Sept. 24, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -

The Mountain West Conference announced its 2008-09 men's basketball television schedule today. This season's slate features a minimum of 100 games on national television, with at least 75 broadcasts on The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network, 17 on CBS College Sports Network and eight on VERSUS. Sixty-four of the 72 conference match-ups, and all eight MWC Championship contests are included in the television package. The Conference anticipates adding more non-conference road appearances and game times to the broadcast schedule once those are determined by the television partners of MWC opponents.

The Mountain West Conference will begin its 10th season of basketball competition on Friday, November 14 with a six-game schedule. Conference play tips off Saturday, January 3, 2009, with San Diego State at Air Force, Colorado State at TCU, New Mexico at UNLV and Wyoming at Utah.

Now in its third year, The Mtn. was the first 24-hour sports network devoted exclusively to a single conference. In addition to live game coverage, fans get a comprehensive array of news, features, and analysis about their favorite MWC teams and players. The Mtn.'s anchors and reporters provide viewers with extensive pre-game, halftime, and post-game coverage, and weekly and seasonal analysis and wrap-ups. The Mtn. also takes fans off the court and behind the scenes with coverage of the latest stats, press conferences, coaching developments, student-athlete features and more.

Currently, The Mtn. is carried nationally by DIRECTV (Channel 616) and 29 cable operators representing over 200 municipalities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. CBS College Sports Network (Channel 613) and VERSUS (Channel 603) are also available nationally on DIRECTV. Please go to http://themwc.cstv.com/tv/mwc-tv.html for the most up-to-date television broadcast information.

Following is a listing of the 2008-09 men's basketball televised games:

2008-09 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL TELEVISION PACKAGE (as of 9/24/08)
Date	Game	Time	Broadcast
Saturday, November 15	San Diego at UNLV	2:30 p.m. PT
Tuesday, November 18	Arizona State at San Diego State	8 p.m. PT
Wednesday, November 19	Nebraska at TCU	7 p.m. CT
Saturday, November 22	Minnesota at Colorado State	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, November 26	SMU at TCU	7:30 p.m. CT
Friday, November 28	Utah at Missouri State	7 p.m. CT
Saturday, November 29	Denver at Wyoming	4 p.m. MT
Tuesday, December 2	Nevada, Reno at Colorado State	7 p.m. MT
Wednesday, December 3	Oregon at Utah	7 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 6	Southern Mississippi at New Mexico	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 6	San Diego at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
Monday, December 8	Wichita State at TCU	8 p.m. CT
Wednesday, December 10	California at Utah	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, December 10	Boise State at BYU	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 13	Mississippi at New Mexico	2 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 13	Portland at BYU	8 p.m. MT
Sunday, December 14	Stanford at Colorado State	5 p.m. MT
Wednesday, December 17	Oral Roberts at New Mexico	6:30 p.m. MT
Wednesday, December 17	Santa Clara at UNLV	7:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, December 20	Arizona at UNLV	12 p.m. PT
Saturday, December 20	UC Santa Barbara at San Diego State	1 p.m. PT
Saturday, December 20	Weber State at Utah	4 p.m. MT
Tuesday, December 23	New Mexico State at New Mexico	6:30 p.m. MT
Tuesday, December 23	Southern Utah at UNLV	7:30 p.m. PT
Wednesday, December 31	Stony Brook at Air Force	3 p.m. MT
Wednesday, December 31	Gonzaga at Utah	6 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 3	Wake Forest at BYU	6 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 3	New Mexico at UNLV	7:30 p.m. PT
Tuesday, January 6	LSU at Utah	7 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 10	BYU at Colorado State	1 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 10	Utah at San Diego State	1 p.m. PT
Saturday, January 10	UNLV at TCU	4:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, January 10	Air Force at New Mexico	7:30 p.m. MT
Tuesday, January 13	TCU at BYU	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, January 14	San Diego State at Wyoming	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, January 14	Utah at Air Force	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 17	TCU at Air Force	1 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 17	BYU at New Mexico	2 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 17	Colorado State at Utah	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 17	Wyoming at UNLV	7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, January 20	Air Force at Colorado State	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, January 21	Wyoming at TCU	7 p.m. CT
Wednesday, January 21	New Mexico at San Diego State	7:30 p.m. PT
Wednesday, January 21 UNLV	at BYU	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 24	Utah at UNLV	1 p.m. PT
Saturday, January 24	Colorado State at Wyoming	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 24	San Diego State at BYU	7 p.m. MT
Tuesday, January 27	Air Force at Wyoming	6 p.m. MT
Tuesday, January 27	BYU at Utah	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, January 28	TCU at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
Wednesday, January 28	Colorado State at New Mexico	7:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 31	New Mexico at Utah	1:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 31	UNLV at Air Force	2 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 31	Wyoming at BYU	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, January 31	San Diego State at Colorado State	7 p.m. MT
Tuesday, February 3	BYU at Air Force	6 p.m. MT
Tuesday, February 3	San Diego State at UNLV	7:30 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 3	Wyoming at New Mexico	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 4	Utah at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, February 7	Utah at Wyoming	2 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 7	UNLV at New Mexico	6 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 7	Air Force at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
Saturday, February 7	TCU at Colorado State	7 p.m. MT
Tuesday, February 10	TCU at UNLV	7 p.m. PT
Wednesday, February 11	Colorado State at BYU	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 11	New Mexico at Air Force	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 11	San Diego State at Utah	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 14	Air Force at Utah	2 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 14	BYU at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, February 14	Wyoming at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 17	New Mexico at BYU	8 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 18	Utah at Colorado State	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 18	UNLV at Wyoming	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 21	San Diego State at New Mexico	1 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 21	TCU at Wyoming	1:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 21	Colorado State at Air Force	7 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 21	BYU at UNLV	8 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 24	TCU at New Mexico	6:30 p.m. MT
Tuesday, February 24	BYU at San Diego State	7:30 p.m. PT
Wednesday, February 25	Wyoming at Colorado State	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, February 25	UNLV at Utah	8 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 28	Utah at BYU	3 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 28	Wyoming at Air Force	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, February 28	San Diego State at TCU	7:30 p.m. MT
Tuesday, March 3	Utah at New Mexico	7 p.m. MT
Wednesday, March 4	BYU at Wyoming	6 p.m. MT
Wednesday, March 4	Air Force at UNLV	7 p.m. PT
Wednesday, March 4	Colorado State at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 7	New Mexico at Wyoming	1:30 p.m. MT
Saturday, March 7	TCU at Utah	4 p.m. MT
Saturday, March 7	Air Force at BYU	7 p.m. MT
Saturday, March 7	UNLV at San Diego State	7 p.m. PT
2009 CONOCO MWC MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Date	Game	Time	Broadcast
Wednesday, March 11	MWC Men's First Round (#8 vs. #9)	2 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 12	MWC Men's Quarterfinal #1	12 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 12	MWC Men's Quarterfinal #2	2:30 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 12	MWC Men's Quarterfinal #3	6 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 12	MWC Men's Quarterfinal #4	8:30 p.m. PT
Friday, March 13	MWC Men's Semifinal #1	6 p.m. PT
Friday, March 13	MWC Men's Semifinal #2	8:30 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 14	MWC Men's Championship Game	4 p.m. PT

