Sept. 24, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford basketball team's game at the College of Charleston on Feb. 6 will be featured as the Southern Conference's SportSouth Game of the Week, it was officially announced Thursday. The 3 p.m. (CST) matchup is slated to be one of 14 SoCon games to be highlighted on either SportSouth or FOX Sports South this season.

SportSouth and the Southern Conference announced Thursday their 2009-10 basketball television schedule, which includes 14 men's and five women's games. SportSouth will televise 15 games, with an additional four games scheduled to air on FOX Sports South. The SoCon Saturdays brand, utilized to promote Southern Conference programming on SportSouth, returns for the 2009-10 SoCon basketball schedule, as all 10 regular-season games will be televised on Saturdays.

SportSouth's coverage of SoCon basketball begins with a men's contest between Appalachian State and Davidson on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. (CST). The women's basketball schedule opens on Saturday, Jan. 16 with game one of a SoCon doubleheader when Chattanooga hosts Western Carolina at 11 a.m. (CST). Game two features the Chattanooga men's squad and the College of Charleston at 1:30 p.m. (CST) following women's basketball action.

The men's schedule includes 10 conference games and four contests pitting SoCon teams against ACC opponents, as well as both semifinal matchups from the 2010 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C.

SportSouth will televise both semifinal games and the championship from the 2010 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament also in Charlotte. In addition, SportSouth will televise two regular-season contests as part of doubleheaders with SoCon men's games.

ABOUT THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
The Southern Conference, in its 89th season of intercollegiate competition, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and helping build lifelong leaders and role models. The conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first conference basketball tournament (1921), tackling the issues of freshman eligibility (1922), developing women's championships (1984) to becoming the first conference to install the three-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer. The Southern Conference is the nation's fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association.

The conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships.

ABOUT SPORTSOUTH
The regional sports networks serving the Southeast - FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Carolinas and FOX Sports Tennessee - collectively reach more than 12.6 million cable and satellite television households in seven states in the Southeast and are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and the Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Southeastern Conference.

SportSouth reaches more than 9.4 million homes in six Southeastern states and is the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers and Southern Conference. SportSouth also offers expanded coverage of the University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year.

2009-10 Samford Basketball Schedule