OT: AAC Non-Conference TV Schedule

[tcf15]

Men's Basketball - Composite Schedule - American Conference

The official composite schedule for American Conference

theamerican.org

1 on ESPN

• Cincinnati vs. Xavier

4 on ESPN2

• Memphis vs. St. Mary's (Crossover Classic)
• Tulsa vs. Liberty or South Carolina (Hall of Fame Classic)
• Houston vs. Texas Tech (Southwest Showcase)
• USF vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on ESPN/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 2 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 3 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPNEWS

• Temple vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on FS1

• Temple vs. Villanova

1 on BTN

• UCF vs. Michigan

1 on NBCSN

• Temple vs. Saint Joseph's

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2 on ESPN3

• USF vs. Rhode Island
• Tulsa vs TCU

33 on ESPN+

• USF vs. Florida College
• Houston vs. Lamar
• SMU vs Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Lamar
• Houston vs. Boise State
• UCF vs. Oklahoma
• Tulane vs. Lipscomb
• UCF vs. Auburn
• SMU vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
• Memphis vs. Arkansas State
• Cincinnati vs. Lipscomb
• Wichita State vs. Oral Roberts
• SMU vs. Houston Baptist
• Tulsa vs. UT Arlington
• USF vs. Florida A&M
• East Carolina vs. Radford
• Houston vs. South Carolina
• Temple vs. La Salle
• East Carolina vs. UNCW
• Memphis vs. Mississippi Valley State
• Tulsa vs. Arkansas
• USF vs Stetson
• SMU vs. Vanderbilt
• Cincinnati vs. Furman
• Houston vs. Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Southern Miss
• East Carolina vs. North Florida
• Houston vs. Rice
• Tulane vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Wichita State vs. Oklahoma State
• Tulsa vs. Northwestern State
• Tulane vs. Grambling State
• East Carolina vs. James Madison

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10 unlisted

• SMU vs. Dayton
• Wichita State vs. Missouri
• Cincinnati vs. Tennessee
• Memphis vs. Auburn
• USF vs. LSU
• Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts
• UCF vs. Florida State
• Cincinnati vs. Georgia
• Houston vs. Alabama
• Wichita State vs. Ole Miss

 

[superjohn]

 

[husky429]

Men's Basketball - Composite Schedule - American Conference

The official composite schedule for American Conference

theamerican.org

1 on ESPN

• Cincinnati vs. Xavier

4 on ESPN2

• Memphis vs. St. Mary's (Crossover Classic)
• Tulsa vs. Liberty or South Carolina (Hall of Fame Classic)
• Houston vs. Texas Tech (Southwest Showcase)
• USF vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on ESPN/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 2 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 3 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPNEWS

• Temple vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on FS1

• Temple vs. Villanova

1 on BTN

• UCF vs. Michigan

1 on NBCSN

• Temple vs. Saint Joseph's

================================
2 on ESPN3

• USF vs. Rhode Island
• Tulsa vs TCU

33 on ESPN+

• USF vs. Florida College
• Houston vs. Lamar
• SMU vs Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Lamar
• Houston vs. Boise State
• UCF vs. Oklahoma
• Tulane vs. Lipscomb
• UCF vs. Auburn
• SMU vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
• Memphis vs. Arkansas State
• Cincinnati vs. Lipscomb
• Wichita State vs. Oral Roberts
• SMU vs. Houston Baptist
• Tulsa vs. UT Arlington
• USF vs. Florida A&M
• East Carolina vs. Radford
• Houston vs. South Carolina
• Temple vs. La Salle
• East Carolina vs. UNCW
• Memphis vs. Mississippi Valley State
• Tulsa vs. Arkansas
• USF vs Stetson
• SMU vs. Vanderbilt
• Cincinnati vs. Furman
• Houston vs. Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Southern Miss
• East Carolina vs. North Florida
• Houston vs. Rice
• Tulane vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Wichita State vs. Oklahoma State
• Tulsa vs. Northwestern State
• Tulane vs. Grambling State
• East Carolina vs. James Madison

================================
10 unlisted

• SMU vs. Dayton
• Wichita State vs. Missouri
• Cincinnati vs. Tennessee
• Memphis vs. Auburn
• USF vs. LSU
• Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts
• UCF vs. Florida State
• Cincinnati vs. Georgia
• Houston vs. Alabama
• Wichita State vs. Ole Miss

Feels good to have an "OT" in front of "AAC"

 

[auror]

"Tv schedule" in quotes

 

[Greedo]

Glad to be off of ESPN's network for regular season games. Every time we were on ESPN News and ESPNU it looked like I was watching a game from the 90's with their production quality.

