July 29, 2010

Tickets for 2010 Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Sale Aug. 1

ESPN Regional Television announced today that tickets will go on sale Sunday, Aug. 1, for the 2010 Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The fourth annual event will be held Nov. 18, 19 and 21 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in the cosmopolitan Hato Rey district of San Juan.

The field for Puerto Rico Tip-Off comprises 2010 Final Four participant West Virginia, five- time national champion North Carolina, Davidson, Hofstra, Minnesota, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, and Western Kentucky. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The Big East Conference will serve as the host for the 2010 Puerto Rico Tip-off at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.

Fans can purchase tickets at www.Ticketpop.com or by calling 787-294-0001. All seating for the tournament will be general admission. Ticket packages include all-session tickets for $100, booster tickets (3 sessions) for $60 or single-session tickets for $25.

Fans can purchase official travel packages, which include game tickets and official team hotel accommodations, by going to www.anthonytravel.com (search Puerto Rico) or by calling 1-888-632-6951.

Previous winners of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off: Villanova in 2009, Xavier in 2008 and Miami in 2007.

Additional information can be found at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off’s official website: www.puertoricotipoff.com.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

Media Contacts:
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Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN, 407-566-2213 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it