ESPN’s 2013 Big 12 Men’s College Basketball Television Schedule

ESPN and the Big 12 Conference announced its 2013 men’s college basketball television schedule for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Longhorn Network and ESPN Regional Television produced games on the regionally syndicated Big 12 Network. ESPN3 will offer coverage of every Big 12 Network game.

The 10-member Big 12 Conference will feature the addition of TCU and West Virginia and a full double round-robin format. Conference action will tip off on Saturday, Jan. 5 with an ESPNU telecast (Texas at Baylor at 2 p.m. ET) and two games on the Big 12 Network and ESPN3 (Oklahoma State at Kansas State at 1:30 p.m. and Oklahoma at West Virginia at 4 p.m.).

On average, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise three Big 12 games a week, highlighted by the popular weekly Big Monday series beginning Jan. 14. Overall, the networks will combine to televise 85 conference games in addition to an extensive schedule of non-conference action (schedule to be determined). Over the course of the 2012-13 season, every school in the conference will be showcased multiple times on ESPN or ESPN2.

In March, the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship will continue to be televised across ESPN, ESPN2 and in regional syndication on the Big 12 Network.

ESPN Regional Television produces and syndicates games on the Big 12 Network to homes throughout the conference’s geographic footprint and has distribution in numerous other markets, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Providence.

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