Basketball News Channel Nebraska will televise select State Tournament Games

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Link: http://ncnsportsnow.com/local-news/...ast-select-state-tournament-basketball-games/

LINCOLN - News Channel Nebraska announced today that the TV network will televise games from the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) State Basketball Tournaments.

News Channel Nebraska (NCN), through a partnership with the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and the NSAA, will broadcast live all six boys and girls quarterfinal games from the Bob Devaney Sports Center each Thursday. NCN will then broadcast all six girls and boys semifinal games from Pinnacle Bank Arena each Friday.

"NCN is at its best when we welcome student athletes into the homes of place bound Nebraskans who maintain strong ties to their communities," NCN Founder Mike Flood said. "Thanks to our continued partnership with the NSAA and the NFHS Network, we are so pleased to be able to provide quarter- and semifinal state basketball action live from Lincoln."

The NCN Sports team has broadcast more than 100 high school basketball games on TV in the 2018-19 season. The network has carried more than 1,000 high school sporting events in its four years on the air. NCN is no stranger to breaking new ground when it comes to live broadcasts of NSAA events. NCN broadcast the NSAA State Play Production Championships each of the last three years, showed a Class A semifinal football game on TV for the first time ever in 2018, and has carried the Nebraska High School Unified Bowling Championships in each of the last two seasons.

NCN's broadcasts from state basketball will employ multiple camera angles, instant replay and three-person announce crews.

News Channel Nebraska is the most widely distributed news network in Nebraska, reaching over 550,000 homes. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Norfolk. It is an independent TV network focused on rolling news coverage and live events. NCN is operated by Flood Communications, which owns eight radio stations, Telemundo Nebraska, and News Channel Nebraska.

Here is a full list of the games to be broadcast

NCN Girls State Basketball Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, February 28 - Bob Devaney Sports Center
9:00 AM - Class C1: Lincoln Christian vs. West Point-Beemer
10:45 AM - Class C1: Columbus Lakeview vs. Mitchell
2:00 PM - Class C1: Wahoo Neumann vs. North Bend
3:45 PM - Class C1 Wahoo vs. Hastings Adams Central
7:00 PM - Class B: Seward vs. Grand Island Northwest
8:45 PM - Class B: Waverly vs. Elkhorn

Friday, March 1 - Pinnacle Bank Arena
9:00 AM - Class C1 (Semifinal #1)
10:45 AM - Class C1 (Semifinal #2)
2:00 PM - Class B (Semifinal #1)
3:45 PM - Class B (Semifinal #2)
7:00 PM - Class A (Semifinal #1)
8:45 PM - Class A (Semifinal #2)

NCN Boys State Basketball Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, March 7 - Bob Devaney Sports Center
9:00 AM - Class C1 (Quarterfinal #1)
10:45 AM - Class C1 (Quarterfinal #2)
2:00 PM - Class C1 (Quarterfinal #3)
3:45 PM - Class C1 (Quarterfinal #4)
7:00 PM - Class B (Quarterfinal #3)
8:45 PM - Class B (Quarterfinal #4)

Friday, March 8 - Pinnacle Bank Arena
9:00 AM - Class C1 (Semifinal #1)
10:45 AM - Class C1 (Semifinal #2)
2:00 PM - Class B (Semifinal #1)
3:45 PM - Class B (Semifinal #2)
7:00 PM - Class A (Semifinal #1)
8:45 PM - Class A (Semifinal #2)

 

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How to Watch NCN

All games can be watched (with a NFHS subscription) at http://ncnsportsnow.com

Antenna (Over-the-Air Broadcast)

Channel 16.1 (within 35 mile radius of Columbus)
Channel 21.1 (within 35 mile radius of Beatrice)
Channel 30.1 (within 35 mile radius of Grand Island)
Channel 35.1 (within 35 mile radius of Norfolk)

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Cable/Satellite System Broadcast

Allo (Channel 180)
(Alliance, Bridgeport, Gering, Lincoln, Ogallala, North Platte, Scottsbluff)

American Broadband (Channel 99)
Belden, Carroll, Emerson, Homer, Laurel, Lyons, Macy, Oakland, Osmond, Pender, Wakefield, Walthill, Wayne, Winnebago

Blue Valley Communications (Channel 75)
Northern Kansas (Axtell, Beattie, Centralia, Frankfort, Hanover, Linn, Marysville, Oketo, Palmer, Summerfield, Vermillion, Washington, Westerville, Westmoreland, Wheaton

CableOne (Channel 1035)
Battle Creek, Beemer, Hadar, Hoskins, Madison, Norfolk, Pierce, Pilger, Randolph, Tilden, West Point, Wisner

Cox (Channel 116 & 1116)
Bellevue, Bennington, Blair, Council Bluffs (Iowa), Crescent (Iowa), Gretna, La Vista, Omaha, Papillion, Plattsmouth, Valley, Waterloo, Yutan

Diode Cable (Channel 21.1)
Diller, Hebron, Odell

DISH Network (Channel 35)
Sioux City (Iowa) DMA

Eagle Communications (Channel 16)
Albion, Alma, Bellwood, Cedar Rapids, Central City, Columbus (rural), Cozad, Franklin, Fullerton, Genoa, Humphrey, Monroe, Newman Grove, Osceola, Palmer, Platte Center, Polk, Red Cloud, Richland, Rising City, Schuyler, Shelby, Silver Creek, Spalding, St. Edward, Stromsburg

