ARLINGTON, Texas – The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) has announced that five additional linear television broadcasts will be carried on regional sports network (RSN) affiliates during the second half of the 2023-24 conference basketball schedule.
Four men's basketball games and one women's basketball game have been added to the RSN schedule for linear broadcast within regional media markets. On the men's side, California Baptist at Stephen F. Austin on Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. (CT), Tarleton State at Abilene Christian on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. (CT), Southern Utah at Utah Tech on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. MT and UT Arlington at UTRGV on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. CT will each be carried on linear RSN affiliates. A key WAC women's showdown pitting Grand Canyon at defending conference tournament champion Southern Utah on Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. MT has also received RSN linear broadcast clearance.
"As we continue to strengthen the profile of our league, creating increased exposure opportunities continues to be one of our major strategic objectives," WAC Commissioner Brian Thornton said. "The ever-changing media landscape provides us with multiple mediums including linear, regional and streaming to showcase our institutions nationally during the stretch run of the conference season on the road to WACVegas."
The additional RSN broadcasts bolster what has been a robust linear television schedule highlighting WAC basketball teams during the 2023-24 season. The WAC linear slate included two nonconference games and two upcoming conference matchups on ESPNU, two nonconference contests on CBS Sports Network and nine games that were carried on linear affiliates of peer conference television networks during the regular season.
2024 WAC Basketball RSN Linear Broadcast Schedule
Men's Basketball
Jan. 27, 2 p.m. CT, California Baptist @ Stephen F. Austin
Feb. 1, 7 p.m. CT, Tarleton State @ Abilene Christian
Feb. 8, 7 p.m. MT, Southern Utah @ Utah Tech
Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. CT, UT Arlington @ UTRGV
Women's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2 p.m. MT, Grand Canyon @ Southern Utah
All games will be available on Space City Home Network and on Cox Cable Regional Sports (Arizona, California). Check your local listings. Games will also be streamed live on ESPN+.
ABOUT THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
With its conference headquarters located in Arlington, Texas, the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) has enjoyed longstanding success in collegiate athletics since its formation in 1962 and is currently comprised of 11 full-time member institutions – Abilene Christian University; California Baptist University; Grand Canyon University; Seattle University; Southern Utah University: Stephen F. Austin State University; Tarleton State University; The University of Texas at Arlington; The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Utah Tech University and Utah Valley University.
Presently, the WAC crowns champions in 19 sports – nine men's and 10 women's championships. In 1995, the WAC became the first conference nationwide to have an exclusive broadcast contract with ESPN for football and basketball games, forming a partnership that continues to the present day with more than 500 WAC-affiliated live games and events available annually on ESPN's digital and linear platforms. WAC member institutions have won a total of 35 team national championships since the conference's inception.
