Feb. 9, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 11 Vanderbilt baseball games will be televised this spring as the Southeastern Conference announced its 2010 television schedule.
The SEC, in its first year of a new 15-year contract with ESPN, will have 46 games televised, up from eight games in 2009. In addition, all games from the 2010 SEC Tournament will continue to be broadcast, with the championship game airing nationally on ESPN2.
“The Southeastern Conference has established the finest baseball tradition in the country,” said SEC associate commissioner Mark Whitworth. “Our student-athletes and coaches have performed at the highest level, by earning an unprecedented number of National Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances since 1990. Through the new agreement with ESPN, the SEC is extremely pleased to provide this dramatic increase in the live television coverage of SEC Baseball across multiple national and regional platforms.”
The television package is derived from broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN, SportSouth and CSS. In addition, ESPN360.com will also stream all broadcasts live online (except for games that appear on ESPNU).
Nine of the 11 Commodores televised games are part of the SEC package, while two televised games against Florida are part of the Gators TV package with SUN TV.
SEC schools maintain the rights to air additional games not included in the official SEC package with various television outlets, including official SEC TV partners.
“This is a great opportunity for our conference to showcase the quality of baseball we have throughout the league,” said Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin. “The added television coverage is good for not only Vanderbilt, but for college baseball in general.”
11 of VU’s 30 SEC games will be shown on TV regionally with seven of the contests eligible for Internet broadcast on ESPN360.com.
Vanderbilt Baseball 2010 TV Schedule
March 20 Vanderbilt at Alabama FSN 3 p.m.
March 21 Vanderbilt at Alabama CSS 2 p.m.
April 3 Vanderbilt at Florida SUN 3 p.m.
April 4 Vanderbilt at Florida SUN Noon
April 18 Auburn at Vanderbilt ESPNU 1 p.m.
April 23 Vanderbilt at Tennessee CSS 6 p.m.
April 24 Vanderbilt at Tennessee CSS 6 p.m.
May 1 Georgia at Vanderbilt CSS 6 p.m.
May 8 Vanderbilt at LSU CSS 7 p.m.
May 9 Vanderbilt at LSU CST 1 p.m.
May 22 Arkansas at Vanderbilt SPSO 2 p.m.
All times central
FSN – Includes FOX Sports South, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest and FOX Sports Houston
SPSO – Includes SportSouth, Sun Sports, FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Houston and FOX Sports South in Kentucky
SUN- Sun Sports
CSS – Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast
CST- Cox Sports Television
All games will be streamed live on ESPN360
– (Except for games broadcast on ESPNU, SUN, CST)