July 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - ESPNU Campus Connection students from Georgetown University have scheduled 48 hours of television programming for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, from July 7 -8. A team of four journalism students worked with the ESPNU programming staff to develop a schedule devoted to their school. The schedule will primarily feature a number of men's basketball games spanning from 1983-2008 in addition to some men's and women's lacrosse and sailing.
The following students worked together to plan and create the ESPNU schedule: Nick Sementelli (Dallas, Texas); Bridget Geraghty (Chicago, Ill.); Paul Campbell (Chehalis, Wash.); and Peter Keszler (Bethesda, Md.). Each student is intended to graduate in 2009.
Working with students, professors and athletic departments, ESPNU Campus Connection incorporates student-generated content across multiple ESPN platforms. The first major Campus Connection student-run initiative involved students from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), who assisted with producing a men's basketball telecast on Jan. 9.
The other schools participating: Florida State University, University of Georgia, University of Missouri, University of North Carolina, Ohio University, Pepperdine University, Syracuse University, University of Tennessee, University of Texas (Austin) and Texas Southern University.
July 7th
Midnight: Georgetown Men's Basketball at Syracuse 1983
2 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Memphis 1994
4 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. South Carolina 2001
6 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Providence 1989
8 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Syracuse 1994
10 a.m. SportsCentury: Allen Iverson
10:30 a.m.: Top 5: Fred Brown
11 a.m. Georgetown vs. St. John's 1985 BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game
1 p.m.: 1 p.m. Top 5: Nova
1:30 p.m.: SportsCentury: Alonzo Mourning
2 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. St. John's 1985
4 p.m.: Sailing 2005
4 p.m.: Sailing 2005
5 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Lacrosse vs. Duke 2008
7 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Notre Dame 1996
9 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. UConn 1996
11 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Memphis 1994
JULY 8th
1 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Villanova 1990
3 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. St. John's 1989
5 a.m.: Sailing 2006
6 a.m.: Georgetown vs. St. John's 1985 BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game
8 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Lacrosse vs. Duke 2008
10 a.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs Syracuse 1989
Noon: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs Syracuse 2008
1:30 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs West Virginia 2008
3 p.m.: Georgetown Women's Lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins 2008
5 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Connecticut 2008
6:30 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs. Syracuse 2001
8:30 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs Notre Dame 2001 BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals
10 p.m.: Georgetown Men's Basketball vs St. John's 1985
ESPNU ESPNU was launched on March 4, 2005. The network features extensive studio programming and live coverage of games, including college football, college basketball and other Olympic sports from more than 25 Division I conferences. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA calling for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships, showcasing sports from each of the three collegiate seasons. ESPNU also has re-air rights to games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Regional television programming.
ESPNU currently reaches approximately 21 million homes through long-term carriage agreements with Charter, Cox, DIRECTV (Channel 609), EchoStar's DISH Network (Channel 148), AT&T, Insight Communications, Mediacom, Time Warner, Verizon and hundreds of smaller affiliates.
In addition, ESPNU.com, the companion to the ESPNU college sports television network, is the online destination for college sports content, including news, information, extensive online video and audio and more.
For more information on ESPNU, please visit the online media kit at http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_kits/ESPNU/index.html.
