MIAMI (Oct. 22, 2019) - The FIU men's basketball team will be seen a minimum of 16 times on national television or digital platforms during the 2019-20 season, as was announced by the school and Conference USA office at this year's Media Day. 

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The Panthers will make one appearance on SEC Network Plus to open the season, when FIU visits Mississippi State on Tuesday, Nov. 5 for an 8 p.m. ET tip. FIU will also appear on the Big Ten Network to close out the non-conference slate when the Panthers travel to Minnesota on Saturday, Dec. 28. Tipoff will be either 2 or 4 p.m. ET. In C-USA play, FIU's Jan. 23 road trip to Old Dominion (7 p.m.) will air on ESPNU, while the Panthers' home contest against WKU (12 p.m.) on Feb. 1 will be broadcast on Stadium. 

In addition, currently 12 FIU games will air on ESPN3 or ESPN+ beginning with the Panthers' C-USA opener at home against UTEP on Thursday, Jan. 2. Tipoff between the Panthers and Miners is set for noon ET. In total there will be six games aired on the ESPN platforms at home, with UTSA (Jan. 4 at 7 p.m.), UAB (Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.), Middle Tennessee (Jan. 18 at 7 p.m.), Marshall (Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.) and FAU (Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.) all airing on ESPN3 or ESPN+. 

For the road slate, the Panthers will be featured on ESPN3 or ESPN+ six times. North Texas (Jan. at 8 p.m.), Rice (Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.), Charlotte (Jan. 25 at 4 p.m.), FAU (Feb. 8 at 4 p.m.), Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m.) and Southern Miss (Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.) will round out the TV slate. 

Over 125 nationally-televised or digital offerings featuring Conference USA men's basketball on its home floors will be a part of the league's 2019-20 initial broadcast schedule. National games will be televised on CBS Sports Network, Stadium and ESPNU. Contests will also stream on digital platforms Stadium, ESPN3, ESPN+ and Facebook – through CBS Sports Network. Additional coverage of C-USA basketball will be available on CUSA.tv, the league's official streaming portal.

Stadium will air 21 total C-USA games, including five bonus play matchups and all four of the C-USA Championship quarterfinal matches. Like CBS Sports Network, Stadium will partner with Facebook to bring nine games to fans through the social media platform. The ESPN networks will boast over 85 of the league's home contests with the vast majority featured on ESPN+, the industry-leading direct-to-consumer streaming service. New this season, ESPN will also broadcast five games on ESPNU.

The 2018-19 season was one of the most successful in school history for the FIU men's basketball program, as head coach Jeremy Ballard led the squad to a 20-win season in just his first year with the Panthers. FIU advanced to its second postseason appearance in program history and its first since taking part in the 1995 NCAA Tournament against UCLA, as the Panthers earned the program's first postseason win after downing Texas State in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament. 

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