CLEVELAND – Providing the best in local sports programming, Fox Sports Net is proud to announce a seven-game Cleveland State men's basketball telecast schedule for the 2002-2003 season. Steve Liverani, senior vice president and general manager, Fox Sports Net Ohio, made the announcement.
Les Levine will be back to call play-by-play action, while former CSU standout Franklin Edwards (1977-81) will provide color commentary.
The Vikings tip-off their season on Fox Sports Net Friday, December 6 at 7 pm as they face Maryland-Eastern Shore. Michigan State is the next opponent for CSU, as they battle live on Sunday, December 8 at 1 pm.
"Fox Sports Net strives to provide the finest local programming," said Liverani. "Once again, we're thrilled to have a great line-up of Cleveland State basketball action this season."
"This partnership with Fox Sports Net moves us closer to our goal of establishing a presence in the Cleveland sports market for CSU basketball," said Lee Reed, CSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. "Having a quality television package is essential to our efforts to market and promote our program as Cleveland's option for big time college basketball."
men's basketball games on Fox Sports Net for the 2002-2003 season. |
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| 12/6 | 7:00 PM | Maryland-Eastern Shore @ Cleveland State (L) |
| 12/8 | 1:00 PM | Cleveland State @ Michigan State (L) |
| 12/28 | 5:30 PM | Rock & Roll Shootout Game #1 |
| Cleveland State vs. Bowling Green (L) (1,4,7,8) | ||
| 1/9 | 7:00 PM | Cleveland State @ Youngstown State (L) |
| 1/11 | 7:00 PM | Wright State @ Cleveland State (L) (1,4,7,8) |
| 1/25 | 12:00 PM | Detroit @ Cleveland State (L) (1,4,7,8) |
| 2/22 | 7:00 PM | Loyola @ Cleveland State (L) |
(L) Live
Zones
1=Cleveland 2=Cincinnati/Dayton 3=Columbus 4=Toledo 5=Louisville/Lexington 6=Bowling Green, KY/Indiana 7=Youngstown/Erie PA 8=Wheeling/Steubenville 9=Charleston/Huntington
All times listed are Eastern.
*Schedule subject to change
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