ESPN Family Of Networks Covering Entire Men’s 2014 NIT

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The 77^th annual National Invitation Tournament (NIT) tips off tonight and the ESPN family of networks will have exclusive coverage of the entire tournament.

Every game of the annual NIT will be carried across the ESPN family of networks and online on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.  Round One tips off tonight at 7pm with games on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU.  The Mountaineers of West Virginia will take on the Georgetown Hoyas on ESPN, while the Florida State Seminoles will face Florida Gulf Coast on ESPN2.  The third of the 7pm games sees Robert Morris on the road against St. John’s on ESPNU.  St. John’s is making a record 30^th appearance in this year’s NIT and is one of six teams in this year’s tournament that also made an appearance in the 2013 NIT.  The other five teams on that list are: Florida State, Indiana State, Louisiana Tech, Robert Morris, and Southern Miss.

Illinois and Boston University lead off coverage of Day Two at 7pm on ESPN2 with Iona and Louisiana Tech following at 7:30pm on ESPN3 at 7:30pm ET.  Florida Gulf Coast reached the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet Sixteen” round in 2013.  This year marks the first time that the school will play in the NIT.  It is one of three schools that will make its first ever appearance in the NIT this year.  The other two schools making their first appearance in the NIT this year are High Point and Utah Valley.

Round Two of the NIT is March 20th – 24^th.  Quarterfinals are scheduled for March 25^th – 26^th.  Semifinals are April 1^st and the NIT Championship follows April 3^rd.

The complete NIT First Round coverage schedule is listed below.

2014 NIT First Round Schedule:

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Tue, March 18	7 p.m.	NIT First Round: West Virginia at Georgetown Mike Patrick & Dan Dakich	ESPN
	7 p.m.	NIT First Round: Florida Gulf Coast at Florida State Mark Jones & Darrin Horn	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	NIT First Round: Robert Morris at St. John’s Dave Pasch & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	8:15 p.m.	NIT First Round: High Point at Minnesota Clay Matvick & Mark Wise	ESPN3
	8:15 p.m.	NIT First Round: Belmont at Green Bay Jim Barbar & Sean Harrington	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	NIT First Round: Indiana State at Arkansas Brad Nessler & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN
	9 p.m.	NIT First Round: Davidson at Missouri Bob Wischusen & Malcolm Huckaby	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	NIT First Round: Georgia State at Clemson Tom Hart & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	11 p.m.	NIT First Round: Utah at St. Mary’s Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPN2
Wed, March 19	7 p.m.	NIT First Round: Illinois at Boston University Sean McDonough & Tim Welsh	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	NIT First Round: Iona at Louisiana Tech Brett Dolan & Daymeon Fishback	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	NIT First Round: Vermont at Georgia Joe Davis & Dino Gaudio	ESPNU
	8:30 p.m.	NIT First Round: Toledo at Southern Miss Roy Philpott & Joe Dean	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	NIT First Round: UC Irvine at SMU John Saunders & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
	10 p.m.	NIT First Round: LSU at San Francisco Roxy Bernstein & Bill Walton	ESPNU
	10:30 p.m.	NIT First Round: Utah Valley at California Trey Bender & Jon Crispin	ESPN3

 

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ESPN Family Of Networks Add ACC Football Games To 2013 Schedule

Fans of both college football and of the ACC will get a big treat from the ESPN family of networks beginning this fall.  ESPN has officially announced that it will broadcast no fewer than twenty additional ACC college football games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU during the course of the 2013 season.  The first three weeks of the upcoming college football season will see every home game from specific ACC teams, as well as a road and neutral site matchup across the ESPN family of networks.  This is in addition to five previously released ACC games.

As an added bonus for ACC football fans, the new deal between the ACC and the ESPN family of networks means that they will get to see the Dr Pepper ACC Championship from Charlotte, North Carolina and the previously announced quartet of Thursday ESPN College Football  Primetime telecasts.  Also, the deal has guaranteed at least one game on “Black Friday.”

The whole schedule kicks off with a matchup between the University of North Carolina and SEC #8 South Carolina.  The game is the first of the four scheduled Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime telecasts.  The game is currently scheduled for Thursday, August 29^th at 6pm on ESPN.  Virginia Tech and two-time defending BCS National Champion Alabama follow on August 31^st at 5:30pm on ESPN.  The game, the Chick-fil-a Kickoff Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta.  Miami will face #11 Florida on September 7^th at noon on ESPN.  Also expected to be broadcast that day is a matchup between Virginia and 3 Oregon at 3:30pm on ABC and ESPN2.

The current schedule of games is listed below.  More games will be announced as the season moves forward.

The 2013 ACC schedule as of May 23 (additional selections to be announced):

 

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Aug 29	6 p.m.	North Carolina at No. 8 South Carolina *	ESPN
	6:30 p.m.	Presbyterian at Wake Forest	ESPN3
Fri, Aug 30	8 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Miami (Fla.)	ESPNU
Sat, Aug 31	Noon	Villanova at Boston College	ESPN3
	Noon	Elon at Georgia Tech	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at NC State	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	Florida International at Maryland	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	BYU at Virginia	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	North Carolina Central at Duke	ESPN3
	5:30 p.m.	Chick-fil-A Kickoff: Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 Alabama (from Atlanta) *	ESPN
	8 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No. 12 Clemson *	ABC
Mon, Sep 2	8 p.m.	No. 14 Florida State at Pittsburgh *	ESPN
Fri, Sep 6	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at Boston College *	ESPN2
Sat, Sep 7	Noon	No. 11 Florida at Miami (Fla.)	ESPN
	12:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at North Carolina	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	South Carolina State at No. 12 Clemson	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Western Carolina at Virginia Tech	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon at Virginia	ABC & ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Old Dominion at Maryland	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Richmond at NC State	ESPN3
Sat, Sep 14	12:30 p.m.	New Mexico at Pittsburgh	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Wake Forest	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Nevada at No. 14 Florida State	ESPN or ESPN2
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Duke	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Wagner at Syracuse	ESPN3
Thu, Sep 19	7:30 p.m.	No. 12 Clemson at NC State *	ESPN
Thu, Sep 26	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech *	ESPN
Thu, Oct 17	TBD	Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina *	ESPN
Thu, Nov 14	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at No. 12 Clemson *	ESPN
Fri, Nov 29	TBD	Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh *	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Dec 7	7:45 p.m. or 8 p.m.	Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game (from Charlotte)	ABC or ESPN

For all the latest ACC news, fans can follow the conference on its official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/theACC and its official website, http://www.theACC.com.

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