Los Angeles – Prime Ticket, the official regional telecast home of the Big West Conference, Monday announced the 2012-13 television schedule. Coverage begins at the Walter Pyramid on Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. as Long Beach State hosts Hawai‘i in women’s volleyball. USA Women’s National Volleyball Team Head Coach and three-time Olympian, Karch Kiraly will provide analysis while two-time Olympian, Kevin Barnett, delivers play-by-play.
The television package also includes both women’s and men’s soccer championships matches on Nov. 4 and 10 respectively; 14 men’s basketball games, including four Conference tournament quarterfinal games; and the women’s basketball Conference tournament final. In addition, either Prime Ticket or FOX Sports West will feature the Track and Field Championships and a baseball matchup to be announced at a later date.
Complementing the schedule, Prime Ticket and FOX Sports West, in conjunction with the Big West, will launch the Conference’s free-to-access video streaming platform this November. The digital offering will deliver up to 800 live events each academic year, including certain men’s and women’s basketball games and women’s volleyball matches not selected for TV, as well as many other Conference athletic events.
The most up-to-date Big West programming can be found at www.bigwest.org and www.foxsportswest.com.
| 2012 Big West Television Schedule on FOX Sports West & PRIME TICKET | |||||
| DAY | DATE | SPORT | MATCHUP | TIME (PT) | NETWORK |
| FRI | 10/26 | Women's Volleyball | Hawaii at LBSU | 7 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SUN | 11/4 | Women's Soccer | Championship Match | 1 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 11/10 | Men's Soccer | Championship Match | TBD | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 12/29 | Men's Basketball | Pacific at Long Beach State | 4 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 1/5 | Men's Basketball | LBSU at UC Santa Barbara | 4 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 1/12 | Men's Basketball | Cal State Northridge at UC Irvine | 4 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 1/19 | Men's Basketball | Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara | 4 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 1/26 | Men's Basketball | UC Irvine at Long Beach State | 4 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 2/2 | Men's Basketball | Hawaii at Cal State Fullerton | 8 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 2/9 | Men's Basketball | Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside | 8 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 2/16 | Men's Basketball | Cal State Fullerton at UC Irvine | 8 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 3/2 | Men's Basketball | Wildcard: Teams TBD | 4 p.m. | Fox Sports West |
| SAT | 3/9 | Men's Basketball | Wildcard: Teams TBD | 4 p.m. | Fox Sports West |
| THU | 3/14 | Men's Basketball | Tournament Quarterfinal #1 | 12 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| THU | 3/14 | Men's Basketball | Tournament Quarterfinal #2 | 2:30 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| THU | 3/14 | Men's Basketball | Tournament Quarterfinal #3 | 6 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| THU | 3/14 | Men's Basketball | Tournament Quarterfinal #4 | 8:30 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 3/16 | Women's Basketball | Tournament Final | 1 p.m. | PRIME TICKET |
| SAT | 5/11 | Men's & Women's T&F | Championships | 3 p.m. | PRIME or WEST |
| TBD | TBD | Men's Baseball | Match-up TBD | TBD | PRIME or WEST |
**Schedule subject to change
***All times listed Pacific (PST)
About Prime Ticket and FOX Sports West
Prime Ticket and sister network, FOX Sports West, have been providing local sports coverage to Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii for over 25 years. Together, the regional sports networks present more live, local sports programming than any other network or broadcast system in the market. FOX Sports West provides 24-hour sports programming to more than 6.8 million subscribers; PRIME TICKET reaches 6.2 million subscribers. The partner networks combine to produce over 800 live sporting events and telecast 2,500 hours of live programming every year. For complete regional sports news, provocative opinions, telecast schedules and more, log-on to www.foxsportswest.com.
About Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is a member of NCAA Division I and includes Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Northridge; Long Beach State University; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Hawai‘i, Manoa; and the University of the Pacific. Boise State University and San Diego State University become members effective July 1, 2013. Pacific will no longer be a conference member effective July 1, 2013.
