August 3, 2011
ESPN Announces Matchups for 2011 Old Spice Classic
Tickets on Sale Now; Six Games to Air on ESPN2, One Game on ESPN
ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN, announced today the matchups for the 2011 Old Spice Classic, to be held Thanksgiving weekend at HP Fieldhouse at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
The field for the sixth annual Old Spice Classic will include Arizona State, Dayton, DePaul, Fairfield, Indiana State, Minnesota, Texas Tech and Wake Forest. Three of those teams reached postseason in 2011, with Indiana State earning an NCAA Championship berth. Dayton and Fairfield played in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
The first round begins Thursday, Nov. 24, featuring Texas Tech against Indiana State at noon ET; Minnesota versus DePaul at 2:30 p.m.; Dayton against Wake Forest at 7 p.m.; and Arizona State and Fairfield at 9:30 p.m.
The Old Spice Classic 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.
Notre Dame captured the Old Spice Classic title last season, beating Wisconsin 58-51 in the championship game. Previous champions were Arkansas in 2006, North Carolina State in 2007, Gonzaga in 2008 and Florida State in 2009.
Tickets to the 2011 Old Spice Classic will go on sale Monday, Aug. 15, 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.
For more information about the tournament, please visit the official Web site at http://www.OldSpiceClassic.com, follow on Twitter @OldSpiceClassic and “like” the event on Facebook at facebook.com/OldSpiceClassic. For more information on the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, visit www.espnwwos.com.
Tournament Schedule
(Home team listed second; Fairfield will be the home team in each of its games)
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
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Thu, Nov 24 |
Noon |
Game 1: Texas Tech vs. Indiana State |
ESPN2 |
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2:30 p.m. |
Game 2: Minnesota vs. DePaul |
ESPN2 |
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7 p.m. |
Game 3: Dayton vs. Wake Forest |
ESPN2 |
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9:30 p.m. |
Game 4: Arizona State vs. Fairfield |
ESPN2 |
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Fri, Nov 25 |
Noon |
Game 5: Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2 |
ESPN |
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2:30 p.m. |
Game 6: Winner game 1 vs. Winner game 2 |
ESPN/E2/EU |
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5 p.m. |
Game 7: Winner game 3 vs. Winner game 4 |
ESPN/E2/EU |
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7:30 p.m. |
Game 8: Loser game 3 vs. Loser game 4 |
ESPNU |
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Sun, Nov 27 |
11:30 a.m. |
Game 9: Loser game 5 vs. Loser game 8 |
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2 p.m. |
Game 10: Winner game 5 vs. Winner game 8 |
ESPNU |
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4:30 p.m. |
Game 11: Loser game 6 vs. Loser game 7 |
ESPN2 |
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7 p.m. |
Championship Game |
ESPN2 |
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ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,200 sporting events. Content includes action from NCAA football, basketball and Olympic sports, NHRA and professional and amateur golf, accounting for more than 3,400 live and/or original hours of programming. ERT’s owned and operated events reach over a million fans a year and provides more than 200 additional hours of programming.
In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC) and manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events:
Collegiate Football
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Houston); MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.) and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards
Collegiate Basketball
76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Champions Classic (Madison Square Garden; debuts 2011); Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (S.C.); 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
Collegiate Lacrosse
Others
Hawaiian Islands Invitational (Soccer) and ESPN National Golf Challenge
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