Men's BB Championship Radio/TV Information
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TV/Radio Coverage - March 7
Fans can catch action from the 2008 Intel Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Championship on television, the internet and radio.
Saturday’s quarterfinal games between No. 6 Montana State and No. 3 Weber State, and No. 5 Montana and No. 4 Idaho State will be video streamed through Big Sky TV at www.bigskytv.org. Cost is $4.95 per game.
Both Tuesday night semifinal games from the Rose Garden will be televised live. Altitude Sports & Entertainment owns the television rights to the semifinals and is working to make the games available on several different outlets.
The second semifinal game featuring regular-season champion Portland State and a to-be-determined opponent will air live starting approximately at 8 p.m. Pacific on Altitude, as well as Comcast Sports Net Northwest.
The first semifinal game featuring No. 2 seed Northern Arizona and a to-be-determined opponent will begin at 5:30 p.m. Pacific. The game will be joined in progress live on Altitude following the completion of the network’s Colorado Avalanche coverage at approximately 7 p.m. Pacific. The game will air live on its entirety on Altitude 2, Dish Network Channel 9411, and channels 4 and 59 in Flagstaff, Ariz. Fox College Sports Pacific will also televise the game live outside of Altitude’s 10-state coverage area.
Both semifinal games can also be purchased through ESPN Fullcourt.
Altitude is also working to make the first semifinal available in markets in Utah and Montana. Complete television information for the first semifinal will be available on Monday.
Bill Riley will handle play-by-play, and Joe Cravens will provide color-commentary for both semifinal games.
Wednesday night’s championship game will be televised by ESPN2 beginning at 6 p.m. Mountain. Scott Graham will be the play-by-play broadcaster with Bob Valvano handling color commentary.
The Big Sky is also pleased to announce that Wednesday’s championship game will be broadcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122. Frank Santore will handle play-by-play duties.
No video stream of the semifinals or championship will be available because of television coverage.
QUARTERFINALS
Video Streaming - Saturday’s quarterfinal games between No. 6 Montana State and No. 3 Weber State, and No. 5 Montana and No. 4 Idaho State will be available on Big Sky TV (www.bigskytv.org). Cost is $4.95 per game.
Radio - The games will be broadcast on radio networks of Montana State, Weber State, Montana and Idaho State. Live audio streams for these games can also be found by visiting the respective school Web sites.
SEMIFINALS
Television - First Semifinal: Altitude Sports & Entertainment will televise the first semifinal game live in its entirety on Altitude 2 (Dish Network 449, DirecTV 661 where available). The game will also be broadcast live in its entirety on Dish Network channel 9411, and channels 4 and 59 in Flagstaff. The game will also be shown live on Fox College Pacific outside of Altitude’s 10-state coverage area. Altitude is also working to secure television coverage in markets in Utah and Montana. Complete information will be available on Monday. The first semifinal game will also be joined live in progress at roughly 7 p.m. Pacific, following the completion of the network’s Colorado Avalanche Coverage. The game will also be available on the ESPN Fullcourt pay-per-view service.
Second Semifinal: The game will air live in its entirety on Altitude and Altitude 2, as well as Comcast Sports Net Northwest out of Portland. The game will also be available on ESPN Fullcourt.
Radio - The games will be on radio in local markets of Northern Arizona, Portland State, and the two quarterfinal winners. Live audio streams for these games can also be found by visiting the respective school Web sites.
Championship Game
Television - Wednesday night’s championship game will be televised live on ESPN2. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. Pacific. Scott Graham
Radio - Wednesday’s championship game will be broadcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122. Frank Santore will handle play-by-play duties.
