Jan. 5, 2010

To purchase the Patriot League All-Access package, click here

Center Valley, Pa. - For the fourth straight season,the Patriot League and CBS Interactive are going to offer the majority of men's and women's basketball games as part of the Patriot League All-Access package, beginning with the start of League play this weekend. Almost every regular-season and Patriot League Tournament game will be shown on high-speed broadband through the video streaming package.

The All-Access package is available for a price of $7.95 per month, which allows subscribers to see the live action of all available Patriot League basketball games as well as the archived content for past games. The cutting-edge technology takes viewers up close with multi-camera coverage. To purchase the All-Access package, click here or go to the multimedia link at the right-hand sidbear of the front page at www.patriotleague.org.

The Patriot League schedule begins on Friday, with the women tipping off first as Bucknell visits Navy. The remaining women's basketball openers will all be played on Saturday, with Lafayette at Holy Cross, Lehigh at American and Colgate at Army. The same matchups will be played at opposite venues for the men's basketball League openers on Saturday, with Holy Cross at Lafayette and Army at Colgate in the afternoon while American is at Lehigh and Navy goes to Bucknell in the evening.

This marks the fourth season for Patriot League All-Access, which includes more than 100 men and women's basketball games and a variety of Patriot League Championship events.

All-Access is powered by Microsoft's Silverlight technology, providing increased web browser compatibility and a redesigned user-friendly, state-of-the-art interface. Those that do not have Silverlight on their computers will be required to perform a quick one-time download of Silverlight before accessing the new video player.

The enhanced All-Access gives fans the highest-quality streaming experience and the most online video coverage of the Patriot League. The multimedia player also offers an improved search engine, which allows users to quickly locate videos they are interested in. Fans can search by sport, type of video and date to easily navigate to the newest content.

"Today's Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow's Leaders" - The Patriot League continually demonstrates that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing its high standards. The Patriot League's athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.