ESPN has finalized the network and time assignments for the inaugural BIG EAST/SEC Challenge
All 12 games will be played at home sites with each conference hosting six games a year. SEC teams will alternate home and away games. Twelve of the 16 BIG EAST teams (17 teams in the second year) will participate each year. The event title will alternate to the SEC/BIG EAST Challenge in 2012 and be played Thursday, Nov. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 1.
2011 BIG EAST/SEC Challenge schedule:
Date Time (ET) Game Network
Thu, Dec 1
7 p.m. Providence at South Carolina ESPNU
7:30 p.m. St. John’s at No. 2 Kentucky ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Mississippi at DePaul ESPNU
9:30 p.m. Georgetown at No. 14 Alabama ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Fri, Dec 2
6:30 p.m. No. 12 Florida at No. 4 Syracuse ESPN / ESPN3.com
7 p.m. No. 19 Cincinnati at Georgia ESPNU
8:30 p.m. No. 7 Vanderbilt at No. 9 Louisville ESPN / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Auburn at Seton Hall ESPNU
Sat, Dec 3
3:15 p.m. Arkansas at No. 6 Connecticut ESPN / ESPN3.com
5:15 p.m. No. 17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee ESPN / ESPN3.com
7 p.m. LSU at Rutgers ESPNU
9 p.m. West Virginia at Mississippi State ESPNU
