PROVIDENCE, R.I. – ESPN has announced time and/or television designations for the following football games involving BIG EAST teams:
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Date
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Game
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Time
|
Television
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Aug. 30
|
Massachusetts at Connecticut
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7:30 p.m.
|
BIG EAST Network
|
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Aug. 31
|
Villanova at Temple
|
TBD
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 1
|
Northwestern at Syracuse
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Noon
|
ESPN2
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Sept. 1
|
Youngstown State at Pittsburgh
|
6 p.m.
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 1
|
Chattanooga at USF
|
7 p.m.
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 8
|
North Carolina State at Connecticut
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Noon
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Sept. 8
|
Maryland at Temple
|
Noon
|
ESPNU
|
|
Sept. 8
|
Southern California at Syracuse (MetLife Stadium)
|
3:30 p.m.
|
ABC and ESPN2
|
|
Sept. 8
|
Howard at Rutgers
|
3:30 p.m.
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Sept. 15
|
North Carolina at Louisville
|
3:30 p.m.
|
ABC and ESPN2
|
|
Sept. 15
|
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh
|
Noon
|
ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
|
|
Sept. 15
|
Delaware State at Cincinnati
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7 p.m.
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Connecticut at Western Michigan
|
2 p.m.
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Gardner-Webb at Pittsburgh
|
3:30 p.m.
|
ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Louisville at Florida International
|
7 p.m.
|
ESPNU or ESPN3
|
|
Sept. 22
|
USF at Ball State
|
4:30 p.m.
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Sept. 29
|
Buffalo at Connecticut
|
Noon
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Oct. 20
|
Pittsburgh at Buffalo
|
3:30 p.m.
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Oct. 20
|
Cincinnati at Toledo
|
TBD
|
ESPNU or ESPN3
|
|
Oct. 27
|
Kent State at Rutgers
|
3:30 p.m.
|
BIG EAST Network
|
|
Nov. 17
|
Rutgers at Cincinnati
|
Noon
|
BIG EAST Network
|
All times listed are Eastern.
The Sept. 8 game between USC and Syracuse and the Sept. 15 game between North Carolina and Louisville will both be carried primarily by ABC, with ESPN2 providing coverage in markets not covered by the ABC telecasts.
Games carried by the BIG EAST Network will be available through the conference’s extensive local and national syndication packages. All of the above games designated for the BIG EAST Network will be available on Sportsnet New York (SNY), which reaches more than 13 million homes through New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is available nationally on DirecTV.
Additional television selections will be made in the coming weeks, with the remainder announced through the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process.
