NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – The Niagara University Athletics Department is preparing to continue its first season of school-produced broadcasts on the ESPN Family of Networks with the start of men's and women's basketball season.

All of Niagara's men's and women's basketball home games will be broadcast on ESPN (3 or +). Men's basketball will have eight games on ESPN3 and four games on ESPN+, while women's basketball will have four games on ESPN3 and eight games on ESPN+.

Todd Callen, the Voice of the Purple Eagles, will be the lead play-by-play talent for the men's games, while Dave Universal, who has served as the play-by-play talent for the women's program since 2008, will continue his role this season. 

The upcoming broadcasts will continue to add to Niagara's enhanced gameday experience, which includes three high-definition LED video boards in its athletic venues and a renovated video production studio in Dunleavy Hall. The improvements are thanks to the generosity of Bill McKnight ('66), president of Automated Petroleum and Energy Co., and his wife, Kathy, who gifted Niagara University Athletics with $1 million to transform the gameday experience.

Each of the upgrades allows communication studies, sport management and other applicable majors practical experiences in gameday operations, including roles as camera operators, technical directors, assistant directors, graphics producers, video and replay operators and sideline reporters.

ESPN3 works with participating cable and high-speed internet providers and users will be able to access games through their existing cable or internet logins. An ESPN+ subscription can be purchased through the ESPN app or ESPN.com.

ESPN Men's and Women's Basketball Broadcast Schedule

 
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