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The Big 12 Conference has announced its 2012 FSN baseball and softball schedule. Eight games, including the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, will be broadcast.
For baseball, eight different schools will be featured during the regular season, highlighted by a matchup of last year’s regular season co-champions, Texas and Texas A&M, and the opening game of the Bedlam series. The Longhorns and Aggies appear on Saturday, April 28, while Oklahoma and Oklahoma State’s contest in Tulsa on Friday, May 4, will also be aired.
Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State and Texas Tech will also make appearances. Coverage begins on Saturday, April 7, when the Jayhawks travel to Stillwater.
The FSN softball schedule features two of the league’s Women’s College World Series participants from 2011 as Baylor visits Missouri on Saturday, March 31. Also on the lineup is Texas A&M at Texas on Saturday, April 28. All four squads are ranked heading into the 2012 season.
The eight combined contests will be available to FSN’s regional affiliates, reaching more than 82 million cable and satellite television homes nationwide.
Additional television appearances are possible through other Big 12 broadcast partners and institutional contacts and will be announced at a later time.
The Big 12 softball season opens the weekend of Feb. 9-12, with seven Big 12 squads beginning non-conference action. Big 12 baseball begins on Friday, Feb. 17 with conference play kicking off the weekend of March 16.
2012 FSN BIG 12 CONFERENCE BASEBALL TELECAST SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 7 Kansas at Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 28 Texas A&M at Texas 2:30 p.m.
Friday, May 4 Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (Tulsa, Okla.) 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 12 Baylor at Oklahoma 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 19 Kansas State at Texas Tech 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 27 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship 1:00 p.m.
2012 FSN BIG 12 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TELECAST SCHEDULE
Saturday, March 31 Baylor at Missouri 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 28 Texas A&M at Texas 12:30 p.m.
