The Creighton men’s basketball team is probably happy to come back home to the friendly confines of the CenturyLink Center after stumbling big at Indiana State on Wednesday night. The crowd should be pretty pumped up for this one as well.
Creighton fans will have all day to prepare for this one with a 9:00 p.m. start. Late night starts are always favorites for the hardcore fans and the atmosphere should be amazing.
If you aren’t up for the late Saturday night extravaganza, then we have you covered. Check out the media menu below.
Television
The Bluejays will be nationally televised on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD at 9:00 p.m. It will be shown in high definition with Rich Hollenberg and Mark Adams on the call.
- In Omaha, the game is on Cox Communications cable system it is on digital channel 30 or in HD on channel 1030. You will have to check with your local cable provider to see if you get ESPN2, but it is almost likely you have it in your basic cable package.
- On DirecTV, it is on channel 209.
- On Dish Network, you can find the games on channel 144.
Online
- For people expecting to see it on regular ESPN3, it will not be available for this game. Since it is on ESPN2 it will be only available to those subscribers that have access to WatchESPN. You can watch the ESPN3/WatchESPN broadcast streaming live on your PC or XBox 360 through ESPN3.com if your internet provider carries WatchESPN access. Here are a list of video providers that carry WatchESPN. Cox Communications is on this list
- You can access WatchESPN through your Android, iPad, or iPhone with the Watch ESPN app. However, that is limited to those with Bright House, Verizon FiOsTV, Verizon high speed internet and Time Warner subscribers. New to this list is Cox Communications. You can get this if you are a Cox internet subscriber.
- Keep up with the live stats from Creighton. Follow the stats on your mobile device at GoCreightonStats.com.
- Follow the tweets of GoCreighton for score updates.
- Follow the tweets of White & Blue Review for periodic updates during the game from the sidelines and the stands.
- Follow the tweets from the Creightonian staff for updates.
- Follow the tweets of Steve Pivovar from the Omaha World-Herald for insight during the game.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the broadcast by AM 590, Omaha’s ESPN Radio online on your computer.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the broadcast on your mobile device by getting the TuneIn App for your device and searching for AM 590 ESPN Radio. The app is available for pretty much every mobile device out there.
- To see the other side of things, follow the tweets of Illinois State beat writer, Jim Benson.
- For a different perspective you can listen to the live Illinois State stream of the game.
- Bluejay Banter will have live updates as well as a postgame show on AM 590 ESPN after the game.
Radio/Audio
- 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 former Bluejay Nick Bahe over the air on AM 590, Omaha’s ESPN Radio.
- Throughout Illinois you can catch the Illinois State broadcast on the Redbird sports network flagshipped by WJBC-1230 AM and 93.7 FM in the Bloomington area. Other stations include WFMB-1450 AM (Springfield) and WDZ-1050 AM (Decatur).
Phone
You also have the option to listen to the game on the phone through Illinois State.
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After the game, stay tuned after the AM590 postgame to catch Bluejay Banter and their postgame show live from DJ’s Dugout across from the CenturyLink Center. They will talk to Creighton coaches and others to get the latest on the Bluejays as well as take phone calls.
As always, feel free to leave comments if there are other ways to follow the game.