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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

NBC SPORTS NETWORK PRESENTS FOUR COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEK

Tripleheader on Saturday

NEW YORK – February 27, 2013 – NBC Sports Network’s college basketball coverage continues this week with four games, highlighted by a tripleheader on Saturday.

Coverage begins Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET, when Drexel travels to the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. to take on Old Dominion. Mike Corey will manage play-by-play duties for the game and will be joined by analyst Ron Thompson.

NBC Sports Network’s college basketball tripleheader begins on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, when Delaware hosts George Mason in a key CAA contest at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Del. Corey and Thompson will have the call.

At 4 p.m. ET in an important Mountain West matchup, Nevada hosts UNLV, who continues to battle for second place in the conference standings. Play-by-play commentator Steve Schlanger will call the action with analyst Blaine Fowler, from Lawler Events Center in Reno, Nev.

Saturday night at 6 p.m. ET, Harvard looks to maintain first place in the Ivy League and continue a four-game winning streak, when the Crimson take on Penn at the historic Palestra in Philadelphia, PA. Randy Moss will handle play-by-play duties alongside analyst Dalen Cuff.

Carolyn Manno will host NBC Sports Network’s college basketball studio show and will be joined by former New Jersey Nets and UCONN forward Donny Marshall.

The NBC Sports Network will televise more than 65 college basketball games this season — the most in its history — featuring more than 40 different schools. The majority of the games and teams will come from the Atlantic 10, Mountain West, Colonial Athletic Association and Ivy League conferences.

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