We are about 13 months away from the launch of the ACC’s ESPN-backed linear television network, and you can be certain that the parties involved will do everything they can to give the new channel an early signal boost.
We know already that there will be early-season conference games in football to bolster the network’s inventory and profile. That scheduling strategy in football is not unprecedented, but the potential plan for basketball would be: in a conversation with the Daily Press’ David Teel, John Swofford floated the idea of beginning the 2019-20 men’s basketball season with a slate of seven league games.