Wednesday, September 3, 2008

WAC & ESPN holding hands again

Here's the men's basketball portion of the announcement that the WAC - ESPN love affair is back on:

ESPN Extension Caps Off Terrific Last 20 Months for WAC
Courtesy: WAC
9/03/2008


Back-to-back BCS appearances and a National Championship in baseball over the past 20 months have culminated in a contract extension with ESPN that will provide unprecedented exposure for the Western Athletic Conference as announced today by WAC Commissioner Karl Benson and ESPN Senior Vice President Burke Magnus.

Men’s Basketball: Quadruple the number of games per year with a minimum of six regular season games each year on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 (three must be conference games). The conference championship game and one semifinal will also be shown on one of the three networks. A minimum of six regular season games each year on ESPNU plus one quarterfinal game from the tournament. Every school will appear at least once on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.....

Go here for the complete announcement on all the WAC sports.

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