Fox Sports Net Announces 2001-02 Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Schedules

Over 120 games Includes the addition of the ACC Sunday Night
Game of the Week!

(CHICAGO) – Fox Sports Net – the home for the most complete local and
national college basketball television schedule – is ready to bring hoops fans
another thrill-packed season of exciting men’s and women’s NCAA basketball.
In addition to local action featuring DePaul, UIC, Loyola, Illinois State, Bradley
and Northern Illinois, FSN debuts the “ACC Sunday Night Game of the Week,” featuring
the nation’s top teams, including five appearances featuring the national champion
Duke Blue Devils.

Fox Sports Net’s collegiate basketball season tips-off with a local
contest as head coach Jimmy Collins and the UIC Flames host the Indiana State
Sycamores on Sunday, November 18 at 5:00 PM. Also in November, the Loyola
Ramblers host the Northern Illinois Huskies on Saturday, November 24 at 1:00
PM (please note the attached for complete schedule of games).

This season’s college basketball schedule on Fox Sports Net features 124 games – 83 men’s and 56 women’s. In addition to ACC basketball coming to FSN, many of the nation’s top conferences will be showcased all season long as viewers can watch the very best from the Big Ten, Pac 10, Missouri Valley, Horizon League, Mid-Continent and Big 12 conferences battle it out for an NCAA bid.

“With the addition of the ACC Sunday night games, along with a number of exciting local contests, we have assembled our finest collegiate basketball schedule to date,” said James J. Corno, Senior Vice President/General Manager for Fox Sports Net Chicago. “Both our men’s and women’s schedules showcase the finest young talent in the nation, many of whom are from the Chicago area.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

The 83-game 2001-02 men’s basketball season on Fox Sports Net is highlighted by contests with the following teams and conferences:

Atlantic Coast Conference – Fox Sports Net kicks off its “ACC Sunday Night Game of the Week” 2001-2002 schedule on December 2 with
one of six double-headers slated for its exclusive Sunday evening package. As
part of its 19-game men’s schedule, FSN telecasts the Georgia Tech at
North Carolina contest at 5:00 PM, followed by national champion Duke taking
on Clemson at 7:00 PM.

Defending NCAA champ Duke makes five appearances on FSN, while Final Four participant Maryland is featured six times. The ACC package finds all nine conference schools making a minimum of two appearances on Sunday.

A total of six double-headers are scheduled and five games feature ACC teams challenging out of conference opponents as part of the Sunday night package. Fox Sports Net also plans pre/post game shows for weeks when only one Sunday game is scheduled.

Throughout the 14-week run of ACC Sunday Night Hoops, Fox Sports Net features an array of ACC alumni as guest commentators. For each of the 19 men’s basketball games, a former ACC player or coach from one of the team’s playing provides insight about their former teams and their personal experiences in the ACC. Confirmed guest commentators joining the announce teams of Thom Brennaman/Kenny Smith and Bob Neal/Dan Bonner include: Phil Ford, Bobby Hurley, Buck Williams, Dennis Scott, Muggsy Bogues, Ralph Sampson, David Thompson and Mike Gminski.

DePaul Blue Demons – Seniors Lance Williams and Rashon Burno
lead an exciting Blue Demons squad that includes local prep stars Andre Brown,
Imari Sawyer and Levar Seals. DePaul will be featured in six contests on Fox
Sports Net this season: Dec. 1 vs. Notre Dame (at the United Center), Dec. 8
at Fairfield, Dec. 22 at Temple, Dec. 29 vs. Missouri, Jan, 5 vs. Tulane, Jan.
8 at St. Louis and Feb. 19 vs. Cincinnati.

The Horizon League – The inaugural year of the Horizon League
features two Chicago favorites as Westinghouse H.S. teammates Cedric Banks and
Martell Bailey hope to spark a turnaround for the UIC Flames as they
will be featured in four games on FSN: November 18 vs. Indiana St., January
26 vs. Butler, February 9 vs. UW-Green Bay and February 16 vs. Loyola. Head
coach Larry Farmer and star point guard David Bailey look to improve the Loyola
Ramblers
win total from last season with three games on FSN: November 24
vs. Northern Illinois, January 5 vs. Detroit and February 16 at UIC.

