The New Orleans Hornets schedule for 2011-2012 has been finalized, despite the current lockout. Chris Paul and friends will open at home against the Chicago Bulls on November 2nd, and will wrap things up April 18th against Memphis. In between those two, there are a lot of other games, but one thing stands out– The Hornets receive no love nationally.
A quick glance at the TV schedule reveals what should be an exciting TNT televised game in LA against the Clippers on Thanksgiving, an ESPN televised game in New York on February 17th, and… and…
Are you kidding me? Zero nationally televised home games on the major stations?
All in all the Hornets are slated to appear on TNT and ESPN once each. They don’t make an appearance on ABC. It is of no consolation that they will be on NBA TV six times.
Thanks for the shaft, everyone. On behalf of Hornets fans everywhere, we appreciate it.
For those scoring at home, that means that right now there are 73 games (65 from CST) slated to be televised, which means that we can look forward to 9 games in which the Hornets simply will not be available for local fans to watch on TV. That makes sense, considering the Bees made the playoffs last year and have one of the biggest superstars in the game.
Frankly, this is turning into a bad recurring joke.
Full 2011-2012 Hornets Schedule
NOVEMBER
Date   Day   Opponent   Time
2   Wed   Chicago   7:00 p.m.
5   Sat   at Sacramento   9:00 p.m.
6   Sun   at L.A. Lakers   8:30 p.m.
9   Wed   Miami   7:00 p.m.
11   Fri   Golden State   7:00 p.m.
12   Sat   at San Antonio   7:30 p.m.
16   Wed   Houston   7:00 p.m.
18   Fri   New Jersey   7:00 p.m.
19   Sat   at Orlando   6:00 p.m.
22   Tue   at Phoenix   8:00 p.m.
24   Thu   at L.A. Clippers   9:30 p.m.
25   Fri   at Golden State   9:30 p.m.
27   Sun   at Denver   7:00 p.m.
30   Wed   Detroit   7:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
Date   Day   Opponent   Time
2   Fri   at Philadelphia   6:00 p.m.
4   Sun   at Oklahoma City   6:00 p.m.
7   Wed   L.A. Clippers   7:00 p.m.
10   Sat   at Minnesota   7:00 p.m.
12   Mon   at Utah   8:00 p.m.
16   Fri   Golden State   7:00 p.m.
18   Sun   at Toronto   12:00 p.m.
19   Mon   at Washington   6:00 p.m.
21   Wed   Dallas   7:00 p.m.
23   Fri   San Antonio   7:00 p.m.
26   Mon   at Charlotte   6:00 p.m.
28   Wed   Boston   7:00 p.m.
30   Fri   Phoenix   7:00 p.m.
JANUARY
Date   Day   Opponent   Time
2   Mon   at Miami   6:30 p.m.
4   Wed   Philadelphia   7:00 p.m.
6   Fri   Denver   7:00 p.m.
7   Sat   at Houston   7:00 p.m.
11   Wed   Oklahoma City   7:00 p.m.
13   Fri   Minnesota   7:00 p.m.
14   Sat   at Memphis   7:00 p.m.
16   Mon   Milwaukee   2:00 p.m.
18   Wed   Houston   7:00 p.m.
21   Sat   Dallas   7:00 p.m.
23   Mon   San Antonio   7:00 p.m.
25   Wed   at Dallas   7:30 p.m.
27   Fri   Orlando   7:00 p.m.
29   Sun   Atlanta   6:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Date   Day   Opponent
1   Wed   Denver   7:00 p.m.
3   Fri   at Oklahoma City   7:00 p.m.
4   Sat   at Detroit   6:30 p.m.
6   Mon   Cleveland   7:00 p.m.
8   Wed   Memphis   7:00 p.m.
10   Fri   Portland   7:00 p.m.
11   Sat   at Milwaukee   7:30 p.m.
13   Mon   Utah   7:00 p.m.
15   Wed   at Cleveland   6:30 p.m.
17   Fri   at New York   7:00 p.m.
19   Sun   at Indiana   5:00 p.m.
22   Wed   at Dallas   7:30 p.m.
28   Tue   at Chicago   7:00 p.m.
29   Wed   Toronto   7:00 p.m.
MARCH
Date   Day   Opponent   Time
2   Fri   Indiana   7:00 p.m.
3   Sat   Charlotte   7:00 p.m.
5   Mon   at Portland   9:00 p.m.
7   Wed   at Sacramento   9:00 p.m.
9   Fri   at Denver   8:00 p.m.
10   Sat   at Minnesota   7:00 p.m.
12   Mon   Oklahoma City   7:00 p.m.
14   Wed   L.A. Lakers   7:00 p.m.
16   Fri   at Atlanta   6:30 p.m.
17   Sat   Washington   7:00 p.m.
19   Mon   at New Jersey   6:30 p.m.
20   Tue   at Boston   6:30 p.m.
22   Thu   L.A. Clippers   7:00 p.m.
24   Sat   Sacramento   7:00 p.m.
26   Mon   at L.A. Clippers   9:30 p.m.
28   Wed   at Golden State   9:30 p.m.
29   Thu   at Portland   9:00 p.m.
APRIL
Date   Day   Opponent   Time
1   Sun   at Phoenix   8:00 p.m.
4   Wed   New York   7:00 p.m.
6   Fri   at San Antonio   7:30 p.m.
7   Sat   Minnesota   7:00 p.m.
9   Mon   L.A. Lakers   7:00 p.m.
11   Wed   Sacramento   7:00 p.m.
13   Fri   Utah   7:00 p.m.
15   Sun   Memphis   6:00 p.m.
16   Mon   at Houston   7:00 p.m.
18   Wed   at Memphis   7:00 p.m.
Notes
- The Hornets will play 18 of their 41 home games on Friday (11), Saturday (5) or Sunday (2) night.
