It has been a long time since Creighton has won two games in a row. The Bluejays have gone through a long stretch now where they win a game at home and then hit the road, only to lose. The last time the Bluejays played two games in a row at home, it was at the beginning of January and they went 1-1 on that homestand.
After playing one of their most complete games of the season against Southern Illinois, Creighton has an opportunity again to start a winning streak. CU hosts Illinois State, a team near the bottom of the MVC standings.
The crowd should gather just to see Gregory Echenique goggle night in the student section, with 600 people going Ga Ga for Gregory and wearing replica goggles. Who needs a blue-out or a white-out when you can just tell everyone to wear goggles?
Well in case you can’t see the spectacle in person, we have your options to follow the action for Wednesday’s 7:05 p.m. tip.
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 former Creighton Bluejay Nick Bahe will have 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 or 712 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
There are several ways to follow the game via the Internet:
- A video webcast is available. If you have access to ESPN3.com through your Internet provider, then you can watch it there or access the NET broadcast directly. Both are free.
- Keep up with the live stats from GoCreighton.com.
- Get the stats on your mobile device from GoCreightonStats.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 AM 590, Omaha’s ESPN Radio.
- Listen to the streaming audio of the Illinois State broadcast.
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 former Bluejay Jimmy Motz 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), WZPN-96.5 FM (Peoria), and WDZ-1050 AM (Decatur).
Feel free to share other ways to follow the game in the comments section below.