NEW ORLEANS - The 2004-05 Sun Belt Conference-ESPN Regional Television Basketball Network is in full swing. The Sun Belt will have at least a total of 19 men's and women's games on the network, culminating with the 2005 Aeropostale Sun Belt Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament in March. The University of North Texas hosts this year's tournament, March 4-8.
For the men's games, Sam Smith, the voice of the Sun Belt Conference, serves as play-by-play, while former Arkansas-Little Rock head coach Wimp Sanderson serves as analyst. ESPN's Larry Conley will also share the table with Smith on selected games. Joining Smith for the second year for the women's telecasts is former Duke head coach Debbie Leonard.
This season, the Sun Belt-ERT Network contests will feature a new fan-friendly wrinkle during the broadcasts. Ask The Analyst is a new element that allows and encourages fans to submit questions about the night's contest and have it answered on the air during the game.
To submit a question, fans can go to the official league web site, www.sunbeltsports.org, and click on the ESPN Regional logo on the right of the page.
The remaining Sun Belt-ERT games are as follows (CT):
January
13, Denver at North Texas (women), 7pm
15, Arkansas State at Middle Tennessee (women), 2pm
22, South Alabama at Western Kentucky (men), 7pm
29, Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky (women), 7pm
February
3, Arkansas-Little Rock at New Orleans (women), 5pm
5, New Orleans at Arkansas-Little Rock (men), 6pm
10, New Mexico State at South Alabama (women), 6pm
12, New Orleans at Louisiana-Lafayette (men), 7pm
17, Denver at North Texas (men), SBC/ESPN+Plus, 7:30pm
24, New Mexico State at Arkansas-Little Rock (men), 8pm
26, Florida International at Middle Tennessee (women), 2pm
March
4-8, Sun Belt Men's and Women's Tournament-games and times TBA
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