College Basketball
Pac-12 Announces Men’s Basketball Television Schedule
The Pac-12 revealed the 2018-’19 men’s basketball broadcasting schedule, that will showcase over 220 games both nationally and regionally. The ESPN family (ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU) will broadcast 48 total games, that does include the Pac-12 Tournament. Fox Sports 1 (FS1) will air 20 Pac-12 games, while the conference’s network (Pac-12 Network) will take on the heavy lifting with 149 games.
The complete 2018-19 #Pac12Hoops TV schedule is now available, featuring more than 260 games in total including 220+ broadcasts across partners @ESPN, @FS1 and @Pac12Network! https://t.co/P4ikayAMqy pic.twitter.com/pR4yY2RY7L
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) September 27, 2018
Tough Non-Conference Games
The Pac-12 non-conference home slate features 28 games against teams in last year’s postseason play. This includes 10 games against teams from the 2018 NCAA Tournament field with visits from Kansas, Nevada, San Diego State, and Texas A&M. The road isn’t much easier for non-conference Pac-12 games, with 27 away or neutral site games against 2018 postseason schools. This includes nine road games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams like Gonzaga, Houston, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Kansas, New Mexico State, Auburn, Alabama, and North Carolina.
Pac-12 Tournament
The conference tournament will be played in Las Vegas, Nevada. This includes both the men and women tournaments, which marks the first time the women have played in Las Vegas. The women will start their tournament on Mar. 7 while the men’s tournament begins on Mar. 13. The women’s tournament will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena while the men’s tournament will be played at the T-Mobile Arena. This marks the third straight season in which T-Mobile arena will host the men’s tournament.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Mark your calendars because PAC-12 basketball is back in Vegas March 13-16! Don’t miss some of the NCAA’s brightest young stars battle for the championship. Tickets on sale 10/22. pic.twitter.com/xzC30TjEiZ
— T-Mobile Arena (@TMobileArena) September 25, 2018
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