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Every Hilltopper Basketball Game Selected for Broadcast/Streaming

10/16/2018 1:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Full 2018-19 WKU Hilltopper Basketball Schedule (PDF)

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. —
Every WKU Hilltopper Basketball game in the 2018-19 season has been selected for national broadcast or digital streaming, as announced Tuesday by the Conference USA office.
 
The Hilltoppers are scheduled to play 12 games on the ESPN family of networks, three games on CBS Sports Network, three games on CBSSN on Facebook, two games on beIN SPORTS, one game on Stadium and six games on Stadium on Facebook.
 
Additionally, both WKU exhibition games will be produced by the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network and air locally on WKU-PBS in Bowling Green and regionally on WBNA in Louisville. Streaming availability for those exhibitions will be announced closer to gametime. HSSN will also produce four additional regular-season games for broadcast on ESPN3 or ESPN+.
 
Each of the Hilltoppers' three games in the Myrtle Beach Invitational will air on ESPN networks, starting against Valparaiso at 4 p.m. (all times CT) Nov. 15 on ESPNU.
 
WKU also appear on national television via ESPN at Washington at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6 on ESPNU and at Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 8 on SEC Network.
 
Additional games through ESPN networks include Nov. 10 vs. UT Martin (6 p.m., ESPN3), Nov. 24 at Indiana State (1 p.m., ESPN3 or ESPN+), Dec. 1 vs. Tennessee State (6 p.m., ESPN+), Dec. 5 at Missouri State (7 p.m., ESPN3 or ESPN+), Dec. 16 vs. Troy (2 p.m., ESPN3), Dec. 19 at Belmont (6:30 p.m., ESPN3) and Feb. 2 vs. UTEP (6 p.m., ESPN+).
 
The UT Martin, Tennessee State, Troy and UTEP games will be produced by HSSN.
 
WKU's matchups on CBS Sports Network are Dec. 29 vs. Wisconsin (4:30 p.m.), Jan. 21 vs. Marshall (8 p.m.) and Feb. 7 at Rice (8 p.m.). The three games on CBSSN on Facebook – which are games produced by CBS and broadcast exclusively on Facebook – are Dec. 22 vs. Saint Mary's (2 p.m.), Jan. 12 at Marshall (6 p.m.) and Feb. 14 vs. Middle Tennessee (7 p.m.).
 
beIN SPORTS will carry two games – Jan. 3 at Charlotte (6:30 p.m.) and Jan. 17 vs. FIU (7 p.m.).
 
Stadium will broadcast the Jan. 24 trip to Southern Miss (7 p.m.), while Stadium will also produce six games exclusively for Facebook – Jan. 5 at Old Dominion (6 p.m.), Jan. 19 vs. Florida Atlantic (2 p.m.), Jan. 26 at LA Tech (4 p.m.), Jan. 31 vs. UTSA (7 p.m.), Feb. 9 at North Texas (5 p.m.) and Feb. 16 vs. UAB (2 p.m.).
 
TV information for games in the final three weeks of the regular season under the new C-USA scheduling model, which has been labeled "Bonus Play" by the league, will be available following the conclusion of games on Saturday, Feb. 16.
 
You can find more information on the structure of Bonus Play at this link: https://goto.ps/WKUMBSCHEDULE

Game times for all WKU Hilltopper Basketball matchups this season – excluding Bonus Play – have now been announced and are available here: https://goto.ps/2LtD7kc