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August 4, 2009
ESPN Announces Matchups for 2009 Old Spice Classic; Six of Eight Teams Reached 2008-09 Postseason
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ESPN Regional Television, Inc. (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN, announced today the schedule of matchups for the 2009 Old Spice Classic, to be held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
The event will include 12 games in three days, and will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Tournament sponsors include Old Spice, ESPNU and Disney’s Wide World of Sports. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) will serve as the event’s sponsoring conference for the fourth straight year.
The fourth annual Old Spice Classic field includes eight teams: Alabama, Baylor, Creighton, Florida State, Iona, Marquette, Michigan and Xavier. Six of the eight teams reached the postseason last year, including four in the NCAA Tournament. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format.
In the first round of action, beginning Thursday, Nov. 26, Michigan will take on Creighton; Marquette will face Xavier; Alabama will meet Baylor; and Florida State and Iona will square off. The first three games on the opening day of action will be televised live on ESPN2, while Florida State vs. Iona will air live on ESPNU.
The two teams that remain undefeated throughout the tournament will face off in a championship match Sunday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Complete matchups are listed below.
The inaugural Old Spice Classic was played in 2006 with Arkansas defeating West Virginia in the championship game at Disney’s Milk House. In 2007, North Carolina State edged Villanova for the Old Spice Classic championship. Last season, Gonzaga held off Tennessee to win the title.
Tickets to the 2008 Old Spice Classic will go on sale Monday, Aug. 17, 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 Web site: www.oldspiceclassic.com. For more information on Disney’s Wide World of Sports, visit www.disneysports.com.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU Tournament Schedule
(Home team listed second; Iona will be home team in each of its games)
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Game
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Network
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Thurs., Nov. 26
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Noon
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Creighton vs. Michigan
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ESPN2
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2 p.m.
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Marquette vs. Xavier
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ESPN2
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6:30 p.m.
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Alabama vs. Baylor
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ESPN2
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9 p.m.
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Florida State vs. Iona
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ESPNU
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Fri., Nov. 27
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Noon
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Game #5
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ESPN
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2:30 p.m.
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Game #6
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ESPNU
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5 p.m.
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Game #7
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ESPN2
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7:30 p.m.
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Game #8
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ESPNU
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Sun., Nov. 29
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10 a.m.
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Game #9 (7th/8th Place)
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ESPNU
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Noon
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Game #10 (4th/6th Place)
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ESPNU
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5 p.m.
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Game #11 (3rd/5th Place)
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ESPNU
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7:30 p.m.
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Game #12 (Champion/2nd Place)
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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 1,000 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, Sun Belt, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); St. Petersburg Bowl; 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.); Charleston Classic (S.C.); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); All-College Classic (Oklahoma City); SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; ESPNU Road to the Championship and the ESPNU BracketBusters; as well as the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.
Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex
Opened in 1997 at Walt Disney World Resort, Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex is the leading multi-sport venue for amateur and professional sports in the United States. The sprawling 220-acre state-of-the-art complex features the Milk House, a 165,000-square-foot field house which seats 5,500 for basketball; the 9,500-seat Champion Stadium ballpark; the Hess Sports Fields, which include multiple baseball, softball and soccer fields; and the Jostens Center, an 80,000 square foot multi-sport field house. In addition, the complex has 11 tennis courts, including a stadium court, and a track and field complex. The complex is home to more than 180 amateur and professional sports and entertainment events each year, including the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves spring training, the Pop Warner Super Bowl, Chelsea Football Club events, the Special Olympics Florida Summer Games and AAU National Championship events. Please visit www.disneysports.com for more information.
Media Contacts:
Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN Communications, 407-566-2213 or jennifer.j.zimmerman@espn.com
Charley Green, Media Coordinator, 214-734-8028 cgreen@breakaway-sports.com
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