All 135 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season league games and each of the 14 ACC Tournament games are slated to be televised on an ESPN network, the ACC Network, CBS Sports, or on one of the league’s 10 regional cable networks in a schedule released by Commissioner John Swofford on Thursday.
Of the 149 games, 83 will be aired nationally. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise 78 contests, including all 14 ACC Tournament games while CBS Sports will televise five contests. The ACC Network will carry 52 league matchups, including the ACC Tournament in its entirety, while the Regional Sports Network will air 28 games.
The schedule also includes two Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecasts and stops by College GameDay Covered by State Farm: Duke at Syracuse (February 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET) and North Carolina at Duke (March 8 at 9 p.m.), both on ESPN.
All conference games carried on an ESPN network will also be available on WatchESPN. Conference games carried on the ACC Network or a regional sports network will also be available on ESPN3.
The 2013-14 slate of conference games marks the inaugural ACC campaign for Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. The ACC’s new membership further enhances a league that has historically been college basketball’s strongest.
The 15 schools that will comprise the ACC in 2013-14 have made 51 trips to the Final Four and have captured 13 NCAA National Championships. Current league members have won 22,151 games, including 532 in NCAA Tournament play and have had 681 NBA draft picks, including 221 first-round selections.
Additionally, three of the top five, four of the top 10 and five of the top 25 winningest programs in NCAA Division I basketball history currently reside in the ACC.
Three of the five active Division I coaches that have been selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim – are in the ACC. When Louisville’s Rick Pitino joins the league’s coaching ranks in 2014-15, the ACC will have four of the five active Naismith Hall of Fame coaches.
Starting with the Virginia at Duke game in Durham, N.C. on January 13, ESPN will showcase eight ACC games basketball on its weekly “Big Monday” telecast. Each “Big Monday” game is set for a 7 p.m. tip and will be televised nationally by ESPN.
The 61st annual ACC Tournament on March 12-16 will continue to be televised on a variety of ESPN platforms and the ACC Network. The Championship will begin with three first-round games on Wednesday, followed by the second round, quarterfinals, semifinals and title contest in successive days.
The ACC’s regional sports network (RSN) consists of Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports, Fox Sports Indiana, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, New England Sports Network (NESN), the YES Network, the Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) in New York and Root Sports in Pennsylvania.
A complete 2013-14 ACC basketball schedule, including non-conference games for all 15 league member institutions, will be released at a later date.
2013-14 ACC Basketball Conference Schedule
ESPN/2 denotes either ESPN or ESPN2
ACCN denotes ACC Network
RSN denotes Regional Sports Network
Sunday, Dec. 8
Virginia Tech at Miami ESPNU 12:30
Thursday, Dec. 12
Maryland at Boston College ESPNU 7:00
Saturday, Jan. 4
Pittsburgh at NC State ACCN 12:00
Georgia Tech at Maryland ACCN 2:00
Miami at Syracuse ACCN 2:00
Duke at Notre Dame CBS 4:00
Clemson at Boston College RSN 4:00
Virginia at Florida State ESPN2 5:00
Sunday, Jan. 5
North Carolina at Wake Forest ESPNU 8:00
Monday, Jan. 6
Maryland at Pittsburgh ESPN2 7:00
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Georgia Tech at Duke ESPNU 7:00
NC State at Notre Dame ACCN 9:00
Syracuse at Virginia Tech ACCN 9:00
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Wake Forest at Virginia RSN 7:00
Miami at North Carolina ESPN2 9:00
Thursday, Jan. 9
Florida State at Clemson RSN 7:00
Saturday, Jan. 11
North Carolina at Syracuse ESPN 12:00
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech ACCN 12:00
Wake Forest at Pittsburgh ACCN 12:00
Boston College at Virginia Tech RSN 12:00
Duke at Clemson RSN 2:00
Virginia at NC State ESPN2 5:00
Sunday, Jan. 12
Maryland at Florida State ESPNU 8:00
Monday, Jan. 13
Virginia at Duke ESPN 7:00
Syracuse at Boston College ESPNU 9:00
Tuesday, Jan. 14
Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech ESPNU 9:00
Wednesday, Jan. 15
Notre Dame at Maryland ESPN2 7:00
Clemson at Virginia Tech RSN 7:00
Florida State at Miami ACCN 9:00
NC State at Wake Forest ACCN 9:00
Saturday, Jan. 18
Florida State at Virginia ACCN 12:00
Boston College at North Carolina ESPN/2 12:00
NC State at Duke CBS 2:00
Miami at Georgia Tech RSN 2:00
Pittsburgh at Syracuse ESPN/2 4:00
Wake Forest at Clemson ACCN 4:00
Sunday, Jan. 19
Virginia Tech at Notre Dame ESPNU 6:00
Monday, Jan. 20
North Carolina at Virginia ESPN 7:00
Maryland at NC State ESPNU 9:00
Tuesday, Jan. 21
