SOMERSET, NJ – The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced its 2018-19 national television schedule this afternoon, and a total of four St. Francis Brooklyn basketball games (two men's, two women's) are set to appear live on either CBS Sports Network or ESPN3.
The Terriers' women's team will appear on a national network first as they are slated to travel to Bryant to face the Bulldogs on Monday, January 7, on ESPN3. The second game on the NEC television schedule that features the St. Francis Brooklyn women's team comes on Monday, January 21, at noon. The Terriers will take on local foe LIU Brooklyn in the Steinberg Wellness Center for their annual installment on ESPN3.
On the men's side, the Terriers will host Robert Morris in a game that can be seen on the CBS Sports Network on Thursday, January 10, at 9 p.m. in the Pope Physical Education Center in Brooklyn Heights, NY. It will be the first time that the brand-new Peter Aquilone Court will make an appearance on national television.
The second game that the men will play on a national network comes on Monday, January 21, against LIU Brooklyn at 3 p.m. on ESPN3. The Terriers and Blackbirds are set to meet for the first time since they went head-to-head in the 2018 NEC Tournament.
Come the postseason, ESPN3 will carry the men's semifinals on Saturday, March 9, and the women's semis on Thursday, March 14. As part of the network's Championship Week coverage, the NEC men's title game will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2 for the 32nd straight year on Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 p.m. For the 12th year in a row, ESPNU will carry the NEC Women's Championship game. This year's final is scheduled for Sunday, March 17, at 2:00 p.m.
Now in his 19th season, Dave Popkin will serve as the primary play-by-play announcer on men's broadcasts, with Paul Dottino (20th year) and John Schmeelk (eighth year) filling in. Tim Capstraw (20th year), Terry O'Connor (17th year) and Joe DeSantis (12th year) will split color analyst duties. Dottino will serve as the NEC's primary sideline reporter.
Dottino and Craig D'Amico (tenth year) will once again handle play-by-play voice on women's telecasts. Pam Roecker is back for her 17th year as color analyst.
PS Wolf Media returns as the packager for CBSSN telecasts, with Eric Singer back in the fold as the longtime producer of NEC basketball. Pack Network will handle production duties for the league's ESPN3/ESPN+ package.
