ESPN Regional Announces TCU Men's Basketball Local Television Games
12/2/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2003
FORT WORTH, Texas - ESPN Regional General Manager Brian Florko has announced that three TCU men's basketball games will be broadcast locally on KTXA-TV (UPN 21) in Fort Worth and Dallas. The first game to air will be this Saturday, Dec. 6, when the Horned Frogs face the Washington State Cougars in Pullman, Wash. Tipoff time for that contest is set for 7:00 p.m. (CT).
The other two games slated for UPN 21 are Conference USA matchups between TCU and Tulane. On Saturday, Jan. 10, TCU and Tulane meet at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth for a 7:05 p.m. (CT) game televised in the Metroplex. The other Horned Frog/Green Wave game on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:00 p.m. in New Orleans, La., will also air live.
"The Voice of the Frogs" Brian Estridge will provide play-by-play for the network, while former college head coach Fran Fraschilla will serve as the color analyst.
ESPN Regional Television (ERT) is the nation's largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming and produces more than 600 sporting events annually, accounting for more than 2,000 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to television, ERT produces live events for national, regional and local networks, serves as the exclusive syndication rights holder for college conferences (e.g - Conference USA, Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, Mid-American, Western Athletic and Mountain West) and exclusive marketing rightsholder for select schools (TCU, Kansas, Oregon, UNLV, Iowa State, UAB and South Florida).
ERT also owns and operates three collegiate bowl games (Fort Worth, Hawaii and Las Vegas) and several special events including The Home Depot College Football Awards, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the Las Vegas Showdown and much more.
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