Wildcats schedule of Nassau games changed
NASSAU, Bahamas – ESPNU and the soon-to-launch SEC Network will televise the six-game University of Kentucky men’s basketball team’s Big Blue Bahamas tour live from Nassau’s 2,500-seat Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium August 10-12 and August 15-17. All six games will now tipoff at 1 p.m. ET.
ESPNU will televise the first three games of the tour – Sunday, August 10 against the Puerto Rico national team reserves, Monday, August 11 vs. French first-division team Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket and Tuesday, August 12 vs. the Puerto Rico reserves.
Kentucky will take two days off August 13-14 before the Wildcats resume action Friday, August 15 against the Dominican Republic national team, airing on SEC Network.
The Wildcats conclude the tour with two more games on SEC Network: Saturday, August 16 against Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket and Sunday, August 17 vs. the Dominican Republic national team.
“We can’t think of a better way to show off some of the best basketball in the United States and the world than to have the games televised by ESPNU and SEC Network,” said Complete Sports Management President Lea Miller. “We are thrilled to be among the first events to air on the SEC Network with Kentucky’s Big Blue Bahamas tour in a great setting in Nassau.”
“The slate of Kentucky basketball games airing on ESPNU and continuing on the SEC Network is a prime example of our programming commitment to expand and cover the conference on a new platform in a way that hasn’t been done in the past,” said Justin Connolly, ESPN senior vice president, college networks. “The live games provide viewers with unique early access to a team that played for the National Championship just a few short months ago.”
Fan travel packages for Kentucky’s Big Blue Bahamas tour will be available. For more information, visit ukfantravel.com. To book travel packages, please call 1-855-UKBBALL (1-855-852-2255). Only those who book through the Big Blue Bahamas tour travel company will have access to tickets.
KENTUCKY BIG BLUE TOUR SCHEDULE (all games at Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium)
Sunday, August 10: Puerto Rico Reserve Team…………………………………… 1 pm ET (ESPNU)
Monday, August 11: Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket………………………. 1 pm ET (ESPNU)
Tuesday, August 12: Puerto Rico Reserve Team…………………………………… 1 pm ET (ESPNU)
Wednesday, August 13: OFF DAY
Thursday, August 14: OFF DAY
Friday, August 15: Dominican Republic National Team……………………… 1 pm ET (SEC Network)
Saturday, August 16: Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket………………………. 1 pm ET (SEC Network)
Sunday, August 17: Dominican Republic National Team……………………… 1 pm ET (SEC Network)
About Complete Sports Management: Complete Sports Management is an all-encompassing sports marketing agency, led by founder and president Lea Miller. The core capabilities of the agency include the creation of sporting events, event management, sponsorship and hospitality package sales and ticket promotion.
Through Miller’s global connections, she seized the opportunity to take collegiate sports outside of the United States by putting together a preseason college basketball tournament, Battle 4 Atlantis, held in Paradise Island, Bahamas. In its first three years, Battle 4 Atlantis has turned into the most successful preseason men’s Division I college basketball tournament in history, while providing unprecedented exposure for both the Atlantis Resort and the Bahamas. Miller has also negotiated sponsorship agreements and media contracts with ESPN, NBC Sports Network and AXS TV.
In 2014, Complete Sports Management will bring the Bahamas’ first college football FBS postseason bowl game, the inaugural Bahamas Bowl on December 24, 2014, featuring teams from Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference. For more information on Complete Sports Management, visit www.cs-mgmt.com.
About SEC Network: The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have signed a 20-year agreement through 2034 to create and operate a multiplatform network which will launch August 14, 2014. The new network and its accompanying digital platform will air SEC content 24/7 including more than 1,000 events in its first year. The network will televise 45 SEC football games, more than 100 men’s basketball games, 60 women’s basketball games, 75 baseball games, and events from across the SEC’s 21 sports annually. Programming will also include in-depth commentary and analysis in studio shows, daily news and information original content such as SEC Storied, spring football games, and more. Hundreds of additional live events from various sports will be offered exclusively on the digital platform. AT&T U-Verse, DISH, Google Fiber and National Rural Telecommunications cooperative (NRTC) have agreed to carry the SEC Network.
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