Head Coach & Players from Every SEC Basketball Team Visit SEC Network This Week

SEC Network, the 24/7 network devoted to the Southeastern Conference and operated by ESPN, will tipoff the men's and women's basketball season with coaches and players live from the network's studios in Charlotte, N.C. today, Oct. 21, and tomorrow, Oct. 22.

The network's previews begin with every women's head basketball coach and select student-athletes from all 14 SEC teams appearing in-studio on October 21 and coverage airing during SEC Now, 7-9 p.m. ET. The following day, every men's head basketball coach and select student-athletes from each team will visit the studios. Coverage of the men's visit will air on October 22 during SEC Now, 9-11 p.m. ESPNU will also cover the men's coaches visit to the Charlotte studios during their ESPNU Media Days Special from 3-4 p.m.

This will mark the first time SEC basketball coaches have visited the SEC Network studios. Footage and interviews from two days will be used throughout the basketball season in addition to the previews and interviews airing in SEC Now. Highlights include:

Coaches Roundtable: SEC coaches discuss the state of college basketball and the season ahead with analyst Jay Bilas (men's roundtable) and Maria Taylor (women's roundtable)

Previews: coaches and select-student athletes sit down to discuss their upcoming season

On the Court: SEC student-athletes join ESPN and SEC Network analysts on the basketball court to demonstrate technique

Coaches Clicker: SEC head coaches break down game film, providing insight into the X's and O's of the game.

SEC Network will carry more than 70 women's basketball games and 118 men's games this season. The network will also nationally televise the First Rounds, Second Rounds and Quarterfinals of the SEC Men's & Women's Basketball Tournament.

The SEC Network

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have signed a 20-year agreement through 2034 to create and operate a multiplatform network which will launch August 14, 2014. The new network and its accompanying digital platform will carry SEC content 24/7 including more than 1,000 events in its first year. The network will televise 45 SEC football games, more than 100 men's basketball games, 60 women's basketball games, 75 baseball games, and events from across the SEC's 21 sports annually. Programming will also include in-depth commentary and analysis in studio shows, daily news and information, original content such as SEC Storied, spring football games, and more. AT&T U-verse® TV, Bright House Networks, Charter, Comcast Xfinity TV, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH, Google Fiber, LUS Fiber, Mediacom, PTC Communications, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable, Wilkes Telephone, and members of the NCTC, NRTC and NTTC and will carry the television network nationwide at launch. Hundreds of additional live events from various sports will be offered exclusively as SEC Network+ events on WatchESPN and SECNetwork.com through authenticated access from AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DISH, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, and members of the NCTC, NRTC and NTTC.

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