Missouri Valley Conference – 18 Valley games showcase area favorites
Illinois State (Jan. 6 at Southern Illinois, Jan. 12 vs. Creighton, Feb. 2 at
W. Missouri St. and Feb. 25 vs. Evansville) and Bradley (Dec. 8 vs. Northern
Iowa, Jan. 2 at Wichita St. and January 13 at Evansville). Other MVC contests
of note include: Dec. 16 – Indiana St. at Creighton, Dec. 30 – SW Missouri St.
at Evansville, Jan. 20 – Northern Iowa at Drake and Feb. 23 – Southern Illinois
at Indiana St. Plus, exclusive live coverage of the MVC Tournament quarterfinals
on March 2.

Other local/national games – The nation’s most talented
teams and players can be seen on Fox Sports Net including AP #3-ranked Illinois
Fighting Illini taking on Arizona on December 4 at 7:00 PM. The solid Pac 10
Conference will be showcased 24 times on Fox Sports Net highlighted with games
starring #5 UCLA (Dec. 20 at Washington, Jan. 6 vs. Washington St., Jan. 10
at USC, Jan. 24 vs. Stanford, Jan. 26 vs. California, Jan. 31 at Oregon and
Feb. 14 vs. Arizona), #13 Stanford (Dec. 1 vs. Texas from the United Center,
Dec. 29 vs. Michigan St., Jan. 24 at UCLA, Feb. 2 vs. Arizona, Feb. 21 vs. USC
and Feb. 28 at Arizona) and #20 USC (Jan. 10 vs. UCLA, Jan. 17 at Arizona and
Feb. 2 at Oregon). Plus, FSN will carry live coverage of every Pac 10 Tournament
quarterfinal and semifinal match-up, along with live coverage of the Mid-Continent
Conference Tournament semifinals.

Weekly, half-hour coaches shows on Fox Sports Net this season include Notre Dame’s Mike Brey on Mondays at 3:30 PM, Illinois’ Bill Self on Wednesdays at 3:30 PM and Northern Illinois&’ Rob Judson on Thursdays at 2:30 PM.

WOMEN&’S BASKETBALL

Fox Sports Net’s 48-game women’s basketball schedule is highlighted
by 19 Big Ten games, 13 of which are “Game of the Week”
regular season match-ups. AP #11 ranked Purdue can be seen in action
on Dec. 28 at Wisconsin, Jan. 13 vs. Ohio State and Feb. 14 at Minnesota. Other
Big Ten teams of note include #19 ranked Michigan (Jan. 20 vs. Indiana
and Feb. 21 at Northwestern), #20 ranked Penn State (Feb. 10 vs. Iowa
and Feb. 17 vs. Illinois), along with Illinois (Jan. 31 vs. Minnesota
and Feb. 17 at Penn State), Iowa (Dec. 30 vs. Wisconsin and Feb. 10 at
Penn State) and Northwestern (Jan. 6 at Ohio St., Jan. 27 at Michigan
St. and Feb. 21 vs. Michigan). FSN will also telecast every Big Ten Tournament
first round (three game on Feb. 28), quarterfinal (four games on March 1) and
semifinal (two game on March 3) match-up.

Other conferences highlighted in FSN’s women’s schedule include
the Big 12 – 15 games highlighted by #4 ranked Oklahoma (Jan.
12 at Baylor, Feb. 2 vs. Kansas and Feb. 23 at Missouri) and #8 ranked Iowa
State
(Jan. 5 vs. Nebraska, Jan. 26 at Nebraska and Feb. 17 at Oklahoma
St.), plus coverage of the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals, semifinals and championship.
Also, FSN will carry four Missouri Valley regular season games and the MVC tournament
championship on March 9.

FOX SPORTS NET CHICAGO
2001-2002 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

1. Sun, Nov. 18

5:00 PM

UIC: Indiana St. at UIC

Live

2. Sat, Nov. 24

1:00 PM

Loyola: N. Illinois at Loyola

Live

3. Sat, Nov. 24

9:30 PM

PAC10: Louisville vs Oregon

Live

4. Sat, Dec. 1

11:00 AM

Texas vs Stanford from U.C.

Live

5. Sat, Dec. 1

1:30 PM

Notre Dame vs DePaul from U.C.

