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TSN Follows Emerging Canadian Basketball Star Jamal Murray and the Kentucky Wildcats All Season Long, Beginning Tomorrow

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– College basketball phenom from Kitchener, Ont. is one of the game’s top prospects –
– Fans can follow Jamal Murray on TSN all the way through NCAA® MARCH MADNESS® –
– Majority of games will air live on TSN platforms –

TORONTO (November 16, 2015) – Canada’s own Jamal Murray is one of college basketball’s top prospects, and he hits the court all season long on TSN as the network delivers complete coverage of every Kentucky Wildcats game – all the way through NCAA® MARCH MADNESS®. Basketball fans in Canada can follow Murray and his nationally-ranked Kentucky Wildcats every week throughout the regular season, beginning with a clash of national title contenders tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 17), when they take on the Duke Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN2 as part of the ESPN Champions Classic. The majority of Wildcats games will air live with some having same-day coverage on TSN platforms (see below for complete broadcast schedule). “From the Raptors, our partnership with Canada Basketball, and the BIOSTEEL ALL-CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME, to extensive coverage of NCAA® MARCH MADNESS®, TSN is committed to growing basketball across the country and showcasing the next generation of Canadian stars,” said Shawn Redmond, Vice-President of Programming, TSN. “In the last year, we’ve seen Jamal Murray light it up in the BioSteel game and watched him commit to Kentucky live on SPORTSCENTRE. Now we’re thrilled to follow him all season long on TSN.” Murray, a native of Kitchener, Ont., competed for Canada at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, and was named co-MVP of the first-ever BIOSTEEL ALL-CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME, a showcase for Canada’s best emerging high school basketball talents. He then announced his commitment to attend the University of Kentucky in an exclusive press conference on TSN. The highly-touted guard brings his game to the NCAA this season as a key recruit for the Wildcats, who tied for the top spot on the USA Today pre-season coaches’ poll. With the most all-time wins in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history, the Kentucky Wildcats are perennial national championship contenders. TSN is also the official Canadian broadcaster of NCAA® MARCH MADNESS®, and will offer wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament from the opening round tipoff on March 15 all the way to the championship game on April 4, 2016, live from NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. TSN’s broadcast schedule for Jamal Murray and the Kentucky Wildcats is as follows*: Tuesday, Nov. 17 Kentucky vs. Duke at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN2   Friday, Nov. 20 Kentucky vs. Wright State at 8 p.m. ET on TSN4   Tuesday, Nov. 24 Kentucky vs. Boston University at 9 p.m. ET on TSN4   Friday, Nov. 27 Kentucky vs. South Florida at 10:30 p.m. ET on TSN2   Monday, Nov. 30 Kentucky vs. Illinois State at 7 p.m. ET on TSN2   Thursday, Dec. 3 Kentucky vs. UCLA at 9 p.m. ET on TSN2   Wednesday, Dec. 9 Kentucky vs. Eastern Kentucky at 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT on TSN2   Saturday, Dec. 12 Kentucky vs. Arizona State at 3:15 p.m. ET on TSN2   Saturday, Jan. 2 Kentucky vs. Ole Miss at 7 p.m. ET on TSN3   Tuesday, Jan. 5 Kentucky vs. LSU at 9 p.m. ET on TSN2   Saturday, Jan. 9 Kentucky vs. Alabama at 12 midnight / 9 p.m. PT on TSN2   Tuesday, Jan. 12 Kentucky vs. Mississippi State at 7 p.m. ET on TSN2   Saturday, Jan. 16 Kentucky vs. Auburn at 4 p.m. ET on TSN2   Thursday, Jan. 21 Kentucky vs. Arkansas at 7 p.m. ET on TSN2   Saturday, Jan. 23 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt at TBD   Wednesday, Jan. 27 Kentucky vs. Missouri at 12 midnight / 9 p.m. PT on TSN5   Saturday, Jan. 30 Kentucky vs. Kansas at TBD   Tuesday, Feb. 2 Kentucky vs. Tennessee at 7 p.m. ET on TSN2   Tuesday, Feb. 9 Kentucky vs. Georgia at 9 p.m. ET on TSN2   Saturday, Feb. 13 Kentucky vs. South Carolina at 12 noon ET on TSN5   Thursday, Feb. 18 Kentucky vs. Tennessee at TBD   Saturday, Feb. 20 Kentucky vs. Texas A&M at TBD   Tuesday, Feb. 23 Kentucky vs. Alabama at 12 midnight / 9 p.m. PT on TSN2   Tuesday, March 1 Kentucky vs. Florida at 7 p.m. ET on TSN2   *Schedule subject to change

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