- Their most frequent game night will be Wednesday (16).
- The Hornets play five of their first eight games at home to open the season, including a tilt against the Eastern Conference Champion Miami HEAT on Wednesday, Nov. 9 before embarking on a five-game road swing.
- All home games will tip off at 7:00 p.m. with the following exceptions: Monday, Jan. 16 vs. Milwaukee; Sunday, Jan. 29 vs. Atlanta; Sunday, Apr. 15 vs. Memphis. The Bucks game will tip off at 2:00 p.m., while the Hawks and Grizzlies games will tip off at 6:00 p.m.
- The Hornets’ longest road trip will be two five-game swing taking place Nov. 19-27 and Feb. 15-28, while the longest home stand is five games taking place at the end of the regular season, Apr. 7-15.
- The Hornets will play Southwest Division rivals (Dallas, Houston, Memphis and San Antonio) four times each (twice at home/twice on the road). The same holds true for Pacific and Northwest Division teams, with the exception of Phoenix (one home game on Dec. 30), Portland (one home game on Feb. 10), L.A. Lakers (one road game on Nov. 6) and Utah (one road game on Dec. 12).
- The Mavericks are featured on TNT and ESPN ten times as much as the Hornets.
19 responses to “New Orleans Hornets 2011-2012 Schedule”
Thanks a lot N B A!!!!!!! This is the problem, the television contracts suck booty! A playoff team only gets 2 nationally televised games?!!!! WTF! All playoff teams should get at least 6 games, especially against other playoff teams. This creates rivalries and great storylines. But noooooooo! Stern and his band of misfits are truly screwing up royally!!!!!!!
I’d like to check off ‘Disappointed’ and ‘I knew that would happen again!’ No love whatsoever. A playoff team gets 2 nationally televised games while a team like the Clippers get about 13. Sucks. The Nuggets have more televised games in the first month than the Hornets do all season. Sucks. The Suns have 10. WTF??!!!
Assuming a normal season…
That New York game is right near the trade deadline.
NY and LA games.
They aren’t giving us games; they are using us / Chris.
Their won’t be a season anyway! See NHL in 2004-2005.
Chris Paul and David West have played their last games with this organization.
I’ve come to that conclusion. I’m not going to be optimistic just because I like the Hornets … I’d rather be real!
L_REAZY
Put it this way …
I’ve already begun trying Chris Paul out on different teams on NBA 2K11 …lol!
L_REAZY
I share all of your frustrations, Joe. The Hornets TV deal is horrible. What makes it worse is that CST inevitably chooses a majority of their blacked-out deals to be road games, so even season ticket holders can’t watch the games. If they are dead set on this miserable 65 game plan, they should at least have the decency to televise all the games that locals can’t go a buy a ticket for and attend. As far as the national outlets go, I’m not really surprised by the lack of interest in the team. The Hornets are currently lacking a cute story for the talking heads to yack about while they ignore the game (save for the “Will CP leave?” storyline that we have to thank for the nationally-televised NYK trade deadline gag-fest). We can’t very well expect the major networks to pick games based on purely on-court reasons can we? In such a small market, with no promising storylines being reported anywhere but locally, we can pretty much give up on national coverage. However, the fact that Hornets fans are continuously let down by their local coverage is inexcusable and infuriating.
Excellently put.
Many NBA teams are in the 65 game boat.
The CST contract will likely begin to be renegotiated soon.
They do give up mainly road games due to the expense involved in travel.
Also, if NBATV or a national network picks up a game from CST, they usually pick add an equal number of uncovered games to their coverage.
It’s far from ideal, but we’re also not alone, and at least we have some hope. The another ~25% in local tv money would help on the ownership side, so if CST wants any Hornets money, they may have an incentive to pony up for those other games.
ditto lsuhornet
I’ve always found it absurd that cst only picks up 65 especially when they have no worthwhile programming playing in place of the missed hornets games. no hd cameras for road games, they can’t hide the fact they are a truly 2nd rate network
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CP3’s comments on being an all-star with last years TV schedule:
“I think it’s big, and I’m unbelievably grateful for the fans for it, because I’ve probably got to be the only All-Star who hadn’t played yet on national TV.â€
That is absolutely ridiculous. What is the reason for this ignorance?
Do we have to win an NBA Championship to get more games on national TV?
I hope we will win it and they will be ashamed!
@kempleton-shucks it wouldn’t surprise me if the Hornets won a championship and ended up getting 2 nationally televised games again the following season. LOL!
The Lakers got swept by the Mavs. The Mavs won the championship. The Lakers have 2 more nationally televised games than the Mavs do. Seems to me the Mavs should have 2 more than the Lakers.
Seems like winning isn’t the most important thing, eh?
If there is a season, I’m gonna try to go back to MSG to see that game against the Knicks. Maybe pick up the NBA League Pass deal but for us Hornets fans, not having any national coverage at home is a shame. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was one on ESPN later in the year towards March or April but for a team that made th playoffs, there needs to be more than 2 games all year long on national tv.
Some advice for people who want to get league pass. Find out what games they will block in your area. They were blocking New Orleans games in OKC, does that make sense? These channels have a weird way of deciding which games they will show and what areas they will show them in.
we need a superhero lol
ESPN will jump on the bandwagon like always and add a Hornets game or two into their *tough* schedule once they realize that the Hornets will have a playoff record come the All-Star break.