterfinal #2 vs. #7/10$ MAAC
TV 9:30 a.m.
Women's
Quarterfinal #3 vs. #6$ MAAC
TV 11:30 a.m.
Women's
Quarterfinal #1 vs. #8/9$ MAAC
TV 1:30 p.m.
Women's
Quarterfinal #4 vs. #5$ MAAC
TV 3:30 p.m.
Men's
First Round #8 vs. #9$ MAAC
TV 7:30 p.m.
Men's
First Round #7 vs. #10$ MAAC
TV 10:00 p.m.
Sat, 3/3 Women's
Semifinal $ MAAC
TV 9:30 a.m.
Women's
Semifinal $ MAAC
TV 11:30 a.m.
Men's
Quarterfinal #4 vs. #5$ MAAC TV 2:15 p.m.
Men's
Quarterfinal #1 vs. #8/9$ MAAC
TV 4:30 p.m.
Men's
Quarterfinal #2 vs. #7/10$ MAAC
TV 7:30 p.m.
Men's
Quarterfinal #3 vs. #6 MAAC
TV 10:00 p.m.
Sun, 3/4 Women's
Championship Game$ MAAC
TV TBA
Men's
Semifinal #1$ MAAC
TV 6:00 p.m.
Men's
Semifinal #2$ MAAC
TV 8:00p.m.
Mon, 3/5 Men's
Championship Game$ ESPN2 7:00 p.m.
National Television
Broadcasts
Date Matchup Outlet Time
Thu.,11/22 Rider vs. North Carolina State% ESPN2 2:00 p.m.
Fri., 11/24 Rider vs.
South Carolina/Penn State% ESPN2 TBA
Sat., 2/2 Rider at Siena* ESPN2 2:00 p.m.
Key
% - Old Spice Classic
* - MAAC Game
(m) - Men's Basketball Game
(w) - Women's Basketball Game
$ - Played at Times
Union Center
(Albany, N.Y.)