Dec. 3, 2007
PITTSBURGH - Duquesne University Director of Athletics Greg Amodio has announced the addition of a pair of games to the Dukes men's basketball television package, upping the total of televised 2007-08 Duquesne games to seven.
The March 8 season finale against Saint Louis will air on Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh and the Dukes' game at Xavier on February 21 will air on the tape-delay basis the next day on FSNP.
The Saint Louis and Xavier games join a list of four other Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh televised matchups, including the December 8 at West Virginia, January 19 at Fordham, January 23 St. Bonaventure and March 5 at Temple games.
Duquesne's Wednesday night game vs. Pitt will be carried nationally by ESPNU.
"We're extremely pleased that six Duquesne basketball match ups will be featured on FSN this season," said Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh Executive Producer Shawn McClintock.
"Our local teams are important to us as they continue to play a vital role in our regional programming. Greg Amodio and the Duquesne Athletic Department do an outstanding job promoting its teams and are diligent and flexible in pursuing television opportunities. We are proud to be able to showcase the men's basketball team to our over two million homes this season."
"We are pleased to establish this partnership with Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh," said Amodio. "FSN Pittsburgh, the unquestioned leader in western Pennsylvania sports programming, has recognized Duquesne basketball as a viable entity and we look forward to building this relationship."
Two originally released game times have changed to accommodate the television schedule.
The Jan. 23 St. Bonaventure game will now tip at 9:00 p.m. and the Mar. 8 Saint Louis game will start at 4:00 p.m. Both games were originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
In addition, a 2:00 p.m. tip time has been announced for the game at Fordham on January 19.
Duquesne brings a 6-1 record into Wednesday night's game against nationally ranked Pitt (7-0).
2007-08 DUKES ON TELEVISION
Dec. 5 Pitt ESPNU 7:00 pmDec. 8 at West Virginia FSNP 7:00 pmJan. 19 at Fordham CSTVR 2:00 pmJan. 23 St. Bonaventure CSTVR 9:00 pmFeb. 21 at Xavier *FSNO 7:00 pmMar. 5 at Temple CSTVR 7:00 pmMar. 8 Saint Louis FSNP 4:00 pm
TV KEY: ESPNU, FSNP (Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh), FSNO (Fox Sports Net Ohio), CSTVR (College Sports Television Regional syndication, will air on FSN Pittsburgh locally)
The Feb. 21 game will be televised live by Fox Sports Net Ohio and shown on delay the next day by Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh.
