ESPN Expands Big 12 Baseball Coverage; Friday Contest Moved to 6 p.m. (CDT)

DALLAS--ESPN stating has agreed to televise the Nebraska-Texas baseball game Friday, Apr. 8, 6 p.m. (CDT) on ESPN2. This is a change from the 6:30 pm start time.

This is the first college baseball game of the expanded ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU coverage on the networks this year. All three series contests of NU-UT will be carried with Saturday’s game set for 1 p.m. (CDT) on ESPN and Sunday’s encounter at 1:30 p.m. (CDT) on ESPN. Sean McDonough and Kyle Peterson will handle broadcast duties on all three key Big 12 Conference telecasts.

The rest of the ESPN, CSTV, FSN, and regional telecasts schedule follows and features a record 32 baseball games involving Big 12 teams. ESPN also will televise NCAA Super Regionals and the 2005 NCAA World Series in its entirety from Omaha, Neb.

(All Times Central - Subject to Change)

Sunday, March 20 - Texas at Baylor, 1 p.m., CSTV

Wednesday, April 6 - Iowa at Nebraska, 6:05 p.m., CSTV

Friday, April 8 - Texas at Nebraska, 6 p.m., ESPN2

Saturday, April 9 - Texas at Nebraska, 1p.m., ESPN

Sunday, April 10 - Texas at Nebraska, 1:30 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, April 12 - Texas A&M at Rice, 7 p.m., FSN

Friday, April 15 - Oklahoma at Texas, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Saturday, April 16 -Nebraska at Texas A&M, 2 p.m., FSN

Oklahoma at Texas, 6 p.m., FSN

Sunday, April 17 - Oklahoma at Texas, Noon, ESPN2

Wednesday, April 20 - Texas at Rice, 7 p.m., CSTV

Saturday, April 23 - Baylor at Nebraska, 2:05 p.m., CSTV

Sunday, April 24 - Texas at Oklahoma State, Noon., ESPN2

Tuesday, April 26 - Oklahoma at Wichita State, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Wednesday, April 27 - Nebraska at Wichita State, 7 p.m., Neb.Sports Net

Thursday, April 28 - Nebraska at Oklahoma, 6 p.m., ESPN

Friday, April 29 - Nebraska at Oklahoma, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Saturday, April 30 - Texas Tech at Baylor, 2 p.m., FSN

Nebraska at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., ESPNU

Friday, May 6 - Texas at Kansas, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Saturday, May 7 - Missouri at Nebraska, 2:05 p.m., CSTV

Texas at Kansas, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Sunday, May 8 - Texas at Kansas, Noon, ESPN

Tuesday, May 10 - Houston vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m., CSTV

Nebraska-Creighton (Rosenblatt Stadium), 7 p.m., Nebraska Sports Net

Friday, May 13 - Oklahoma-OK State (Tulsa), 7:35 p.m., Learfield/Host

Saturday, May 14 -Oklahoma-OK State (Oklahoma City), 7 p.m., ESPNU

Sunday, May 15 - Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 2 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, May 21- Kansas State at Nebraska, 3:05 p.m., CSTV

Texas A&M at Texas, 6 p.m., FSN

Sunday, May 22 - Texas A&M vs. Texas, Noon, ESPN

Saturday, May 28 - Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Semifinals, 10 a.m., FSN

Sunday, May 29- Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Championship Game, 1 p.m., FSN

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