 

[bendm]

so the ONE espn game is against the BE. this just made my day

 

[Jumpman62114]

What a dumpster fire of a lineup.

 

[upstater]

I'm a big Serie A fan so I subscribe to ESPN+ but I get how this is horrible for exposure. Still, I do have + but I don't have ESPNU or CBSSN. FS1, FS2, ESPN and ESPN2, ESPN+, NBCSN, BEin, NFL, NESN, SNY, I get all of these.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Men's Basketball - Composite Schedule - American Conference

The official composite schedule for American Conference

theamerican.org

1 on ESPN

• Cincinnati vs. Xavier

4 on ESPN2

• Memphis vs. St. Mary's (Crossover Classic)
• Tulsa vs. Liberty or South Carolina (Hall of Fame Classic)
• Houston vs. Texas Tech (Southwest Showcase)
• USF vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on ESPN/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 2 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

• Memphis Game 3 in Crossover Classic

1 on ESPNEWS

• Temple vs. Virginia Tech (Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament)

1 on FS1

• Temple vs. Villanova

1 on BTN

• UCF vs. Michigan

1 on NBCSN

• Temple vs. Saint Joseph's

================================
2 on ESPN3

• USF vs. Rhode Island
• Tulsa vs TCU

33 on ESPN+

• USF vs. Florida College
• Houston vs. Lamar
• SMU vs Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Lamar
• Houston vs. Boise State
• UCF vs. Oklahoma
• Tulane vs. Lipscomb
• UCF vs. Auburn
• SMU vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
• Memphis vs. Arkansas State
• Cincinnati vs. Lipscomb
• Wichita State vs. Oral Roberts
• SMU vs. Houston Baptist
• Tulsa vs. UT Arlington
• USF vs. Florida A&M
• East Carolina vs. Radford
• Houston vs. South Carolina
• Temple vs. La Salle
• East Carolina vs. UNCW
• Memphis vs. Mississippi Valley State
• Tulsa vs. Arkansas
• USF vs Stetson
• SMU vs. Vanderbilt
• Cincinnati vs. Furman
• Houston vs. Sam Houston St
• Tulane vs. Southern Miss
• East Carolina vs. North Florida
• Houston vs. Rice
• Tulane vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Wichita State vs. Oklahoma State
• Tulsa vs. Northwestern State
• Tulane vs. Grambling State
• East Carolina vs. James Madison

================================
10 unlisted

• SMU vs. Dayton
• Wichita State vs. Missouri
• Cincinnati vs. Tennessee
• Memphis vs. Auburn
• USF vs. LSU
• Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts
• UCF vs. Florida State
• Cincinnati vs. Georgia
• Houston vs. Alabama
• Wichita State vs. Ole Miss

I've seen offsprings of first cousins that looked less messed up than that.

 

[bendm]

I'm a big Serie A fan so I subscribe to ESPN+ but I get how this is horrible for exposure. Still, I do have + but I don't have ESPNU or CBSSN. FS1, FS2, ESPN and ESPN2, ESPN+, NBCSN, BEin, NFL, NESN, SNY, I get all of these.

you can't go to the bar around the corner and ask them to change the channel to espn+ (pandemic or not)

 

[upstater]

you can't go to the bar around the corner and ask them to change the channel to espn+

Frankly, I don't see how all sports fans don't pay the $4 for it. I watch this channel all the time

Also, it depends on the sports bar. I know the one near me definitely has it because it's the only place to watch a lot of soccer.

 

[bendm]

Frankly, I don't see how all sports fans don't pay the $4 for it. I watch this channel all the time

Also, it depends on the sports bar. I know the one near me definitely has it because it's the only place to watch a lot of soccer.

ive had espn+ for the insider access for years and now as part of the disney bundle yet i've never watched a game on espn+ and probably never will

PS- serie A sucks i'd rather watch ligue 1

 

[upstater]

ive had espn+ for the insider access for years and now as part of the disney bundle yet i've never watched a game on espn+ and probably never will

PS- serie A sucks i'd rather watch ligue 1

You don't watch much soccer, do you?

