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ESPN Family of Networks releases 2019 College Baseball Television Schedule

by Brian Foley
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ESPN will present more than 800 NCAA baseball games during the 2019 regular season across ESPN networks, with 17 college conferences highlighted in ESPN’s industry-leading coverage. During the postseason, on top of carrying five conference championship games and the entire Southeastern Conference tournament, 153 games will be televised across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, Longhorn Network and the SEC Network and available on the ESPN App. In addition, the ESPN App will exclusively stream more than 450 games in 2019.

Nearly 75 percent of the games on ESPN networks include a team in the USA TODAY Coaches Preseason Top 25*, while 53 games feature the preseason top 10 and 42 games highlight at least one top five team. Twenty-one of the preseason Top 25 teams will appear on ESPN networks during the season.

ESPN is coming off one of the most-watched NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in history, boasting multi-year viewership highs throughout the Road to Omaha. The three-game 2018 NCAA CWS Finals was the most-watched three-game championship series since 2014. Reigning NCAA champion Oregon State, who won the program’s third national title last year, will be featured on ESPNU on Saturday, April 20 at 10 p.m. ET.

2019 College Baseball Schedule Highlights:

  • Top-Ranked Teams Take to the Field: The schedule includes 44 matchups with two ranked teams going head-to-head, highlighted by the following games:
    • 1 LSU vs. No. 16 Texas (March 1 – Longhorn Network)
    • No. 11 Florida State vs. No. 3 Florida (March 12 – SEC Network)
    • No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 16 Texas (March 15 – Longhorn Network)
    • No. 19 Clemson vs. No. 13 Georgia (April 16 – SEC Network)
    • No. 3 Florida vs. No. 1 LSU (April 18-19 – SEC Network; April 20 – ESPN2)
    • No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 3 Florida (May 5 – ESPN2)
    • No. 10 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 LSU (May 5 – ESPN2)
    • No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Louisville (May 7 – ESPNU)
    • No. 23 NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina (May 18 – ESPNU)
    • No. 17 TCU vs. No 4 Texas Tech (May 18 – ESPNU)
  • Conference Coverage in Full Swing Beginning with ACC Mondays: ESPNU and ACC Network Extra will once again team up to feature a battle between ACC opponents on Mondays throughout conference play, including Boston College vs. Virginia Tech and Miami at Wake Forest on back-to-back Mondays in May on ESPNU. In addition to its marquee Monday matchups, there are several games set between ranked squads, including No. 19 Clemson traveling down to No. 11 Florida State on Sunday, April 14 on ESPN2.
  • Big 12 Bolstered by Big Matchups: ESPN continues its expansive coverage of the Big 12, televising several conference showdowns over the course of the 2019 season between LHN and ESPNU. One of the most anticipated conference clashes of the season will air on ESPNU, as No. 4 Texas Tech hosts in-state rival No. 17 TCU to Lubbock on May 18 to close the regular season.
  • Championship Central: American, ACC, Big South, SEC and SWAC Championship games will all air on ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPNEWS.
  • Postseason Planned: ESPN will cover up to 153 postseason games beginning with NCAA Regionals. ESPNU starts the slate with the NCAA Baseball Selection Show on Monday, May 27 at noon. Complete postseason coverage will be announced at a later date.
  • SEC Network Stays on the Ball: The SEC starts the season with eight teams ranked in the preseason Top 25, the most of any conference. With 75 games on the network throughout the spring, SEC Thursday Night Baseball will be in full swing on ESPNU and SEC Network, featuring a preseason Top 25 team in all but two weeks of the regular season. In addition, SEC Network will continue its tradition of airing a Bases Loadedwhip-around special set for the final Friday of the season, and will join forces with ESPNU to televise the final weekend of SEC action, May 16-18. For more on SEC baseball on TV, please visit SECNetwork.com.
  • Hook ‘Em: Longhorn Network, the home of Texas baseball, will televise more than 30 games this season including three-game series against top-ranked LSU (March 1-3) and No. 4 Texas Tech (March 15-17), as well as a two-game series hosting No. 12 and 2018 NCAA runner-up Arkansas (March 19-20). LHN adds a dozen Big 12 matchups to ESPN’s overall baseball coverage and the No. 16 Longhorns will appear on ESPN networks a total of 37 times, starting with the Texas Alumni Game on LHN Saturday, Feb. 2 featuring Lifetime Longhorn Roger Clemens playing alongside his sons, Kacy and Kody. Full details on LHN’s baseball TV schedule can be found here.
  • ESPN App: The network-leading 450+ game schedule for streaming on the ESPN App begins in February, with action surrounding 13 different conferences — Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Horizon League, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Missouri Valley, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt and Western Athletic.

