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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The BIG EAST Conference has announced its national and local television schedule for the 2011 spring sports season.
The schedule includes a combined 46 games that will be televised this spring, including national television coverage of the BIG EAST baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse championships. Twenty-five games will be carried on national television, either on the ESPN family of networks or on CBS College Sports.
BASEBALL
Seven regular-season dates and the final game of the 2011 BIG EAST Championship will be televised this season. The national television slate begins April 15 in Notre Dame, Ind., as West Virginia and Notre Dame begin their BIG EAST series with a 7 p.m. game on ESPNU. All three games of the regular-season-ending series between Notre Dame and Louisville will be televised as Wazoo Sports carries the May 19 opener locally in Kentucky before CBS College Sports picks up Games 2 and 3, which are slated for May 20 and 21. Wazoo Sports will carry three other Louisville home games, including a nonconference game against Kentucky April 12, a BIG EAST game against USF April 21, and a date with Vanderbilt May 10 in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Regional final. ESPNU will once again air the title game of the BIG EAST Championship live from Clearwater, Fla., May 29.
MEN’S LACROSSE
The ESPN family of networks will have 13 games involving BIG EAST teams in 2011, while 10 other games will air locally, either in New Jersey or upstate New York. Some highlights of the national schedule are: a rematch of last year’s NCAA Championship final as Notre Dame hosts Duke on ESPN Feb. 20; Syracuse meeting Georgetown March 12 in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic in Baltimore; and Rutgers facing Syracuse in the ESPNU Warrior Classic in East Hartford, Conn., April 23 on ESPNU. The ESPN platforms will have coverage of both games of the Konica Minolta Big City Classic at New Meadowlands Stadium as Rutgers meets St. John’s on ESPN3.com and Syracuse faces Duke on ESPNU. In addition to the nationally televised games on the ESPN family, 10 games are slotted for local broadcasts, including Rutgers’ home games against Army, Notre Dame and Princeton and a St. John’s home date against Hofstra. Each of those games will be carried locally by FiOS1. Time Warner, which serves upstate New York, will carry six Syracuse home games, including the May 7 BIG EAST game against St. John’s.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
A record six BIG EAST games will be carried on CBS College Sports, including three regular-season dates and all three games of the 2011 BIG EAST Championship. In addition, seven Rutgers home games will be carried locally by FiOS1. The national regular-season broadcasts have Notre Dame at Syracuse April 10 in a rematch of last year’s four-overtime thriller from the BIG EAST Championship semifinals; Syracuse at Georgetown April 16 in a rematch of last year’s BIG EAST Championship final; and Georgetown at Notre Dame April 23. CBS College Sports will have both semifinal games of the 2011 BIG EAST Championship May 5 as well as the title game May 7.
SOFTBALL
Two dates are scheduled for national television, with ESPNU carrying the BIG EAST doubleheader between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame from Notre Dame, Ind., May 4. In addition, the final game of the 2011 BIG EAST Championship will be seen live on ESPN2 May 14.
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2011 BIG EAST Television Schedule
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All times Eastern
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BASEBALL
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Tuesday, April 12
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Kentucky at Louisville
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6 p.m.
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Wazoo Sports
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Friday, April 15
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West Virginia at Notre Dame
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7 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Thursday, April 21
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USF at Louisville
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6 p.m.
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Wazoo Sports
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Tuesday, May 10
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Vanderbilt at Louisville
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6 p.m.
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Wazoo Sports
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Thursday, May 19
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Notre Dame at Louisville
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6 p.m.
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Wazoo Sports
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Friday, May 20
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Notre Dame at Louisville
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7 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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Saturday, May 21
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Notre Dame at Louisville
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1 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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Sunday, May 29
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BIG EAST Championship Final
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Noon
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ESPNU
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MEN’S LACROSSE
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Sunday, Feb. 20
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Georgetown at Jacksonville
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Noon
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ESPNU
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Denver at Syracuse
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1 p.m.
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Time Warner
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Duke at Notre Dame
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3 p.m.
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ESPN
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Saturday, Feb. 26
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Georgetown at Maryland
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1 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Sunday, Feb. 27
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Army at Syracuse
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4 p.m.
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Time Warner
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Friday, March 4
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Virginia at Syracuse
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6 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Saturday, March 12
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Syracuse vs. Georgetown +
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11 a.m.
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ESPNU
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Tuesday, March 15
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Albany at Syracuse
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7 p.m.
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Time Warner
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Saturday, March 19
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Johns Hopkins at Syracuse
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6 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Army at Rutgers
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1 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Thursday, March 24
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Hofstra at St. John’s
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7 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Sunday, March 27
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Notre Dame at Rutgers
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Noon
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FiOS1
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Sunday, April 3
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Rutgers vs. St. John’s *
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1 p.m.
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ESPN3.com
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Duke vs. Syracuse *
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6:30 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Saturday, April 9
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Syracuse at Princeton
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4 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Sunday, April 10
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Georgetown at Notre Dame
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Noon
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ESPNU
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Tuesday, April 12
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Princeton at Rutgers
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7 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Cornell at Syracuse
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7 p.m.
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Time Warner
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Tuesday, April 19
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Hobart at Syracuse
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7 p.m.
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Time Warner
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Saturday, April 23
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Rutgers at Syracuse ^
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5:30 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Saturday, April 30
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Notre Dame at Syracuse
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7 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Friday, May 6
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Notre Dame at North Carolina
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8 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Saturday, May 7
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St. John’s at Syracuse
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1 p.m.
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Time Warner
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+ Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md.
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* Konica Minolta Big City Classic, New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
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^ ESPNU Warrior Classic, Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Conn.
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WOMEN’S LACROSSE
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Saturday, March 12
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Hofstra at Rutgers
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1 p.m
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FiOS1
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Wednesday, March 16
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Penn at Rutgers
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6 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Saturday, March 26
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Syracuse at Rutgers
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1 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Sunday, April 10
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Notre Dame at Syracuse
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1 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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Saturday, April 16
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Syracuse at Georgetown
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Noon
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CBS College Sports
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Saturday, April 23
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Georgetown at Notre Dame
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1 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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Loyola at Rutgers
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1 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Tuesday, April 26
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Villanova at Rutgers
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7 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Sunday, May 1
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Georgetown at Rutgers
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1 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Saturday, May 7
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Providence at Rutgers
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7 p.m.
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FiOS1
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Thursday, May 5
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BIG EAST Championship Semifinals
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5:30/8:15 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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Saturday, May 7
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BIG EAST Championship Final
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1 p.m.
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CBS College Sports
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SOFTBALL
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Wednesday, May 4
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Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (DH)
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4 p.m.
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ESPNU
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Saturday, May 14
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BIG EAST Championship Final
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5 p.m.
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ESPN2
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