 

[bendm]

You don't watch much soccer, do you?

ummm no i've been following euro club soccer for 15 years now and i've seen almost every prem and champs league game this season which is why i know it's the weakest of the 5 big European leagues....italy and france have been in a battle for 5th for years. once ronaldo leaves juventus for england they might not get a single team out of the group stage. there's certainly no reason to watch serie A on espn+ when most prem league games are on actual tv.

 

[glastonbury50]

Frankly, I don't see how all sports fans don't pay the $4 for it. I watch this channel all the time

Also, it depends on the sports bar. I know the one near me definitely has it because it's the only place to watch a lot of soccer.

I have it for the ufc fights. Finding out you could stream the 30 for 30's was a pleasant surprise though.

 

[UCFan1513]

To be fair, the majority of the unlisted games are pretty high profile. Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up on National TV, or at least would have been nationally televised under normal circumstances. AAC still sucks tho

 

[Storrs South]

To be fair, the majority of the unlisted games are pretty high profile. Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up on National TV, or at least would have been nationally televised under normal circumstances. AAC still sucks tho

Conversely, the games already noted on linear TV are either because they are away games and dictated by a company not named ESPN (Temple/Nova or Temple/St. Joseph's or UCF/Michigan or USF/Rhody or Tulsa/TCU) OR related to various MTE events that ESPN owns/operates and air on linear television regardless of team.

In other words, ESPN was presented with 44 non-conference AAC games not related to MTEs...they chose to put 1 on television (Cincy v. Xavier), 33 behind the ESPN+ paywall, and 10 TBD (of which some of those games are away and not under ESPN's purview). That's a minimum of nearly 80% of AAC basketball inventory in the opening weeks not on television.

It probably gets a little better around conference time, but not much since there is always the Tulsa/Tulane/ECU/USF/UCF grouping that brings down the other half of the league (e.g. a great Houston team like the one this year probably gets the ESPN+ bump almost every time they play those 5 teams). It says a lot about that contract (which is in year 1 of 12) and what ESPN thinks of conference.

They only get 65 basketball games minimum on TV per year...there are a lot more AAC basketball games than that in a given season (around 200-220 conference games + non-con probably gets total to 250-260). Unless that bottom half of the league gets significantly better, going to be a lot of ESPN+ for the conference.

 

[upstater]

ummm no i've been following euro club soccer for 15 years now and i've seen almost every prem and champs league game this season which is why i know it's the weakest of the 5 big European leagues....italy and france have been in a battle for 5th for years. once ronaldo leaves juventus for england they might not get a single team out of the group stage. there's certainly no reason to watch serie A on espn+ when most prem league games are on actual tv.

Juventus isn't the only team to get out of the group stage in recent years. Atalanta played PSG just last year (had em on the ropes). Roma was in the semis after taking out Barcelona. Juventus is a regular--Ronaldo isn't even very good any more. Inter, Milan and Napoli are on their way up. You can tell how good a league is relative to another by how much talent flows to which league. Players like Osihmen leave the #2 team in Ligue 1 to head to Serie A. In Ligue 1 you have PSG, Lyon and basically no one else.

Now, back to ESPN+ where you can find USMNT and USWNT games, Serie A, MLS, UEFA Nations and EuroCup, Bundesliga, and many other leagues.

 

[pepband99]

Conversely, the games already noted on linear TV are either because they are away games and dictated by a company not named ESPN (Temple/Nova or Temple/St. Joseph's or UCF/Michigan or USF/Rhody or Tulsa/TCU) OR related to various MTE events that ESPN owns/operates and air on linear television regardless of team.

In other words, ESPN was presented with 44 non-conference AAC games not related to MTEs...they chose to put 1 on television (Cincy v. Xavier), 33 behind the ESPN+ paywall, and 10 TBD (of which some of those games are away and not under ESPN's purview). That's a minimum of nearly 80% of AAC basketball inventory in the opening weeks not on television.

It probably gets a little better around conference time, but not much since there is always the Tulsa/Tulane/ECU/USF/UCF grouping that brings down the other half of the league (e.g. a great Houston team like the one this year probably gets the ESPN+ bump almost every time they play those 5 teams). It says a lot about that contract (which is in year 1 of 12) and what ESPN thinks of conference.

Yep - the key here is that ESPN+ was a choice, and they took it.

These games would all be on RSNs and ESPN streaming, back in the day. You now need to pay for them. It sucks.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

ummm no i've been following euro club soccer for 15 years now and i've seen almost every prem and champs league game this season which is why i know it's the weakest of the 5 big European leagues....italy and france have been in a battle for 5th for years. once ronaldo leaves juventus for england they might not get a single team out of the group stage. there's certainly no reason to watch serie A on espn+ when most prem league games are on actual tv.

