Oct. 25, 2001

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The 2002 Patriot League television basketball package, now in its fifth year, features a multi-game schedule Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich announced today.

The League-produced men's and women's basketball television package includes seven regular season men's games, two regular season women's game, four men's and selected women's tournament games, including the women's championship final.

Serving as the play-by-play commentator for the men's and women's games will be Jack Corrigan. The League is in the process of finalizing the color commentators for the entire package and will release the broadcast teams later this fall.

The entire 2002 Patriot League TV package, regular-season and tournament, is attached.

The Patriot League, an NCAA Division I athletics conference founded on the principle of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic excellence. Participation in intercollegiate athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of the undergraduate experience. A successful Division I-AA football conference since 1986 and an all-sport conference since 1990, membership includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy, while seven additional institutions hold associate membership. Patriot League member institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation, graduating alumni who are well prepared for life with the ability to make meaningful contributions to their community and society in general. In the most recent NCAA Graduation Rate Report of student-athletes, the Patriot League ranked FIRST among NCAA Division I conferences.

2002 Patriot League Basketball TV Regular-Season Schedule