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ESPNU to feature HBCU Sports Action on
MLK Holiday
January 11, 2006
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day, ESPNU will televise more  than 24 hours
of programming featuring Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with live
basketball games and a Cram Session with other
sports.
Coverage will begin Sunday, Jan. 15 when NCAA
Division II Men’s Basketball Champion
Virginia Union hosts fellow CIAA member Virginia
State live at 8 p.m., followed by a 12-hour
HBCU Cram Session from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. Monday,
Jan. 16. Beginning at noon, the 24-hour college
sports network will air six consecutive HBCU
college basketball games.
ESPN2 will also air
an HBCU matchup featuring Bethune Cookman at
North Carolina A&T at noon on Monday:
ESPNU MLK DAY SCHEDULE
| Date |
Game |
Time (ET) |
Network |
| Sunday, Jan. 15 |
CIAA Men’s Basketball
Virginia State at Virginia Union |
8 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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| HBCU CRAM SESSION |
| Sunday, Jan. 15 |
Walt Disney World Florida Classic
Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman |
10 p.m. |
ESPNU |
| Monday, Jan. 16 |
SWAC Women’s Soccer Championship
Mississippi Valley St. vs. Jackson St. |
1 a.m. |
ESPNU |
|
MEAC Round-Up Women’s Volleyball
North Carolina A&T vs. Hampton |
3 a.m. |
ESPNU |
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2005 SWAC Football Championship
Alabama A&M at Grambling |
5 a.m. |
ESPNU |
|
MEAC Men’s Basketball
Howard at Hampton |
8 a.m. |
ESPNU |
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| HBCU MLK Day College Basketball |
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MEAC Men’s Basketball
Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina A&T |
12 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
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SWAC Men’s Basketball
Alcorn State at Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
12 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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MEAC Men’s Basketball
Delaware State at Md.-Eastern Shore |
2 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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SIAC Men’s Basketball
Stillman at Tuskegee |
4 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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MEAC Men’s Basketball
Norfolk State at Morgan State |
6 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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SWAC Men’s Basketball
Texas Southern at Jackson State |
8 p.m. |
ESPNU |
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MEAC Women’s Basketball
Delaware State at Md.-Eastern Shore |
10 p.m. |
ESPNU
(tape-delayed) |
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