Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Atlantic Sun Conference and Comcast Sports Southeast will continue their partnership during the 2011-12 basketball season, highlighted by the return of the A-Sun/CSS Friday Night Game of the Week.

The Bisons basketball game against Belmont in Allen Arena on Friday, Feb. 3 will be televised as part of the package.  Tipoff is now scheduled for 6 p.m.

The partnership enters its 10th season and will feature some of the best rivalry games in the conference while continuing its superb tournament coverage. Last year, all of the A-Sun’s Friday Night Game of the Week’s also aired on ESPN Full Court and ESPN3.com.

“The Friday Night Game of the Week provides tremendous coverage of A-Sun teams for our fans and continues to be one of our top initiatives,” stated A-Sun Commissioner Ted Gumbart. “The prime time slot is an excellent showcase for our student-athletes and our outstanding institutions. We value our strong partnership with CSS and are proud to continue the relationship.”

Date Game Time (CST)
Dec. 3 Jacksonville at UNF - 11:00 am
Jan. 13 Kennesaw State at Mercer - 6:00pm
Jan. 20 FGCU at Stetson - 6:00pm
Jan. 27 ETSU at USC Upstate - 6:00pm
Feb. 3 Belmont at Lipscomb - 6:00pm
Feb. 10 Mercer at Kennesaw State - 6:00pm
Feb. 17 Stetson at FGCU - 6:00pm
Feb. 24 UNF at Jacksonville - 6:00pm
Mar. 2 A-Sun Semifinals - 11:00 am/1:30pm/5:00pm/7:30pm
Mar. 3 WBB Championship - 11:00 am