ESPN Matches NBC's TV Deal to Carry Big East Basketball

If you enjoy watching Big East college basketball then you are going to be very happy to hear about the new TV deal that sports entertainment network, ESPN, has just scored. The sports network giant is announcing that they have just matched NBC's offer to buy the television rights to the Big East college basketball season for a cost of $20 million over six years.

The Big East was working on a deal with NBC that would have put most of its football and men’s basketball games on NBC Sports Network. The deal also gave NBC the right to sublicense games, allowing them to be aired by other networks.

ESPN had the right to match the deal by Thursday. Sports Business Journal and ESPN.com, citing unidentified sources, reported ESPN had matched but details were still being worked out.

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