BIG EAST MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (The Sports Addict Network)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - For the second straight season, the BIG EAST
Conference men's basketball schedule includes a record number of
national television appearances and all 144 regular-season league games
on television.

The league also announced its schedule of non-conference games
which will be televised on national networks. At least 27 games will
receive national exposure.

A record 44 conference contests will be carried on ESPN or
ESPN2. CBS Sports will televise 10 more games involving BIG EAST teams.
ESPN will continue to televise The BIG EAST Championship from Madison
Square Garden in New York. The dates are March 10-14.

In total, 48 of the 144 regular-season BIG EAST games (or 32
percent) will be on national television. The remaining games will be
carried on ESPNU, ESPN360 or ESPN Regional/BIG EAST Network.

"We're tremendously excited about this year's schedule," said
BIG EAST Commissioner Michael Tranghese. "For all 144 conference games
to be televised again is terrific for BIG EAST basketball fans. We also
have some very exciting intersectional matchups. We believe we're going
to have plenty of teams that will be worthy of national attention."

The BIG EAST has always been acknowledged as a leader in college sports
television. Twelve of the 16 conference schools are located in the top
34 media markets in the country.

ESPN and the BIG EAST again will partner in the network's Big
Monday format. The league also will make regular appearances on
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

In addition, the BIG EAST and ESPN Regional Television will
present the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week on Saturdays, mostly at
noon, Eastern time. The syndicated package, the largest in college
basketball, reaches more than one-third of the nation's homes.

Some of the highlights of the 2008-09 schedule include:

Big Monday - All eight BIG EAST teams that earned berths in
the NCAA Tournament last year will make appearances. The first Monday
appearance is Georgetown at Connecticut on Dec. 29. Notre Dame plays at
Louisville on Jan. 12. The Big Monday series concludes with Villanova
at Notre Dame on March 2. No other conference appears on Mondays on ESPN
more than the BIG EAST. The Big Monday package also includes Louisville
at Georgetown on Feb. 23. That game will be a rematch of last season's
regular-season finale that decided the league's regular-season champion.
Georgetown took the regular-season league crown. Louisville advanced
the farthest in the NCAA tourney, reaching the Elite Eight.

Wednesdays -- ESPN or ESPN2 will show 10 games involving BIG
EAST teams during the 10-week conference season. The weekly Wednesday
schedule includes a BIG EAST staple, Syracuse at Georgetown on Jan. 14.

Thursdays -- ESPN or ESPN2 will televise nine games that will include 11
BIG EAST squads. The weekly Thursday night package begins with
Connecticut at St. John's on Jan. 15.

Saturdays -- Fifteen games will include BIG EAST teams during
the conference season on ESPN or ESPN2. Also, the BIG EAST Network Game
of the Week package continues, mostly at noon, Eastern time. The Game
of the Week package reaches over one-third of the nation and is the
largest syndicated college basketball package in the nation.

CBS Sports Sports -- The 10-game schedule on CBS Sports, which
includes four league contests, will showcase nine BIG EAST teams. The
CBS Sports slate starts with Georgetown hosting Memphis on Dec. 13. The
first league game on CBS Sports will be Villanova at Syracuse on Feb.
22. The BIG EAST/CBS Sports schedule concludes with Connecticut at
Pittsburgh on March 7. The BIG EAST and CBS Sports have been formal
television partners since 1985, the longest relationship of any
conference and national network.

ESPN GameDay - ESPN will take its signature GameDay production
to the BIG EAST twice, the only conference that will have two campus
appearances. Notre Dame hosts Connecticut on Jan. 24 and West Virginia
hosts Louisville on March 7.

ESPN Rivalry Week - No conference will appear more times than
the BIG EAST. A league team will appear every night between Feb. 9 and
Feb. 16, which will encompass eight league games. On Feb. 9, West
Virginia travels to Pittsburgh. The week concludes with Pittsburgh at
Connecticut on Feb. 16.

Holiday Week - The BIG EAST league schedule begins in late
December with Georgetown traveling to Connecticut Dec. 29. On New
Year's Eve, DePaul hosts Notre Dame. On New Year's Day, it is Villanova
at Marquette. Each game will be carried on ESPN or ESPN2.

Jimmy V Classic - The BIG EAST will participate in both games
of the doubleheader at the Jimmy V Classic, Dec. 9 at Madison Square
Garden. ESPN will show West Virginia vs. Davidson at 7 p.m. followed by
Villanova vs. Texas.

SEC/BIG EAST Invitational - The second annual meeting between
the two conferences will be carried by ESPN and ESPN2. On Dec. 16 in
Nashville, USF plays Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. followed by Marquette versus
Tennessee. On Dec. 18 in Cincinnati, Louisville battles Mississippi at
7 p.m. followed by Cincinnati against Mississippi State.

