Oct. 5, 2006
Columbia, Mo. - The University of Missouri Men's Basketball program is going world wide ... web. The Tigers' initial road game of the Mike Anderson Era, a Dec. 9 contest at Purdue, will be carried live on ESPN360.com, ESPN's new multi-featured Internet broadband service.
Game time between the Tigers and Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind., is scheduled for 1 p.m. (CT).
ESPN360 was launched in January 2005 and is a free service to fans that receive high-speed broadband service through an ESPN-affiliated provider. Current ESPN-affiliated broadband service providers include: Verizon, Beld, Bend, Braintree Electric and Light, Charter, Citizens Communications, Conway Communications, Entouch, Grande Communications, Iowa Network Services, Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, Margaretville Telephone Company, MediaCom, Mid-Hudson Cablevision, Spencer Municipal Utilities, Starstream Communications, Susquehanna Communications and US Cable.
If your broadband service provider isn't currently listed, please contact them and ask for ESPN360, or log on to www.ESPN360.com. Due to broadcast rights issues, the game will not be available via Mizzou All-Access.
Fans anxious to get their first look at Head Coach Mike Anderson and the 2006-07 Tigers can do so on Friday, Oct. 13, when the Tigers host Mizzou Madness at Mizzou Arena. The Midnight Madness-style event is scheduled for 9 p.m. following the annual Rockbridge-Hickman football game at Memorial Stadium / Faurot Field. Admission (and parking) at Mizzou Madness is free to the general public, but the Department of Athletics is teaming up with the Central Missouri Food Bank and asks fans to donate one canned (food) item per person upon entrance. Collection bins will be available at the doors. Doors to Mizzou Madness open at 8 p.m.
In addition to Mizzou Madness, Men's Basketball will host its annual Black and Gold Scrimmage on Friday, Oct. 27, the night before the Tigers tangle with the Oklahoma Sooners at Memorial Stadium / Faurot Field. The Black and Gold Scrimmage will be a dress rehearsal for Mizzou one week before the squad opens exhibition play on Nov. 3 against Missouri-Rolla. Game time for the Black and Gold Scrimmage is set for 7 p.m. Admission is $5, but a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Boys and Girls Club of Columbia and Coaches vs. Cancer.
Season tickets for Mizzou Basketball are now on sale. Fans should call the Mizzou Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-CAT-PAWS for more information.
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