NCAA Tournament on tv

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Excellent news for Philadelphia area folks: We have confirmed at least one location in the Delaware Valley to watch Cornell play in the regional semifinal and, if necessary, the regional final. Please check out the WHERE TO WATCH sticky for more info as it gets posted.

[Frozen smile of joy from lacrosse win]

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Sorry if this has already been noted, but it looks like there have been some important new clearances to show Sunday's regional final live on TV at 5 p.m., should Cornell beat CC on Saturday.

It looks like Fox Sports North's Wisconsin feed (DirecTV channel 642) is going to show Sunday's regional final live in its entirety. At sports bars, that should be a better option than Altitude TV (very rare at most public establishments) or FSN Minnesota (not picking up the game until 5:30 p.m.).

The other cool development is that CN8 will be showing Sunday's regional final live in one of its major broadcast areas: New England. That means that many Comcast cable customers who live in parts of MA, CT, and NH will be able to see the game at home, and it should also be easier to find the game at a public establishment. Other New England viewers in CT and RI who have Cox cable service may be able to get Sunday's game live somewhere on the dial too, because Cox Cable New England has a clearance for Sunday's regional final as well.

[DeltaOne81]

We don't really have to worry about the final, unless the East final runs late:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2206792

[cbuckser]

I have updated the first posting on this thread to reflect the latest list of clearances for the Midwest regional.

[nshapiro]

just curious how you know that CN8 midatlantic will be carrying the games.  The CN8 website does not show any hockey for the region.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote nshapiro]just curious how you know that CN8 midatlantic will be carrying the games.  The CN8 website does not show any hockey for the region.[/quote]
Go to the NCAA's list of clearances that's linked in the first post in this thread.

[nshapiro]

I wouldn't trust that...It says PA is going to get all the games, including the East Semi-Final at 3:00pm on Saturday.

The current schedule has them broadcasting the Flyer's Cup HS Hockey final live at that time.  I really doubt they will pre-empt that for the East Semi-final.

Admittedly there is no similar conflict for the Midwest final, but until the broadcast is confirmed elsewhere (eg. CN8 website), I wouldn't count on it.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Shit, I just confirmed that Neil is right, at least as regards CN8 Mid-Atlantic. Although CN8 did get a clearance to show the Midwest Regional final live on Sunday in whatever regions they chose, they are only going to air it on CN8 New England (MA, NH, CT). Philly people like us will not get to see the game live on cable TV.

I'll edit the post above. Thanks, Neil. See you at Cavanaugh's?

[cbuckser]

I edited the first post in the thread to show that the regional final will be CN8 only in New England.

[nshapiro]

Hillel, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.  Is there any point in us trying to deluge CN8 via phone or email to convince them to show the final?

On Friday, I will check if the NE feed from Worcester is watchable online.  CN8 usually streams it....don't know if the NCAAs will be blacked out.

If I can't get a CN8 stream, I am definitely in for Sunday at Cavanaugh's ...Saturday is doubtful.

Neil

[cbuckser]

Dish Network will carry the Fox Sports North-Wisconsin feed of the CC-Cornell game on channel 445.  I updated the first post of this thread to add that information.

[RichH]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann]Shit, I just confirmed that Neil is right, at least as regards CN8 Mid-Atlantic. Although CN8 did get a clearance to show the Midwest Regional final live on Sunday in whatever regions they chose, they are only going to air it on CN8 New England (MA, NH, CT). Philly people like us will not get to see the game live on cable TV.[/quote]

Sure enough, my on-air guide is showing gobs of tournament hockey this weekend on CN8 (New England).  Both Northeast semis on Friday, then a nice 4-game spread for Saturday: both East semis and the NE and West Finals, and then for Sunday, the East and Midwest Finals.  Good job by them.  The timing of it all unfortunately misses the first game I really care about, but I can't complain.  I just hope I have reason to record a game on Sunday.

[Ken '70]

Just to summarize viewing for a lot of New England Comcast customers on CN8:

Friday
- Northeast Semi #1 4:00PM
- Northeast Semi #2 7:00PM

Saturday
- East Semi #1 12:00PM
- East Semi #2 3:00PM

Sunday
- East Final    2:00PM
- Midwest Final 5:00PM:-)

[RichH]

[quote Ken '70]Just to summarize viewing for a lot of New England Comcast customers on CN8:[/quote]

Thanks, Ken!  At 3 hours apart, it'll be interesting to see if/how they overlap them in case of runover or OTs.  I'll add the regional finals on Saturday they're showing also, according to my listings:

Friday
- Northeast Semi #1 (BU - UNO) 4:00PM
- Northeast Semi #2 (BC - Mia) 7:00PM

Saturday
- East Semi #1 (MSU - UNH)    12:00PM
- East Semi #2 (HU - UMaine)   3:00PM
- Northeast Final              6:00PM
- West Final                   9:00PM

Sunday
- East Final                   2:00PM
- Midwest Final                5:00PM

[schoaff]

[quote RichH]
Sure enough, my on-air guide is showing gobs of tournament hockey this weekend on CN8 (New England).  Both Northeast semis on Friday, then a nice 4-game spread for Saturday: both East semis and the NE and West Finals, and then for Sunday, the East and Midwest Finals.  Good job by them.  The timing of it all unfortunately misses the first game I really care about, but I can't complain.  I just hope I have reason to record a game on Sunday.[/quote]

And if you catch the early morning replays of the Friday games I think you can watch almost 20 straight hours of college hockey  ::nut::