2026 Schedule Tidbits

[FloridaCuse]

Has anyone signed up for ESPN Select yet?

That seems to be the only way to sign up for just ESPN+ content and not pay for all the ESPN channels that come with normal cable plans. (what a clusterF)

ESPN Select is a 2025-introduced, standalone subscription tier focused on streaming content from the ESPN+ library, priced at $12.99/month or $129.99/year. It provides thousands of exclusive live sports (NHL, soccer, PGA Tour, college sports), 30 for 30 documentaries, and ESPN Originals. It is essentially a rebrand of the previous ESPN+ service, offering access via the ESPN app, but does not include live access to linear networks like ESPN or ESPN2.

ESPN Select, Monthly, $12.99
ESPN Select, Annual, $129.99
ESPN Unlimited, Monthly, $29.99
ESPN Unlimited, Annual, $299.99

https://secure.web.plus.espn.com/commerce/billing?pref=espn_select

I had it since its inception as ESPN+. Many many lax games available. I now get it as part of ESPN Unlimited with my DirecTV Satellite service. If I didn't I'd pay separately to get it.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Per ESPN.com upcoming schedule page -- it looks like the Fri. Feb 13th game vs. Maryland will be on the ACC Network. 6pm

The first 2 games (BU & St. Joe) will be on ACCNX.
Syr @ Harvard on Feb 21 on ESPN+ at 12:05p

 

[Powellfan]

Fri, Feb 13 - No. 1 Maryland at No. 3 Syracuse - ACCN
Sat, Mar 7 - No. 3 Syracuse at No. 15 Johns Hopkins* - ESPN+ (tape delay on ESPNU)
Sat, Mar 28 - No. 11 Duke at No. 3 Syracuse - ESPNU
Sat, Apr 4 - No. 3 Syracuse at No. 6 North Carolina - ESPNU
Sat, Apr 11 - No. 14 Virginia at No. 3 Syracuse
Sat, Apr 18 - Colgate at No. 3 Syracuse - ACCN

Assuming all home games and most road games will be on ESPN+ or ACCN+. Ivy League has deal with ESPN, so those games are accounted for. Just not sure about Denver and Air Force away games.

 

[cusefan88]

I'm assuming you can stream ACCNX if you have cable authentication on your account?

 

[nocohalo]

I'm assuming you can stream ACCNX if you have cable authentication on your account?

Yes

 

[FloridaCuse]

I'm assuming you can stream ACCNX if you have cable authentication on your account?

Be sure you're signed in on the ESPN App with your cable/satellite/streaming provider that carries the ACC Network.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Powellfan]

This feels like way too many moving parts. Why is this all so complicated?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

This feels like way too many moving parts. Why is this all so complicated?

Carc knows that the Dome is used for Men's & Women's Basketball in February, right.

 

[FloridaCuse]

TV for the game at Denver on Monday March 16 8pm ET

The game will be televised on Midco Sports Plus and Altitude Regional Sports Network

I believe Midco costs $10 for a month. If you're planning on paying for it, you might want to do it a few weeks earlier so you can include these Denver home games --

Feb 21 - Cornell 2pm ET [We play at Harvard that day at 1pm ET on ESPN+]
Feb 28 - Michigan 3pm ET [We play Friday night at Princeton]

After our game the Denver home games are Big East conference games and will be on ESPN+

ALTITUDE RSN is included on some DirecTV Satellite packages (ch. 681)

 

[Hoo's That]

Carc knows that the Dome is used for Men's & Women's Basketball in February, right.

He did say it may be tricky, but it would take 1 weekend to have both teams on the road.

It would work scheduling-wise, but I have less than zero idea how/whether the economics would work.

 

[outoftownie]

This feels like way too many moving parts. Why is this all so complicated?

In theory, this is a fine concept, but in reality there is no way teams have the budget for this to take place. Olympic/Non-Revenue sports are scraping by right now, fighting for every dollar in the athletic department that isn't going to fund football (and to a lesser extent hoops). Im sure there are some big ten teams that would be able to do it, but I doubt patriot league and MAAC teams could pull of sending their mens lacrosse teams to texas one weekend and florida the next.

I really struggle to understand why teams cannot play two games in one week? I get that coaches don't like it because they cant watch 150 hours of film on their opponent and program their players for each opponent. College Hockey is just as physically, if not more physical, than college lacrosse and they seem to manage playing back to back games basically the whole season. Start the season the first weekend in March and play to the first weekend in May. Get rid of conference tournaments, best record in regular season is the champion of the conference. That should give you 9 weekends of lacrosse. Three times during those 9 weeks, play two games in a week, either a mid week or friday/sunday. That gives you 12 regular season games. Start the playoffs the second weekend in May and you can still finish the championship on memorial day. I loved being in the Dome yesterday watching lacrosse, but seriously we need to stop the madness that is February lacrosse.

