DENVER - FSN
Rocky Mountain announced the television schedule for Denver men's basketball
today, and six of the 16 DU home games will be broadcast on the network.
The Pioneers' games
against Montana, Wyoming, Florida International, Seattle, Western Kentucky and
Louisiana-Lafayette will be aired. That's one more on the network than last
season, which plays into head coach Joe Scott's plan, as he explained to me
this afternoon while discussing the FSN schedule.
"A major part of our plan to
build a sustainable winning program is to increase the exposure of the Denver
basketball program," Scott said. "Adding more home games on television is
critical to the development of our program. Hopefully as we continue to
improve, we will get more and more of that exposure, which will pay huge
dividends down the road. We are fortunate to have a good partner in FSN Rocky
Mountain, and hopefully Denver basketball's relationship with them will
continue to grow."
Last year, FSN broadcasted
some of Denver's most exciting games, including an overtime battle with
Northern Colorado and nail biting victories against Colorado State, Western
Kentucky, South Alabama and the Ragin' Cajuns. Four of those five games were
within five points, and the CSU game was stretched out with free throws at the
end. Add those to the double overtime, one-point heartbreaker at
Louisiana-Lafayette, which was broadcast on Cox Sports Television, and the
Pioneers provided some of the most exciting college basketball on television
last season.
Although the schedule was
not quite ready to release, Scott was on FSN Rocky Mountain last week during a
Colorado Rockies game discussing this year's team with Drew Goodman and George
Frazier, a pair of baseball guys who know quite a bit about basketball, too. Goodman,
in fact, has called play-by-play for a few Pioneers games in the past and has
been spotted in Magness Arena with his kids.
Goodman and Frazier were excited
about watching the Pioneers this season, especially since the top eight players
- along with 98 percent of the scoring and rebounding - are returning,
including All-Sun Belt Conference First Team selection Nate Rohnert.
Select-a-Seat:
Anyone considering men's basketball season tickets can head down to Magness
Arena tomorrow to check out potential seat locations at Select-a-Seat. DU
ticket representatives will be available to answer questions and secure seats
for the 2009-10 season.
Season tickets start at
just $96 for all 16 games or $64 for half season packages.
Welcome Back:
The University welcomed all new freshmen to campus this week for Discoveries, Denver's
orientation week. Although the newcomers to the basketball team took summer classes
and got a sneak preview, all of them have been given a more in depth look at DU.
The upperclassmen are
starting to filter back, as well. In fact, both Hallam brothers were on the
court in Magness Arena shooting baskets this afternoon.
