2012 Puerto Rico Tip-Off Moves to Bayamon as Tickets Go on Sale

Sept. 24, 2012 -- The 2012 Puerto Rico Tip-Off will be played at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, Nov. 15, 16 & 18. Tickets will go on sale Monday, Oct. 1 for the eight-team field that includes Akron, Massachusetts, UNC Asheville, NC State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Providence and Tennessee. This is the first year that the tournament will be held in the City of Bayamón.

“The City of Bayamon and the Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez have both embraced this event and are very excited to the hosting the sixth annual Puerto Rico Tip-Off,” said Dan Shoemaker, Vice President, ESPN Regional Television (ERT). Fans can purchase tickets to all six sessions (12 games) for $80 each and single-session tickets (two games) are available for $15 each. Tickets can be purchased at the box office at (787) 792-5000 or at www.tcpr.com.

A minimum of six games will air on ESPNU, two on ESPN2, including the Championship Game on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. ET. ESPN3 will have the three remaining games and the entire tournament will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com and through smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

Tournament highlights:

• In an ESPN.com early men’s preseason top 25 poll, NC State is ranked No. 6 and will face Penn State in first-round action on ESPN2 at 5 p.m.
• ESPNU will be the home for the remaining three first-round games – Akron vs. Oklahoma State at 10:30 a.m.; UNC Asheville vs. Tennessee at 12:30 p.m.; and Providence vs. Massachusetts at 7:30 p.m.
• Five of the eight teams competing in the field earned 2012 postseason berths

Puerto Rico Tip-Off (schedule subject to change)

The Puerto Rico Tip-Off is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN.

Travel packages and discounted hotel accommodations are available for fans through Anthony Travel, the official travel provider of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Travel packages include hotel accommodations, game day transportation, an all-session pass to all tournament games and an exclusive banquet reception with players and coaches (limited availability). To book your travel to the tournament today, please visit AnthonyTravel.com/PRTipOff or call (888) 632-6951.

For more information about the tournament, please visit PuertoRicoTipOff.com.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,200 sporting events. Content includes action from NCAA football, basketball and Olympic sports, NHRA and professional and amateur golf, accounting for more than 3,400 live and/or original hours of programming. ERT’s owned and operated events reach over a million fans a year and provides more than 200 additional hours of programming.

In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC) and manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events:

Collegiate Football

BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Houston); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu) and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards

Collegiate Basketball

Anaheim Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Charleston Classic presented by Foster Grant (S.C.); Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); BracketBusters and State Farm Champions Classic (Georgia Dome, Atlanta)

Collegiate Lacrosse

ESPNU Warrior Classic 

Additional Events

ESPN National Golf Challenge

For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

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