 

[FloridaCuse]

In theory, this is a fine concept, but in reality there is no way teams have the budget for this to take place. Olympic/Non-Revenue sports are scraping by right now, fighting for every dollar in the athletic department that isn't going to fund football (and to a lesser extent hoops). Im sure there are some big ten teams that would be able to do it, but I doubt patriot league and MAAC teams could pull of sending their mens lacrosse teams to texas one weekend and florida the next.

I really struggle to understand why teams cannot play two games in one week? I get that coaches don't like it because they cant watch 150 hours of film on their opponent and program their players for each opponent. College Hockey is just as physically, if not more physical, than college lacrosse and they seem to manage playing back to back games basically the whole season. Start the season the first weekend in March and play to the first weekend in May. Get rid of conference tournaments, best record in regular season is the champion of the conference. That should give you 9 weekends of lacrosse. Three times during those 9 weeks, play two games in a week, either a mid week or friday/sunday. That gives you 12 regular season games. Start the playoffs the second weekend in May and you can still finish the championship on memorial day. I loved being in the Dome yesterday watching lacrosse, but seriously we need to stop the madness that is February lacrosse.

I think the only way that the season will be shortened and teams play 2 games in a week is if all teams do it so that no team has a competitive advantage having only played one game in a week when their weekend opponent has had to play two games that week. Maybe designate which weeks everyone plays two games. However, not every school plays the same amount of games. Notre Dame, for example, only plays 11 regular season games while Syracuse plays 15.

 

[Hoo's That]

I think the only way that the season will be shortened and teams play 2 games in a week is if all teams do it so that no team has a competitive advantage having only played one game in a week when their weekend opponent has had to play two games that week. Maybe designate which weeks everyone plays two games. However, not every school plays the same amount of games. Notre Dame, for example, only plays 11 regular season games while Syracuse plays 15.

ND would have to readjust their scheduling and not play so many events in the fall. You're allowed X number per year and how a school divides them up between fall and spring is up to them. ND seems to load up in the fall while SU and most others don't. UVa has 14 spring games, BTW.

 

[wgdsr]

I think the only way that the season will be shortened and teams play 2 games in a week is if all teams do it so that no team has a competitive advantage having only played one game in a week when their weekend opponent has had to play two games that week. Maybe designate which weeks everyone plays two games. However, not every school plays the same amount of games. Notre Dame, for example, only plays 11 regular season games while Syracuse plays 15.

no one is disadvantaged. the coaches just think they are because they can't go over their great gameplans another 40x.

 

[wgdsr]

ND would have to readjust their scheduling and not play so many events in the fall. You're allowed X number per year and how a school divides them up between fall and spring is up to them. ND seems to load up in the fall while SU and most others don't. UVa has 14 spring games, BTW.

they get 18 or 19 contests not counting conference tournaments. they don't have 5 fall scrimmage dates at notre dame. they simply prefer playing fewer games than others. it's worked out for them fine.

 

[wgdsr]

This feels like way too many moving parts. Why is this all so complicated?

this little proposal is just jumping the shark on having some week zero games ppd/cancel.

coaches started the creep on games one decade ago in order to (mostly) eliminate mid-week games. they just haven't paid for it with mass cancellations until now. queue mass hysteria from the lax community. think it probably takes another consecutive year (or consecutive weekend coming up?) for the coaches to come off their high horse on mid-week games.

 

[kismet35]

this little proposal is just jumping the shark on having some week zero games ppd/cancel.

coaches started the creep on games one decade ago in order to (mostly) eliminate mid-week games. they just haven't paid for it with mass cancellations until now. queue mass hysteria from the lax community. think it probably takes another consecutive year (or consecutive weekend coming up?) for the coaches to come off their high horse on mid-week games.

Watch it is 60 and sunny this time next year...

 

[longtimefan]

Watch it is 60 and sunny this time next year...

Maybe in Orlando.

 

[outoftownie]

Watch it is 60 and sunny this time next year...

your lips to gods ears. that would be great after this winter.

 

[Bill Orange]

Princeton faceoff at 4PM.

No TV info yet.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Princeton faceoff at 4PM.

No TV info yet.

Now showing up on ESPN+

 

[Bill Orange]

Now showing up on ESPN+

I would figure a game of this magnitude would be worthy of the Mothership, Deuce or The U.

Regardless, I’ll be there with Cuseguy, SU Barney and a cast of tens.

Hopefully, all the snow will be melted.