T.J. Ford to front ESPN College Hoops

Sega's ESPN Videogames division has today announced that T.J. Ford, Naismith and Wooden Award winner from the University of Texas, will be the spokesperson and cover athlete for ESPN College Hoops. Now playing as a guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, after recently being chosen in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Ford led the University of Texas Longhorns to their first NCAA Final Four appearance since 1947 in his sophomore year and was named player of the year by Sports Illustrated, the Sporting News, ESPN.com, and CBS Sportsline.com.

"Tradition, pride, and emotion are the staples of college basketball," said Greg Thomas, president of ESPN Videogames. "College players compete against rivals for the honor of their school. ESPN College Hoops faithfully recreates the high-spirited atmosphere of college basketball and maintains the high quality of gameplay, graphics, and presentation that gamers have come to expect from all ESPN Videogames titles."

ESPN College Hoops is currently scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in North America on November 11. For more information, check out our previous coverage of the game.