Under its new contract with the Atlantic Coast Conference that takes effect this season, ESPN now has the rights to all men’s basketball games. ESPN has sold off some rights to cable syndication of which Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic has signed on. Another package will be given to Raycom Sports under the guise of the ACC Network, but ESPN will keep the majority of the games for itself. That means the old Sunday Night Hoops package that had been with Fox Sports Net will be no more. ESPNU will now do a Sunday Night Basketball game that replaces Sunday Night Hoops.
ESPN will also have full national rights to both Duke-North Carolina matchups as well as all ACC Tournament games. Previously, Raycom would have rights to Duke-North Carolina and the ACC Tournament and have ESPN blacked out in the conference footprint. Now, ESPN’s broadcasts will be seen all over the ACC region without having Raycom broadcasts take precedence.
Here’s the ESPN press release.
ESPN’s ACC Men’s College Basketball Television Schedule
ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced its 2012 men’s college basketball regular-season schedule for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com. ESPN and the ACC are beginning a new 12-year agreement for exclusive rights to every conference game. As part of the deal, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com will combine to offer the most games ever across the ESPN networks. Highlights:
- Full national telecasts on all games televised on an ESPN platform (had been local market blackouts on handful of telecasts), including of both regular-season matchups of the storied Duke-North Carolina rivalry each year;
- The new weekly ACC Sunday Night Basketball franchise on ESPNU;
- The continuation of ACC action on ESPN’s Super Tuesday, Wednesday Night Hoops, Thursday Night Showcase and Saturdays;
- The rights to every ACC Tournament game for distribution across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU (with no blackouts).
Through a new sublicense arrangement with ESPN, Raycom Sports will continue its long-standing position as the syndication home of ACC content for over-the-air and regional cable network distribution in the ACC market and beyond. As a result, every regular-season intra-conference game and the entire conference tournament will be produced and distributed via ESPN and Raycom Sports.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Network(s) Sat, Jan 7 Noon Duke at Georgia Tech ESPNU Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Raycom / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Boston College at North Carolina Raycom / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. Florida State at Clemson ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 6 p.m. Miami at Virginia ESPNU Sun, Jan 8 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Maryland at North Carolina State ESPNU Tue, Jan 10 7 p.m. Florida State at Virginia Tech ESPNU 9 p.m. Miami at North Carolina Raycom / ESPN3.com Wed, Jan 11 7 p.m. Wake Forest at Maryland RSN / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Georgia Tech at North Carolina State RSN / ESPN3.com Thu, Jan 12 7 p.m. Clemson at Boston College ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Virginia at Duke ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sat, Jan 14 1 or 4 p.m. North Carolina State at Wake Forest Raycome / ESPN3.com 2 p.m. North Carolina at Florida State ESPN / ESPN3.com 3 p.m. Virginia Tech at Boston College RSN / ESPN3.com Sun, Jan 15 1 or 4 p.m. Georgia Tech at Maryland Raycom / ESPN3.com 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Duke at Clemson ESPNU Tue, Jan 17 9 p.m. Maryland at Florida State ESPNU Wed, Jan 18 7 p.m. Clemson at Miami RSN / ESPN3.com Thu, Jan 19 7 p.m. Wake Forest at Duke ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. Boston College at North Carolina State Raycom / ESPN3.com Virginia at Georgia Tech Raycom / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. North Carolina at Virginia Tech ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sat, Jan 21 Noon Wake Forest at Boston College Raycom / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Georgia Tech at Clemson Raycom / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. Florida State at Duke ESPN / ESPN3.com Sun, Jan 22 Noon North Carolina State at Miami Raycom / ESPN3.com 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Virginia Tech at Virginia ESPNU Tue, Jan 24 9 p.m. Miami at Georgia Tech ESPNU Wed, Jan 25 7 p.m. Florida State at Wake Forest