HDNet Fights: Maximum Fighting Championship – Vindication
Network to feature LIVE coverage of stacked fight card – Friday, May 7 at 10:00 p.m. ET
HDNet will feature LIVE coverage of HDNet Fights: Maximum Fighting Championship – Vindication from the Northlands Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this Friday, May 7 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
In the main event of the evening, former UFC Middleweight title challenger Thales Leites (16-3) meets Ultimate Fighter alum Jesse “JT Money” Taylor (14-5). Leites is looking to extend his two fight winning streak, while Taylor has won 8 of his last 10 fights, with 7 of those wins coming by submission or TKO.
In the co-main event of the evening, rising light heavyweight prospect Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo (12-1) faces UFC veteran Wilson Gouveia (12-7). Jimmo has reeled off 12 straight wins since losing his professional debut in February 2007. Gouveia is fresh off a 6-4 run in the UFC middleweight division and promises to give Jimmo his toughest test to date. Read more
HDNet to broadcast live coverage of the 2010 College Basketball Invitational
Network to air LIVE coverage of this exciting NCAA contest for the second straight year
HDNet and The Gazelle Group are pleased to announce the network’s coverage of the upcoming 2010 College Basketball Invitational.
The College Basketball Invitational will consist of 16 teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament. The teams will be invited based upon performance during their conference and non-conference schedule, as well as how they are playing at the end of the regular season. Bracketing will be done geographically into four regions of the country (East, West, South, Midwest) to minimize missed class time. Brackets will be balanced competitively within each region.
The College Basketball Invitational bracket will be announced on the evening of Sunday, March 14.
The “professor” Rich Cellini is once again paired with former collegiate and NBA star Craig Ehlo as one of HDNet’s two broadcast teams. Ehlo played for Washington State and then went on to an outstanding 14-year career as a shooting guard in the NBA.
The network’s second team includes long time HDNet play-by-play announcer, the award-winning Kenny Rice, who is joined by former NCAA player and two-time Division II NCAA championship coach Wayne Chapman. After an outstanding career at Western Kentucky University, Chapman played professionally in the American Basketball Association from 1968-72. Chapman has been an NBA scout for the last decade.
The event will be played under a single-elimination format, up until the Championship Series, with all games being played at campus sites. The Championship Series will be a best-of-three series in which the higher seed will host two games should a third be necessary.
The College Basketball Invitational will feature the following:
March 16 and 17
– HDNet will broadcast two games LIVE each night at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET
– There are a total of eight Opening Round games at campus sites
– Two games will be played on March 16, six games will be played on March 17
March 22
– HDNet will broadcast two games LIVE at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET
– The tournament now features four Quarterfinal Round games at campus sites
March 24
– HDNet will broadcast two semi-final games
– Both will air LIVE at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET
All College Basketball Invitational Championship Series (March 29, March 31 and April 2) championship games LIVE on HDNet at 8:00 p.m. ET
This marks the third season of the CBI. Previous winners of the tournament are Tulsa (’08) and Oregon State (’09).