Both ESPN and ESPN2 carried ABC News ' coverage of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon ( and the related crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville , Pennsylvania ) on September 11 , 2001 . ESPN2 also aired the 2008 SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament championship game in 2008 to most of the nation , since a storm damaged the original game site , the Georgia Dome , causing the schedule to be rearranged and site to be moved to the smaller Alexander Memorial Coliseum . The new schedule was in conflict with CBS 's coverage of the Big Ten Championship Game ; the game was produced by CBS . In the territory of the Southeastern Conference , the Big Ten game aired on ESPN2
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