Obviously, this is just their 2012-2013 schedule...but if the NHL keeps games on Monday & Wednesday especially (unless their West Coast games...which could happen), might be hard to NBC Sports to end up with Tier 1 Big East Hoop package.

From press release below:

Throughout the season, NBC Sports Group once again will offer hockey fans in the U.S. more than 100 games across NBC and NBC Sports Network. NBC Sports Network will air NHL games three consecutive nights each week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday nights will be exclusive, and in January, NBC Sports Network will add a second exclusive night on Sundays, giving NHL fans four straight nights of hockey action. The network will include a live pre-game (NHL Live) and post-game (NHL Overtime) show before and after every telecast. NBC Sports Network also will televise NHL All-Star Weekend live from Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25-27, 2013. Coverage includes the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft, NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the NHL All-Star Game.


Winners/Losers in NBC Sports NHL 2012-2013 package
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-d...--nhl.html

This is not a change. It's been like that. It has been discussed before. If NBC has BE Hoops, they will have to utilize additional partners to handle the number of games. But NBC/Comcast also have two other widely distrubuted networks that can be utilized, and could always (and likely) partner with Turner or CBS.

(09-01-2012 11:08 AM)adcorbett Wrote:  This is not a change. It's been like that. It has been discussed before. If NBC has BE Hoops, they will have to utilize additional partners to handle the number of games. But NBC/Comcast also have two other widely distrubuted networks that can be utilized, and could always (and likely) partner with Turner or CBS.

Re: NBC/Comcast, which other channels would they use? MSNBC? If you are thinking USA, you might want to reconsider. They didn't carry a single hour of Olympic programming and I'm not sure that they'd carry Big East programming.

This doesn't mean much. The Big East can do an ESPN package with Monday and Wednesday games, while CBS retains Sunday, and NBC fits in games on other days. There won't really be Tier 1 or Tier 2 basketball rights, but more like multiple packages, tailored to make sure all games played by all 18 teams are televised.