USC Announces Men’s Basketball Television Schedule

Sept. 8, 2004

COLUMBIA, S.C. – With home games on both CBS and ESPN nationally, USC released its men’s basketball television schedule today. USC basketball will be shown on live television at least 12 times this year with additional games expected to be added to the schedule prior to the season. In addition, USC released its times for each game today.

Highlighting the schedule, USC will host an ESPN contest with Kentucky on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 9 pm (EST) and then a Sunday, Feb. 27 2 pm game with Florida on CBS. Both games will be televised nationally.

“First, it’s important for the state that the Carolina-Clemson game continue to be shown statewide on live television,” said USC Head Coach Dave Odom. “It’s exciting for the Colonial Center to welcome ESPN for the first time and CBS for the second time in three years. Last year the students and fans embraced this team and made it their own, making The Colonial Center a very difficult place for an opponent. We hope the Colonial Center will continue to become one of the premier basketball venues in the country and showcasing the facility in this type of atmosphere will add to its luster as a big-time basketball facility.”

USC will appear on Fox Sports South four times, Jefferson-Pilot four times, and Jayhawk TV, CSS, CBS and ESPN each once. USC is also working to televise the Kansas game as it will be shown on Jayhawk TV. CSS is expected to also select additional games.

USC played 11 regular-season television games last season and then four post-season game televised for a total of 15 on live television.

The following is USC’s TV schedule for 2004-05 (a complete USC schedule with times follows below):

University of South Carolina 2004-05 Men’s Basketball TV Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Sat. Dec. 4	Clemson (FSN/SUN)	Columbia, SC	7:30 pm
Sat. Dec. 18	at Kansas (Jayhawk TV)	Lawrence, KS	8:00 pm
Mon., Dec. 20	vs. East Carolina (CSS)	Mobile, AL	6:30 pm
Wed., Jan. 5	at Kentucky * (JP)	Lexington, KY	8:00 pm
Sat., Jan. 8	Georgia * (FSN/SUN)	Columbia, SC	8:00 pm
Sat., Jan. 15	Tennessee * (FSN/SUN)	Columbia, SC	7:00 pm
Sat., Jan. 22	at Mississippi State * (FSN/SUN)	Starkville, MS	6:00 pm
Wed., Jan. 26	Vanderbilt * (JP)	Columbia, SC	8:00 pm
Sat. Jan. 29	at Florida * (JP)	Gainesville, FL	1:00 pm
Tues., Feb. 15	Kentucky * (ESPN)	Columbia, SC	9:00 pm
Sat., Feb. 19	at Alabama * (JP)	Tuscaloosa, AL	3:00 pm
Sun., Feb. 27	Florida * (CBS)	Columbia, SC	2:00 pm

* – SEC game; All games are Eastern time.
Additional TV games to be added 9/8/04

University of South Carolina 2004-05 Men’s Basketball Schedule

The 2004-05 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball television schedule features 95 games with 26 slated for national telecast, according to an announcement by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. Among those are 11 games on CBS and 15 games on ESPN/ESPN2. In addition, 41 games will be shown regionally on Jefferson-Pilot Sports and 28 games on FSN/Sunshine, the league’s regional cable package. Programming on FSN/Sunshine includes FSN South, FSN Southwest and the Sunshine Network. Several games will also be broadcast through local networks affiliated with the member institutions.

The 2005 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will once again enjoy live television coverage. All eight first and second round games and both semifinal games will all be featured on Jefferson-Pilot Sports. The championship game will once again be televised on CBS at 1 p.m. (ET).