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ACC/Big Ten Challenge 2012 TV schedule

ACC/Big Ten Challenge 2012 TV schedule Nov. 27-28 is highlighted by Minnesota at Florida State, NC State at Michigan and North Carolina at Indiana. The annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge event matching teams from the ACC and Big Ten college basketball powerhouse conferences tips off tonight, highlighted by Minnesota at Florida State (7:15pm ET, ESPN2), NC State at Michigan (7:30pm ET, ESPN) and North Carolina at Indiana (9:30pm ET, ESPN). The ACC dominated the event for the first 10 years, but the Big Ten has won the past three. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU share coverage through Wednesday. ACC/Big Ten Challenge 2012 […]

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Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 on truTV

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 on truTV Nov. 16-17 features BYU vs. Florida State and Notre Dame vs. Saint Joseph’s. The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2012 college basketball tournament takes place at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 16-17 on truTV. BYU takes on Florida State at 7pm ET, immediately followed by No. 20 Notre Dame vs. Saint Joseph’s. The tournament concludes Saturday with the Consolation Game at 7pm ET, followed by the championship game. Brian Anderson calls the play-by-play on truTV alongside analysts Greg Anthony and Steve Smith, and contributor Seth Davis. Craig Sager reports courtside. truTT […]

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Champions Classic closes out ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon

Champions Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta closes out ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Nov. 13 with Michigan State vs.  Kansas and Duke vs. Kentucky. For the fifth year in a row, ESPN networks celebrate the opening of college basketball season with an all-day marathon of live game action from across the country, beginning at 12am ET on Tuesday, Nov. 13. ESPN has 11 men’s games beginning with the Old Spice Classic game between West Virginia and Gonzaga, and ending with the State Farm Champions Classic games at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome with Michigan State vs. Kansas and Duke vs. […]

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Battle on the Midway: Syracuse vs. SDSU on FOX Sports Networks

Battle on the Midway college basketball game with Syracuse vs. San Diego State airs Nov. 11 on FOX Sports Networks from the USS Midway in San Diego Harbor. RELATED: Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN After the success of the inaugural Carrier Classic last year, playing college basketball games on the decks of aircraft carriers has become trendy. A new event, Battle on the Midway, will be played Sunday, Nov. 11, on the deck of the decommissioned World War II-era carrier USS Midway, which now serves as a museum docked in San Diego Harbor. The game was […]

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Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN

Armed Forces Classic college basketball game between Connecticut and Michigan State from Ramstein Air Base in Germany airs Nov. 9 on ESPN. RELATED: Carrier Classic 2012 on NBC Sports Network ESPN celebrates Veterans’ Week Nov. 7-11 with Salute to Our Veterans, highlighted by a new series of college basketball games played on military bases overseas. The first Sears Armed Forces Classic on Friday, Nov. 9, features the Connecticut Huskies vs. the Michigan State Spartans playing inside a hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. It’s the first regular-season college basketball game played in Europe, and, incidentally, UConn has three German […]

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Carrier Classic 2012 on NBC Sports Network

Carrier Classic 2012 includes the women’s Ohio State vs. Notre Dame game, followed by the men’s game between Ohio State and Marquette on NBC Sports Network. RELATED: Armed Forces Classic college hoops from Germany on ESPN The inaugural Carrier Classic a year ago was a hit, and now holding games on the decks of aircraft carriers is all the rage in college hoops. (They should try a game inside a submarine next.) This year’s event on Friday, Nov. 9, on the USS Yorktown docked in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., expands to include a women’s game. The ladies take the floor with […]

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NBA season preview 2012-13

NBA season preview 2012-13: The top teams who’ll contend for the NBA championship and the top national TV games to watch this season. Sharing the wealth was not on the minds of the NBA’s elite teams over the summer, at least when it came to talent on the court. The handful of teams capable of winning a title either added big-name stars or kept the ones they had, widening the gap between the Association’s haves and have-nots. Here’s what the top teams were up to in the offseason: Heat Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis are taking their talents to South […]

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NBA TV schedule 2012-13

NBA TV schedule 2012-13 begins Oct. 30 on TNT as the Boston Celtics visit the Miami Heat. Full NBA national TV schedule for ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV. The NBA regular season tips off Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8pm ET on TNT as the Miami Heat’s title defense begins against the Boston Celtics, who lost to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals back in June. TNT has coverage of the Heat’s championship ring presentation ceremony prior to the game. The second game of the doubleheader has the Dallas Mavericks at the L.A. Lakers, who added Steve Nash and […]

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USA vs. Spain in Olympic men’s basketball gold medal game

It was probably a foregone conclusion that Dream Team 2012 was going to be in the gold-medal game on Sunday. The team won its Olympic tournament games by an average of 36 points. The USA will face Spain in the gold-medal game on Sunday, Aug. 12, live on NBC (yes, LIVE on NBC!) at 10am ET. It’s a repeat of the 2008 final at the Beijing Games, with the USA winning that game 118-107. Beating Spain again would give the USA 17 medals in men’s Olympic basketball — 14 of them gold. The USA tore through Argentina 109-83 and Spain […]

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2012 NBA Draft tonight on ESPN

The 2012 NBA Draft takes place tonight at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as teams stock up with young talent. ESPN has live coverage of the Draft beginning at 7pm ET. NBA TV has pre-Draft coverage beginning at 5:30pm ET, as well as analysis following the Draft. This year’s rookie class will be loaded with members of the NCAA champion Kentucky Wildcats, with Anthony Davis (and his Unibrow ™, pictured), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Terrence Jones among the top prospects. Other players likely to be picked early include Florida’s Bradley Beal, Kansas’ Thomas Robinson, Connecticut’s Andre Drummond, North Carolina’s Harrison […]