The University of Denver men’s basketball team will continue its relationship with Mile High Sports Radio that will keep the Pioneers on AM 1340 KDCO through the 2015-16 men’s basketball season, it was announced earlier this month. The agreement also includes postseason basketball broadcasts.
Additionally, DU and ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain announced today that the network will broadcast six men’s basketball games and one women’s basketball game this season. This marks the 15th consecutive year, and 22nd season overall, that the network has been the official television partner of the Pioneers basketball team.
Basketball tips off with Denver hosting regional rival and 2015 NCAA Tournament team the Wyoming Cowboys on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. The men’s broadcast schedule also features regional rival Air Force (Dec. 5) at 2 p.m., Weber State (Dec. 13) at 12 p.m., Oral Roberts (Jan. 6) at 7 p.m., South Dakota State (Jan. 30) at 2 p.m. and 2015 Summit League Tournament Champion North Dakota State (Feb. 27) at 4 p.m. The women will take on the Wyoming Cowgirls on (Dec. 9) at 12 p.m.
Vic Lombardi and Greg Lackey will return to call all of the Denver men’s basketball action. Lombardi will handle the play-by-play action and Lackey will provide the game analysis. The women’s broadcast team will be announced at a later date.
Please see the complete broadcast schedule below.
ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain is the television home of the Colorado Rockies, Utah Jazz, Mountain West, Big Sky Conference and University of Denver Athletics. The network delivers more than 350 live events each year and is available to approximately 2.5 million households across nine states including Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and parts of Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and South Dakota.
ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain is owned and operated by DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC and is now a part of the AT&T family. DIRECTV Sports Networks operates regional sports networks in the Southwest, Northwest, Pittsburgh and Rocky Mountain regions. The four networks combined reach approximately 13 million households across 22 states and have exclusive programming and distribution partnerships with more than 25 teams and conferences.
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