The Bluejays hit the road for five of their next seven games, including tonight’s tilt with rival Southern Illinois. Both teams dominated the Valley for the majority of the 2000s, but the rivalry has struggled the past few seasons to have a major effect on the Valley championship. Still, you can bet the home crowd at SIU Arena will be fired up for a Friday night game against Creighton.
Can’t make it to Carbondale? Check out the wide selection of media options available for Friday night’s 7 PM matchup, including nationwide cable coverage.
Television
The Bluejays will be on local TV tonight, with the game broadcast by KMTV, otherwise known as Action 3 News. Travis Justice and former Creighton star Nick Bahe will be on the call for this one.
- In the Omaha area, the game will be available on Cox Cable channels 5 and 705. But there will not be any high definition cameras in use.
- In other parts of Nebraska, stretching from York to Lincoln and in the southeast part of the state, the game will be on Time Warner Cable channel 3.
- The game WILL be available nationwide on ESPN Full Court and ESPN3.com (where available). The KMTV broadcast will be beamed nationwide.
- If you have one of those fancy old satellites where you can put in coordinates, this is the information you will need: Galaxy 16 6 Analog, U/L – 14120 H, D/L – 11820 V
There is also a viewing party option at DJ’s Dugout at 114th and Dodge, with Bluejay Banter hosting the festivities. They will be doing a pick-to-click contest during the game and be giving away tickets and T-shirts. If you head out there for the game, stick around afterward for the live radio postgame show on Big Sports 590.
Online
There are several ways to follow the game via the Internet:
- SIU will have live video streaming webcast of the game available for a small fee, but you can watch it on ESPN3.com for free if you have access to ESPN3 through your internet provider.
- Keep up with the live stats from GoCreighton.com.
- Follow the tweets of GoCreighton for score updates.
- Follow the tweets from the Omaha World-Herald, Steve Pivovar, and Steve Takaba.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the broadcast by Big Sports 590.
- For the Southern Illinois side of things, the audio broadcast is available online.
Radio
If you find yourself traversing the greater Midwest — specifically, the eastern part of Nebraska, Iowa, and even into Missouri — you can pick up T. Scott Marr’s play-by-play along with Kevin Sarver on Big Sports 590 AM.
If you are in the Carbondale area, you can pick up the Southern Illinois side of things on flagship WVZA, 105.1 FM and any other Saluki Radio Network affiliates throughout Illinois and parts of Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana. Here is a coverage map.
Do you have other ways to follow the game? Let us know in the comments section.
