CBS Sports Network Offers Enhanced Audio for Big East Telecast on Wednesday

This from CBS Sports Network, the Big East Conference game between Villanova and Seton Hall this Wednesday night will be a special enhanced audio game on the channel. According to CBS Sports Network, the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ will be rigged with 30 microphones all over the floor. One official is expected to be miked as well.

Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas will call the game. Former Comcast SportsNet Chicago reporter Susannah Collins will be on the sidelines.

Here’s the press release.

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CBS SPORTS NETWORK PROVIDES VIEWERS UNIQUE, ENHANCED AUDIO TELECAST FOR NO. 8 VILLANOVA AT SETON HALL ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8

CBS Sports Network presents a special all-access audio college basketball telecast on Wednesday, Jan. 8 (7:00 PM, ET) as *No. 8-ranked Villanova visits Seton Hall in a BIG EAST match-up. The Network will air an enhanced audio experience with 30 microphones at court level providing viewers a courtside seat with unprecedented access and sound from coaches, players and referees. 

Andrew Catalon and analyst Steve Lappas announce from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., along with reporter Susannah Collins, who will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the unique production of the game.

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

*AP Poll as of 1/6/13

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