Creighton basketball is a hot ticket. More than 17,000 fans packed into the CenturyLink Center last Friday for the season opener against North Texas. It wasn’t on TV, so you had to be in the building (or watching via an online webcast subscription) to see the game.
Wednesday’s game against UAB is the total opposite. There are a ton of ways to view the game thanks to Nebraska Educational Television (NET), distribution on the ESPN Full Court package, and an online webcast. The national followers of Creighton hoops should be able to watch this game easily.
Television
The game will be broadcast by Nebraska Educational Television (NET), the PBS station across the state of Nebraska. The best part is that it is in HD! Kevin Kugler and Nick Bahe will be on the call.
- If you still have the rabbit ears on your TV, it is available across the state of Nebraska on your local PBS station.
- For those with cable systems, it is available on Cox channel 12 (SD) or 1012 (HD) in the Omaha metro. In other areas of Nebraska, it will be available on your cable’s main NET channel. Here is a coverage map and translators/channels.
- The game will be on DirecTV channel 26 and on Dish Network 9147 in the local DMA market which is Nebraska and parts of Iowa.
- The game WILL be available nationwide on ESPN Full Court and ESPN3.com (where available). The NET SD broadcast will be beamed nationwide.
Online
- You can watch the ESPN3 broadcast streaming live on your PC or XBox 360 through ESPN3.com if your internet provider carries this access. All of the major cable companies (Cox, Time Warner, Charter) carry ESPN3.com on their internet service. Here are a list of other high speed internet and video providers that carry ESPN3.
- You may also watch the NET broadcast directly that is also free.
- You can access ESPN3 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.
- 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.
- For a different perspective you can listen to the streaming UAB broadcast 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 Ross Ferarrini over the air on AM 590, Omaha’s ESPN Radio.
- In Alabama, if you are in the Birmingham, Huntsville, or Decatur area, you can pick up the UAB broadcast on your radio dial on the Blazer Radio Network. The flagship station is WUHT 107.7 FM.
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.
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As always, feel free to leave comments if there are other ways to follow the game.