CLEVELAND – Providing the best in local sports programming, FOX Sports Net announced today a seven-game Cleveland State University Vikings basketball schedule for the 2000-01 season. Steve Liverani, senior vice president and general manager, FOX Sports Net Ohio, made the announcement.
The Vikings tip-off on FOX Sports Net Sunday, November 19 (2:00 PM) as Cleveland State hosts Yale.
“This is an exciting season for Vikings basketball on FOX Sports Net,” said Liverani. “We’re glad to have the opportunity to provide live coverage of match-ups between Cleveland State and other regional colleges.”
During the second half of the FOX Sports Net schedule, fans will find the Vikings matched up against Detroit on Saturday, January 20 (2:00 PM), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Monday, February 5 (7:00 PM) and finally, UW-Milwaukee on Thursday, February 22 (8:00 PM).
FOX Sports Net Ohio is available to four million households in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
FOX Sports Net Ohio is owned and managed by Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Rainbow Sports has dedicated itself to “Home Team” fans for more than 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow Media’s sports assets, including the Madison Square Garden Properties, its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising, and the ownership and management of FOX Sports Net regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets – Chicago, New England, New York, Ohio, and San Francisco. Rainbow also owns a minority stake in SportsChannel Florida.
FOX Sports Net reaches more than 68 million home nationwide and serves as the first truly national, regional, and local supplier of sports programming.
*Schedule subject to change
*Live games in bold
2000-01 Cleveland State University Men’s Basketball on FOX Sports Net Ohio
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (EST) |
| Sun. November 19 | Yale | 2:00 PM |
| Sat. December 2 | @Sienna | 1:00 PM |
| Tues. December 19 | Florida State University | 7:00 PM |
| Thurs. January 4 | Loyola-Chicago | 7:00 PM |
| Sat. January 20 | Detroit | 2:00 PM |
| Mon. February 5 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 7:00 PM |
| Thurs. February 22 | @ UW-Milwaukee | 8:00 PM |
Contact:
Steve Pawlowksi
216-328-0333
sjpawlowski@rainbow-media.com