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35-PLUS ATLANTIC 10 BASKETBALL GAMES PRESENTED ACROSS NBC SPORTS DURING 2021-22 SEASON

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Exclusive Coverage of A-10 Men’s Basketball Championship Second Round and Quarterfinals in March 2022 Presented on USA Network

Men’s Regular-Season Coverage Tips Off This Saturday as UMass Hosts Rutgers at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Digital Platforms

STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 24, 2021 – More than 35 Atlantic 10 Conference men’s and women’s basketball games will be presented by NBC Sports during the 2021-22 season, including 25 men’s regular-season matchups, exclusive coverage of the 2022 Atlantic 10 Men’s Championship second round and quarterfinals, and three women’s regular-season matchups across USA Network, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app.

Season coverage tips off this Saturday, Nov. 27, when the UMass Minutemen host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass., at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports.com and the NBC Sports app.

NBC Sports’ coverage of men’s regular-season conference play begins Sunday, Jan. 2, when the VCU Rams host the Davidson Wildcats at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, and culminates on Saturday, March 5, when Davidson faces Dayton at 12:30 p.m. ET on USA Network.

Exclusive live coverage of the 2022 Atlantic 10 Men’s Championship second round and quarterfinals on Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11, from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. will be presented on USA Network. A total of eight A-10 Championship matchups will air on the cable network.

St. Bonaventure is currently ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25 poll following the program’s second-ever conference championship last season. The conference has earned multiple at-large bids to 14 of the last 15 NCAA Tournaments.

Three A-10 women’s basketball conference games will be presented live in primetime on NBC Sports digital platforms over the course of the season, beginning with the UMass Minutewomen visiting the Rhode Island Rams on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. ET.

All coverage on USA Network and NBCSN streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Click here for more information about USA Network’s extensive sports programming beginning on Jan. 1, 2022.

Earlier this year, the Atlantic 10 and NBC Sports extended their partnership for men’s and women’s basketball with a multi-year media rights agreement renewal. The rights renewal marked “10 years with the A-10,” dating back to the original agreement between NBC Sports and the A-10 in October 2012. Click here for more details.

2021-22 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

DATE GAME Network/Platform TIME (ET)
Saturday, Nov. 27 Rutgers at UMass NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 2 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 4 Buffalo at St. Bonaventure NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 7 Belmont at St. Louis NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 11 Boston College at St. Louis NBCSN 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 18 Penn State at VCU NBCSN 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 2 Davidson at VCU USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 8 Dayton at George Washington USA Network Noon
Saturday, Jan. 8 VCU at La Salle USA Network 2 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 Dayton at Duquesne USA Network 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 Fordham at St. Louis USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 Rhode Island at UMass USA Network 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22 George Washington at Rhode Island USA Network 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22 St. Joe’s at VCU USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22 Richmond at La Salle USA Network 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 23 UMass at St. Louis USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 29 La Salle at Davidson USA Network Noon
Saturday, Jan. 29 St. Joseph’s at St. Bonaventure USA Network 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 30 Fordham at George Washington USA Network Noon
Sunday, Jan. 30 George Mason at UMass USA Network 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 20 George Mason at Fordham USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26 Duquesne at Rhode Island USA Network 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26 Fordham at Davidson USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26 VCU at UMass USA Network 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 27 George Washington at George Mason USA Network 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 5 Davidson at Dayton USA Network 12:30 p.m.

 

2022 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ON USA NETWORK

DATE GAME TIME (ET)
Thursday, March 10 A-10 Championship Second Round Noon, 2:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 11 A-10 Championship Quarterfinals Noon, 2:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

2021-22 ATLANTIC 10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ON NBC SPORTS DIGITAL PLATFORMS

DATE GAME TIME (ET)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 UMass at Rhode Island 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 19 George Washington at Fordham 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 26 Davidson at George Washington 7 p.m.

Note: All games, networks and times are subject to change.

–NBC SPORTS–

Longhorn Network Set to Televise 27 Texas Basketball Games During the 2021-22 Season

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Longhorn Network, ESPN’s 24-hour network devoted to The University of Texas, will air 15 Texas women’s basketball games and 12 men’s games during the 2020-21 basketball season. Highlighting the 27-game slate are 11 conference matchups.

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ESPN Transcript: Media Availability with College Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas

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ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas met with media to preview the 2021-22 college basketball season. The 2021-22 season tips off Tuesday, Nov. 9, highlighted by the 11th annual State Farm Champions Classic on ESPN featuring No. 3 Kansas vs Michigan State (7 p.m.) and No. 9 Duke vs No. 10 Kentucky (9:30 p.m.) at Madison Square Garden.

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Four-time WNBA All-Star, Olympic Gold Medalist and Former Blue Devil Chelsea Gray Joins ACC Network’s Women’s Basketball Team 

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Four-time WNBA All-Star, Olympic gold medalist and former Duke women’s basketball standout Chelsea Gray has signed a deal to join ACC Network (ACCN) as a college basketball analyst. Gray will appear weekly as part of ACCN’s “Ladies Night” coverage and serve as an in-game analyst as well. She will make her network debut on Tuesday, Nov. 2 as part of the Nothing But Net: Women’s Season Preview special.

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ESPN Reaches Multi-Year Agreement with the CIAA for Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments

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ESPN and the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) have announced a multi-year, multi-platform media rights agreement, enhancing ESPN’s college sports portfolio and coverage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) with the addition of the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. ESPNU will carry both CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Games, while all 22 games of both tournaments will be available on an ESPN platform through at least 2024.

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Former Tar Heel Standouts Joel Berry II and KJ Smith Join ACC Network’s Studio Team

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Former North Carolina men’s basketball standouts Joel Berry II and KJ Smith have signed deals to join ACC Network as college basketball studio analysts. Berry II will appear weekly on ACCN’s signature basketball show Nothing But Net, while Smith will contribute on All ACC along with serving as a social media correspondent on the network’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram handles.

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First Look at 2021-22 ACC Men’s Basketball Slate on ACC Network Unveiled

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ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, unveiled its men’s basketball conference games slate for the 2021-22 season Thursday during the Nothing But Net: Basketball Schedule Release special. ACCN will air more than 60 ACC matchups with additional games being  announced in the coming weeks.

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ACC Network Presents Roy Williams Retirement Tribute Monday, April 5

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On Thursday, April 1, legendary North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams shocked the sports world by announcing his retirement after 33 years as head coach, including 18 in Chapel Hill where he led the Tar Heels to three NCAA titles (2005, 2009, 2017). To honor the Naismith Hall of Famer, ACC Network (ACCN) will present more than a dozen hours of programming highlighting some of UNC’s most memorable moments on Monday, April 5.

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