As far as our Big 12 television agreements are concerned, ABC/ESPN continue to get first pick of all the football home games involving a Big 12 member. Once ABC/ESPN makes their 18 contracted selections each year, Fox Sports owns the rights to ALL the remaining conference football games. Fox Sports has also sublicensed some of its games to ESPN and Versus.

In men’s basketball, ABC/ESPN has the rights to 95 home games of Big 12 members plus all the games in the conference tournament, and home games of Big 12 members participating in the Big 12/Pac 10 Hardwood Series. ABC/ESPN can show 43 games on ESPN or ESPN2, or they can sublicense 20 of the games to be shown on ABC or CBS. In addition to the 43 games, another 20 games can be televised on ESPNU, and 32 can be syndicated by ESPN via its Big 12 Network. ABC/ESPN also has rights to 12 other games based on number of households ESPNU reaches.

In women’s basketball, ESPN gets first pick of three home games of Big 12 members, and is required to televise at least six games on ESPN or ESPN2. Plus, they can televise up to 25 other women’s basketball or Olympic sports each season on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Meanwhile, FSN will televise a minimum of 25 women’s basketball games including the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game in the conference tournament.

And ABC/ESPN and FSN get exclusive broadcast windows across the board which prohibit any other Big 12 home game from be televised except for 30 minute overlaps.

Fox Sports then receives every other piece of conference sports inventory in every sport played by the Big 12.