NEW YORK – (Staff report from Official BIG EAST news announcement) – Xavier and St. John’s will play at Carnesecca Arena on Wednesday in an important, start of the conference regular season BIG EAST game, but the contest also will be broadcast as the BIG EAST’s All-Access Game on FOX Sports.
The All-Access Game will be telecast Wednesday on FS1 at 9 pm (ET). Xavier coach Sean Miller and St. John’s coach Mike Anderson will wear live microphones, giving viewers the chance to hear directly from the sidelines and locker rooms from tipoff through the final whistle with virtually no interruption. Miller is in the first season of his second stint as Xavier’s head coach. Anderson is in his fourth season at the Johnnies’ headmaster.
Xavier moved into the Top 25 national polls this week. The Musketeers are tied for No. 22 in the Associated Press poll and No. 25 in the USA Today poll. They own a 10-3 overall record and a 2-0 BIG EAST mark. St. John’s is 11-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
Commercial-free presentations allow FOX Sports cameras and microphones to capture behind-the-scenes conversations not typically available to a television audience, including instant access to team huddles and locker rooms.
Play-by-play announcer Kevin Kugler and analyst Jim Spanarkel will be on site to help navigate all of the live audio for the viewer.