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Network to televise Illinois Basketball's 'Night of Legends' Alumni Game
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Illini great and Olympian Deron Williams highlights the list of returnees for the 'Night of Legends.'
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Sept. 10, 2008
Chicago, Ill. - The Big Ten Network will televise an alumni basketball game between some of the most celebrated players in University of Illinois history during Illinois Basketball: Night of Legends.
The game will be taped for air at 6:30 PM CT on Tuesday, Sept. 16. Back-to-back episodes of Illinois Football: The Journey will immediately follow, beginning at 8 PM CT.
"This will be an exciting and memorable night for Illini fans, and the Big Ten Network is thrilled to be able to bring this special event to fans all over the country," Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman said.
Alumni game participants will include members from the 1989 "Flying Illini" squad and 2005 Final Four team along with other Illinois stars. Recent Olympic gold medalist Deron Williams is expected to attend along with other legendary players such as Kenny Battle, Dee Brown, Brian Cook, Kendall Gill, Luther Head, Sergio McClain and many more.
Illinois also will honor the most decorated basketball players in school history by unveiling their jerseys - 20 in all - from the rafters of Assembly Hall that evening.
The alumni game will also re-air at 10 PM CT on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
About the Big Ten Network: The Big Ten Network is the first national network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With more than 400 live events, and nearly all of them in HD, the network is the destination for Big Ten fans across the country and allows fans to see their favorite team, regardless of where they live. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Big Ten Network showcases a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televises more Olympic sporting events and women's sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation's finest universities. Each year, the network offers approximately 35 football games, 105 regular season men's basketball games, 55 women's basketball games, dozens of Big Ten Championship events, a nightly studio show, coaches' shows and classic games. Available to all cable and satellite providers nationwide, the network currently has agreements with AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and 230 cable operators.