Fort Randall Cable (Channel 109-1)
Atkinson, Lake Andes (South Dakota), Parkston (South Dakota), Tabor (South Dakota), Tripp (South Dakota), Tyndall (South Dakota), Wagner (South Dakota)

Glenwood Communications (Channel 12, 22, 151, 287, 539, 1286, 3559)
Arnold, Bloomfield, Broken Bow, Callaway, Center, Chadron, Chapman, Creighton, Crofton, Elgin, Ewing, McCook, Neligh, Niobrara, Oakdale, Oconto, Petersburg, Plainview, Stapleton, Sutherland, Wausa, Wolbach, Wynot, Verdigre

Hamilton Communications (Channel 541 & 1541)
Aurora, Crawford, Doniphan, Giltner, Hampton, Hemingford, Henderson, Hordville, Marquette, Phillips, Stockham, Trumbull

HarTelco (Channel 3)
Middle of Cedar County from Hwy 81 east to Hwy 57; from Hwy 12 south to 3 miles from Coleridge)

Nebraska Central Telephone Company (Channel 3)
Ansley, Arcadia, Ashton, Boelus, Burwell, Dannebrog, Elba, Ericson, Litchfield, Mason City, North Loup, Ravenna, Rockville, Sargent, Scotia, Taylor

Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company (Channel 35)
Allen, Bartlett, Bristow, Butte, Clarks, Clearwater, Coleridge, Concord, Craig, Decatur, Dixon, Hubbard, Jackson, Long Pine, Martinsburg, Maskell, Newcastle, North Bristow, Obert, Spencer, Stuart, Winside

Pierce Telephone Company (Channel 971)
Hoskins, Norfolk, Pierce

Pinpoint Communications (Channel 311)
Bartley, Beaver City, Cambridge, Danbury, Gothenburg, Hendley, Indianola, Lebanon, McCook, Oxford, Wilsonville

Skitter (Channel 21.1)
Falls City, Nebraska City

Spectrum (Channel 98, 99, 715, 1233)
Alda, Alliance, Amherst, Ashland, Auburn, Axtell, Bayard, Beatrice, Bertrand, Box Butte County, Bridgeport, Buffalo County, Cairo, Cass County, Cedar Bluffs, Columbus, Cozad, Crete, David City, Dawson County, Denton, Denver, Doane College, Dodge County, Elm Creek, Fairbury, Fairview Heights, Falls City, Fremont, Gering, Gibbon, Gothenburg, Grand Island, Greenwoo, Hall County, Hastings, Hildreth, Holdrege, Humboldt, Inglewood, Johnson, Lake Juniata, Kearney, Keith County, Kenesaw, Kimball, Keuster Lake, Lake Ventura, Lancaster County, Lexington, Lincoln, Lincoln County, Litchfield, Loomis, Louisville, Loup City, Melbeta, Minatare, Minden, Mitchell, Morrill, Nebraska City, Nebraska Wesleyan, North Platte, Ogallala, Omaha, Ord, Overton, Pawnee City, Platte County, Plattsmouth, Pleasanton, Ravenna, Riverdale, Saunders County, Scotts Bluff County, Scottsbluff, Seward, Seward County, Shelton, Sidney, Springfield, St. Libory, St. Paul, Sterling, Sumner, Superior, Table Rock, Tecumseh, Terry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wahoo, Waverly, Wilcox, Wood River, Woodcliffe, York

Stanton Telecom (Channel 35.1)
Stanton, Stanton County

Three River Telecom (Channel 971)
Ainsworth, Johnstown, Long Pine, Lynch, Naper, O'Neill, Springview, Valentine, Verdel

University of Nebraska-Kearney (Channel 437)
campus

Zito (Channel 72)
Bennett, Bruning, Cass County, Ceresco, Chester, Clatonia, Clay Center, Cook, Davenport, Deshler, DeWitt, Dorchester, Eagle, Edgar, Elkhorn, Elmwood, Exeter, Fairfield, Friend, Geneva, Grand Island, Gretna, Hallam, Harvard, Hickman, Johnson, Malcolm, McCool Junction, Milford, Milligan, Murdock, Murray, Nelson, Nemaha County, Palmyra, Peru, Pleasant Dale, Plymouth, Shickley, Sterling, Sutton, Syracuse, Unadilla, Utica, Valley, Valparaiso, Waco, Waterloo, Weeping Water, Wilber, Wymore, York

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Streaming

Amazon Fire
Apple TV
ROKU

 

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Updated original post with girls quarterfinal games that will be televised

 

[TmNt1990]

That’s pretty awesome. But I’d imagine some of the folks from C2 D2 are going to be at least a little mad that they are totally left off. can’t make everyone happy though. It’s good to see someone trying to broadcast more, rather than the token NETV championship broadcast.

Hell I don’t even care if there’s commentary. Just someone moving the camera to show us what’s happening.

 

[Suhisabeast]

Move to 4 day tournament and quit giving the small schools the shaft!

 

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It's a start

 

[Bubman86]

I believe Pinpoint is in Indianola not Audiauola.

 

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this could cut down on attendance and NSAA won't like that. plus the damn weather is cold which is not good either.

 

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I believe Pinpoint is in Indianola not Audiauola.

Yes it is, stupid auto correct.

 

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this could cut down on attendance and NSAA won't like that. plus the damn weather is cold which is not good either.

Maybe, but I'm sure NCN is also paying a good chunk of money to NSAA which would surely offset any perceived attendance loss.