By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY,
Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The 2011-12
television and radio schedules for the Green Bay men's and women's basketball
teams will include a total of 13 games televised on Time Warner Sports32, Green
Bay Director of Athletics Ken Bothof and Time Warner Sports32 general
manager Mark Strachota announced Wednesday.
On the men's side, home games
against UIC (Dec. 1), Valparaiso (Jan. 26) and Cleveland State (Feb. 21) and
road contests at Butler (Dec. 29) and at UIC (Feb. 25) will be broadcast with
Green Bay's crew. Chris Roth
(play-by-play) will serve as the play-by-play announcer for all five contests
while Jeff Nordgaard will be the
color analyst for the three home games. Nordgaard is a Phoenix Hall of Famer
who is the program's third all-time leading scorer, tallying 1,911 points from
1992-96.
In addition, road games at Marquette (Dec. 10) and
Milwaukee (Jan. 7) will be televised by Sports32 using the home teams' respective
crews. Two Horizon League Network Games of the Week featuring Green Bay - home games
against Wright State (Jan. 14) and Milwaukee (Feb. 4) - will also be shown on
Sports32.
The men's basketball team will also appear on
television on at least six other occasions, including five on the ESPN family
of networks. The games include a home game against Butler (ESPNU, Jan. 28) and away
games at Virginia (ESPNU, Nov. 25), Wisconsin (ESPN3.com, Dec. 7), Cleveland
State (ESPNU or ESPN3, Jan. 20), Wright State (ESPNU or ESPN3, Feb. 10) and
Detroit (Fox Sports Detroit, Feb. 12).
Roth will also serve as the play-by-play announcer for
three women's basketball home games and will be joined on the broadcast by Mary Kulenkamp-Simonsen, who played for
the Phoenix from 2001-05. The duo will broadcast games against Marquette (Dec.
2), Milwaukee (Feb. 4) and Detroit (Feb. 9). The team's away contest at
Milwaukee (Jan. 7) will also be televised on Sports32.
Radio broadcasts of the entire schedule of home and
away games for both programs will be carried live by The Fan WDUZ 107.5 FM and
1400 AM. Matt Menzl and Cordero Barkley will be the
play-by-play and color analysts, respectively for the home games while Andrew Gavin will handle the color
duties on the road. Barkley played for the Phoenix during current head coach Brian Wardle's tenure as an assistant
coach from 2005-10. Bruce VandenPlas will broadcast the women's
games at home and on the road.
Both teams will have one final tune-up before the
2011-12 season gets underway. The men's team will play on Friday at 7 p.m.
against Lawrence at the Kress Events Center while the women's team hosts
Cedarville Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets for the men's contest are just $10 for
adults and $7 for youth while tickets for the women's game are just $5.
The 2011-12 men's schedule officially gets underway on Friday, Nov. 11 when
Green Bay hosts the University of Mary at 7 p.m. at the Resch Center. The 2011-12
women's basketball schedule also begins on Nov. 11 when the Phoenix plays
at North Dakota State at 7 p.m.
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