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2010 Matchups

August 5, 2010

ESPN Announces Matchups for 2010 Old Spice Classic

ESPN Regional Television announced today the first-round matchups for the 2010 Old Spice Classic, to be held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Fieldhouse sponsored by HP at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.

The event will include 12 games in three days, with games telecast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Tournament sponsors include Old Spice, ESPNU and the ESPN Wide World of Sports. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference will serve as the event’s sponsoring conference for the fifth straight year.

The fifth annual Old Spice Classic field comprises Boston College, California, Georgia, Manhattan, Notre Dame, Temple, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. Five of the eight teams reached the NCAA Tournament last season.

In the first round of action Thursday, Nov. 25, Texas A&M will take on Boston College; Wisconsin will face Manhattan; Notre Dame will meet Georgia; and Temple and California will square off. All four games on the opening day of action will be televised live on ESPN2.

Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The two teams that remain undefeated will face off in a championship match Sunday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Complete first-round matchups are listed below.

The inaugural Old Spice Classic was played in 2006, with Arkansas defeating West Virginia in the championship game at the Fieldhouse. Subsequent champions: North Carolina State in 2007, Gonzaga in 2008 and Florida State in 2009.

Tickets to the 2010 Old Spice Classic will go on sale Friday, Aug. 13, and can be purchased at www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 407-839-3900. Fans can also purchase travel packages to the tournament by going to www.AnthonyTravel.com or by calling 1-800-736-6377.

Additional information can be found on the Old Spice Classic’s official website: www.oldspiceclassic.com. For more information on ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, visit www.espnwwos.com.

2010 Old Spice Classic Schedule

(Home team listed second; Manhattan will be home team in each of its games)

Date

Time (ET)

Game

Network

Thu, Nov 25

Noon

Game 1: Boston College vs. Texas A & M

ESPN2

 

2 p.m.

Game 2: Wisconsin vs. Manhattan

ESPN2

 

7 p.m.

Game 3: Georgia vs. Notre Dame

ESPN2

 

9 p.m.

Game 4: Temple vs. California

ESPN2

Fri, Nov 26

Noon

Game 5

ESPN

 

2:30 p.m.

Game 6

ESPNU

 

5 p.m.

Game 7

ESPN2

 

7:30 p.m.

Game 8

ESPNU

Sun, Nov 27

11 a.m.

Game 9

ESPNU

 

1 p.m.

Game 10

ESPNU

 

4:30 p.m.

Game 11

 

 

7 p.m.

Game 12 (Championship Game)

ESPN2

About ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which hosts more than 300 events a year, is the leading multisport venue for amateur and professional sports in the United States, accommodating 60 different sports and athletes from more than 70 countries. Designed to take youth sports to the next level, the 220-acre facility features: The Fieldhouse sponsored by HP, a 165,000-square-foot field house that seats 5,500 for basketball; Champion Stadium ballpark (cap. 11,500); Hess Sports Fields, which include multiple baseball, softball and soccer fields; Jostens Center, an 80,000-square-foot multisport field house; and the Innovation Lab, a real-world testing ground for the ESPN Emerging Technology group to develop groundbreaking on-air products such as Ball Track and ESPN Snap Zoom. In addition, the complex features 56 high definition cameras (42 robotic, 10 hand-held and four studio) and 40 high definition video screens, including three jumbo screens, that can capture and display footage from any event taking place at the complex. The camera and video screens, as well as a 20-zone audio system, are controlled through the state-of-the-art Production Center, which features eight edit bays and links to ESPN facilities in Bristol, Conn., New York and Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.wdwnews.com for releases, photos and videos. Follow us on Twitter at @DisneySports.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); Birmingham Bowl; MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

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