2012-13 SEC Basketball Schedule Released

From the SEC Media Relations:

Birmingham, Ala. -- The 2013 season will usher in a new era in Southeastern Conference men's basketball as the league welcomes Missouri and Texas A&M while also returning to an 18-game league schedule. The SEC unveiled its 2013 composite league schedule Friday with each of the 126 contests being broadcast live.

Almost half of the SEC's league games will be distributed nationally with ESPN or ESPN2 televising 31 contests, ESPNUshowing 18 and CBS Sports five.  Additionally, nine games will be offered on ESPN3. The SEC's games on ESPN platforms  are exclusively branded as the "SECon ESPN."

Regionally-syndicated games will be televised on the SECNetwork as part of ESPN Regional Television (ERT). The SECNetwork will televise 40 intra-conference games while Fox Sports Net will show 13 contests and CSS 10. The majority of games not televised nationally will be available as a part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball out-of-market service, and on ESPN3. In addition, ERTwill produce and distribute a studio show each Saturday afternoon during conference play and at the SECTournament.

The SECBasketball Tournament semifinals and championship game will be broadcast nationally on ABC. The SECNetwork will televise the tournament games on Wednesday and Thursday in addition to the Friday night games. ESPNU will televise the two afternoon games on Friday at the tournament which this year will be played March 13-17 in Nashville, Tenn.

2013 SEC Men's Basketball Conference Schedule

Date      Day        Teams   Time (ET)             Television

Jan. 8     Tue        Alabama at Missouri       7:00 p.m.             ESPN & ESPN3
Jan. 8     Tue        Arkansas at Texas A&M                9:00 p.m.             ESPNU & ESPN3
Jan. 9     Wed      Georgia at Florida            7:00 p.m.             CSS & ESPN3
Jan. 9     Wed      Ole Miss at Tennessee  8:00 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 9     Wed      South Carolina at Mississippi State           8:00 p.m.             ESPN3
Jan. 9     Wed      LSU at Auburn   9:00 p.m.             CSS & ESPN3
Jan. 10  Thur       Kentucky at Vanderbilt  9:00 p.m.             ESPN/2 & ESPN3

Date      Day        Teams   Time (ET)             Television

Jan. 12  Sat          Tennessee at Alabama  1:00 p.m.             ESPN2 & ESPN3
Jan. 12  Sat          Auburn at South Carolina             1:30 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 12  Sat          Mississippi State at Georgia         1:30 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 12  Sat          Florida at LSU     4:00 p.m.             ESPNU
Jan. 12  Sat          Texas A&M at Kentucky                4:00 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 12  Sat          Vanderbilt at Arkansas  6:00 p.m.             FSN & ESPN3
Jan. 12  Sat          Missouri at Ole Miss       8:00 p.m.             FSN & ESPN3

Date      Day        Teams   Time (ET)             Television

Jan. 15  Tue        Tennessee at Kentucky 7:00 p.m.             ESPN & ESPN3
Jan. 15  Tue        Ole Miss at Vanderbilt   9:00 p.m.             ESPNU
Jan. 16  Wed      Auburn at Arkansas        8:00 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 16  Wed      Georgia at Missouri         8:00 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 16  Wed      Alabama at Mississippi State       9:00 p.m.             CSS & ESPN3
Jan. 16  Wed      South Carolina at LSU     TBD        ESPN3
Jan. 17  Thur       Florida at Texas A&M     7:00 p.m.             ESPN/2 & ESPN3

Date      Day        Teams   Time (ET)             Television

Jan. 19  Sat          Arkansas at Ole Miss      1:30 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 19  Sat          Vanderbilt at South Carolina       1:30 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
Jan. 19  Sat          Missouri at Florida           2:00 p.m.             ESPN & ESPN3
Jan. 19  Sat          Mississippi State at Tennessee  4:00 p.m.             SEC Network & ESPN3
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