NCAA Tournament on tv

[rmandel]

Fox Sports - Wisconsin is also showing the Midwest QF#2 at 5:30 PM on their Saturday schedule.  I don't know if this is available through Direct TV.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote jy3][quote upperdeck]directv does show channel 641 with the GB regional game at 5:30 next sat according to the programming guide..[/quote]
which channel is this?
looks like it is fsn and service is blacked out for us now...wonder if it will be there on saturday [/quote]

They're currently showing Minnesota Wild hockey. So it will be blacked out if you're not in the Minnesota area. Check back at 9:30 or 10 and it should be fine. If you get the Sports Pack, that is.

[cbuckser]

[quote rmandel]Fox Sports - Wisconsin is also showing the Midwest QF#2 at 5:30 PM on their Saturday schedule.  I don't know if this is available through Direct TV.[/quote]
Typically, if Fox Sports Net North - Wisconsin shows a different game than Fox Sports Net North - Minnesota, then DirecTV and Dish Network will air the FSNN-WI broadcast.  I'm not sure what will happen with this game:  FSNN-MN will carry the regional from 5:30 to 8:00, but at 8:00 a Wild-Sharks game begins.  At that point, the FSNN-MN feed will be blacked out outside of the MN viewing area.  Hopefully, the FSNN-WI will be carried separately.

It couldn't hurt to e-mail one's satellite provider urging that it use one of its many regional sports network alternate channels for FSNN-WI.  Also, an e-mail to Altitude suggesting that it carry its local team's game on its alternate channel might increase the likelihood that we'll be able to watch the entire CC-Cornell game on tv.

[DeltaOne81]

FS North 2, aka: FS North-Wisc, is typically on 642 on DirecTV.

However, its a good question as to what happens if the game runs long with the Wild scheduled next.

[annon]

For those of us in the Ithaca area, will it be on TV (Time Warner perhaps?) as usual?  Thanks.

[Dpperk29]

according to the TW sports website, the final will... but not the Semis

[marty]

Actually, digital cable in our area gives us 3 Fox regionals in addition to Fox NY.  I think we may get the one that Al listed and if not we may be able to bug Time-Warner successfully as we did last year.

It bugs me that a year later we still don't have ESPN U.  How common is ESPN U across the country?  Then again I only care once a year.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote cbuckser]\\It couldn't hurt to e-mail one's satellite provider urging that it use one of its many regional sports network alternate channels for FSNN-WI[/quote]

DirecTV regularly uses 642 for the Wisconsin feed of FSNorth.

[rmandel]

We benefited from the "old-fashioned" satellite here in Atlanta as well.  I got the coordinates from the Athletics Department last year.  I'll send them another e-mail.

[upperdeck]

I know the answer but why doesnt the ath dept get off its butt and get some of this done ? they have more more ability to talk with people who make these decisions.. they have alumni all over the country wanting to watch the major sport this school offers..  it wouldnt cost them money only time to make a few calls.

[RatushnyFan]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Thanks!!  Here's the Fox Sports North schedule page:

http://msn.foxsports.com/tv/schedule?regionCategoryId=296&date=2006-03-25&submit_button=Submit[/quote]
Looks like a MN Wild game is scheduled for 8 pm.  I wonder what FoxSports' obligation is if the NCAA game goes to OT but the Wild game is starting?

[DeltaOne81]

About the Wild game, I see that FSN North 2/Wisc is also scheduled to carry our regional (642 on DirectTV).

It may be blank while the feed is the same, but at 8 all they have is the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Tour. So hopefully we can flip to that if the game goes long and FSN North Minn decides to go away - or if the Bucky game does so ours starts late.

FSN North-Wisc schedule:
http://msn.foxsports.com/tv/schedule?regionCategoryId=298&date=2006-03-25&submit_button=Submit


I'm surprised that FSN Rocky Mtn hasn't decided to pick it up. At least not yet.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

I just spoke with Fox Sports Net North's programming manager -- nice guy.

At this time, the game is set to be shown live on both of FSN North's "feeds": FSN North Minnesota (DirecTV channel 641) and FSN North Wisconsin (DirecTV channel 642). Both feeds should be available at sports bars and private homes that subscribe to DirecTV's a-la-carte add-on package called "Sports Pack." (There may be availability on Dish Network and other satellite services, but those are more or less irrelevant for arranging sports bar events.)

The good news is that we don't need to worry about the potential of the CU-CC game going into OT and butting into the Minnesota Wild game that's scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET. Although it's likely that the FSN North Minnesota feed will switch to the Wild game, I was assured that the Cornell-Colorado College game will be shown in its entirety live starting at 5:30 p.m. ET -- even if it goes into overtime -- on the FSN North Wisconsin feed (or DirecTV channel 642). The Wisconsin feed will not break away for the Wild game. For now, that's the channel you should ask sports bars to find.

The FSN North programming manager will contact me if there's a change.

A Philadelphia viewing event will be arranged soon.

[DeltaOne81]

Hillel with the connections coming through with the detailed information again! Thanks :-D

FSN North Wisconsin it is.

[rmandel]

Great news!  Thank you so much for checking.