RSN / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Duke at Maryland ESPN / ESPN3.com Thu, Jan 26 7 p.m. North Carolina State at North Carolina ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Boston College at Virginia ESPNU Sat, Jan 28 Noon Wake Forest at Clemson Raycom / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Maryland Raycom / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. Virginia at North Carolina State ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sun, Jan 29 1 p.m. Miami at Boston College Raycom / ESPN3.com 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Georgia Tech at North Carolina ESPNU Tue, Jan 31 7 p.m. Clemson at Virginia ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. North Carolina at Wake Forest ESPNU Wed, Feb 1 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Florida State RSN / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. Maryland at Miami Raycom / ESPN3.com North Carolina State at Boston College Raycom / ESPN3.com Thu, Feb 2 7 p.m. Duke at Virginia Tech ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sat, Feb 4 1 p.m. Boston College at Georgia Tech ESPNU Virginia at Florida State Raycom / ESPN3.com Wake Forest at North Carolina State Raycom / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. North Carolina at Maryland ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Clemson at Virginia Tech RSN / ESPN3.com Sun, Feb 5 3 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Miami at Duke ESPNU Tue, Feb 7 7 p.m. Maryland at Clemson ESPNU Wed, Feb 8 7 p.m. Florida State at Boston College ESPN3.com 7:30 p.m. Wake Forest at Virginia RSN / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Duke at North Carolina ESPN / Raycom / ESPN3.com Thu, Feb 9 7 p.m. North Carolina State at Georgia Tech ESPNU 9 p.m. Virginia Tech at Miami ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sat, Feb 11 1 p.m. Miami at Florida State Raycom / ESPN3.com Virginia at North Carolina Raycom / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. Maryland at Duke ESPN / ESPN3.com Clemson at Wake Forest RSN / ESPN3.com Sun, Feb 12 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Boston College at Virginia Tech ESPNU Tue, Feb 14 7 p.m. Virginia at Clemson ESPNU Wed, Feb 15 7 p.m. North Carolina at Miami ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 7:30 p.m. Georgia Tech at Wake Forest RSN / ESPN3.com Thu, Feb 16 7 p.m. Virginia Tech at Florida State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. North Carolina State at Duke Raycom / ESPN3.com Boston College at Maryland Raycom / ESPN3.com Sat, Feb 18 1 p.m. Florida State at North Carolina State Raycom / ESPN3.com Maryland at Virginia Raycom / ESPN3.com 3 p.m. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech RSN / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. Clemson at North Carolina ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sun, Feb 19 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Duke at Boston College ESPNU Tue, Feb 21 7 p.m. Clemson at Georgia Tech RSN / ESPN3.com 8 p.m. Miami at Maryland Raycom / ESPN3.com North Carolina at North Carolina State Raycom / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Virginia at Virginia Tech ESPNU Thu, Feb 23 7 p.m. Duke at Florida State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sat, Feb 25 Noon Virginia Tech at Duke Raycom / ESPN3.com 1 p.m. Boston College at Wake Forest RSN / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. North Carolina State at Clemson Raycom / ESPN3.com Maryland at Georgia Tech Raycom / ESPN3.com 4 p.m. North Carolina at Virginia ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Sun, Feb 26 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: Florida State at Miami ESPNU Tue, Feb 28 9 p.m. Duke at Wake Forest ESPNU Wed, Feb 29 7 p.m. Maryland at North Carolina ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Georgia Tech at Boston College RSN / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Miami at North Carolina State RSN / ESPN3.com Thu, Mar 1 7 p.m. Florida State at Virginia ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 9 p.m. Virginia Tech at Clemson Raycom / ESPN3.com Sat, Mar 3 Noon Wake Forest at Georgia Tech Raycom / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Boston College at Miami Raycom / ESPN3.com 7 p.m. North Carolina at Duke ESPN / ESPN3.com Sun, Mar 4 Noon Clemson at Florida State ESPN2 / ESPN3.com 2 p.m. Virginia at Maryland Raycom / ESPN3.com 6 p.m. ACC Sunday Night Basketball: North Carolina State at Virginia Tech ESPNU
That’s all.