About The Mountain West Conference
From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West Conference (www.themwc.com) has been committed to excellence in intercollegiate athletics, while promoting the academic missions of its member institutions. The Mountain West Conference is comprised of nine Division I institutions: The United States Air Force Academy, Brigham Young University, Colorado State University, the University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, TCU, UNLV, the University of Utah and the University of Wyoming.

About the MountainWest Sports Network
The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network premiered on September 1, 2006 as the first network dedicated to a college athletic conference - the Division I Mountain West Conference (MWC). The Mtn. annually covers more than 200 collegiate sporting events, including football, basketball, Olympic sports, and conference championship coverage. The Mtn. also provides news programming, coaches' shows, pre- and post-game analysis and feature programming about MWC athletics. The Mtn. is jointly owned by Comcast and CBS College Sports Network. For more information, visit www.themtn.tv.

About CBS College Sports Network
CBS College Sports Network, the leading digital media company devoted exclusively to college athletics, is a division of CBS Sports. Formerly known as CSTV, CBS College Sports Network was acquired by CBS Corporation in January 2006 and rebranded in February of 2008. Its many platforms for distribution include CBS College Sports Network, a national cable network, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; a network of approximately 215 official athletic websites; CBS College Sports Network XXL and All Access, broadband services providing live and streaming audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more.

About VERSUS
VERSUS celebrates real competition in all its forms across all platforms (VERSUS.com, VERSUS on Demand and VERSUS HD). Now in more than 74 million homes, the network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events such as The Tour de France, Davis Cup Tennis, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Professional Boxing. The network also offers collegiate sports featuring nationally-ranked teams from top conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12 and Mountain West. VERSUS features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.

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