BSC MBB Championship Game Time Changed

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The championship game time has been changed at the request of ESPN and a list of tv coverage for Tues. and Wed.

Big Sky Men’s Championship Game

Changed to 8:30 p.m. Start

Per a request by ESPN2, Wednesday night’s 2009 America First Credit Union Big Sky Conference men’s basketball championship game has been pushed back to 8:30 p.m. Mountain, 30 minutes later than previously scheduled.

ESPN2 requested the change to accommodate coverage of the World Baseball Classic earlier in the afternoon.

Wednesday’s Big Sky Championship will be played at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, and televised nationally on ESPN2, which is available in more than 89 million households.

Semifinal action begins Tuesday at the Dee Events Center at 5 p.m. Mountain with No. 2 seed Portland State taking on No. 4 seed. Idaho State. At 7:30 p.m., No. 1 seed Weber State battles No. 6 seed Montana State.

Tuesday’s games will air live on Altitude2, which is available on DirecTV channel 682 and Dish Network Channel 453. Those in areas outside of Altitude’s 10-state regional territory will need to have the sports packages to see the game.

Comcast Sports Net Northwest will air the first semifinal game live, and the second game tape delay at 11 p.m. Viewers in Spokane, Wash., can see the game live on Comcast through the digital preferred tier on channel 179.

Also, several alternate cables channels in Montana, Colorado and Wyoming will televise Altitude’s coverage live.

A complete list is below.

Altitude Sports & Entertainment 2

Affiliate System State Channel #

DIRECTV n/a All 682

Dish Network n/a All 453

Bresnan Butte MT 64

Bresnan Billings MT 2

Bresnan Polson MT 21

Bresnan Kalispell MT 62

Bresnan Bozeman MT 22

Bresnan Missoula MT 13

Bresnan Dillon MT 19

Bresnan Helena MT 20

Tvision Colorado City CO 15

Bresnan Craig CO 67

Baja Estes Park CO 13

Bresnan Fort Morgan CO 66

Bresnan Grand Junction CO 47

Time Warner Gunnison/Crested Butte CO 6

Qwest Highlands Ranch CO 443

Bresnan Sterling CO 99

Bresnan Cheyenne WY 64

Bresnan Laramie WY 98

Bresnan Hamilton MT 15 (confirmed, waiting for authorization)

Bresnan Great Falls MT 3 (confirmed, waiting for authorization)

Bresnan Havre MT 15 (confirmed, waiting for authorization)

Comcast SportsNet-Northwest (they will be taking Semi #1 live at 5:00pmMT and delaying Semi #2 to 11:00pmMT that night).

Spokane, Washington- Comcast, Digital Preferred tier – channel 179

Portland metro:

Comcast Cable channel 37

Verizon FIOS channel 77

Portland adjacent:

Wave Broadband channel 37

Canby Telecom channel 33



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Jon Kasper

Assistant Commissioner/Media Relations

Big Sky Conference