Studio shows and on-air commentators, as well as a full streaming schedule, will be announced at a later date.

DateTime (ET)GameNetwork
Sat, Feb 22 p.m.Baseball Alumni GameLonghorn Network
Fri, Feb 227:30 p.m.Purdue vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sat, Feb 232 p.m.Purdue vs. TexasLonghorn Network
5:30 p.m.Purdue vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sun, Feb 242 p.m.Purdue vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Tue, Feb 267:30 p.m.Sam Houston State vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Wed, Feb 278 p.m.UT San Antonio vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Fri, Mar 17:30 p.m.LSU vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sat, Mar 23:30 p.m.LSU vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sun, Mar 32 p.m.LSU vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Tue, Mar 57:30 p.m.UT Rio Grande Valley vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Tue, Mar 126:30 p.m.Florida State vs. FloridaSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Texas Southern vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Fri, Mar 157:30 p.m.Texas Tech vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sat, Mar 162 p.m.Mississippi State vs. FloridaSEC Network
3:30 p.m.Texas Tech vs. TexasLonghorn Network
7 p.m.Tennessee vs. AuburnSEC Network
Sun, Mar 172 p.m.Texas Tech vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Mississippi State vs. FloridaSEC Network
Tue, Mar 197:30 p.m.Arkansas vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Rice vs. Texas A&MSEC Network
Wed, Mar 207:30 p.m.Arkansas vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Thu, Mar 217 p.m.Florida vs. VanderbiltSEC Network
Fri, Mar 227 p.m.Ole Miss vs. MissouriSEC Network
Sat, Mar 231 p.m.LSU vs. GeorgiaSEC Network
8 p.m.Ole Miss vs. MissouriSEC Network
8:30 p.m.Texas vs. TCUESPNU
Sun, Mar 24NoonLSU vs. GeorgiaSEC Network
3 p.m.Ole Miss vs. MissouriSEC Network
Tue, Mar 267 p.m.Auburn vs. AlabamaSEC Network
Thu, Mar 287 p.m.Georgia vs. KentuckySEC Network
LSU vs. Mississippi StateESPNU
Fri, Mar 297 p.m.LSU vs. Mississippi StateSEC Network
8 p.m.Xavier vs. TexasLonghorn Network
9 p.m.Ole Miss vs. ArkansasESPNU
Sat, Mar 301 p.m.Auburn vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
4 p.m.Ole Miss vs. ArkansasSEC Network
6:30 p.m.Xavier vs. TexasLonghorn Network
9 p.m.Tennessee vs. VanderbiltSEC Network
Sun, Mar 31NoonAuburn vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
1 p.m.Xavier vs. TexasLonghorn Network
3 p.m.Tennessee vs. VanderbiltSEC Network
Tue, Apr 27 p.m.Belmont vs. TennesseeSEC Network
Thu, Apr 47 p.m.South Carolina vs. AlabamaSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Arkansas vs. AuburnESPNU
Fri, Apr 57 p.m.South Carolina vs. AlabamaSEC Network
9 p.m.Texas vs. BaylorESPNU
Sat, Apr 68 p.m.Texas A&M vs. LSUESPNU
Florida vs. Ole MissSEC Network
11 p.m.CSU Fullerton vs. Cal PolyESPNU
Sun, Apr 7NoonVanderbilt vs. GeorgiaSEC Network
1 p.m.Purdue vs. NebraskaESPNU
3 p.m.Texas A&M vs. LSUSEC Network
Tue, Apr 97 p.m.Georgia Tech vs. GeorgiaSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Rice vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Thu, Apr 117 p.m.Georgia vs. TennesseeSEC Network
7:30 p.m.South Carolina vs. FloridaESPNU
Fri, Apr 127:30 p.m.Kansas State vs. TexasLonghorn Network
8 p.m.Arkansas vs. VanderbiltSEC Network
Sat, Apr 132 p.m.Kansas State vs. TexasLonghorn Network
8 p.m.Kentucky vs. Ole MissSEC Network
9 p.m.Arkansas vs. VanderbiltESPNU
Sun, Apr 141 p.m.Clemson vs. Florida StateESPN2
LSU vs. MissouriSEC Network
2 p.m.Kansas State vs. TexasLonghorn Network
4 p.m.Oklahoma vs. BaylorESPNU
Alabama vs. Mississippi StateSEC Network
Tue, Apr 167 p.m.Clemson vs. GeorgiaSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Lamar vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Thu, Apr 186 p.m.Missouri vs. GeorgiaESPNU
7 p.m.Florida vs. LSUSEC Network
9 p.m.Mississippi State vs. ArkansasESPNU
Fri, Apr 198 p.m.Florida vs. LSUSEC Network
Sat, Apr 203 p.m.Florida vs. LSUESPN2
4 p.m.Texas vs. Oklahoma StateESPNU
Texas A&M vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
