Pac-12 Networks unveils broadcast schedule for 2018-19 men's basketball season
Sep 27, 2018
Pac-12 Networks again to deliver more live coverage of Pac-12 men’s basketball
than any network this season with 149 total games
SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 today announced broadcast schedules for the 2018-19 men’s basketball season, which will include 149 total games on Pac-12 Networks. New this year, regular-season action will tip off on Tuesday, Nov. 6 with six of the Conference’s seven games that day airing on Pac-12 Networks. The season will again culminate with the 2019 Men’s Basketball Tournament from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., with eight of the tournament’s games on Pac-12 Network.
With 149 live games, Pac-12 Networks will again feature more Pac-12 action for men’s basketball than any other network. In total, each program will be featured at least 12 times: Arizona (15), Arizona State (15), California (20), Colorado (15), Oregon (14), Oregon State (19), Stanford (13), UCLA (14), USC (13), Utah (15), Washington (12) and Washington State (24).
Prior to the start of the regular season, Pac-12 Networks will begin its schedule with seven exhibition games, beginning with Arizona’s annual Red-Blue Game live from McKale Center on Sunday, Oct. 14. Other exhibition matches on Pac-12 Networks will include those for Oregon, UCLA, Utah and Washington as well as two more for Arizona.
Of the 149 total games on Pac-12 Networks, 48 will feature regular season conference matchups, beginning on Thursday, Jan. 3. Once Conference play begins, Saturdays on Pac-12 Networks will be home for the most Pac-12 action, including five games on Saturday, Jan. 5, a triple-header on Saturday, Jan. 12 and a quadruple-header on Saturday, Jan. 19. In addition, to end the regular season just ahead of the 2019 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, Pac-12 Networks will feature a triple-header on the season’s final day, Saturday, March 9.
Non-conference matchups during the regular season will feature a total of 86 games on Pac-12 Networks, including USC vs. Vanderbilt during opening week, San Diego State at California on Dec. 8, Texas A&M vs. Oregon State from the Moda Center in Portland on Dec. 15 and Nevada at Utah on Dec. 29.
Prior to game action, coverage of the 2018-19 season will begin on Pac-12 Network with the 2018 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Day on Thursday, Oct. 11. More information regarding coverage that day will be announced at a later date.
The composite 2018-19 Pac-12 men’s basketball schedule, including television assignments and start times, can be found here (PDF) or online here.
About Pac-12 Networks
Pac-12 Networks is the innovative TV and multimedia company of the Pac-12 Conference and is the first such company to be wholly owned by 12 universities. Pac-12 Networks incorporates one national and six regional television networks, plus extensive digital content accessible through social media, university websites and the Pac-12 Now app. Each year, Pac-12 Networks offers live coverage of 850 sporting events, making it one of the top live sports producers in the country. In addition, Pac-12 Networks creates extensive original programming, provides visibility for marquee football and basketball events as well as traditionally under-served women’s and Olympic sports. Pac-12 Networks also provides training and paid internships for thousands of students of the Pac-12’s member universities, preparing them for careers in media. With headquarters in San Francisco’s SOMA District, Pac-12 Networks draws on the creative, entrepreneurial and technological culture of the Bay Area and nearby Silicon Valley. For more information, go to Pac-12.com.