Television Schedule Released For SEC/Big 12 Challenge In Little Rock
Oct 01, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Birmingham, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 have announced the schedule for the 2014 SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The two-game event will be held at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Ark., site of the 2015 SEC Tournament. Texas and Texas A&M will tip off at 12:30 pm CT, with the Oklahoma and Arkansas game following at 2:30 pm.
Both games will be carried on the SEC Network and available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
With the addition of this game to the television schedule, 15 of the Aggies' regular season games will be broadcast on TV--tying the school record for the regular season. In total, 25 of the Aggies' games will be on broadcast television, or streamed through a major service, such as SEC Network +.
Tickets are on sale now at the Verizon Arena box office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.verizonarena.com. Ticket prices are $18.00 for adults and $12.00 for children, with $3.00 off per adult ticket for group orders of 10 or more. For group sales information call 501-975-9131 or email sdietrich@verizonarena.com. All tickets may be subject to a service charge. An SEC Tournament promotion will be announced later in the week for those that purchase Challenge tickets through October 24.
The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences announced the formation of a women's basketball challenge in August. The event will span at least two years with the 2015 edition held at the Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, site of the 2016 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship.
The Aggies have faced Texas in every year of the program's history, except for the 2012-13 season. A&M has won 13 of its last 17 matchups against Texas, dating back to 2005-06. However, the Longhorns earned a 78-63 victory in the squads' last meeting, Nov. 29, 2013 in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Both coaches in the game, Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair and Texas head coach Karen Aston, have strong connections to Arkansas. Blair was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in February, and Aston, a native of Benton, Arkansas, played collegiate basketball in the state, at Ouachita Baptist and UALR.
2014 SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Sunday, December 21
Texas vs. Texas A&M - SEC Network - 12:30 pm CT
Oklahoma vs. Arkansas - SEC Network - 2:30 pm CT
