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Husker Baseball TV schedule announced

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BTN Announces TV Schedule for 2015

Note: Two time changes due to TV, all times Central…
at Maryland, Friday, April 3 (from 5:35 p.m. to 6:05 p.m.)
Minnesota, Friday, April 10 (from 6:35 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.)

BTN's full announcement is attached below this email

Lincoln - On Monday afternoon the Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Network announced their TV and BTN Plus (formally the Big Ten Digital Network) schedules for the 2015 baseball season. The Huskers are slated to make four nationally-televised appearances on BTN, with another 15 games streamed live on the BTN Plus (subscription required).

A total of 14 Nebraska baseball games will be on TV in 2015, as 10 other games will be covered by NET (4), ROOT Sports Southwest (3), CBS Sports Network (2) and Cox Channel Kansas (1).

Overall, 46 Nebraska baseball games, including every home game, have been or will be on TV or streamed live on the Internet in 2015, as Nebraska's own HuskersNSide will carry every home game not selected by BTN, BTN Plus or NET.

Additional games may be added at a later date. The entire BTN Plus streaming schedule can be viewed at BTN2Go.com

Big Ten Network Coverage
Nebraska will open BTN's baseball coverage in 2015 on Saturday, March 28 at 2 p.m. when the Huskers host the Texas Longhorns at Hawks Field.

Fans can then catch two games of Nebraska's three-game series at Maryland, the league's preseason favorite. The Huskers and Terrapins will meet on Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m. on BTN and also on Sunday. The series finale is scheduled for 11 a.m., but will be shown on tape delay the same day at 2 p.m.

The Huskers final regular-season appearance on BTN is scheduled for Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m., when NU opens a three-game series against Minnesota.

Highlights and coverage of Big Ten baseball and softball will be featured on This Week in the Big Ten, which airs Sunday nights beginning Sunday, April 5. Hosts Rick Pizzo, Mike Hall and various analysts will discuss Big Ten matchups and breakout performances from the weekend's games. The Diamond Report will return with nightly airings during the baseball and softball tournaments.

Additional games will be added at a later date. The BTN Plus streaming schedule can be viewed here.


NET Coverage

NET is scheduled to carry four Nebraska baseball games this season. The Huskers' first appearance on the statewide network is slated for Friday, March 27, when the Huskers open a three-game series against the Texas Longhorns at 6:30 p.m.

Four days later on Tuesday, March 31, the Huskers and Creighton Bluejays will meet at 6:30 p.m. and NET will carry the game on NET-2.

Fans across the state will get a pair of Big Ten Conference games on NET in 2015, including home games against Ohio State on Saturday, April 18, and Purdue on Saturday, May 9. Both games are slated for 2 p.m.

Other TV Coverage
Both of Nebraska's trips to TD Ameritrade Park to play the Creighton Bluejays will be broadcast by the CBS Sports Network. The Huskers and Jays are set to meet at the home of the College World Series on Tuesday, April 14, and Tuesday, April 28.

Nebraska's lone trip to Manhattan, Kan., on Tuesday, April 7 to play the Kansas State Wildcats will be shown on Cox Channel Kansas. The game will also be streamed live on K-StateHD.TV.

Last weekend, all three of Nebraska's games at the Houston College Classic were carried on ROOT Sports Southwest.

Please check with your TV provider for availability of these channels in your area.

2015 BTN Schedule
Saturday, March 28 - Texas
Friday, April 3 - at Maryland (time change to 6 p.m.)
Sunday, April 5 - at Maryland (Tape Delay at 2 p.m., live on BTN Plus)
Friday, April 10 - Minnesota (time change to 7 p.m.)

2015 NET Schedule

Friday, March 27 - Texas (NET)
Tuesday, March 31 - Creighton (NET/BTN Plus)
Saturday, April 18 - Ohio State (NET)
Saturday, May 9 - Purdue (NET)


2015 BTN Plus Schedule
Saturday, March 14 - Florida Gulf Coast (BTN Plus)
Sunday, March 15 - Florida Gulf Coast (BTN Plus)
Tuesday, March 17 - Indiana State (BTN Plus)
Sunday, March 29 - Texas (BTN Plus)
Tuesday, March 31 - Creighton (NET/BTN Plus)
Sunday, March 12 - Minnesota (BTN Plus)
Wednesday, April 15 - Omaha (BTN Plus)
Friday, April 24 - at Iowa (BTN Plus)
Saturday, April 25 - at Iowa (BTN Plus)
Friday, May 1 - at Northwestern (BTN Plus)
Saturday, May 2 - at Northwestern (BTN Plus)
Sunday, May 3 - at Northwestern (BTN Plus)


2015 Other TV Games
Tuesday, April 7 - at Kansas State (Cox Channel Kansas)
Tuesday, April 14 - at Creighton (CBS Sports Network)
Tuesday, April 28 - at Creighton (CBS Sports Network)
 
If I counted right, that's 23 games on TV or streamed (not counting Huskers NSide). That's not too bad actually :)

Glad to see BTN is realizing the value of the internet stream. Curious what the production will look like for that.
 
Originally posted by sklarbodds:
If I counted right, that's 23 games on TV or streamed (not counting Huskers NSide). That's not too bad actually :)

Glad to see BTN is realizing the value of the internet stream. Curious what the production will look like for that.
Guessing they will be Student U-caliber broadcasts, so a couple HD cameras with poor angles and timing and a couple announcers that have never seen a baseball game before...
 
Originally posted by HuskerFan31:
Originally posted by sklarbodds:
If I counted right, that's 23 games on TV or streamed (not counting Huskers NSide). That's not too bad actually :)

Glad to see BTN is realizing the value of the internet stream. Curious what the production will look like for that.
Guessing they will be Student U-caliber broadcasts, so a couple HD cameras with poor angles and timing and a couple announcers that have never seen a baseball game before...
Nailed it. And all for a subscription price. And half of the BTN+ games will be home games streamed by HuskersNSide.

No thanks, BTN+, we got this covered.
 
Four NET games seems like way fewer than in years past. Are there options to add games later? Also, are the games against Creighton on NET? Every CBSS game in the past has just been a rebroadcast of NET's production and was available on both networks.
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