ESPN has announced the documentary Unbelievable: Virginia’s Improbable Path To A Title will air exclusively on the new ACC Network this fall.
What’s happening:
- One of the most extraordinary seasons in college basketball history will be chronicled with Unbelievable: Virginia’s Improbable Path To A Title, the story of the Virginia men’s basketball team’s incredible run to the 2019 NCAA Championship.
- The one-hour documentary will air this fall exclusively on ACC Network (ACCN), the new, 24/7 national platform launching on Thursday, August 22, 2019.
Redemption Season
- The Cavaliers pulled off one of the most dramatic turnarounds in NCAA tournament history in 2019 – winning the program’s first NCAA title after suffering a devastating loss to No. 16 seed UMBC in the first round of the 2018 NCAA tournament.
Unbelievable will feature:
- Reflections from De’Andre Hunter, Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome and head coach Tony Bennett on the team’s perseverance following the agony of being the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed
- The moment when Mamadi Diakite hit a buzzer beater to force overtime against Purdue in the Regional Final
- A first-hand account from Kyle Guy on making three straight free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining in the national semifinal game against Auburn
- Reactions following the final buzzer from the title game
What they’re saying:
- Stacie McCollum, senior director of programming and acquisitions: “Coach Bennett and his team did what many thought was unthinkable – rebounding from a devastating loss to capturing a series of dramatic tournament wins on the game’s biggest stage. We are delighted to tell this inspiring story on ACCN, and are thankful for Virginia’s generosity in letting us do so.”
Virginia Opens its Season on ACCN:
- Virginia, ranked 14th in ESPN’s Way Too Early Preseason Top 25, opens the season on ACCN at Syracuse on Wednesday, Nov. 6, marking one of the first ACC basketball games to air on the network.
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About ACC Network:
- Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) is a new 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports launching on August 22, 2019.
- Approximately 450 live contests from across the conference’s 27 sponsored sports will be televised annually, plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming. This year ACCN will broadcast:
- 40 regular-season football games
- 150 men’s and women’s basketball games
- 200 other regular-season competitions and tournament games.
- Together, the ACCN and its digital platform, ACC Network Extra (ACCNE), will feature 1,350 ACC events in its first year.
- ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all sports and championships.
ICYMI:
- ESPN announced the launch of ACCN last November.
- This spring, ESPN and ACCN revealed their scheduled programming for the new network.