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For Immediate Release - Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Big West Announces 38-Game ESPN3 Basketball Package

IRVINE, CA – For the seventh consecutive year, the Big West Conference will provide extensive basketball coverage on ESPN3, showcasing 38 men’s and women’s games during the 2019-20 season. A minimum of 20 men’s and one women’s regular season games will be featured on ESPN3. Six additional men’s or women’s “Wild Card” contests will be selected three weeks prior to game dates on January 30, February 8, February 15, February 20, February 27 and March 7. Eleven Big West Tournament games will also be included in the package, including the entire women’s tournament, First round and quarterfinal games will be played at Long Beach State’s , culminating with the semifinals and championship game from . ESPN3 will also deliver the four men’s quarterfinal games on Thursday, March 12 at Honda Center. All games will be produced via the Big West Productions mobile facility, beginning with a men’s basketball matchup on Wednesday, January 8 between Long Beach State and CSUN from The . The opener will showcase CSUN sophomore forward Lamine Diane, who last season became the first individual in Big West history to be named Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Local women’s basketball rivals Long Beach State and UC Irvine will meet on Saturday, January 25 at the . Other featured games on the docket include a rematch of last year’s Big West Men’s Tournament championship game as UC Irvine visits Cal State’s Fullerton on Wednesday, January 15. The Anteaters won a school record 31 games and an NCAA Tournament first round game against Kansas State last season. UCI also hosts UC Santa Barbara, a 22-game winner in 2018-19, in a late season showdown on Saturday, February 29. ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multiscreen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of exclusive sports events annually. It is accessible on the ESPN App across computers, smartphones, tablets and TV-connected devices to fans who receive their high-speed internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. ESPN3 is also available at no cost to U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via on-campus educational and on-base military broadband networks. The 2019-20 season begins on Tuesday, November 5.

- 30 - 2019-20 ESPN3 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Day/Date Contest Tipoff (PT) Wednesday, January 8 Long Beach State at CSUN 7:00 PM Thursday, January 9 Hawai‘i at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM Saturday, January 11 Hawai‘i at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Wednesday, January 15 UC Irvine at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM Thursday, January 16 UC Davis at Long Beach State 7:00 PM Saturday, January 18 UC Davis at CSUN 3:00 PM Wednesday, January 22 UC Irvine at Long Beach State 7:00 PM Thursday, January 23 Cal Poly at UC Riverside 7:00 PM Saturday, January 25 Cal Poly at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Thursday, January 30 Wild Card game selected from: UC Santa Barbara at CSUN 7:00 PM Long Beach State at UC Riverside 7:00 PM Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton (women) 7:00 PM UC Riverside at Long Beach State (women) 7:00 PM Saturday, February 1 UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach State 4:00 PM Wednesday, February 5 UC Riverside at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM Thursday, February 6 UC Davis at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Saturday, February 8 Wild Card game selected from: UC Davis at UC Irvine (women) 2:00 PM UC Riverside at Cal State Fullerton (women) 5:00 PM UC Riverside at CSUN 7:00 PM UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton 7:30 PM Wednesday, February 12 UC Irvine at UC Riverside 7:00 PM Thursday, February 13 Cal Poly at CSUN 7:00 PM Saturday, February 15 Wild Card game selected from: UC Riverside at Long Beach State TBA Long Beach State at UC Riverside (women) 5:00 PM Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 PM UC Santa Barbara at CSUN (women) 7:00 PM Wednesday, February 19 Long Beach State at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Thursday, February 20 Wild Card game selected from: UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM UC Irvine at Long Beach State (women) 7:00 PM Hawai‘i at UC Riverside 8:00 PM Cal Poly at UC Riverside (women) TBA Saturday, February 22 Hawai‘i at Long Beach State 4:00 PM Wednesday, February 26 CSUN at Long Beach State 7:00 PM Thursday, February 27 Wild Card game selected from: Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside (women) TBA Hawai‘i at UC Irvine (women) 7:00 PM Long Beach State at CSUN (women) 7:00 PM UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside 8:00 PM Saturday, February 29 UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Wednesday, March 4 CSUN at UC Irvine 7:00 PM Thursday, March 5 Cal Poly at Long Beach State 7:00 PM Saturday, March 7 Wild Card game selected from: CSUN at UC Riverside (women) 3:00 PM UC Davis at Long Beach State (women) 4:00 PM UC Irvine at Cal State Fullerton (women) 5:00 PM UC Davis at UC Riverside 7:00 PM Hawai‘i at CSUN 7:00 PM Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton 7:30 PM

BIG WEST TOURNAMENT – HONDA CENTER Thursday, March 12 Quarterfinals – Game 1 12:00 pm Quarterfinals – Game 2 2:30 pm Quarterfinals – Game 3 6:00 pm Quarterfinals – Game 4 8:30 pm 2019-20 ESPN3 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Day/Date Contest Tipoff (PT) Saturday, January 25 Long Beach State at UC Irvine 2:00 PM

BIG WEST TOURNAMENT – LONG BEACH STATE Tuesday, March 10 First Round – Game 1 6:00 PM First Round – Game 2 8:30 PM Wednesday, March 11 Quarterfinals – Game 1 6:00 PM Quarterfinals – Game 2 8:30 PM

BIG WEST TOURNAMENT – HONDA CENTER Friday, March 13 Semifinals – Game 1 12:00 PM Semifinals – Game 2 2:30 PM Saturday, March 14 Championship 3:00 PM