Clemson at Pittsburgh ACCN 8:00
Notre Dame at Florida State ACCN 8:00
Georgia Tech at Boston College ESPNU 9:00
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech RSN 7:00
Duke at Miami ESPN2 7:30
Saturday, Jan. 25
Florida State at Duke ESPN/2 12:00
Syracuse at Miami CBS 1:00
Notre Dame at Wake Forest ACCN 3:00
Virginia Tech at Virginia ACCN 3:00
Pittsburgh at Maryland ESPN2 6:00
Sunday, Jan. 26
Georgia Tech at NC State ACCN 1:00
Clemson at North Carolina ESPNU 6:00
Monday, Jan. 27
Duke at Pittsburgh ESPN 7:00
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Virginia at Notre Dame ESPNU 9:00
Wednesday, Jan. 29
North Carolina at Georgia Tech ESPN2 7:00
Virginia Tech at Boston College RSN 7:00
Florida State at NC State ACCN 9:00
Miami at Maryland ACCN 9:00
Syracuse at Wake Forest RSN 9:00
Saturday, Feb. 1
Maryland at Virginia Tech ACCN 12:00
Boston College at Notre Dame ACCN 12:00
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest RSN 12:00
NC State at North Carolina ESPN/2 2:00
Clemson at Florida State ESPN/2 4:00
Duke at Syracuse ESPN 6:30
Sunday, Feb. 2
Virginia at Pittsburgh ESPNU 12:30
Monday, Feb. 3
Notre Dame at Syracuse ESPN 7:00
Tuesday, Feb. 4
Maryland at North Carolina ACCN 8:00
Georgia Tech at Clemson ACCN 8:00
Wake Forest at Duke ESPNU 9:00
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Boston College at Virginia ESPN2 7:00
Pittsburgh at Miami RSN 7:00
Virginia Tech at Florida State RSN 9:00
Saturday, Feb. 8
North Carolina at Notre Dame ACCN 12:00
Virginia at Georgia Tech ACCN 12:00
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh RSN 12:00
NC State at Miami RSN 2:00
Florida State at Maryland ESPN2 3:00
Duke at Boston College ESPN 6:00
Sunday, Feb. 9
Clemson at Syracuse ESPNU 6:00
Monday, Feb. 10
Maryland at Virginia ESPN 7:00
Miami at Florida State ESPNU 9:00
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Wake Forest at NC State ESPNU 7:00
Clemson at Notre Dame RSN 7:00
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Syracuse at Pittsburgh ESPN/2 7:00
Boston College at Georgia Tech RSN 7:00
Duke at North Carolina ESPN/ACCN 9:00
Saturday, Feb. 15
Virginia at Clemson ESPN/2 12:00
Pittsburgh at North Carolina CBS 1:00
NC State at Syracuse ACCN 3:00
Maryland at Duke ESPN/2 6:00
Miami at Virginia Tech RSN 6:00
Florida State at Wake Forest RSN 8:00
Sunday, Feb. 16
Notre Dame at Boston College ESPNU 6:00
Monday, Feb. 17
North Carolina at Florida State ESPN 7:00
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Wake Forest at Maryland RSN 7:00
NC State at Clemson ESPNU 7:00
Duke at Georgia Tech ACCN 9:00
Virginia at Virginia Tech ACCN 9:00
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Boston College at Syracuse ESPN2 7:00
Notre Dame at Miami RSN 9:00
Saturday, Feb. 22
Boston College at Miami ACCN 12:00
Wake Forest at North Carolina ACCN 12:00
Clemson at Georgia Tech RSN 12:00
Notre Dame at Virginia ESPN/2 2:00
NC State at Virginia Tech RSN 2:00
Syracuse at Duke ESPN/2 6:00
Sunday, Feb. 23
Florida State at Pittsburgh ESPNU 6:00
Monday, Feb. 24
Syracuse at Maryland ESPN 7:00
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Virginia Tech at Duke ESPNU 7:00
Clemson at Wake Forest RSN 7:00
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Georgia Tech at Notre Dame ESPN2 7:00
Miami at Virginia RSN 7:00
North Carolina at NC State ACCN 8:00
Pittsburgh at Boston College ACCN 8:00
Saturday, March 1
Miami at NC State ACCN 12:00
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame ESPN/2 2:00
North Carolina at Virginia Tech ACCN 2:30
Syracuse at Virginia ESPN/2 4:00
Boston College at Wake Forest RSN 4:00
Sunday, March 2
Maryland at Clemson ACCN 1:00
Georgia Tech at Florida State ESPNU 6:00
Monday, March 3
Notre Dame at North Carolina ESPN 7:00
NC State at Pittsburgh ESPNU 9:00
Tuesday, March 4
Georgia Tech at Syracuse RSN 7:00
Virginia Tech at Maryland ACCN 8:00
Miami at Clemson ACCN 8:00
Florida State at Boston College ESPNU 9:00
Wednesday, March 5
Duke at Wake Forest ESPN2 7:00
Saturday, March 8
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech ESPN/2 2:00
Wake Forest at Miami RSN 2:00
Pittsburgh at Clemson ACCN 4:00
North Carolina at Duke ESPN 9:00
Sunday, March 9
Virginia at Maryland CBS 12:00
Syracuse at Florida State ACCN 2:00
Boston College at NC State ESPNU 6:00
61st Annual ACC Tournament
Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum
Wednesday, March 12 (First Round)
Game #1 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Game #2 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Game #3 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Thursday, March 13 (Second Round)
Game #4 ESPN networks/ACCN 12:00
Game #5 ESPN networks/ACCN 2:00
Game #6 ESPN networks/ACCN 7:00
Game #7 ESPN networks/ACCN 9:00
Friday, March 14 (Quarterfinals)
Game #8 ESPN networks/ACCN 12:00
Game #9 ESPN networks/ACCN 2:00
Game #10 ESPN networks/ACCN 7:00
Game #11 ESPN networks/ACCN 9:00
Saturday, March 15 (Semifinals)
Game #12 ESPN/ACCN 1:00
Game #13 ESPN/ACCN 3:00
Sunday, March 16 (Finals)
Game #14 ESPN/ACCN 1:00