The Big East released the full schedule, which means all the Big East team skeds are final. Including Pitt’s.
As this is a rebuilding year for Pitt, the national TV coverage dips a bit. The Panthers are “only” on national TV 11.5 times (I’m not sure if the CBS Sports channel should counts as national) out of the 31 games. For those of us out of the Pittsburgh market, that’s 19 games that we can hope Fox Sports Pittsburgh picks up so that it will be part of the ESPN Full Court and 360 packages.
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Friday, Nov. 13 |
WOFFORD |
Petersen Events Center |
7 p.m. |
O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Tuesday, Nov. 17 |
BINGHAMTON (ESPN2) |
Petersen Events Center |
5:30 p.m. |
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Thursday, Nov. 19 |
EASTERN KENTUCKY |
Petersen Events Center |
7 p.m. |
O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic Semifinals and Finals (Kansas City, Mo.)
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Monday, Nov. 23 |
vs. Wichita State (ESPN2) |
Sprint Center |
7:30 p.m. |
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Tuesday, Nov. 24 |
Consolation Game (ESPN-U) |
Sprint Center |
7:45 p.m. |
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Championship Game (ESPN2) |
Sprint Center |
9:50 p.m. |
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(vs. Iowa or Texas) |
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Saturday, Nov. 28 |
YOUNGSTOWN STATE |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Wednesday, Dec. 2 |
vs. Duquesne (CBS-CS) |
Mellon Arena |
7 p.m. |
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Friday, Dec. 4 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
Jimmy V. Classic (New York, N.Y.)
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Tuesday, Dec. 8 |
vs. Indiana (ESPN) |
Madison Square Garden |
9 p.m. |
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Saturday, Dec. 12 |
KENT STATE |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Saturday, Dec. 19 |
MOUNT ST. MARY’S |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Tuesday, Dec. 22 |
OHIO |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Monday, Dec. 28 |
*DePAUL |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Saturday, Jan. 2 |
at *Syracuse |
Syracuse, N.Y. |
TBA |
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Monday, Jan. 4 |
at *Cincinnati (ESPN) |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
7 p.m. |
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Wednesday, Jan. 13 |
at *Connecticut (ESPN2) |
Hartford, Conn./XL Center |
7 p.m. |
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Saturday, Jan. 16 |
*LOUISVILLE |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Wednesday, Jan. 20 |
*GEORGETOWN |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Sunday, Jan. 24 |
at *Seton Hall |
Newark, N.J./Prudential Center |
TBA |
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Thursday, Jan. 28 |
*ST. JOHN’S |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Sunday, Jan. 31 |
at *South Florida |
Tampa, Fla. |
TBA |
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Wednesday, Feb. 3 |
at *West Virginia |
Morgantown, W.Va. |
TBA |
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Saturday, Feb. 6 |
*SETON HALL |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Monday, Feb. 8 |
ROBERT MORRIS |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Friday, Feb. 12 |
*WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) |
Petersen Events Center |
9 p.m. |
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Thursday, Feb. 18 |
at *Marquette (ESPN) |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
9 p.m. |
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Sunday, Feb. 21 |
*VILLANOVA (CBS) |
Petersen Events Center |
Noon |
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Wednesday, Feb. 24 |
at *Notre Dame (ESPN2) |
South Bend, Ind. |
7 p.m. |
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Saturday, Feb. 27 |
at *St. John’s |
New York, N.Y./MSG |
TBA |
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Thursday, March 4 |
*PROVIDENCE (ESPN) |
Petersen Events Center |
9 p.m. |
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Saturday, March 6 |
*RUTGERS |
Petersen Events Center |
TBA |
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Tue.-Sat., March 9-13 |
at Big East Championship (ESPN) |
New York, N.Y. |
TBA |
Overall, looking at the full schedule for the Big East (PDF), it is Villanova with the major media love this year. They appear on the ESPN group and CBS a whopping 18 times. Louisville, UConn and WVU do it 15. Syracuse has 14. Georgetown and Pitt have 12 appearances. Cinci is the last to reach double-digits with 10.
The honor of fewest appearances (unsurprisingly) goes to USF with 2. Providence, Rutgers and DePaul each have 3. Then it is St. John’s with 5, Seton Hall and Marquette with 7 and ND with 9.
So the fun is about 2 months away. A season with a lot of questions, but lots of anticipation despite the lower expectations.
