NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- The National Basketball Development League (NBDL) and Fox Sports Net South have announced an agreement for a live telecast package of 19 games during the league's inaugural season to air across FSN South's seven-state viewership territory, which includes seven of the eight cities with NBDL teams.

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All of Fox Sports Net South's NBDL telecasts will be featured on weekends and/or in evening time slots, including 12 Saturday dates, four Sunday dates and seven evening telecasts. The FSN South telecasts tip off on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m. ET when the Roanoke Dazzle host the Mobile Revelers, and run through Saturday, March 23, when Mobile hosts the Columbus Riverdragons at 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET.

"Fox Sports Net South is the premier regional sports programmer in the Southeastern United States and the perfect platform for us to showcase our athletes and our game," said Rob Levine, Senior Vice President of New League Development, NBA.

"We are pleased to partner with the NBA and the NBDL in this unique programming endeavor," said Hunter Nickell, Fox Sports Net Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fox Sports Net South. "We believe these NBDL telecasts are a solid complement to the respective 30-game telecast packages we have with our longtime NBA partners, the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets."

FOX SPORTS NET SOUTH 2001-02 NBDL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (local)
Sunday, Nov. 18 Mobile at Roanoke 6 p.m. ET
Sunday, Nov. 25 Roanoke at Asheville 4 p.m. ET
Friday, Dec. 7 Huntsville at Fayetteville 7 p.m. ET
Saturday, Dec. 8 N. Charleston at Columbus 4 p.m. ET
Saturday, Dec. 15 Columbus at Huntsville 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, Dec. 22 N. Charleston at Asheville 5 p.m. ET
Sunday, Dec. 30 Huntsville at Roanoke 3 p.m. ET
Tuesday, Jan. 1 Asheville at Greenville 7 p.m. ET
Saturday, Jan. 12 Mobile at Huntsville 2 p.m. CT
Saturday, Jan. 19 Fayetteville at Huntsville 2 p.m. CT
Saturday, Jan. 26 Huntsville at Asheville Noon ET
Saturday, Feb. 2 Mobile at Fayetteville 7:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, Feb. 9 Columbus at Greenville Noon ET
Saturday, Feb. 16 Mobile at N. Charleston 3 p.m. ET
Saturday, Feb. 23 Mobile at Greenville 2 p.m. ET
Wednesday, March 6 Huntsville at N. Charleston 7 p.m. ET
Sunday, March 10 Roanoke at Fayetteville 4 p.m. ET
Saturday, March 16 Columbus at Huntsville 4 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 23 Columbus at Mobile 6:30 p.m. CT

NBDL Asheville Altitude Columbus Riverdragons
Fayetteville Patriots Greenville Groove
Huntsville Flight Mobile Revelers
North Charleston Lowgators Roanoke Dazzle

NBDL Fast Facts
  • New Development League of the NBA
  • Eight Teams based in the Southeast
  • Tipoff mid-November
  • Playoffs start in March
  • Broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2