NBA All-Star Weekend Game - Again, the BIG EAST will be
featured on the Friday of the NBA All-Star Weekend when Villanova visits
West Virginia in a battle of NCAA Sweet 16 teams from last year, on Feb.
13 at 9 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 - A prime example of a day loaded with
BIG EAST action. Notre Dame at Syracuse on ESPN at noon. Georgetown at
Duke on CBS Sports at 1:30 p.m. In the evening, Pittsburgh at
Louisville at 6 p.m. on ESPN and Marquette at Providence at 9 p.m. on
ESPN2. The BIG EAST Game of the Week selection will be made at a later
date.

ESPNU, ESPN360 and BIG EAST Network local telecast schedules
will be announced in the near future.

-BIG EAST-

2008-09 BIG EAST CONFERENCE COMPOSITE MEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE

Monday, Dec. 29

Georgetown at Connecticut 7 p.m.
ESPN2

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Seton Hall at Syracuse

Wednesday, Dec. 31

Notre Dame at DePaul 8 p.m.
ESPN2

St. John's at Providence

Pittsburgh at Rutgers

Thursday, Jan. 1

Villanova at Marquette 2:30 p.m.
ESPN

Friday, Jan. 2

Syracuse at USF 8:30 p.m.
ESPN

Saturday, Jan. 3

Pittsburgh at Georgetown
ESPN

Rutgers at Connecticut 7 p.m.

DePaul at Providence

Notre Dame at St. John's

West Virginia at Seton Hall

Sunday, Jan. 4

Cincinnati at Marquette

Monday, Jan. 5

Georgetown at Notre Dame 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, Jan. 6

Villanova at Seton Hall

Connecticut at West Virginia

Wednesday, Jan. 7

Louisville at USF 7
p.m. ESPN2

Providence at Cincinnati

Marquette at Rutgers

DePaul at Syracuse

Saturday, Jan. 10

Louisville at Villanova
ESPN

Connecticut at Cincinnati

USF at DePaul

West Virginia at Marquette

Seton Hall at Notre Dame

Syracuse at Rutgers

Sunday, Jan. 11

St. John's at Pittsburgh

Providence at Georgetown

Monday, Jan. 12

Notre Dame at Louisville 7 p.m.
ESPN

Wednesday, Jan. 14

Syracuse at Georgetown 7 p.m.
ESPN2

Rutgers at Cincinnati

USF at Pittsburgh

Thursday, Jan. 15

Connecticut at St. John's 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Jan. 17

Notre Dame at Syracuse Noon
ESPN

Pittsburgh at Louisville 6
p.m. ESPN

Marquette at Providence 9 p.m.
ESPN2

Cincinnati at DePaul

USF at West Virginia

Sunday, Jan. 18

St. John's at Villanova

Seton Hall at Connecticut

Monday, Jan. 19

Syracuse at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
ESPN

Cincinnati at Providence

Wednesday, Jan. 21

Villanova at Connecticut 7 p.m.
ESPN

Louisville at Rutgers

DePaul at USF

Thursday, Jan. 22

West Virginia at Georgetown 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Cincinnati at St. John's

Providence at Seton Hall

Saturday, Jan. 24

Villanova at USF

DePaul at Marquette 2 p.m.
ESPN2

Connecticut at Notre Dame 7 p.m.
ESPN

Rutgers at St. John's

Sunday, Jan. 25

Georgetown at Seton Hall

Louisville at Syracuse

Pittsburgh at West Virginia

Monday, Jan. 26

Marquette at Notre Dame 7 p.m.
ESPN

Wednesday, Jan. 28

Pittsburgh at Villanova

Georgetown at Cincinnati

Connecticut at DePaul

USF at Louisville

Syracuse at Providence

St. John's at West Virginia

Thursday, Jan. 29

Rutgers at Seton Hall 9
p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Jan. 31

Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Noon
ESPN

Providence at Connecticut

West Virginia at Louisville

Georgetown at Marquette

DePaul at Rutgers

Sunday, Feb. 1

USF at St. John's

Cincinnati at Villanova

Monday, Feb. 2

Connecticut at Louisville 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, Feb. 3

Marquette at DePaul

Rutgers at Georgetown

Wednesday, Feb. 4

West Virginia at Syracuse 7 p.m.
ESPN

Notre Dame at Cincinnati

Villanova at Providence

Thursday, Feb. 5

St. John's at Seton Hall 9 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Friday, Feb. 6

Marquette at USF

Saturday, Feb. 7

Cincinnati at Georgetown

Syracuse at Villanova Noon
ESPN

Pittsburgh at DePaul

Providence at West Virginia

Sunday, Feb. 8

Seton Hall at Rutgers

Louisville at St. John's

Monday, Feb. 9

West Virginia at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, Feb. 10

Marquette at Villanova 7:30 p.m.
ESPN2

Seton Hall at DePaul

Providence at USF

Wednesday, Feb. 11

Syracuse at Connecticut 7 p.m.
ESPN

St. John's at Cincinnati

Thursday, Feb. 12

Louisville at Notre Dame 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Friday, Feb. 13

