Jul
12
ESPN Airs USA Basketball’s Pre-Olympic Exhibition Games
If you want to see the U.S. Olympic men’s and women’s basketball teams in action before the London Olympics, then then ESPN Family of Networks will provide you with seven opportunities including one tonight. ESPN will air seven exhibition games, five for the men and two for the women, as the teams get ready to play in the Olympic Basketball Tournament in London.
ESPN will air one game tonight (USA men vs. Dominican Republic), ESPN2 will take five and ESPN3 has one game all to itself next Wednesday as the USA women take on Great Britain.
Mark Jones and Fran Fraschilla will call the games.
We have a look at the schedule for you.
ESPN to Show Seven USA Basketball Men’s & Women’s National Team Exhibition Games
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will combine to air seven USA Basketball Men’s and Women’s National Team exhibition games – five men’s and two women’s – beginning with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. the Dominican Republic on Thursday, July 12, at 9 p.m. ET. All games will be available on WatchESPN and generally carried on ESPN Mobile TV.
Mark Jones will provide play-by-play for all ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts with International basketball expert and analyst Fran Fraschilla. In addition, ESPN will provide extensive coverage of USA Basketball on SportsCenter, espnW.com, ESPN.com’s NBA section and ESPN’s NBA Facebook page.
USA Basketball National Team rosters: men’s; women’s.
USA Basketball Men’s & Women’s National Team Exhibition Game Schedule (Subject to change)
Date Time (ET) Game/Commentators Networks Location Thurs, July 12 9 p.m. USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. Dominican Republic
Jones, FraschillaESPN, ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Mobile TV Las Vegas Mon, July 16 5:30 p.m. USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. Brazil
Jones, FraschillaESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN,ESPN Mobile TV Washington, D.C. Mon, July 16 8 p.m. USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. Brazil
Jones, FraschillaESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN Washington, D.C. Wed, July 18 2 p.m. USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. Great Britain
TBDESPN3 Manchester, England Thurs, July 19 2 p.m. USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. Great Britain
Jones, FraschillaESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Mobile TV Manchester, England Mon, July 23 Midnight^ (Sun, July 22)
USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. Argentina
Jones, FraschillaESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Mobile TV Barcelona, Spain Tues, July 24 4:30 p.m. USA Basketball Men’s National Team vs. Spain
Jones, FraschillaESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Mobile TV Barcelona, Spain ^ – Tape delay
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