Hartford Hawks on CPTV Sports

CPTV Sports, Connecticut’s first 24-hour local sports network, is partnering with the University of Hartford Athletic Department to broadcast a series of University of Hartford men’s and women’s basketball games live during the 2011-12 basketball season. It's the third year of the partnership, which began in 2009 when the network was launched as the Connecticut Sports Network (CTSN).

“We are thrilled to partner with the Connecticut Sports Network in bringing Hartford basketball to fans throughout Connecticut,” Pat Meiser, University of Hartford’s director of athletics, said three years ago. “We are eager to showcase our brand of college basketball. We are also excited to join forces with an innovative network like CTSN and be an important part of their programming.”

Check the cptvsports.org home page and broadcast schedule for upcoming Hawks games in men's and women's basketball and men's lacrosse.

About the University of Hartford

The University of Hartford was chartered in 1957 with the mission to be a “private university with a public purpose.” The University of Hartford offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in the arts, the humanities, business, engineering and technology, education, and the health professions. The University’s student body of 7,300 represents 45 states and more than 50 countries. For more information, visit hartford.edu.

The University of Hartford women’s basketball program will play its 37th season in 2011-12, its 13th season under the program’s longest tenured head coach, Jennifer Rizzotti. She has built the program into an America East power and a nationally recognized program, winning four regular season championships over the past six years, five tournament championships in nine years, and making six trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Rizzotti, a three-time America East Coach of the Year, led the 2010-11 Hawks to the program,s fifth America East Championship and sixth NCAA Tournament appearance. For the first time, the Hawks conference title came on the road as they beat Boston University on its home court. The Hawks finished 2010-11 with a 17-16 overall record, marking eight-straight seasons with a .500 or better overall record.

John Gallagher returns for his second year as head coach of the University of Hartford men’s basketball team for 2011-12 season. Gallagher, an associate head coach at Hartford from 2006-2008, is the 10th coach in the 62-year history of the University of Hartford men’s basketball program.