July 22, 2009

Irving, Texas -

For the second consecutive season Missouri Basketball will have a school record number of Big 12 games appearing on national television.

The Big 12 Conference announced its men’s basketball schedule for the 2009-10 campaign on Wednesday and the Missouri Tigers will enjoy nine nationally-televised contests, two better than the seven nationally-televised Big 12 games the team enjoyed during its record-breaking 31-7 campaign in 2008-09. Mizzou will have eight games appearing on the ESPN family of networks, while the March 6 regular-season finale against Kansas at Mizzou Arena will be televised on CBS.

Missouri has three Big 12 Conference games not currently listed for television. Home games against Iowa State (Feb. 10) and Colorado (Feb. 24) and a road game at ISU (March 2) will have the option to be televised by the Mizzou Sports Network. That announcement will come at a later date.

Missouri opens Big 12 play with three consecutive national TV appearances. The Tigers host Kansas State on ESPN2 on Jan. 9, before traveling to Lubbock, Texas, on Jan. 13 to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders on ESPNU. Missouri then travels to Oklahoma on Jan. 16 for an ESPN or ESPN2 game. If the game is designated for ESPN, game time is slated for noon. If ESPN2 televises the game, it will be carried at 1 p.m.

The Big 12 Conference will once again partner with ESPN Regional to produce the Big 12 Network in 2009-10. The Big 12 Network began in 2008-09 and was formerly known as ESPN Plus. Please check with mutigers.com throughout the year for regional network information for the Big 12 Network.

A link to the composite Big 12 Schedule can be found here: http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204763634

Missouri’s 2010 Big 12 Basketball Schedule

Day                  Date                 Opponent               Location                Time          TV

Saturday           January 9          Kansas State          Columbia, Mo.         1 p.m.         ESPN2

Wednesday       January 13        at Texas Tech          Lubbock, Texas       8 p.m.         ESPNU

Saturday           January 16        at Oklahoma            Norman, Okla.         12/1 p.m.    ESPN/2

Wednesday       January 20        BYE                                                    

Saturday           January 23        Nebraska                Columbia, Mo.         5 p.m.         Big 12

**Monday          January 25        at Kansas               Lawrence, Kan.        8 p.m.         ESPN

Saturday           January 30        Oklahoma State       Columbia, Mo.         1 p.m.         ESPN2

Wednesday       February 3         Texas A&M             Columbia, Mo.         8 p.m.         ESPNU

Saturday           February 6         at Colorado              Boulder, Colo.          3 p.m.         Big 12

Wednesday       February 10       Iowa State               Columbia, Mo.         TBA            TBA

Saturday           February 13       at Baylor                 Waco, Texas           12:30 p.m.   Big 12

Wednesday       February 17       Texas                     Columbia, Mo.         8 p.m.         ESPN2

Saturday           February 20       at Nebraska             Lincoln, Neb.           5 p.m.         Big 12

Wednesday       February 24       Colorado                 Columbia, Mo.         TBA            TBA

Saturday           February 27       at Kansas State       Manhattan, Kan.      7 p.m.         ESPNU

Tuesday            March 2            at Iowa State           Ames, Iowa             TBA            TBA

Saturday           March 6            Kansas                   Columbia, Mo.         1 p.m.         CBS

** ESPN Big Monday

All Times Central.

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