Nov. 29, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference recently announced its 2011-12 basketball television schedule and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's and women's basketball teams could be featured on national television up to three times this season. The majority of the Hawks' non-conference road matches can be seen as well as several of their contests are being broadcasted online.
The air time is part of the MEAC's seven-year partnership with ESPNU as a total of eight MEAC games are scheduled to be televised this season. For the seventh straight year, ESPNU will also feature five Sears BracketBusters games, while ESPN or ESPN2 will televise up to six and ESPN3 will carry two. The 13 Sears BracketBusters matchups will be announced Monday, Jan. 30 with dates, times and networks.
The men are guaranteed one showing as ESPNU will be covering their matchup at Coppin State University on Monday, Feb. 13 at 9 p.m. The men and women also have the opportunity of playing in front of a national audience in the MEAC Championship as the championship games will be broadcasted through ESPN affiliates as well. The men's championship on March 10 will be aired on ESPN2 at 1 p.m., while the women's championship will be seen on ESPNU three hours later at 4 p.m.
The College Network on CBS.com will be covering three of UMES' contests in December, while the Pack Network and ACC Digital Network will be covering one. The College Network on CBS.com will team up with the Big Ten Network for UMES' women's game at Penn State. The UMES men at Lehigh matchup can be viewed through Lehigh's online broadcast.
The non-conference online television schedule for UMES can be viewed below. The ESPNU and ESPN2 broadcasts are in bold. Links to all on-line viewing will be at umeshawks.com.
Women's Television Air Time
| Date | Game | Network |
| Tuesday, Dec. 6 | UMES @ UMBC - 7 p.m. | Pack Network, UMBCRetrievers.tv |
| Sunday, Dec. 11 | UMES @ Penn State - 2 p.m. | College Network, Big Ten Network |
| Wednesday, Dec. 21 | UMES @ ODU - 12 p.m. | College Network |
| Tuesday, Dec. 29 | UMES @ Wake Forest - 2 p.m. | College Network |
| Saturday, March 10 | MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP (ESPNU)
| ESPNU |
Men's Television Air Time
| Date | Game | Network |
| Tuesday, Dec. 27 | UMES @ Virginia - 7 p.m. | ACC Digital Network |
| Tuesday, Dec. 3 | UMES @ Lehigh - 7 p.m. | Lehigh Game Central |
| Monday, Feb. 13 | UMES @ Coppin - 9 p.m.
| ESPNU |
Saturday, March 10
| MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN2 |
