The ESPN3D season kicks off with UNLV visiting Wisconsin, and includes various weekday games and even a Tuesday game featuring Northern Illinois and Toledo!?!?!

It is good to see more games in 3D, and we hope this trend continues.

My guess is that they are going to be filming one sportscenter every day and showing that all through the night. Then probably a lot of old world cup games. It’s will be like ESPN classic, but with only the world cup and a few Boise State football games to show. All and all this is a pretty big step toward having more games in 3D.

Here’s to hoping they start doing Mayne Street in 3D, and more regularly.

The other games that have been added are in Phoenix, with the Suns hosting the Lakers and the Trailblazers on January 5th and January 7th. That being said, here is the full NBA 3D schedule.

Planning multiple events in the same city over a 3D week like this, is the way to make 3D more profitable. The cameras are expensive, and there is limited supply, so they need to be moved further than HD cameras for each game, so playing 2 games in three days at the same location could be huge in raising profits for ESPN3D, and hopefully keep the service around for longer. The cameras are already going to be in Phoenix for the College Football National Championship game, so it makes perfect sense that they would add these games in Phoenix.

In the future, this seems like a simple thing they could do. For example if ESPN knows in advance that they are going to be putting the preseason NIT on ESPN 3D, why not work with the NBA to have the Knicks have a home game the next day. They could even take it one step further and work with the Big East to schedule a Rutgers or UNCONN game around that weekend so they do not have to move the 3D equipment as much.

This will slowly become less problematic as 3D equipment moves more toward the norm, but for the time being, this is a simple smart way for ESPN to produce more 3D events, and save money doing it. It seems the executives at ESPN are very smart, so I expect to see more games like this.

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These games will be available through dedicated 3D channels on affiliates across the country, including Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, and Verizon FiOS TV, among others. Please check local listings and hit up the comments if find anything of note.

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Below is the 3D schedule for college football as of 10/12. Also check here for the full 3D schedule that will update as more games are announced. Also check out the ESPN 3D schedule for all confirmed 3D match ups on that network.

Here is the regular season schedule:

and below is the press release from ESPN about the games that will be broadcast in 3D on ESPN 3D.

The first-ever NBA telecast on ESPN 3D will feature the Miami Heat and its new core of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh versus the New York Knicks and Amare Stoudemire at Madison Square Garden – the Heat’s first trip to the Garden this season – on Friday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. ET. This highly anticipated matchup will be the first of eight regular-season NBA games on the new network. Other schedule highlights include Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers appearing twice on ESPN 3D (Friday, Jan. 21, and Friday, Feb. 11) as well as the Orlando Magic with Dwight Howard making two appearances – Friday, Feb. 25, and Friday, March 4.

In addition to the regular season, ESPN 3D will also televise six games during the NBA Playoffs, including three Western Conference Finals games.

The entire NBA schedule on ESPN 3D (schedule subject to change):
Date Time (ET) Game
Fri, Dec 17 7 p.m. Miami at New York
Fri, Jan 14 10:30 p.m. Portland at Phoenix
Fri, Jan 21 10:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Denver
Fri, Feb 11 8 p.m. Los Angeles at New York
Fri, Feb 25 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Orlando
Fri, Mar 4 7 p.m. Chicago at Orlando
Wed, Mar 16 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami
Fri, Apr 1 8 p.m. Boston at Atlanta
TBD TBD NBA Playoffs (First Round)
TBD TBD NBA Playoffs (First Round)
TBD TBD NBA Playoffs (Conference Semifinals)
TBD TBD Western Conference Finals
TBD TBD Western Conference Finals
TBD TBD Western Conference Finals