Indiana Statesman

Baseball picked fourth in preseason poll

By Ace Hunt

ISU Athletics Media Relations

Published: Thursday, February 2, 2012

Updated: Friday, February 3, 2012

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State's home game against No. 12 nationally-ranked Creighton on Saturday, February 25 has been selected for telecast on ESPN or ESPN2 it was announced this afternoon by the world-wide leader in sports. The game will tip-off at 4:00 p.m. (ET).

The game was selected by ESPN as part of the Missouri Valley Conference's Wildcard Saturday. The telecast will be the first for the Sycamores on either ESPN or ESPN2 inside Hulman Center since February 9, 2002 against Illinois State.

The selection of this telecast for ESPN or ESPN2 marks the fifth time that ESPN has used a "Wildcard" process to determine one of its MVC men's basketball telecasts.  The ESPN or ESPN2 telecast will also be simulcast on ESPN3 -- ESPN's multi-screen sports network that gives fans a 24/7 destination delivering thousands of live, global sports events annually.

 ISU's game against Creighton is the regular season finale and will include the annual Senior Day celebration for Myles Walker, Jordan Printy, Carl Richard and Dwayne Lathan.

ESPN will utilize its option to announce whether the game will be shown on either ESPN or ESPN2 7-10 days from the scheduled game date.

The Sycamores will be featured on ESPN2 as they travel to Wichita State this Saturday, February 4. Tip-off is slated for 10:05 p.m. (ET).

The Creighton game will mark a school-record 12th appearance this season for the Sycamores on the ESPN Family Of Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3).

Using the Wildcard Weekend model, the league — through its television partners ESPN, FOX Sports Midwest, FOX College Sports and Comcast SportsNet Chicago — reserves clearance windows for February dates in the fall of each academic year and waits until the midpoint of both the men's and women's basketball seasons to determine its final regular-season telecasts for both genders.

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