Three MAAC Teams to Participate in 24 Consecutive Hours of Live College Basketball Games

Courtesy: MAAC Sports

Courtesy: MAAC Sports

Niagara University, Saint Peter\’s College and Siena College will represent the MAAC in ESPN\’s second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon – consecutive live college basketball games to celebrate the start of the season — will be highlighted by 12 live games in 24 consecutive hours on ESPN on Tuesday, Nov. 17. ESPN games are scheduled to tip off every two hours beginning at 12 a.m. ET with Cal State Fullerton at UCLA. The 6 and 8 a.m. telecasts mark the first time ESPN has televised live college basketball games in those time slots — more than 8,200 live matchups in 30 years. Highlights include:

• In addition to ESPN\’s 24 consecutive hours, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com will offer an extensive lineup of action. Combined, the networks will televise at least 38 total hours of coverage with 19 games — 17 men\’s and two women\’s – in a minimum of 25-and-a-half hours. In addition to one exclusive matchup, ESPN360.com will offer a simulcast of every ESPN and ESPN2 telecast.