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ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU to Televise Ten Games Nationally

Princeton, NJ (October 27, 2005) – ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will combine to offer live national television coverage of ten games during the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. The Event, which includes teams from 16 conferences, features four Regional Rounds on November 8th - 11th, with the winner of each site advancing to the Championship Rounds at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 17th and 18th.

ESPN will broadcast both semifinal games during the Championship Rounds on Thursday, November 17th at Madison Square Garden. ESPN2 will televise the consolation and championship games on November 18th. ESPNU will televise all four Syracuse Regional Round games and the Regional Consolation and Championship at the Lubbock Regional Rounds. The match-ups, dates, times, and television coverage are outlined below:

Regional Rounds:
Syracuse Regional — Carrier Dome
November 8th, 6:00 p.m. EST Saint Francis (Pa.) vs. Cornell Syracuse vs. Bethune-Cookman		November 9th, 6:00 p.m. EST Regional Consolation Regional Championship
Gainesville Regional — O'Connell Center
November 9th, 5:00 p.m. EST Albany vs. Oakland Florida vs. Saint Peter's		November 10th, 5:30 p.m. EST Regional Consolation Regional Championship
Lubbock Regional — United Spirit Arena
November 10th, 5:30 p.m. EST Portland vs. Georgia Southern Texas Tech vs. San Jose State		November 11th, 6:30 p.m. EST Regional Consolation Regional Championship
Winston-Salem Regional — Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 10th, 5:00 p.m. EST George Mason vs. UC Irvine Wake Forest vs. Mississippi Valley State		November 11th, 5:00 p.m. EST Regional Consolation Regional Championship

Championship Rounds:
Semifinal Doubleheader — Madison Square Garden November 17th, 7:00 p.m. EST Winston-Salem Regional Winner vs. Gainesville Regional Winner Syracuse Regional Winner vs. Lubbock Regional Winner
Championship Doubleheader — Madison Square Garden November 18th, 7:00 p.m. EST Consolation Game Championship Game

"We are excited to expand the television coverage of college basketball's season-opening Event.", said Mike Flanigan, Sr. Vice President of Sales & Operations for the Gazelle Group. "Adding ESPNU's coverage of the Regional Rounds combined with ESPN and ESPN2's continued outstanding coverage of the Championship Rounds will bring more national attention to a great cause and the official start of the college basketball season"

In addition to ESPN's national television coverage, Fox Sports Net Florida will regionally televise both Florida games on November 9th and 10th and the Texas Tech Network will regionally televise the Texas Tech game on November 10th.

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The Coaches vs. Cancer program, created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of our country's basketball coaches to raise awareness and reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds for Coaches vs. Cancer. Since 1996, the Gazelle Group, producers of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, have raised over $2.8 million for the benefit of Coaches vs. Cancer.

Ticket Information:
Championship Round tickets at Madison Square Garden are on sale now and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 or through www.Ticketmaster.com.

For VIP Ticket packages, contact Chris McLaughlin at (609)921-1300 or cmclaughlin@gazellegroup.com.

Tickets for the Regional Rounds can be purchased through the host school's box office. On-sale dates for individual game tickets will be announced in the near future.

Syracuse: 1-888-DOMETIX or www.dometix.com
Wake Forest: 1-888-758-DEAC or www.wakeforestsports.com
Florida: 1-800-34-GATOR or www.gatorzone.com
Texas Tech: 1-888-GO-BIG12 or www.texastech.com

The 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer is produced by The Gazelle Group. For more information, please visit www.coachesvscancer.com or contact Christopher Makos at (609) 921-1300 or cmakos@gazellegroup.com.

For more information about 2K Sports visit www.2ksports.com.