The
Nebraska softball team will have a conference-high five games televised by the
Big Ten Network (BTN) this season, BTN and the Big Ten Conference announced on
Thursday.
Three
Husker games will be televised live, while two will air on a tape-delayed
basis. Airing live will be both games of Nebraska's home doubleheader with
Minnesota on Wednesday, April 10, as well as the Huskers' home matchup with
Michigan on Saturday, April 27. Both tape-delayed games will air at 2 p.m.
(Central) on the same day of the game and feature matchups at Illinois on
Sunday, March 31, and a home contest with Michigan on Sunday, April 28. For
fans attending that home regular-season finale with the Wolverines, first pitch
has been moved to 11:30 a.m.
Every game
that is available on BTN is also available on BTN2Go, a 24/7 live feed of all
BTN television programming. Full online access of BTN2Go is only available to
subscribers of participating cable, satellite or telco providers. The online
service is available at no additional cost to subscribers who already receive
BTN as part of their channel lineup. For more information, visit http://www.BTN2go.com.
BTN, which
has been assigned television rights from the Big Ten Conference of all 12 Big
Ten schools, could also show the Huskers a few more times during the 2013
season. The network will pick up to five "wildcard" games to air at its
discretion. BTN will also air both semifinals and the championship game of the
Big Ten Tournament, which will be held at Bowlin Stadium May 9-12. The
semifinals are set for Saturday, May 11, with the championship game on Sunday,
May 12.
In addition
to the television schedule, the conference and BTN also announced that five
Husker road games will be broadcast on the BTN Digital Network, which requires
an additional subscription to watch the internet-only live video feeds. Eleven
additional games will air on HuskersNSide, Nebraska's subscription-based video
service.
Overall,
fans can watch 21 of Nebraska's final 32 games on BTN, the BTN Digital Network
or on HuskersNSide. Select internet-only broadcasts of Nebraska's away Big Ten
Conference games may be announced at a later date.
2013 Nebraska Softball TV Schedule (all times
Central)
BTN
Sunday,
March 31 at Illinois (2 p.m.)*
Wednesday,
April 10 vs. Minnesota (4 p.m.)
Wednesday,
April 10 vs. Minnesota (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday,
April 27 vs. Michigan (1 p.m.)
Sunday,
April 28 vs. Michigan (2 p.m.)*
Saturday,
May 11, Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #1 (2 p.m.)
Saturday,
May 11, Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #2 (4:30 p.m.)
Sunday, May
12, Big Ten Tournament Championship (Noon)
*tape-delayed broadcast
BTN.com (requires subscription)
Friday,
March 29 at Illinois (6 p.m.)
Saturday,
March 30 at Illinois (2 p.m.)
Friday, April
5 at Iowa (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday,
April 6 at Iowa (5 p.m.)
Sunday, April
7 at Iowa (1 p.m.)
HuskersNSide (requires subscription)
Friday,
March 15 vs. New Mexico State (6 p.m.)
Saturday,
March 16 vs. New Mexico State - DH (1 & 3:30 p.m.)
Tuesday,
March 19 vs. UNO (5 p.m.)
Wednesday,
March 20 vs. North Dakota State - DH (2 & 4:30 p.m.)
Friday,
March 22 vs. Northwestern (6 p.m.)
Saturday,
March 23 vs. Northwestern (2 p.m.)
Sunday,
March 24 vs. Northwestern (Noon)
Wednesday,
April 24 vs. Creighton (6 p.m.)
Friday,
April 26 vs. Michigan (6 p.m.)
*Note: HuskersNSide schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Nebraska Softball Schedule Beginning March 15
|
DATE
|
OPPONENT
|
TIME
|
COVERAGE
|
|
March 15
|
New Mexico
State
|
6 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 16
|
New Mexico
State - 1
|
1 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 16
|
New Mexico
State - 2
|
3:30 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 19
|
UNO
|
5 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 20
|
North
Dakota State - 1
|
2 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 20
|
North
Dakota State - 2
|
4:30 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 22
|
Northwestern
|
6 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 23
|
Northwestern
|
2 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 24
|
Northwestern
|
Noon
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
March 29
|
at
Illinois
|
6 p.m.
|
BTN.com
|
|
March 30
|
at
Illinois
|
2 p.m.
|
BTN.com
|
|
March 31
|
at
Illinois
|
11:30 a.m.
|
BTN (tape
delayed)
|
|
April 3
|
at
Creighton
|
6 p.m.
|
TBA
|
|
April 5
|
at Iowa
|
6:30 p.m.
|
BTN.com
|
|
April 6
|
at Iowa
|
5 p.m.
|
BTN.com
|
|
April 7
|
at Iowa
|
1 p.m.
|
BTN.com
|
|
April 10
|
Minnesota
- 1
|
4 p.m.
|
BTN
|
|
April 10
|
Minnesota
- 2
|
6 p.m.
|
BTN
|
|
April 12
|
Wisconsin
|
6 p.m.
|
None
|
|
April 13
|
Wisconsin
|
1 p.m.
|
None
|
|
April 14
|
Wisconsin
|
Noon
|
None
|
|
April 17
|
Kansas
|
6 p.m.
|
None
|
|
April 19
|
at Purdue
|
3 p.m.
|
TBA
|
|
April 20
|
at Purdue
|
Noon
|
TBA
|
|
April 21
|
at Purdue
|
10 a.m.
|
TBA
|
|
April 24
|
Creighton
|
6 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
April 26
|
Michigan
|
6 p.m.
|
HuskersNSide
|
|
April 27
|
Michigan
|
1 p.m.
|
BTN
|
|
April 28
|
Michigan
|
11:30 a.m.
|
BTN (tape
delayed)
|
|
May 4
|
at Penn
State
|
1 p.m.
|
TBA
|
|
May 5
|
at Penn
State
|
Noon
|
TBA
|
|
May 6
|
at Penn
State
|
Noon
|
TBA
|