Murray State University Athletics
Racer Men's Basketball Announces Television Games
9/28/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Ohio Valley Conference released the league's ESPN dates and game times this week.
The Racers' game time with
“The television exposure for our program is invaluable.” MSU Athletics Director Allen Ward said. “I welcome the opportunity to show a national audience what
“I appreciate Dr. Steinbrecher's hard work in promoting the conference and giving its members the opportunity to compete in the national spotlight,” Ward added. “The tradition and history of Racer basketball and the OVC will be on display and we'll do everything we can to take full advantage of this exposure.”
MSU head coach Billy Kennedy agrees.
“We are thankful to be playing Southeast on national television,” Kennedy said. “It's great exposure for our program and we have a chance to show the country our great fans in the RSEC.”
In all, eight OVC regular season games and two post-season games will be carried by ESPNU.
The OVC Tournament semifinals Mar. 7 on ESPNU are at 6 and 8 p.m.
The championship game of the tournament is on ESPN Mar. 8 at 3 p.m., although the game time is subject to change.
All MSU men's and women's home games will be carried tape delayed on MSU TV-11. In addition, all Racer home games and away conference games can be seen on www.ovctv.com.
Here is the complete list of OVC games on the ESPN networks for the 2007-08 season.
ESPNU Games
Thursday, Dec. 6
Saturday, Jan. 12 Morehead State at UT Martin, 2 p.m. CT
Saturday, Jan. 19 Eastern Illinois at
Thursday, Jan. 24
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Saturday, Feb. 2 Eastern Kentucky at
Thursday, Feb. 7
Thursday, Feb. 28
Friday, March 7 OVC Semifinal #1, 6 p.m. CT
Friday, March 7 OVC Semifinal #2, 8 p.m. CT
ESPN2 Game
Saturday, Jan. 26 Southeast Missouri at
ESPN Game
Saturday, March 8 OVC Final, 3 p.m. CT (time tentative)