Live

6. Sun, Dec. 2

5:00 PM

ACC: Georgia Tech at North Carolina

Live

7. Sun, Dec. 2

7:00 PM

ACC: Clemson at Duke

Live

8. Tue, Dec. 4

7:00 PM

PAC10: Illinois vs Arizona

Live

9. Tue, Dec. 4

9:30 PM

PAC10: Utah vs Arizona State

Live

10. Sat, Dec. 8

11:00 AM

DePaul: DePaul at Fairfield

Live

11. Sat, Dec. 8

7:00 PM

MVC: N. Iowa at Bradley

Live

12. Sun, Dec. 9

2:00 PM

MVC: Indiana State at Drake

Live

13. Sun, Dec. 9

5:30 PM

ACC: Detroit at Maryland

Live

14. Sun, Dec. 16

3:00 PM

MVC: Indiana St. at Creighton

Live

15. Sun, Dec. 16

5:00 PM

ACC: Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech

Live

16. Sun, Dec. 16

7:00 PM

ACC: Florida State at Wake Forest

Live

17. Thu, Dec. 20

9:30 PM

PAC10: UCLA at Washington

Live

18. Sat, Dec. 22

12:00 PM

DePaul: DePaul at Temple

Live

19. Sat, Dec. 22

2:00 PM

PAC10R: UCLA at Washington State

Live

20. Sat, Dec. 22

4:00 PM

PAC10R: Arizona St. at Oregon St.

Live

21. Sun, Dec. 23

5:00 PM

ACC: Rutgers at Virginia

Live

22. Sun, Dec. 23

7:00 PM

ACC: Tulane at Georgia Tech

Live

23. Thu, Dec. 27

7:00 PM

Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic:
Notre Dame vs Alabama

Live

24.Thu, Dec. 27

9:30 PM

Miami (FL) vs LSU

Live

25. Sat, Dec. 29

1:00 PM

DePaul: Missouri at DePaul

Live

26. Sat, Dec. 29

9:30 PM

PAC10: Michigan St. at Stanford

JIP 10:00 PM

27. Sun, Dec. 30

2:00 PM

MVC: SW Missouri St. at Evansville

Live

28. Sun, Dec. 30

5:00 PM

ACC: Maryland at N.C. State

Live

29. Sun, Dec. 30

7:00 PM

ACC: Texas A&M at North Carolina

Live

30. Wed, Jan 2

7:00 PM

MVC: Bradley at Wichita St.

SDD 3:00 AM

31. Sat, Jan. 5

11:00 AM

Horizon League: Detroit at Loyola

Live

32. Sat, Jan. 5

1:00 PM

DePaul: Tulane at DePaul

Live

33. Sat, Jan. 5

3:00 PM

MVC: Illinois St. at Southern Illinois

Live

34. Sun, Jan. 6

3:00 PM

PAC10: Washington St. at UCLA

Live

35. Sun, Jan. 6

5:30 PM

ACC: Duke at Florida State

Live

36. Thu, Jan. 10

9:30 PM

PAC10: UCLA at USC

Live

37. Sun, Jan. 13

3:00 PM

MVC: Bradley at Evansville

Live

38. Sun, Jan. 13

7:00 PM

ACC: N.C. State at Duke

Live

39. Thu, Jan. 17

9:30 PM

PAC10: USC at Arizona

Live

40. Sat, Jan. 19

11:00 AM

Mid-Con: UMKC at Valparaiso

Live

41. Sat, Jan. 19

7:00 PM

PAC10: Washington St. at California

Live

42. Sun, Jan. 20

2:00 PM

MVC: N. Iowa at Drake

Live

43. Sun, Jan. 20

5:30 PM

ACC: Clemson at Maryland

Live

44. Tue, Jan. 22

7:00 PM

NIU: Miami Ohio @ NIU

Live

45. Thu, Jan. 24

9:30 PM

PAC10: Stanford at UCLA

Live

46. Sat, Jan. 26

11:00 AM

Mid-Con: Chicago St.
at Oral Roberts

Live

47. Sat, Jan 26

3:00 PM

UIC: Butler at UIC

Live

48. Sat, Jan. 26

7:00 PM

PAC10R: California at UCLA

Live

49. Sun. Jan. 27

5:00 PM

ACC: North Carolina @ Clemson

Live

50. Sun, Jan. 27

7:00 PM

ACC: Virginia at Duke

Live

51. Thu, Jan. 31

9:30 PM

PAC10: UCLA at Oregon

Live

52. Sat, Feb. 2

3:00 PM

MVC: Illinois St. at W Missouri St.