Villanova at West Virginia 9 p.m.
ESPN

Saturday, Feb. 14

Georgetown at Syracuse Noon
ESPN

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 4
p.m. ESPN

St. John's at Marquette

Rutgers at Providence

Connecticut at Seton Hall

Sunday, Feb. 15

DePaul at Louisville

USF at Notre Dame

Monday, Feb. 16

Pittsburgh at Connecticut 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, Feb. 17

Seton Hall at Marquette

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Notre Dame at West Virginia 7:30 p.m.
ESPN2

Providence at Louisville

Georgetown at USF

Thursday, Feb. 19

Rutgers at Villanova 9
p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Feb. 21

Marquette at Georgetown

Louisville at Cincinnati

USF at Connecticut

DePaul at Pittsburgh

Notre Dame at Providence

Sunday, Feb. 22

Villanova at Syracuse 1 p.m.
CBS Sports

West Virginia at Rutgers

Seton Hall at St. John's

Monday, Feb. 23

Louisville at Georgetown 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, Feb. 24

Pittsburgh at Providence

Syracuse at St. John's

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Connecticut at Marquette 7 p.m.
ESPN

Villanova at DePaul

Rutgers at Notre Dame

USF at Seton Hall

Thursday, Feb. 26

West Virginia at Cincinnati 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Feb. 28

Georgetown at Villanova Noon
ESPN

Notre Dame at Connecticut 2 p.m.
CBS Sports

St. John's at DePaul

Pittsburgh at Seton Hall

Sunday, March 1

Marquette at Louisville
Noon CBS Sports

Providence at Rutgers

West Virginia at USF

Cincinnati at Syracuse

Monday, March 2

Villanova at Notre Dame 7 p.m.
ESPN

Tuesday, March 3

Georgetown at St. John's

Rutgers at Syracuse

Wednesday, March 4

Marquette at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
ESPN2

Seton Hall at Louisville

Cincinnati at USF

DePaul at West Virginia

Thursday, March 5

Providence at Villanova 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Friday, March 6

St. John's at Notre Dame

Saturday, March 7

Connecticut at Pittsburgh Noon
CBS Sports

Louisville at West Virginia ESPN
9 p.m.

Seton Hall at Cincinnati

DePaul at Georgetown

Syracuse at Marquette

USF at Rutgers

Note: All conference games not listed with CBS Sports, ESPN or ESPN2
above will be televised either by ESPNU, ESPN Regional/BIG EAST Network,
or ESPN 360. Games listed as 'ESPN/ESPN2' will be selected to either
ESPN or ESPN2, but the start time will not change.

2008-09 BIG EAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL NONCONFERENCE GAMES ON CBS
Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 AND FSN

Monday, Nov. 24

Notre Dame vs. Indiana 5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Maui Invitational

Thursday, Nov. 27

Georgetown vs. Wichita State 2 p.m.
ESPN2 Old Spice Classic

Providence vs. Baylor 11:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Anaheim Classic

Tuesday, Dec. 9

West Virginia vs. Davidson 7 p.m.
ESPN Jimmy V Classic

Villanova vs. Texas 9
p.m. ESPN Jimmy V Classic

Thursday, Dec. 11

St. Joseph's at Villanova TBA
ESPN2

Saturday, Dec. 13

Memphis at Georgetown 2 p.m.
CBS Sports

Xavier at Cincinnati 8
p.m. ESPN2

Tuesday, Dec. 16

USF vs. Vanderbilt 7
p.m. ESPN2 SEC/BIG EAST Invitational

Marquette vs. Tennessee 9:30 p.m.
ESPN SEC/BIG EAST Invitational

Wednesday, Dec. 17

Siena at Pittsburgh 9:30 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2

Thursday, Dec. 18

Cincinnati vs. Mississippi State 6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 SEC/BIG EAST Invitational

Louisville vs. Mississippi 9
p.m. ESPN SEC/BIG EAST Invitational

Saturday, Dec. 20

Louisville vs. Minnesota 2 p.m.
FSN

Connecticut at Gonzaga 4 p.m.
CBS Sports

Syracuse at Memphis 6 p.m.
ESPN

Sunday, Dec. 21

Pittsburgh at Florida State 5:30 p.m.
FSN

Saturday, Dec. 27

Alabama-Birmingham at Louisville 4 p.m.
ESPN2

West Virginia at Ohio State 4 p.m.
CBS Sports

Sunday, Dec. 28

Rutgers at North Carolina 7:45 p.m.
FSN

Monday, Dec. 29

Cincinnati at Memphis 9 p.m.
ESPN2

Wednesday, Dec. 31

UNLV at Louisville 6
p.m. ESPN2

Sunday, Jan. 4

Kentucky at Louisville 4:30 p.m.
CBS Sports

Saturday, Jan. 17

Georgetown at Duke 1:30 p.m.
CBS Sports

Saturday, Feb. 7

Notre Dame at UCLA 1 p.m.
CBS Sports

Michigan at Connecticut 6 p.m.
ESPN

Thursday, Feb. 19

Duke at St. John's 7
p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

All times Eastern

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