Serie A has been on a decline but Ligue 1 is just PSG

 

[Husky25]

If a game is played on ESPN+, does it make a sound?

In all seriousness, my free subscription for Disney+ expires on Dec 3. I already have Hulu, so I am probably going to get ESPN+ as the free throw-in when I re-up Disney. At least I'll be able to see (unpirated) MMA.

 

[VKong]

ummm no i've been following euro club soccer for 15 years now and i've seen almost every prem and champs league game this season which is why i know it's the weakest of the 5 big European leagues....italy and france have been in a battle for 5th for years. once ronaldo leaves juventus for england they might not get a single team out of the group stage. there's certainly no reason to watch serie A on espn+ when most prem league games are on actual tv.

Except for all the matches on Peacock now... Ugh!

 

[upstater]

Serie A has been on a decline but Ligue 1 is just PSG

Serie A is right now experiencing its first resurgence since the 1990s. It was pretty bad for 15 years. But since 2015 or so, a lot of teams are finally competing with Juventus. Look at the talent movement and the spread of players throughout the league. They pickoff top players from Ligue 1, Bundesliga and La Liga. And only the Premier League takes from them. Hakimi, Arthur, Miranchuk, Osimhen, de Ligt, Eriksen, Lukaku, Zapata in the last 2 years. Biggest departures have been Allan to Everton, Cancelo to Man City, & Kean. As for GKs, they have many of the top guys already.

 

[freescooter]

It isn’t great. But then again both people who watch FS2 are going to be busy this weekend so there will be no viewers.

You can argue that the Big East is better but in all seriousness when your league championship gets fewer viewers than the A10 and the Missouri Valley you really can’t can’t really brag about the network you are on. Nobody watches FoxSports unless their team is playing.

 

[BFieldHusky]

It isn’t great. But then again both people who watch FS2 are going to be busy this weekend so there will be no viewers.

You can argue that the Big East is better but in all seriousness when your league championship gets fewer viewers than the A10 and the Missouri Valley you really can’t can’t really brag about the network you are on. Nobody watches FoxSports unless their team is playing.

Always nice of you to "add" to the conversation.

 

[freescooter]

Perspective is helpful. BE also had lower viewership that The Mountain West and the AAC. And lower than ANY major conference by a huge amount. Oh and to give some perspective on the relative strengths of the networks when the PAC title game moved from FoxSports to ESPN viewership increased 224%. So the reality. Oh and a bit more perspective. Online viewership for the last NCAA championship game was up hugely over 2018 while tv has been basically flat or declining for a decade.
I don’t know if the AAC media deal will turn out good or bad. It includes some interesting forward looking elements that could work out. But in reality the Big East is on a joke of a network. They might carry every game but it’s kind of like being on one of those channels where they sell faux fur winter socks compared to being on an actual sports network.

 

[wheelerdog]

My sole interest in the conference that shall not be named is how AG plays at Wichita State. I wouldn’t watch that league if they played in my backyard.

 

[BGesus4]

What's the AAC?

 

[gampelcrazies]

Perspective is helpful. BE also had lower viewership that The Mountain West and the AAC. And lower than ANY major conference by a huge amount. Oh and to give some perspective on the relative strengths of the networks when the PAC title game moved from FoxSports to ESPN viewership increased 224%. So the reality. Oh and a bit more perspective. Online viewership for the last NCAA championship game was up hugely over 2018 while tv has been basically flat or declining for a decade.
I don’t know if the AAC media deal will turn out good or bad. It includes some interesting forward looking elements that could work out. But in reality the Big East is on a joke of a network. They might carry every game but it’s kind of like being on one of those channels where they sell faux fur winter socks compared to being on an actual sports network.

Fox Sports is a million times better than ESPN+. That AAC tv deal is an abomination and Aresco should have been canned for it. And if ESPN+ takes off like some think then he undersold the AAC.

 

[Husky25]

I don't remember AAC basketball being behind the ESPN+ paywall before this upcoming week. So using past comparisons of ESPN/CBS Sports Network vs FOX Sports is more than sort of disingenuous.

I'm not sure what will be gleaned this year either. A lot of people have moved on from televised spectator sports during the pandemic, and not all of it is due to social politics as some would have you believe. The PGA, NHL, and MLB were largely free of all that static, yet pulled in drastically reduced rating.