ARLINGTON, Va. - The George
Mason men's basketball team will be featured on television at least 19 times
during the 2012-13 season, as the full broadcast schedule was announced in
conjunction with the Colonial Athletic Association's Basketball Media Day on
Tuesday. Of those games, 10 will be played before a national television
audience.
The Patriots will be featured seven times on the NBC Sports
Network, three times on the CBS Sports Network, along with eight games on
Comcast SportsNet during conference play. In addition, the Patriots' contest
against Maryland in the BB&T Classic on December 2 will be televised by the
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN).
Mason will be featured on CBS Sports Network three times,
including the home game against Delaware on Saturday, February 9 at 2 p.m. Road
games at Rhode Island (Nov. 28, 8 p.m.) and Drexel (Feb. 14, 7 p.m.) will also
be carried live on the network.
The Patriots' home games against James Madison (Jan. 15, 7
p.m.), Georgia State (Feb. 16, 4 p.m.), William & Mary (Feb. 23, 4 p.m.)
and Towson (Feb. 26, 7 p.m.) will be televised on Comcast SportsNet, while four
road games will also be broadcast on the regional network. Those games are at
William & Mary (Jan. 5, 2 p.m.), UNCW (Jan. 12, 2 p.m.), at Northeastern
(Jan. 27, 8 p.m.) and at James Madison (Feb. 2, 4 p.m.).
Last week, NBC Sports Network announced that it would carry
seven of the Patriots' games this season, including home contests against
Northern Iowa (Dec. 8, 6 p.m.), Northeastern (Jan. 3, 7 p.m.), Old Dominion
(Jan. 10, 7 p.m.), Hofstra (Jan. 19, 5 p.m.) and Drexel (Jan. 31, 7 p.m.).
Mason's road games at Old Dominion (Feb. 4, 7 p.m.) and Delaware (Mar. 2, 2
p.m.) will also be broadcast live on NBCSN.
The Patriots will also broadcast several games on MASN, the
official cable partner of Mason for the past six seasons, which will be
announced at a later date.