The Creighton men’s basketball team is looking to steal a bid to the NCAA Tournament. It all starts on Thursday night against Seton Hall in the Big East tournament.
The Bluejays could surprise a lot of people this weekend and possibly take a bid away from the other mid-majors that are on the outside looking in. This team has overachieved this season based on the preseason prognostications, so why not do the same for the postseason.
A good set of fans will be in attendance at MSG. But a majority of the Bluejay faithful will be back in Omaha or other remote locations. To keep up with everything going on the rest of this week and into the weekend, here is the Media Menu to follow along.
Thursday’s approximate 8:30 p.m. CDT game vs. Seton Hall
Friday’s potential approximate 8:00 p.m. CDT game vs. Xavier or Marquette
Saturday’s championship game is at 4:30 p.m. CDT
Television:
All games except for Saturday’s Championship game will be shown live on FS1, The game on Thursday will have Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery on the call. Friday’s potential game will be called by Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson. Molly McGrath will serve as sideline reporter for all games.
(NOTE: if you’re outside Omaha, use the Fox Sports 1/2 channel finder guide to see where FS1 is on your TV carrier).
- In Omaha on Cox Communications = channel 78 (SD) 1078 (HD)
- In Omaha on CenturyLink Prism = channel 620 (SD) 1620 (HD)
- In Lincoln and surrounding areas on Time Warner Cable = channel 75 or 317 (SD) 1317 (HD)
- Nationally on DirecTV = channel 219
- Nationally on Dish Network = channel 150
Big East Championship Game on Saturday will be shown Nationally on FOX network. Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson will be on the call. Molly McGrath will be on the sidelines.
- In Omaha you can pick up the game over the air on any digital TV with an antenna = Channel 42.1 (see the Contour Map for coverage area)
- In Omaha on Cox Communications = Channel 1010 (HD)
- In Omaha on CenturyLink Prism = 42 (HD)
- Locally on DirecTV = channel 42
- Locally on Dish Network = channel 9143
- To find the local Fox Affiliate in your area, see this listing.
Virtual Reality
For the first time ever, you can watch the Big East Tournament in Virtual Reality. Here is what you need:
- Have a Samsung phone.
- Get a Samsung Gear VR device
- Dock your phone in the Gear VR headset and open Oculus Home.
- Download and open the NextVR app. The NextVR app features a dedicated FOX Sports channel
- See the full instructions here
- Read more about this.
Online:
- For those with Fox Sports 1 on select systems (Cox, Time Warner, DirecTV, Xfinity, AT&T Uverse, Suddenlink, WOW, Midcontinent, Bright House, and Optimum among others) you can login and watch online on your computer.
- You can also download the Fox Sports Go app for your Android, Apple, Kindle Fire, or Windows Mobile device and stream the game.
- For those that have Fox Sports 1 from Cox Communications in Omaha, inside your home you can watch the game on the Cox Contour app on your Apple iPad device and select Android tablets. The Contour app is available to Cox bundle customers with Cox TV Essential or better, and Cox Internet Preferred or better. The Apple app is compatible with iPad 2 or newer. There is also an Android app.
- Keep up with the live stats of the games.
- Follow the tweets of GoCreighton and BluejayMBB for score updates.
- Follow the tweets of White & Blue Review and reporter Matt DeMarinis for periodic updates during the game from the sidelines
- Follow the tweets from the Creightonian staff for updates.
- Follow the tweets from Alex Sindelar who covers Creighton for Big East Coast Bias with his colorful takes.
- Follow the tweets of Steve Pivovar from the Omaha World-Herald for insight during the game.
- Follow the tweets of the BEDN crew of John Fanta , Kim Adams and Cayleigh Griffin for their insight on the game as well as updates from the Big East MBB Twitter handle.
- Follow the Social Media Timelines for updates all day.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the broadcast by 1620 the Zone, the home of the Bluejays online on your computer.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the broadcast on your mobile device by getting the 1620 the Zone app available for Android and Apple products.
- You can listen to the radio stream through the SiriusXM App.
- Listen to the Westwood One national broadcast of the Semifinal and Final of the tournament with Kevin Kugler and John Thompson
- Bluejay Banter will have live updates as well as a postgame show on 1620 the Zone after the games.
For a different audio perspective of the games, here is where you can pick up the opposing team streams:
Radio/Audio:
Listening to the game:
Hop on to 1620 AM on your dial up to two hours before the games for Bluejay Shootaround.
- If you find yourself in the Omaha metro — you can pick up John Bishop’s play-by-play along with former Bluejay Josh Dotzler over the air on 1620 the Zone at 1620AM on your dial.
- Find a Westwood One affiliate in your area to pick up the game.
- Nationally you can pick up the game on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
- SiriusXM Channel 201
- Sirius Channel 83
- XM Channel 201
After the games, stay tuned after the 1620 the Zone postgame to catch Bluejay Banter and their “Overtime” postgame show. They will talk to Creighton coaches and others to get the latest on the Bluejays as well as take phone calls.
Big East School radio stations
- Butler: If you live in the Indianapolis area, you can pick up the broadcast on 1070 AM or 93.5 FM
- Georgetown: In the Washington DC area you can pick up the Georgetown broadcast on 106.7 FM The Fan.
- Marquette: If you live in the Milwaukee area, you can pick up the broadcast on 540 AM, the local ESPN Radio affiliate..
- Providence: If you live in the Providence area, you can pick up the broadcast on WEEI, 103.7 FM.
- Seton Hall: In the New York/New Jersey area you can pick up the Seton Hall broadcast on AM 970, the Answer and the campus broadcast on WSOU 89.5 FM.
- Villanova: If you live in the Philadelphia area, you can pick up the broadcast on 610 AM WTEL
- Xavier: If you live in the Cincinnati area, you can pick up the Xavier broadcast on 55KRC-AM at 550 AM on your dial.
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