9:00am | Ten Long Beach State men’s basketball games will be televised this season, with five of them coming as part of the Big West Conference’s television package.
The ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU) will broadcast eight of the 49ers games, including three Big West Conference games. PRIME TICKET and FS WEST will each televise one LBSU conference game.
Long Beach State’s non-conference games at Louisville (Nov. 28) and Kansas (Dec. 6) will each be televised by ESPNU, while LBSU’s three games at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii will air on either ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN3. The 49ers’ tournament opener against Xavier (Dec. 22) will be broadcast on ESPNU at 8 p.m. (PT).
An ESPN network will broadcast both Long Beach State-UC Santa Barbara games with the Jan. 21 game played in Santa Barbara airing on ESPNU and the Feb. 22 rematch taking place in Long Beach being televised on ESPN2. ESPNU will also broadcast the LBSU-Cal State Fullerton game in Long Beach on January 28.
The Fox networks will broadcast LBSU’s home game against Pacific (PRIME TICKET) on January 14 and its road game at Cal State Fullerton (FS WEST) on March 3.
The 49ers could end up with two more games being nationally televised. The Feb. 18 BracketBuster game could be broadcast by one of the ESPN networks. The Saturday, Feb. 4, home game against Cal State Northridge could also be broadcast by ESPNU or FS West. Both of those networks will broadcast one of the four Big West Conference games scheduled for that day, with UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, Pacific at UC Irvine and UC Davis at UC Riverside being the other games the networks can choose to televise.
Long Beach State Television Games:
Nov. 28—Long Beach State at Louisville (ESPNU)
Dec. 6—Long Beach State at Kansas (ESPNU)
Dec. 22—Long Beach State vs. Xavier (ESPNU)
Dec. 24—Long Beach State vs. Auburn/Hawaii (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Dec. 25—Long Beach State vs. Diamond Head Classic (ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3)
Jan. 14—Pacific at Long Beach State (PRIME TICKET)
Jan. 21—Long Beach State at UC Santa Barbara (ESPNU)
Jan. 28—Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State (ESPNU)
Feb. 22—UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach State (ESPN2)
March 3—Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton (FS WEST)
Additional Long Beach State Games That May Be Televised:
Feb. 4—Cal State Northridge at Long Beach State (television games will be announced in mid January)
Feb. 18—Bracketbusters (television games will be announced January 30)