Live

53. Sat, Feb. 2

5:00 PM

PAC10R: USC at Oregon

Live

54. Sat, Feb,. 2

7:00 PM

PAC10R: Arizona at Stanford

Live

55. Sun, Feb. 3

3:00 PM

ACC: N.C. State at Maryland

Live

56. Thu, Feb. 7

7:00 PM

UIC: UW Milwaukee @ UIC

Live

57. Thu, Feb. 7

9:30 PM

PAC10: Oregon State at California

Live

58. Sat, Feb 9

3:00 PM

UIC: UW- Green Bay at UIC

Live

59. Sun, Feb. 10

5:30 PM

ACC: Maryland at North Carolina

Live

60. Thu, Feb. 14

9:30 PM

PAC10: Arizona at UCLA

Live

61. Sat, Feb. 16

3:00 PM

UIC: Loyola at UIC

Live

62. Sun, Feb. 17

3:00 PM

MVC: Wichita St. at Creighton

SDD 2:00 AM

63. Sun, Feb. 17

5:30 PM

ACC: Virginia at Wake Forest

Live

64. Tue, Feb. 19

7:00 PM

DePaul: Cincinnati at DePaul

Live

65. Thu, Feb. 21

9:30 PM

PAC10: USC at Stanford

Live

66. Sat, Feb. 23

11:00 AM

Mid-Con: Oakland @ W. Illinois

Live

67. Sat, Feb. 23

5:00 PM

MVC: S. Illinois at Indiana St.

Live

68. Sat, Feb. 23

7:00 PM

NIU: C. Michigan @ N. Illinois

Live

69. Sun, Feb. 24

5:30 PM

ACC: North Carolina at N.C. State

Live

70. Mon, Feb. 25

6:00 PM

MVC: Evansville at Illinois St.

Live

71. Mon, Feb. 25

8:30 PM

MVC: Indiana St. @ SW Missouri St.

Live

72. Thu, Feb. 28

9:30 PM

PAC10: Stanford at Arizona

Live

73. Sat, Mar. 2

12:00 PM

MVC Tourn: Quarterfinal #1

Live

74. Sat, Mar 2

2:30 PM

MVC Tourn: Quarterfinal #2

Live

75. Sat, Mar. 2

6:00 PM

MVC Tourn: Quarterfinal #3

Live

74. Sat, Mar. 2

8:30 PM

MVC Tourn: Quarterfinal #4

Live

75. Sun, Mar. 3

7:00 PM

ACC: Virginia at Maryland

Live

76. Mon, Mar. 4

5:00 PM

Mid-Con: Tournament Semifinal #1

Live

77. Mon, Mar. 4

7:30 PM

Mid-Con: Tournament Semifinal #2

Live

78. Thu, Mar. 7

3:00 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Quarterfinal #1

Live

79. Thu, Mar. 7

5:30 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Quarterfinal #2

SDD 2:00 AM

80. Thu, Mar. 7

8:30 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Quarterfinal #3

SDD 4:00 AM

81. Thu, Mar. 7

11:00 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Quarterfinal #4

Live

82. Fri, Mar. 8

8:00 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Semifinal #1

SDD 2:00 AM

83. Fri, Mar. 8

10:30 PM

PAC10: Tourn: Semifinal #2

Live

(Schedule as of 11/9/01) SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ALL LIVE GAMES IN BOLD PRINT
JIP – Live games joined in progress
SDD – Games airing on a same day delay basis

FOX SPORTS NET CHICAGO
2001-2002 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

1. Sat, Dec. 8

3:00 PM

PAC 10: Colorado at UCLA

Live

2. Sun, Dec. 16

1:00 PM

Big 12: UCLA at Baylor

Live

3. Sun, Dec. 23

12:00 PM

PAC 10: California at Arizona St.

Live

4. Fri, Dec. 28

7:00 PM

Big 10: Purdue at Wisconsin

Live

5. Sun, Dec. 30

12:00 PM

Big 10: Wisconsin at Iowa

Live

6. Sat, Jan. 5

1:00 PM

Big 12: Nebraska at Iowa State

SDD 5:00 PM

7. Sun, Jan. 6

12:00 PM

Big 10: Northwestern at Ohio St.

Live

8. Sun, Jan. 6

1:00 PM

Big 12: Texas at Colorado

SDD 2:00 AM

9. Sat, Jan. 12

11:00 AM

Big East: Notre Dame at Villanova

Live

10. Sat, Jan. 12

3:00 PM

Big 12: Oklahoma at Baylor

Live

11. Sat, Jan. 12

7:00 PM

MVC: Creighton at Illinois St.