9 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. AlabamaSEC Network
10 p.m.Arizona vs. Oregon StateESPNU
Tue, Apr 237 p.m.Missouri State vs. MissouriSEC Network
Thu, Apr 257 p.m.Texas A&M vs. Ole MissSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Auburn vs. VanderbiltESPNU
Fri, Apr 267:30 p.m.West Virginia vs. TexasLonghorn Network
8 p.m.Auburn vs. VanderbiltSEC Network
10 p.m.San Francisco vs. GonzagaESPNU
Sat, Apr 271 p.m.Georgia vs. Mississippi StateSEC Network
3:30 p.m.West Virginia vs. TexasLonghorn Network
6 p.m.Kentucky vs. FloridaSEC Network
8:30 p.m.Oklahoma State vs. Texas TechESPNU
Sun, Apr 28NoonKentucky vs. FloridaESPN2
Minnesota vs. IndianaESPNU
1 p.m.West Virginia vs. TexasLonghorn Network
5 p.m.Tennessee vs. ArkansasSEC Network
Tue, Apr 307 p.m.SE Missouri State vs. MissouriSEC Network
Thu, May 27 p.m.Dallas Baptist vs. Missouri StateESPNU
Mississippi State vs. Texas A&MSEC Network
Sat, May 4NoonMissouri vs. TennesseeSEC Network
3 p.m.Mississippi State vs. Texas A&MSEC Network
8 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. South CarolinaESPNU
Alabama vs. AuburnSEC Network
Sun, May 512:30 p.m.Florida vs. GeorgiaESPN2
2 p.m.Texas Tech vs. OklahomaESPNU
3:30 p.m.Ole Miss vs. LSUESPN2
4 p.m.Alabama vs. AuburnSEC Network
Mon, May 67 p.m.Boston College vs. Virginia TechESPNU
Tue, May 77 p.m.Vanderbilt vs. LouisvilleESPNU
Indiana vs. KentuckySEC Network
7:30 p.m.Texas State vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Thu, May 97:30 p.m.LSU vs. ArkansasESPNU
Fri, May 107 p.m.Kentucky vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
8:30 p.m.Indiana vs. MichiganESPNU
Sat, May 11NoonKentucky vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
2 p.m.LSU vs. ArkansasESPN2
3 p.m.Tennessee vs. FloridaSEC Network
9:30 p.m.Indiana State vs. Dallas BaptistESPNU
Sun, May 12NoonKentucky vs. South CarolinaSEC Network
1 p.m.Mississippi State vs. Ole MissESPN2
3 p.m.Texas A&M vs. AlabamaSEC Network
Mon, May 137 p.m.Miami vs. Wake ForestESPNU
Tue, May 147 p.m.Louisville vs. IndianaESPNU
Michigan vs. KentuckySEC Network
7:30 p.m.Incarnate Word vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Thu, May 167 p.m.SEC WildcardESPNU
SEC WildcardSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Oklahoma vs. TexasLonghorn Network
10 p.m.Long Beach State vs. CSU FullertonESPNU
Fri, May 177 p.m.Bases LoadedSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Oklahoma vs. TexasLonghorn Network
Sat, May 18NoonSEC WildcardSEC Network
3 p.m.SEC WildcardSEC Network
3:30 p.m.Oklahoma vs. TexasLonghorn Network
4:30 p.m.NC State vs. North CarolinaESPNU
7:30 p.m.TCU vs. Texas TechESPNU
Sun, May 1911 a.m.SWAC Baseball ChampionshipESPNEWS
Tue, May 2110:30 a.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – First RoundSEC Network
2 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – First RoundSEC Network
5:30 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – First RoundSEC Network
9 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – First RoundSEC Network
Wed, May 2210:30 amSEC Baseball Tournament – Second RoundSEC Network
2 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Second RoundSEC Network
5:30 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Second RoundSEC Network
9 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Second RoundSEC Network
Thu, May 2310:30 a.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Third RoundSEC Network
2 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Third RoundSEC Network
5:30 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Third RoundSEC Network
9 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Third RoundSEC Network
Fri, May 244 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Fourth RoundSEC Network
7:30 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – Fourth RoundSEC Network
Sat, May 25NoonBig South Baseball ChampionshipESPNU
1 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – SemifinalSEC Network
4:30 p.m.SEC Baseball Tournament – SemifinalSEC Network
Sun, May 26NoonAmerican Baseball ChampionshipESPNEWS
ACC Baseball ChampionshipESPN2
3 p.m.SEC Baseball ChampionshipESPN2

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