Fans looking to follow Big Ten teams throughout the 2013 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball tournaments can turn to BTN for comprehensive coverage, including pre- and post-game press conferences and frequent episodes of Big Ten Basketball & Beyond: Tournament Edition hosted by Dave Revsine and Jim Jackson.
“With the interest in Big Ten teams at record levels, basketball fans will want to tune in to BTN for in-depth analysis and coverage throughout the NCAA tournament,” said BTN President Mark Silverman.
Tournament coverage on BTN and BTN2Go begins today, with pre-game press conferences for Michigan State and Michigan at 12:50 and 3:45 PM ET, respectively. BTN also will televise the majority of Big Ten opponents’ press conferences, with Valparaiso and South Dakota State events set to air 1:20 PM ET and 4:15 PM ET, respectively. Michigan State takes on Valparaiso at 12:15 PM ET Thursday in Auburn Hills, Mich., while Michigan faces South Dakota State at 7:15 PM ET, also in Auburn Hills.
In addition, BTN will have reporters on site where Big Ten teams are playing: Auburn Hills, for Michigan and Michigan State; Dayton, for Ohio State and Indiana; Austin, for Minnesota and Illinois; and Kansas City for Wisconsin.
At 8 PM ET tonight, BTN will air the season finale of The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2013. The 60-minute show takes fans behind the scenes of the Big Ten Tournament from the opening tip through trophy presentation. The episode also includes features on Michigan’s Trey Burke, Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, Michigan State’s Derrick Nix and Wisconsin’s Mike Bruesewitz.
A schedule of currently scheduled press conference days and times is below. As Big Ten teams advance, the programming schedule will be updated to reflect press conference airings and can be found at BTN.com/Shows.
Wednesday
Time (ET) Event
——– —–
12:50 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN STATE PRE-GAME
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1:20 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
VALPARAISO PRE-GAME
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3:45 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN PRE-GAME
—
4:15 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PRE-GAME
—
8 PM THE JOURNEY: BIG TEN BASKETBALL
2013 Season Finale
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9 PM BIG TEN BASKETBALL & BEYOND
TOURNAMENT EDITION
—
Thursday
Time (ET) Event
——– —–
1:30 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: INDIANA PRE-
GAME
—
2:05 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: WISCONSIN
PRE-GAME
—
2:35 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: OLE MISS
PRE-GAME
—
2:45 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: MICHIGAN
STATE VS. VALPARAISO POST-GAME*
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3:30 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: ILLINOIS
PRE-GAME
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4 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: OHIO STATE
PRE-GAME
—
4:30 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: LIU
BROOKLYN/JAMES MADISON PRE-GAME
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5 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: COLORADO
PRE-GAME
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6:30 PM BIG TEN BASKETBALL & BEYOND TOURNAMENT EDITION
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7 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: MINNESOTA
PRE-GAME
—
7:30 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: UCLA PRE-
GAME
—
9:45 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE: MICHIGAN VS.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE POST-GAME
—
12 AM BIG TEN BASKETBALL & BEYOND TOURNAMENT EDITION
—
Friday
Time (ET) Event
——– —–
1:30 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN STATE PRE-GAME
*If Advance to 3rd Round
—
2:15 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN STATE OPPONENT PRE-GAME
*If Advance to 3rd Round
—
3:10 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
WISCONSIN VS. OLE MISS POST-GAME
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3:55 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN PRE-GAME
*If Advance to 3rd Round
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4:40 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
MICHIGAN OPPONENT PRE-GAME *If
Advance to 3rd Round
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6:40 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
INDIANA VS. LIU BROOKLYN/ JAMES
MADISON POST-GAME
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7:25 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
ILLINOIS VS. COLORADO POST-GAME
—
9:40 PM NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
OHIO STATE VS. IONA POST-GAME
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12 AM BIG TEN BASKETBALL & BEYOND
TOURNAMENT EDITION
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*All post-game press conference times are approximate
SOURCE BTN
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