FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Conference USA has announced its preliminary baseball television schedule for the 2010 season. The schedule currently features games to appear nationally on CBS College Sports as well as regionally on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS), Bright House Networks and Cox Sports Television. Additional games remain a possibility and will be announced at a later date.
"Conference USA has established itself as a national power in baseball and we are pleased that more of our fans will be able to watch our teams play this season on television," said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky.
Included in the current schedule are 11 regular season games as well as a live broadcast of the C-USA Baseball Tournament Championship Game on Saturday, May 29. Additional C-USA Championship games may be added to the television schedule.
2010 C-USA Baseball Television Schedule (as of February 4)
CBS College Sports Saturday, April 24 East Carolina at Rice 3:00 p.m. EDT/2:00 p.m. CDT Friday, April 30 Southern Miss at Tulane 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Friday, May 14 Southern Miss at Rice 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Friday, May 21 Houston at East Carolina 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, May 29 C-USA Championship Game 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) (regional coverage may vary within CSS footprint) Tuesday, March 16 Texas at Rice 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT Thursday, April 1 Houston at Rice 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT Friday, April 2 Houston at Rice 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, May 18 Rice at Houston 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Bright House Networks (Florida)
Tuesday, March 9 Miami (Fla.) at UCF 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Tuesday, March 16 South Florida at UCF 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Tuesday, March 9 Stetson at UCF 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Cox Sports Television (Louisiana) Tuesday, May 18 LSU at Tulane 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT
Conference USA’s 15th baseball season gets underway on February 19. The conference tournament is scheduled for May 26-30 in Houston, with UH serving as the host for the new six-team, pool-play format. C-USA’s nine baseball schools have produced 62 NCAA appearances and nine College World Series teams over the past 14 seasons.