SDD 2:00 AM

12. Sat, Jan. 12

1:00 PM

Big 12: Missouri at Kansas

SDD 4:00 AM

13. Sun, Jan. 13

12:00 PM

Big 10: Ohio State at Purdue

Live

14. Sat, Jan. 19

1:00 PM

Big 12: Texas A&M at Colorado

Live

15. Sat, Jan. 19

3:00 PM

MVC: Northern Iowa at Drake

Live

16. Sun, Jan. 20

12:00 PM

Big 10: Indiana at Michigan

Live

17. Sat, Jan. 26

1:00 PM

Big 12: Iowa State at Nebraska

Live

18. Sat, Jan. 26

5:00 PM

Big East: Virg. Tech at Notre Dame

Live

19. Sat, Jan. 26

3:00 PM

MVC: Evansville at Northern Iowa

SDD 2:00 AM

20. Sun, Jan. 27

12:00PM

DePaul: S. Mississippi at DePaul

Live

21. Sun, Jan. 27

2:00 PM

Big 10: Northwestern at Michigan St.

Live

22. Sun, Jan. 27

2:00 PM

Big 12: Texas Tech at Kansas St.

SDD 2:00 AM

23. Thu, Jan. 31

7:00 PM

Big 10: Minnesota at Illinois

Live

24. Sat, Feb. 2

1:00 PM

Big 12: Kansas at Oklahoma

Live

25. Sun, Feb. 3

12:00 PM

Big 10: Michigan St. at Indiana

Live

26. Sun, Feb. 10

12:00 PM

Big 10: Iowa at Penn State

Live

27. Sun, Feb. 10

1:00 PM

Big 12: Kansas State at Nebraska

SDD 2:00 PM

28. Thu, Feb. 14

7:00 PM

Big 10: Purdue at Minnesota

Live

29. Sat, Feb. 16

1:00 PM

Big 12: Missouri at Texas A&M

Live

30. Sat, Feb. 16

7:00 PM

Big East: Notre Dame at Rutgers

Live

31. Sun, Feb. 17

12:00 PM

Big 10: Illinois at Penn State

Live

32. Sun, Feb. 17

2:00 PM

Big 12: Iowa State at Oklahoma St.

Live

33. Thu, Feb. 21

7:00 PM

Big 10: Michigan at Northwestern

Live

34. Sat, Feb. 23

1:00 PM

Big 12: Oklahoma at Missouri

Live

35. Sat, Feb. 23

3:00 PM

Big 12: Texas A&M at Texas

Live

36. Sun, Feb. 24

12:00 PM

Big 10: Wildcard game

Live

37. Sun, Feb. 24

1:00 PM

Big 12: Baylor at Oklahoma State

SDD 2:00 AM

38. Sun, Feb. 24

3:00 PM

MVC: Indiana St. at SW Miss. St.

Live

39. Fri, Mar. 1

11:00 AM

Big 10: Tourn. Quarterfinal #1

Live

40. Fri, Mar. 1

1:30 PM

Big 10: Tourn. Quarterfinal #2

Live

41. Fri, Mar. 1

5:00 PM

Big 10: Tourn. Quarterfinal #3

Live

42. Fri, Mar. 1

7:30 PM

Big 10: Tourn. Quarterfinal #4

SDD 3:00 AM

43. Sun, Mar. 3

2:30 PM

Big 10: Tourn. Semifinal #1

SDD 2:00 AM

44. Sun, Mar. 3

5:00 PM

Big 10: Tourn. Semifinal #2

Live

45. Sun, Mar. 3

12:00 PM

ACC: Tournament Semifinal #1

Delay until
3/4 -11:00 AM

46. Sun, Mar. 3

2:30 PM

ACC: Tournament Semifinal #2

Delay until
3/4 -1:00 PM

47. Mon. Mar. 4

9:30 PM

PAC10: Tournament Champ.

SDD 3:00 AM

48. Mon, Mar. 4

6:30 PM

ACC: Tournament Championship

Delay until
3/5-12:00 PM

49. Wed, Mar. 6

12:00 PM

Big 12: Tournament Quarterfinal #1

Live

50. Wed, Mar. 6

2:30 PM

Big 12: Tournament Quarterfinal #1

Live

51. Wed, Mar. 6

6:00 PM

Big 12: Tournament Quarterfinal #1

SDD 3:00 AM

52. Wed, Mar. 6

8:30 PM

Big 12: Tournament Quarterfinal #1

Delay until
3/7-12:00 PM

53. Thu, Mar. 7

6:00 PM

Big 12: Tournament Semifinal #1

Live

54. Thu, Mar. 7

8:30 PM

Big 12: Tournament Semifinal #2

Live

55 Sat, Mar. 9

3:00 PM

MVC: Tourn. Championship game

Live

56 Sun, Mar. 9

6:00 PM

Big 12: Tournament Championship

Live

(Schedule as of 11/9/01)
ALL LIVE GAMES IN BOLD PRINT
JIP – Live games joined in progress

SDD – Games airing on a same day delay basis

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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