Five more Horizon League men's basketball games scheduled for ESPNU
Nov. 5, 2007
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Horizon League Commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone has announced that five more Horizon League men's basketball games, including both tournament semifinals, will be broadcast on ESPNU during the upcoming season.
The regular-season additions are the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay at Butler University on Jan. 10 at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m.CT); Butler at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT); and defending League champion Wright State University at Butler on Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT).
The Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship semifinals will be played March 8 at the site of the number-one seed. Tip-off times will be 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 and 5:30 p.m. CT).
The teams in the three regular-season games are the top four squads in the Horizon League preseason poll, led by preseason favorite Butler, which advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season and finished with a League-record 29 wins, including the title at the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-off. Wright State was picked second in the poll, followed by Green Bay and Milwaukee in third and fourth. The four also boast four of the five Preseason All-League First Team in Butler senior guards A.J. Graves (the Preseason Player of the Year) and Mike Green, Green Bay junior forward Mike Schachtner and Milwaukee senior guard Avery Smith. Senior guard Brandon Cotton of the University of Detroit Mercy is the other preseason first-team pick.
Following is a list of Horizon League men's and women's basketball games currently scheduled for ESPN networks during the 2007-08 season. (All games are men's unless otherwise noted.)
DateGameTime (ET)NetworkNov. 12Green Bay at Ohio State (Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off *)9 p.m. ESPN2Youngstown State at UCLA (O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic*) 11 p.m. ESPN2Nov. 21Butler vs. Michigan (Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout*)11:30 p.m. ESPN2Dec. 1Ohio State at Butler7:30 p.m. ESPNUDec. 28Butler at Southern Illinois9 p.m. ESPNUJan. 10Green Bay at Butler9 p.m. ESPNUFeb. 5Butler at Valparaiso9 p.m. ESPN2Feb. 12Butler at Milwaukee7 p.m. ESPNUFeb. 16Butler at Green Bay (women's)4 p.m. ESPNUFeb. 23O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters TBDESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNClassic, ESPN360.comFeb. 28Wright State at Butler9 p.m. ESPNUMarch 1Wildcard game TBD12 p.m. ESPN2(Selected from among Loyola at Green Bay, UIC at Milwaukee, Detroit at Butler,Wright State at Valparaiso and Cleveland State at Youngstown State)March 8Men's Basketball Semifinal #14:30 p.m. ESPNUMen's Basketball Semifinal #26:30 p.m. ESPNUMarch 11Men's Basketball Championship Game9 p.m. ESPNMarch 16Women's Basketball Championship Game1 p.m. ESPNU* - Additional games in these tournaments also may be aired on ESPN networks
