Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 8, 2007 16:16:31 GMT -5
MEAC RELEASES TV SCHEDULE
Men’s andwomen’s basketball teams to play television doubleheader
GREENSBORO, November 8, 2007 – Thanks to numerous games on ESPNU the previous two seasons, the CorbettSports Center Dawg Pound and its antics have become nationally recognized. America will get to experience one of the best college basketball atmospheres twice this season as the North Carolina A&T men’s basketball team and the Dawg Pound will host two nationally-televised games on ESPNU in 2008. The women play on television once.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference released the ESPNU television schedule today, which includes an Aggiebasketball doubleheader on Feb. 18. The North Carolina A&T women’s program will be playing its first-ever game on ESPNU when it takes on defending MEACchampion Delaware State on the 18th at 4 p.m.
The men will follow with a 7 p.m., contest against the three-time defending MEAC regular-season champion Delaware State men. Two weeks prior, on Feb. 4, the Aggie men will face preseason conference favorite Hampton University at 9 p.m., from Corbett Sports Center. On the men’s side, N.C. A&T, Maryland-Eastern Shore and S.C. State will each host two home games on ESPN networks. Hampton will make the most appearances with three. Although all three of those games will be road games for the Pirates.
“Anytime you can showcase your program and our great facility, it’s great for Aggies basketball,’’ said N.C. A&T women’s basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs. “This is our first time on ESPNU, so we’re looking to make the most of it.”
'A lot of people ask me what it's like going down to the MEAC,' said N.C. A&T men’s head coach Jerry Eaves. 'I tell them you'd never know it when you come into Corbett Sports Center. I'm in the Forum here; I'm in Madison Square Garden. This place has a spirit and life of itself. When you talk about a sixth man, when you talk about people who really love their school … They came out and supported this team when we were awful. It’s good that the nation gets to see that kind of support for a historically black university.'
Men’s andwomen’s basketball teams to play television doubleheader
GREENSBORO, November 8, 2007 – Thanks to numerous games on ESPNU the previous two seasons, the CorbettSports Center Dawg Pound and its antics have become nationally recognized. America will get to experience one of the best college basketball atmospheres twice this season as the North Carolina A&T men’s basketball team and the Dawg Pound will host two nationally-televised games on ESPNU in 2008. The women play on television once.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference released the ESPNU television schedule today, which includes an Aggiebasketball doubleheader on Feb. 18. The North Carolina A&T women’s program will be playing its first-ever game on ESPNU when it takes on defending MEACchampion Delaware State on the 18th at 4 p.m.
The men will follow with a 7 p.m., contest against the three-time defending MEAC regular-season champion Delaware State men. Two weeks prior, on Feb. 4, the Aggie men will face preseason conference favorite Hampton University at 9 p.m., from Corbett Sports Center. On the men’s side, N.C. A&T, Maryland-Eastern Shore and S.C. State will each host two home games on ESPN networks. Hampton will make the most appearances with three. Although all three of those games will be road games for the Pirates.
“Anytime you can showcase your program and our great facility, it’s great for Aggies basketball,’’ said N.C. A&T women’s basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs. “This is our first time on ESPNU, so we’re looking to make the most of it.”
'A lot of people ask me what it's like going down to the MEAC,' said N.C. A&T men’s head coach Jerry Eaves. 'I tell them you'd never know it when you come into Corbett Sports Center. I'm in the Forum here; I'm in Madison Square Garden. This place has a spirit and life of itself. When you talk about a sixth man, when you talk about people who really love their school … They came out and supported this team when we were awful. It’s good that the nation gets to see that kind of support for a historically black university.'
