CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- The America East Television schedule continues this weekend with a pair of games, while a third game will be streamed and be available online at AmericaEast.com. Additionally, the third season of America East On Campus, the conference’s half-hour feature-oriented television show, will debut on Sunday at 6 p.m. on NESN.
In men's basketball, Hartford will host Boston University on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Hawks have won back-to-back games and are 5-1 at home, while the Terriers were the preseason choice to win the league and are coming off a win over UNH on Wednesday. The game will air live on NESN and will also be available on ESPN's Full Court package as well, as on-line in the America East Zone at AmericaEast.com. Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Frank Sullivan (color) will call the action.
On the women's side, Maine travels to Albany for a 2 p.m. on Sunday contest that will be produced by the Pack Network and be available at the America East Zone at AmericaEast.com. Also in women's action on Sunday, Hartford hosts Vermont at 6 p.m. on Comcast Sports Net in New England. The Hawks, the preseason favorite to win the league, have the nation's fourth-longest home win streak, while the Catamounts were picked second in the conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. Frede (play-by-play) and Leah Secondo (color) will have the call.
The On Campus season premier will debut on Sunday at 6 p.m. on NESN. The episode is hosted at UMBC and will feature a preview of both the men’s and women’s basketball seasons, an interview with Patrick Nero, and a look back at UMBC’s Cinderella run to the America East Women’s Basketball Championship. The episode will profile Vermont’s Jake McFadden, a member of the America East Men’s Soccer Champions and a Dean’s List student majoring in molecular genetics, who volunteers at the UVM Health Sciences Research Facility, assisting in laboratory research analyzing the role of dipeptidyl peptidase in neuroblastoma, a cancer prevalent in infants.
America East On Campus is produced by Cod Rock Media of Kittery Maine and hosted by Frede. A minimum of five episodes will be produced and distributed during the 2007-08 season. NESN will debut all five episodes, while several re-airings will also air on the network. MASN, located in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area, and TW-3, which is available in Western Massachusetts and New York's Capital Region, will also carry the show.
Below is the 2007-08 America East On Campus schedule with dates that each episode will air and the complete television and enhanced streaming schedule.
| Date |
Episode # (Carrier) |
Time |
Jan. 13
|
Episode 1 (NESN) |
6 p.m. |
Jan. 14
|
Episode 1 (NESN)
|
1 p.m. |
Jan. 16
|
Episode 1 (MASN) |
8 a.m. |
|
Episode 1 (NESN) |
7:30 p.m. |
| Episode 1 (TW-3) | 7:30 p.m. |
Jan. 17
|
Episode 1 (NESN) |
5 p.m. |
|
Episode 1 (MASN) |
10:30 p.m. |
| Jan. 18 | Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 10:30 p.m. |
| Jan. 19 | Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 10:30 p.m. |
| Jan. 20 | Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 11:30 a.m. |
| Jan. 22 | Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 5 p.m. |
| Jan. 23 |
Episode 1 (MASN) |
9 p.m. |
| Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 10 p.m. |
Jan. 24
| Episode 1 (TW-3)
| 10 p.m. |
| Jan. 25 |
Episode 1 (NESN)
|
5 p.m. |
| Jan. 26 |
Episode 2 (NESN) |
3 p.m. |
| Jan. 26 | Episode 2 (TW-3)
| 10:30 p.m.
|
| Jan. 27 | Episode 2 (TW-3)
| 11:30 a.m.
|
Jan. 28
|
Episode 2 (MASN)
|
10:30 p.m.
|
Jan. 30
|
Episode 2 (NESN) |
10:30 p.m.
|
| Feb. 9 |
Episode 3 (NESN) |
5:30 p.m.
|
Feb. 16
|
Episode 4 (NESN) |
4:30 p.m.
|
March 1
|
Episode 5 (NESN)
|
5 p.m.
|
America East Television Package:
Saturday, January 12, 6 p.m.: Boston University at Hartford (men), NESN, ESPN Full Court
Sunday, January 13, 6 p.m.: Vermont at Hartford (women), Comcast Sports Net (New England), ESPN Full Court
Tuesday, January 15, 7 p.m.: Stony Brook at Binghamton (men), Fox Sports New York, ESPN Full Court
Wednesday, January 16, 8 p.m.: Albany at Boston University (men), NESN, Time Warner (Albany), ESPN Full Court
Tuesday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.: Binghamton at Hartford (women), Comcast Sports Net (New England), WIVT (Binghamton), ESPN Full Court
Friday, January 25, 9 p.m.: Vermont at Boston University (men), ESPNU
Wednesday, January 30, 8 p.m.: Vermont at Hartford (men), NESN
Saturday, February 2, 4 p.m.: Boston University at New Hampshire (men), NESN
Saturday, February 9, 3:30 p.m.: Binghamton at UMBC (men), MASN, WBGH (Binghamton)
Monday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.: Albany at Vermont (men), Comcast Sports Net (New England), Fox Sports New York, ESPN Full Court
Thursday, February 14, 8 p.m.: Boston University at Vermont (men), NESN, ESPN Full Court
Sunday, Feburary 17, 4 p.m.: Boston University at UMBC (men), MASN
Wednesday, February 20, 8 p.m.: Maine at Boston University (men), NESN
Saturday, February 23, 2 pm: Boston University at Vermont (women), CN8
Saturday, March 1, 2 pm: Binghamton at Stony Brook (men), MSG, ESPN Full Court
Sunday, March 9, 12/2:30 p.m.: America East Men's Semifinals, Comcast Sports Net (New England), Time Warner (Albany), TBA, ESPN Full Court
Saturday, March 15, 12 noon: America East Men's Championship, ESPN2
Saturday, March 15, 5/7:30 p.m.: America East Women's Semifinals, NESN, TBA, ESPN Full Court
Sunday, March 16, 5 p.m.: America East Women's Championship, NESN, TBA, ESPN Full Court
America East Enhanced Streaming Package:
Sunday, January 13, 2 p.m.: Maine at Albany (women)
Saturday, January 26, 12 noon: Boston University at New Hampshire (women)
Saturday, February 2, 1 p.m.: UMBC at Vermont (men)
Sunday, February 10, 1 p.m.: Stony Brook at Vermont (women)
Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m.: Hartford at Vermont (women)
Two wildcard dates, TBD