Virginia Spring Sports on “ESPNU”VA

Now that the Super Bowl is over, my attention is now with UVA basketball and spring sports. While the #19 men’s basketball team is in the middle of the ACC schedule, Virginia’s spring sports are about to begin as well. The preseason #1 lacrosse team will begin their title defense against #20 Drexel 2/18 while #23 baseball hopes to return to the College World Series beginning on 2/17. Meanwhile the #2 tennis team started play last week, but takes a hiatus for the indoor championships before resuming on 2/26. Don’t worry about checking your local TV listings, because the lacrosse and baseball teams will be nationally televised on ESPN’s family of networks 15 times in the regular season with 10-20 more times possible in the postseason. Here is a quick glance of the TV schedule:

Lacrosse:

2/25-Stony Brook-ESPN3

3/4-Syracuse-ESPN

3/10-Cornell-ESPNU

3/24-Johns Hopkins-ESPNU

3/31-Maryland-ESPNU

4/7-UNC-ESPN

4/13-Duke-ESPNU

4/20-22-ACC Tourny-ESPNU

4/27-Penn-ESPN3

5/12-NCAA First Rd-ESPNU

Baseball:

3/17-FSU-ESPNU

3/18-FSU-ESPN3

3/19-FSU-ESPNU

4/9-Wake Forest-ESPNU

4/28-Miami-ESPN3

4/30-Miami-ESPNU

5/12-GT-ESPN3

Virginia is going to be on ESPNU 10 times between 3/10 and 4/30? Might as well start calling the network ESPNUVA.