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Article: KRZYZEWSKI WOULD PREFER DAY OF REST FOR BLUE DEVILS ACC SCHEDULES SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES BECAUSE OF TV DEAL
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- January 27, 2002
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Your Sunday night TV viewing options now include Mike Wallace,
Homer Simpson . . . and Mike Krzyzewski.
Krzyzewski is not thrilled.
The ACC's TV rights holder, Raycom, struck a 10-year deal with Fox
Sports Net last spring to have men's basketball games nationally
televised on Sunday nights. The ACC gave the deal its blessing, and
scheduled Sunday night games such as Virginia's visit to Duke
tonight. Fox Sports Net - which includes CSN - is airing 19 games
involving ACC teams on Sunday nights this season, including 14 league
games.
Duke was on the Sunday night telecasts on Jan. 6 and Jan. 13, so
Krzyzewski - the Blue Devils' coach - was happy to have last Sunday
off.
"It was so good to play ...