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November 27, 2008
Evening Session of Old Spice Classic’s Opening Round
a Sellout at Disney’s Wide World of Sports
ESPN Regional Television announced a sellout for the evening session of the first round Thursday of the third annual Old Spice Classic at Disney’s Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Fla.
A packed house of 4,644 at the Milk House watched as Maryland upset No. 6 Michigan State 80-62. The second half of the evening session, with a 9 p.m. tipoff, pitted No. 10 Gonzaga against Oklahoma State. In the early session, No. 12 Tennessee defeated Siena 78-64, while No. 16 Georgetown defeated Wichita State 58-50.
The bracket-format tournament consists of 12 games through three days, Nov. 27-28 and 30. Each team is competing in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The full schedule is listed below.
A limited number of tickets remain for Friday’s sessions, and tickets for Sunday’s four games are still available. Fans can purchase single-session tickets (two games) for $15 each. Tickets are available at www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (407) 839-3900 or through walk-up at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex Box Office.
The inaugural Old Spice Classic was played in 2006 with Arkansas defeating West Virginia in the championship game at Disney’s Milk House. In 2007, North Carolina State edged Villanova for the Old Spice Classic championship.
ESPN Regional Television owns and operates three other exempt basketball tournaments: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.), the Charleston Classic (S.C.) and the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan).
For more information on the Old Spice Classic, visit the official Web site, http://oldspiceclassic.com.
2008 Old Spice Classic Schedule
(Home team listed second; Siena will be home team in each of its games)
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Game
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Network
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Thu. Nov. 27
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Noon
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Tennessee vs. Siena
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ESPN2
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2 p.m.
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Wichita State vs. Georgetown
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ESPN2
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7 p.m.
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Maryland vs. Michigan State
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ESPN2
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9 p.m.
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Oklahoma State vs. Gonzaga
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ESPN2
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Fri. Nov. 28
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10:30 a.m.
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Siena vs. Wichita State
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ESPNU
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1 p.m.
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Tennessee vs. Georgetown
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ESPN
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5:30 p.m.
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Maryland vs. Game 4 winner
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ESPN
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8 p.m.
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Michigan State vs. Game 4 loser
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ESPNU
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Sun. Nov. 30
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10:30 a.m.
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Game #9 (7th/8th Place)
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ESPNU
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12:30 p.m.
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Game #10 (4th/6th Place)
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ESPNU
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5:30 p.m.
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Game #11 (3rd/5th Place)
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ESPN2
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7:30 p.m.
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Game #12 (Champion/2nd Place)
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ESPN2
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ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 900 sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, Sun Belt, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several other sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl; The Home Depot College Football Awards; the MEAC/SWAC Challenge; the New Mexico Bowl; the Papajohns.com Bowl; the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl; the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl; and the St Petersburg Bowl; collegiate basketball events: the Anaheim Classic (Calif.); the Charleston Classic (S.C.); the Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); the O’Reilly Auto Parts All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City); the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters; and the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; as well as the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit www.espnplus.com.
Media contacts:
Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN, (407) 566-2213 or jennifer.j.zimmerman@espn.com
Charley Green, Media Coordinator, (214) 734-8028 or cgreen@breakaway-sports.com
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