Clemson baseball to appear twice on ESPN this season |
ESPN announced Monday that it will showcase more than 800 NCAA baseball games during the 2018 regular season across ESPN’s networks, including a record 161 games slated for television. During the postseason, on top of carrying five conference championship games and the entire Southeastern Conference tournament, 153 games will be telecast across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, Longhorn Network and the SEC Network and available on the ESPN App. In addition, the ESPN App will exclusively stream more than 450 games in 2018.
More than 75 percent of the televised games include a team in the USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25*, while 76 games feature the preseason Top 10 and 29 games highlight at least one Top 5 team. Twenty-three of the preseason Top 25 will appear on ESPN networks during the season. That schedule includes two Clemson games. The Tigers had a 42-21 overall record in 2017 and hosted a regional for the second year in a row. Clemson opens the 2018 season against William & Mary on Feb. 16 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. ESPNU and ACC Network Extra will once again team up to showcase a battle among ACC opponents most Mondays throughout conference play, including No. 21 Clemson hosting No. 5 Florida State on Monday, May 7. The other Clemson games scheduled to be broadcast: Clemson at Georgia (Tuesday, April 17, 7 pm on SEC Network).
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