Feb. 15, 2013

Get ready to turn on the TV, and settle down for a Saturday full of A-10 Hoops.

There are eight men's basketball games scheduled for Saturday, seven of which will be televised.  The full slate of TV games includes four national broadcasts on the Atlantic 10's partner networks, ESPN, CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network and three regionally televised games.

The national TV games run all day, beginning with a noon tip-off of one of the best college basketball rivalries between Xavier and Dayton. That game, which is being played at Dayton's iconic UD arena, will air on ESPN2.

Another rivalry, this one a part of the Philadelphia Big 5, begins at 1:00 pm from the historic Palestra. Saint Joseph's faces La Salle in a game that airs on NBC Sports Network. CBS Sports Network then hosts and A-10 doubleheader, starting with Butler at Fordham at 4:00 pm, followed by Temple at Massachusetts at 6:00 pm.

The full day concludes with the three regionally televised games. St. Bonaventure plays at Richmond on WTVR CBS 6.3 in Richmond and Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in Upstate New York. The game tips off at 6:00 pm. FOX Sports Midwest will air Charlotte at Saint Louis at 7:00 pm and the fully televised day concludes with George Washington at VCU at 7:30 pm in a game that will air on CSN Mid-Atlantic.

There will also be two televised women's basketball games on CBS Sports Network. Temple will play Philadelphia Big 5 rival Saint Joseph's on Sunday at 2:00 pm. Then in a battle of women's basketball powers this season, Duquesne travels to No. 13 Dayton for a Monday prime time game at 9:00 pm.