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BURLINGTON, Vt. – At least 10 University of Vermont men’s and women’s basketball games will be televised this season. The men are guaranteed to play six televised contests, while the women have four games on the slate. The television schedule was announced by the UVM Department of Athletics today.

The first Catamount men’s basketball game to be televised will be Vermont vs. Quinnipiac on December 13 at 12 p.m. on the New England Sports Network (NESN). Vermont will play five America East conference games on television starting on January 10 at Albany at 4 p.m., which will be shown in the Albany area on Time Warner Cable (TW3).

Both showdowns with Boston University will be televised this year. The first meeting between the Catamounts and Terriers in Burlington on January 17 (2 p.m.) will air on ESPNU and the February 9 game in Boston on Comcast Sports Net at 7 p.m. Vermont will appear on NESN when it travels to face New Hampshire on January 27 at 7 p.m. The Cats also travel to face Stony Brook in a game that will be televised on both NESN and Madison Square Garden Plus (MSG+) on February 24 at 7 p.m.

Other potential television appearances include the BracketBuster series on February 19-20 on the ESPN family of networks and the America East Tournament, which will take place March 4-7 on the campus of the University of Hartford. The semifinals on March 7 will be televised and the finals will be held on March 13 at the highest remaining seed and be played on ESPN2.

The women’s team will play their first televised game of the season on December 3 (7:30 p.m.) when they face the defending national champion Connecticut Huskies on Connecticut Public Television. Both games of the regular season series between Vermont and Hartford will be on television this year, starting with the Hawks trip to Burlington on January 26 at 7 p.m. on NESN. The rematch in West Hartford will take place on February 27 at 4 p.m. on the Connecticut Sports Network.

Vermont will also face Albany on the road on January 26 in a game that will be televised in the Albany area on TW3 at 4:30 p.m. The women could also appear on TV by reaching the America East Semifinals on March 7, while the league title game will take place on March 13 and be televised on Comcast Sports Net.

Both teams will have a pair of preseason tune-ups to get ready for the 2009-10 season, as the women kick things off on October 31 when they host Laval starting at 1 p.m. The men open the preseason against Concordia from Montreal on November 1 at 1 p.m. The two teams will then take part in a doubleheader on November 7 as the men’s team opens it up against crosstown-rival Saint Michael’s at 1 p.m., followed by the women vs. Franklin Pierce at 4:30 p.m.

Tickets for all Vermont basketball home games go on sale via the Internet at www.UVMathletics.com or by calling the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at 802-656-4410 starting on October 26.

(As of Oct. 26, 2009; Subject to changes and additional games may be added)