FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WRBC ANNOUNCES 2000-01 BATES BASKETBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

LEWISTON, Maine - For the third year in a row, several Bates basketball games will be broadcast on Bates radio station WRBC 91.5 FM.

Seniors Paul Zinn and Andy Stanton will broadcast 10 games live, seven men's games and three women's contests. Should the Bobcats qualify, WRBC will also broadcast any games involving Bates in the inaugural New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament, regardless of site. All WRBC broadcasts are available over the Internet at the station's Web site, http://www.bates.edu/wrbc.

In addition to the 10 games broadcast over the airwaves, an additional 10 games will be available over the phone thanks to TEAMLINE®. TEAMLINE® can be accessed by dialing 1-800-846-4700 and entering Bates' code number, 0424. For a fee of 50 cents a minute for the first hour and 20 cents a minute thereafter, you can hear Bates basketball from anywhere in the contiguous United States. For more information on TEAMLINE®, call 1-800-846-4700 or visit their Web page at http://www.teamline.cc.

 2000-01 BATES COLLEGE BASKETBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE


Radio Dates	Opponent			Time	
Dec. 9		Men vs. Maine-Farmington	3 p.m.
Jan. 9		Men vs. Eastern Nazarene	7 p.m.
Jan. 11		Women vs. Colby			5:30 p.m.
Jan. 11		Men vs. Southern Maine	 	7:30 p.m.	
Jan. 13		Men at Colby			4 p.m.
Jan. 20		Men vs. Tufts			3 p.m.
Jan. 27		Men vs. Trinity			3 p.m.
Feb. 3		Men vs. Colby			3 p.m.
Feb. 10		Women vs. Williams		3 p.m.
Feb. 17		Women vs. Wesleyan		3 p.m.
Feb. 20, 23, 24	NESCAC Tournament		TBA


TEAMLINE Dates	Opponent			Time	
Jan. 16		Women vs. Springfield		6 p.m.
Jan. 18		Men vs. New England College	7 p.m.
Jan. 23		Women vs. Bowdoin		7 p.m.
Jan. 26		Men vs. Amherst			7 p.m.
Jan. 30		Women vs. Endicott		6 p.m.
Jan. 30		Men vs. Endicott		8 p.m.
Feb. 2		Men vs. Bowdoin			8 p.m.
Feb. 6		Women vs. Maine-Farmington	7 p.m.
Feb. 9		Women vs. Middlebury		7:30 p.m.
Feb. 16		Women vs. Connecticut Coll.	7:30 p.m.

Schedule subject to change