CBSSports gives Ireland well-deserved recognition

In an article published today on cbssports.com, Jeff Goodman refers to LMU point guard Anthony Ireland as a "lock for all-underrated team."

He played alongside high-profile guys and watched their recruitments explode. There was Nate Lubick and Naadir Tharpe on the summer circuit and Khem Birch, Markus Kennedy and Angel Nunez on his prep school team.

Now Anthony Ireland has made a name for himself.

Loyola Marymount's point guard has established himself as one of the elite floor leaders in the WCC and maybe even in the entire country. He's far from a household name beyond the west coast, but the 5-foot-9 junior, who hails from Connecticut and attended Winchendon (Mass.) prep school, earned first-team All-WCC honors last season.

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LMU's ESPN schedule announced

The LMU men's basketball team will make at least three regular season appearances on the ESPN family of networks during the 2012-13 season, it was announced this past week. As part of a longterm deal between the West Coast Conference and ESPN, more than 40 WCC men's basketball games will appear this coming season on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

The following Lions games will be televised:

Wednesday, Dec. 19 - Mississippi at LMU, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Thursday, Jan. 31 - Gonzaga at LMU, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, March 2 - BYU at LMU, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

In addition, the WCC Championship quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will all be televised live.