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Villanova at Purdue
Providence at Ohio State
Seton Hall at Iowa
St. John's at Minnesota 
Creighton at Nebraska 
Butler vs Indiana 
DePaul at Northwestern 

MUPanther wrote:http://btn.com/2016/08/24/btn-announces-its-most-compelling-big-ten-mens-basketball-non-conf-schedule/
Villanova at Purdue
Providence at Ohio State
Seton Hall at Iowa
St. John's at Minnesota 
Creighton at Nebraska 
Butler vs Indiana 
DePaul at Northwestern 

Not sure what their arrangement is but im surprised ESPN didnt pick up any of the games, especially Nova.

Well my provider doesn't give us BTN so this sucks.

Jet915 wrote:

MUPanther wrote:http://btn.com/2016/08/24/btn-announces-its-most-compelling-big-ten-mens-basketball-non-conf-schedule/
Villanova at Purdue
Providence at Ohio State
Seton Hall at Iowa
St. John's at Minnesota 
Creighton at Nebraska 
Butler vs Indiana 
DePaul at Northwestern 

Not sure what their arrangement is but im surprised ESPN didnt pick up any of the games, especially Nova.

I agree with you on the Villanova/Purdue matchup.

the other ones no big shocks- the Butler/Indiana game is on Dec 17th- a VERY busy day of sports with a lot of basketball games- but also ESPN has 3 bowl games starting at 2pm(after the Georgetown/Syracuse game at noon). ESPN2 last year that day had the D2 NCAA title game. ESPNU had a sf FCS game(not that I think that the Butler/Indiana game would have any shot of being on ESPNU.)

stever20 wrote:Not sure what their arrangement is but im surprised ESPN didnt pick up any of the games, especially Nova.

I agree with you on the Villanova/Purdue matchup.

the other ones no big shocks- the Butler/Indiana game is on Dec 17th- a VERY busy day of sports with a lot of basketball games- but also ESPN has 3 bowl games starting at 2pm(after the Georgetown/Syracuse game at noon). ESPN2 last year that day had the D2 NCAA title game. ESPNU had a sf FCS game(not that I think that the Butler/Indiana game would have any shot of being on ESPNU.)[/quote]

That Butler/Indiana game, if I'm remembering correctly, has been on CBS a few times lately. I'm pretty sure that's where it was when Butler beat Indiana when they were #1.

butlerguy03 wrote:That Butler/Indiana game, if I'm remembering correctly, has been on CBS a few times lately. I'm pretty sure that's where it was when Butler beat Indiana when they were #1.

Crossroads Classic games involving Butler have been on BTN, CBS and FS1 I believe.

At first I was surprised re: Purdue / Nova, but why would ESPN do ANYTHINg extra to promote the Big East-Big Ten event, particularly now that the B1G has given half their inventory to Fox?

Since the Big Ten team is the home team, doesn't the B1G network get first dibs on those games for the Big East/B1G Challenge?

twodecks wrote:At first I was surprised re: Purdue / Nova, but why would ESPN do ANYTHINg extra to promote the Big East-Big Ten event, particularly now that the B1G has given half their inventory to Fox?

Yea, ESPN literally owns the ACC and SEC now. So expect those 2 conferences to get all their limelight.