March 3, 2010
2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship page
Center Valley, Pa. - The 2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament tips off with the quarterfinals on Wednesday night, and fans have a chance to catch all four games through either television or All-Access coverage.
The matchups are all played at campus sites on Wednesday evening. In one side of the bracket, No. 8 Army goes to No. 1 Lehigh at 7 p.m. and No. 5 Navy is at No. 4 American at 7:30 p.m. On the other half, No. 7 Holy Cross is at No. 2 Bucknell on the CBS College Sports Network and No. 6 Colgate is at No. 3 Lafayette, with both games tipping off at 7 p.m.
The television coverage is highlighted by the Holy Cross/Bucknell game on the CBS College Sports Network. Patriot League play-by-play announcer Bob Socci will be joined by former Siena and St. Joseph's Head Coach John Griffin on the call. CBS College Sports Network is available across the country through local cable operators and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 152. To get CBS College Sports Network, click here.
The games at Lehigh and Lafayette will also be available regionally. The Army/Lehigh contest will be televised live on Service Electric 2 Sports (on dial position 50). The Colgate/Lafayette game is going to be broadcast by the Lafayette Sports Network, and will be shown live on WBPH-60 and on a tape-delay basis on RCN-4 beginning at 9:30 p.m.
All Patriot League quarterfinal and semifinal games that are not televised on CBS College Sports Network will be shown through the Patriot League All-Access package for the price of $7.95 per month. The price for March also allows subscribers to view the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 2010 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament, beginning Saturday from Holy Cross' Hart Center. The package can also be viewed by going to the multimedia link at the right-hand sidebar of www.patriotleague.org, as well as through numerous buttons on the front page of the League website.
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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.
The winners in each bracket meet on Sunday in the semifinals at the site of the higher seed, with one of the games broadcast on the CBS College Sports Network at 8 p.m. The League Championship is at the highest remaining seed on March 12 at 4:45 p.m. on ESPN2.
For more on the 2010 Patriot League Tournament, read the Quarterfinal preview and the Men's Basketball Championship page
