60-Plus Game Schedule Features Schools from Conference USA, the Southland Conference, SEC and WAC
HOUSTON ---Comcast SportsNet Houston, a partnership between the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets and the NBC Sports Group, today announced the network’s inaugural college basketball schedule, which features at least 61 games - 45 men’s and 16 women’s - with schools from Conference USA, the Southland Conference, the SEC and the WAC.
Comcast SportsNet Houston’s comprehensive men’s schedule – which tips off Nov. 25 with Houston visiting Texas A&M Corpus Christi – includes appearances by many of region’s top men’s programs. Regional men’s teams set to make multiple appearances on the network this season include Arkansas, Houston, Lamar, LSU, McNeese State, New Mexico State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Other schools appearing on Comcast SportsNet Houston’s college basketball coverage includes Houston Baptist, Stephen F. Austin, UTEP, UTSA, and Texas State. Nationally-ranked programs including Florida, Memphis and Tennessee are set for multiple appearances.
Comcast SportsNet Houston’s schedule of women’s college basketball opens with UTEP visiting New Mexico State on Nov. 28. Nationally–ranked programs making multiple appearances include Georgia, Texas A&M, and Tennessee.
Comcast SportsNet Houston will also air a comprehensive schedule of college basketball coaches shows, preview and recap shows, and other in-depth programming featuring schools such as Houston, Rice, and others.
Comcast SportsNet Houston is available in both standard and high definition to all local cable, satellite and telco TV providers and today is carried by:
• Coastal Link (channels 31/131 in Brazoria County, Texas).
• Comcast Cable (channels 39/639 in the Houston area; 86/1688 in Houma, La Place, Monroe and Shreveport, Lou.; 269/1687 in Little Rock, Ark.).
• Consolidated Communications (channels 42/723 in the Houston area).
• EnTouch (channels 73/473 in the Houston area).
• Phonoscope (channels 35/293 in the Houston area).
Fans with other TV services should visit IWantCSNHouston.com for the latest distribution developments and to tell their cable, satellite or telco TV provider to add Comcast SportsNet to their channel lineup. Follow Comcast SportsNet Houston on Twitter: @CSNHouston for the latest news and information about the network.
