From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com –

CHICAGO – Buckeyes across the nation can catch the Big Ten Network’s celebration of Ohio State athletics July 17.

Many Ohio State teams were successful during the 2008-09 season. The men’s tennis team won its fourth-straight Big Ten Championship by beating Illinois and the match will air at 1 p.m. ET. The women’s basketball team also won the conference title, beating Purdue in a close game, which airs at 4 p.m. ET. The football team’s three-point victory over Wisconsin will air at 7 p.m. ET.

Special programming will highlight other aspects of campus life and the history of Buckeye athletics, including Big Ten Legends: Archie Griffin at 3 p.m. ET, Eye on Alumni at 3:30 p.m. ET and Conversations with Dave Revsine: Jerry Lucas at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The day of Ohio State programming is the second of three days dedicated to Buckeyes athletics and campus programming that will air this summer. Each university will have three days of dedicated programming on the network during the next two months.

Ohio State Day Schedule – July 17
All times Eastern

1 p.m.         Big Ten Men’s Tennis
Big Ten Championship: Ohio State 4, Illinois 1 (4/26/09)
Ohio State won its fourth-straight conference tournament title by beating Illinois in four consecutive singles matches.

3 p.m.         Big Ten Legends
Archie Griffin

3:30 p.m.    Ohio State Campus Programming
Eye on Alumni

4 p.m.         Big Ten Women’s Basketball
2009 Big Ten Tournament Championship Game: Ohio State 67, Purdue 66 (3/8/09)
Jantel Lavender made one of two free throws with 6.2 seconds left to give No. 12 Ohio State a 67-66 lead, and the Buckeyes’ relentless defensive pressure never allowed Purdue a good look for a buzzer-beating winner.

6 p.m.         Big Ten Short Stories
This episode features segments on the women’s basketball team’s Lavender sisters, Eddie George and Troy Smith, the 1995 and 2006 Heisman winners, respectively, and Archie Griffin, the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, who speaks about his illustrious Ohio State career.

6:30 p.m.    Ohio State Campus Programming
Conversations with Dave Revsine: Jerry Lucas
Dave Revsine sits down with former Ohio State great and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas.

7 p.m.         Big Ten Football
Ohio State 20, Wisconsin 17 (10/4/08)
Terrelle Pryor’s touchdown run with only 1:08 left carried the No. 14 Buckeyes over the No. 18 Badgers. Pryor had help from Chris “Beanie” Wells, who contributed 168 rushing yards.

9 p.m.         Big Ten Legends
Archie Griffin

9:30 p.m.    Big Ten Short Stories

10 p.m.       Big Ten Football
2009 Ohio State University Spring Game

11 p.m.       Friday Night Tailgate

12:30 a.m.  Ohio State Campus Programming
Conversations with Dave Revsine: Jerry Lucas
Dave Revsine sits down with former Ohio State great and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas.

1 a.m.         Ohio State Campus Programming
24 OSU

1:30 a.m.    Ohio State Campus Programming
24 OSU #2

2 a.m.         The Big Ten’s Greatest Games
Football: Ohio State 24, Stanford 19 (9/26/81)
Led by quarterback John Elway, Stanford was overmatched by the Buckeyes.  Ohio State recovered a key fumble at the end of the game to seal a 24-19 victory.

About the Big Ten Network: The Big Ten Network is the first nationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With approximately 350 live events, and nearly all of them in HD, the network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. The network operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, showcasing a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televising more Olympic sporting events and women’s sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation’s finest universities. Each year, the network offers between 35 and 40 football games, 105 regular season men’s basketball games; 55 women’s basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Championship events; Big Ten Tonight, a nightly studio show; coaches’ shows; and classic games. Available to all cable and satellite providers nationwide and in Canada, the network currently has agreements with more than 250 affiliates, including AT&T U-Verse, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland), DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct (Canada), Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. For updated information on the Big Ten Network, go to www.BigTenNetwork.com.