UD basketball to play 21 games on national TV

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich with the UD Flyers basketball team following its NCAA tournament run to the Elite Eight last season. All of this season's games are expected to be televised on national, regional or local channels.

Joe Cogliano

Senior Reporter- Dayton Business Journal

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Looks like every University of Dayton men's basketball game will be televised this season.

Coming off its Elite 8 run last season, the program released its TV schedule Wednesday. With one exception — that's still being worked out — all games will air either nationally, regionally or locally.

A school-record 21 contests will be on national television including eight games on the ESPN family of networks, seven on CBS Sports Network, four on NBC Sports Network and two on SNY. Other games will be carried by WHIO-TV and Fox Sports Ohio and Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and the Atlantic 10 Network.

The robust TV schedule will keep UD in the national spotlight and bolster its local fan base.

The only gap in UD's television schedule is an away game at Miami University on Dec. 3 and officials are still trying to work out a deal to secure that broadcast.

Last season's 26 wins were the third-most in UD history. The Flyers garnered six votes in the first USA Today coaches poll this season, putting them in the 39th spot.

The Flyers opens the season at home on Nov. 14 against Alabama A&M before traveling to the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic.