The Howard Bison will host the Norfolk State Spartans in a televised men's basketball game on Monday night (Jan. 17). Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. with the game airing live on ESPNU.  

Howard (2-14, 0-4) dropped its sixth consecutive game with a 78-65 defeat to North Carolina A&T in their last outing. Dadrian Collins scored a team-high 17 points and Kyle Riley and Anton Dickerson added 13 and 12, respectively, against the Aggies.

Norfolk State (2-13, 1-3) loss its third conference game of the season on Saturday afternoon in a 63-56 loss to Hampton.
Kyle O'Quinn led the Spartans with 19 points and seven rebounds, while Aleek Pauline added 17 points and seven rebounds in the loss.

The teams split their two meetings last season, with each winning on the other's home floor. Howard took an 82-77 decision in a ESPNU televised game on Jan. 18, 2010 in Echols Hall, while the Spartans evened the series with a 72-52 win on Feb. 15, 2010 at Burr Gymnasium.

The Norfolk State/Howard matchup is the third MEAC televised basketball game of the season and is a part of the conference's seven-year partnership with ESPN.  The defending MEAC Champion Morgan State Bears defeated South Carolina State 71-55, in an ESPN2 telecast Saturday afternoon.  Bethune-Cookman topped the North Carolina A&, 72-69, in the first men's basketball telecast of the season on Jan. 10.

The television action continues on Monday, January 24 in Norfolk Virginia with the Spartans hosting the South Carolina State. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. on ESPNU. 

The 2011 MEAC Championship Tournament will also air on the ESPN networks with the women's championship game scheduled for a taped-delayed telecast airing on March 13 at 11 a.m. on ESPNU while the men's championship game will televised live on ESPN2 beginning at 2 p.m. on March 12.

The tournament tips off March 7-12 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC. For more information on the MEAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, log on to www.MEAChoops.com.

ESPNU

ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 550 live events annually, including college football, college basketball and Olympic sports from more than 25 Division I conferences, as well as premier high school content. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.

ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, including live simulcasts of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and replays the best games of the week from ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD and online at ESPNU.com. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection, a multi-platform student-generated content initiative, was introduced in August 2007.

ESPNU is available in more than 65 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with nine of the top 10 providers - Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 614), DISH Network (Channel 148), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse

Listed below is the remainder of  2010-11 MEAC Television Basketball Schedule:

2010-11 MEAC Basketball Televised Schedule

Men's Televised Schedule

Date	Match-up	Location	Airtime
Jan. 17	Norfolk State at Howard	Washington, DC	(ESPNU) 9 p.m.
Jan. 24	S.C. State at Norfolk State	Norfolk, Va.	(ESPNU) 9 p.m.
Jan. 29	Norfolk State at Morgan State	Baltimore, Md.	(ESPNU) 1 p.m.
Jan. 31	Maryland E. Shore at Hampton	Hampton, Va.	(ESPNU) 7 p.m.
Feb. 7	Norfolk State at Delaware State	Dover, Del.	(ESPNU) 9 p.m.
Feb. 14	Hampton at North Carolina A&T	Greensboro, N.C.	(ESPNU) 7 p.m.
Feb. 21	Maryland E. Shore at Morgan State	Baltimore, Md.	(ESPNU) 9 p.m.
Feb. 28	Morgan State at North Carolina A&T	Greensboro, N.C.	(ESPNU) 7 p.m.
Mar. 12	MEAC Men's Championship	Winston-Salem, N.C.	(ESPN2) 2 p.m.

Women's Televised Schedule

Date	Match-up	Location	Airtime
Jan. 31	Maryland E. Shore at Hampton	Hampton, Va.	(ESPNU) 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 14	Hampton at North Carolina A&T	Greensboro, N.C.	(ESPNU) 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 28	Morgan State at North Carolina A&T	Greensboro, N.C.	(ESPNU) 4:30 p.m.
Mar. 12	MEAC Women's Championship	Winston-Salem, N.C.	(ESPNU) Taped delayed/ 3-13 (11 a.m.)