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The NCAA News reports the 2008 broadband telecast schedule for regular-season NCAA, Division II basketball is taking shape, with 20 games already on the slate and 14 more tentatively scheduled and waiting to be confirmed.
The broadband schedule, a product of Division II’s partnership with CSTV, runs for eight consecutive Saturdays from January 12 through March 1 beginning with the following four games January 12 (all times Eastern): North Dakota at Minnesota State Mankato (7 p.m.); Charleston (West Virginia) at West Liberty State (2 p.m.); Tampa at Florida Tech (2 p.m.); and Ferris State at Grand Valley State (6 p.m.). All those are doubleheader games featuring both men’s and women’s matchups.
The broadband package continues January 19 with four more doubleheaders, including Cameron at Central Oklahoma at 3 p.m. Each Division II conference has at least one game in the broadband slate.
“The broadband element is a significant part of connecting with the Division II community on a more personal level by allowing fans to consume even more games than are televised on TV,” said CSTV Executive Vice President Tim Pernetti. “We built our company around the fact that with technology, fans will connect to their teams and consume their content differently than before. In providing the content on different platforms of media, we give the fans the option to consume it in the way that makes the most sense for them and on the schedule that makes the most sense for them.”
In addition to the broadband schedule in basketball, CSTV is broadcasting three men’s and three women’s games live. That schedule begins with the Drury women visiting Indianapolis January 26 at noon Eastern. The other women’s games are Bridgeport at New Haven February 2 at noon and Johnson C. Smith at Shaw February 16, also at noon.
The three men’s TV games (all at noon Eastern) are Holy Family at Philadelphia University February 9, Henderson State at Harding February 23 and Mount Olive at defending Division II champion Barton March 1.
The TV games also are streamed live on www.NCAAsports.com/dii. CSTV also will televise the semifinals of the 2008 Division II Men’s Basketball Championship March 27.
This is the second year of the Division II/CSTV regular-season and broadband package. In addition to the six regular-season basketball games and national semifinals, the package includes four regular-season football games and several Division II championship finals in men’s and women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, softball, and baseball. CSTV also provided several football games this fall via broadband.
2008 Division II/CSTV basketball schedule (live TV and broadband)
Live TV games
Saturday, January 26 Drury at Indianapolis (women) Noon (Eastern)
Saturday, February 2 Bridgeport at New Haven (women) Noon (Eastern)
Saturday, February 9 Holy Family at Philadelphia (men) Noon (Eastern)
Saturday, February 16 Johnson C. Smith at Shaw (women) Noon (Eastern)
Saturday, February 23 Henderson State at Harding (men) Noon (Eastern)
Saturday, March 1 Mount Olive at Barton (men) Noon (Eastern)
Broadband games (*denotes games that have been confirmed; schedule subject to change; all times Eastern)
Saturday, January 12
North Dakota at Minnesota State Mankato (doubleheader)* 7 p.m.
Charleston (West Virginia) at West Liberty State (doubleheader)* 2 p.m.
Tampa at Florida Tech (doubleheader)* 2 p.m.
Ferris State at Grand Valley State (doubleheader)* 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 19
Cameron at Central Oklahoma (doubleheader)* 3 p.m.
Northwest Missouri State at Pittsburg State (doubleheader) 3:30 p.m.
Valdosta State at West Georgia (doubleheader) 5:30 p.m.
Concordia-St. Paul at Southwest Minnesota State (doubleheader) 7 p.m.
Saturday January 26
C.W. Post at New York Institute of Technology (doubleheader)* 2 p.m.
Seattle at Seattle Pacific (women)* 4:30 p.m.
St. Martin’s at Seattle Pacific (men)* 6:30 p.m.
Nova Southeastern at Lynn (doubleheader)* 5:30 p.m.
St. Edward’s at Texas A&M International (doubleheader)* 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 2
Bryant at Bentley (doubleheader)* 1:30 p.m.
Indiana (Pennsylvania) at California (Pennsylvania) (doubleheader)* 5 p.m.
Fort Hays State at Emporia State (doubleheader)* 6:30 p.m.
Metropolitan State at Nebraska-Kearney (doubleheader) 3 p.m.
Saturday, February 9
West Texas A&M at Angelo State (doubleheader)* 7 p.m.
Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne (doubleheader) 6 p.m.
Virginia State at Virginia Union (doubleheader) 5:30 p.m.
Cal State San Bernardino at Cal State Los Angeles (doubleheader) 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 16
Minnesota State Moorhead at Winona State (doubleheader)* 7 p.m.
Holy Family at Dominican (New York) (doubleheader) 1 p.m.
Montevallo at Alabama-Huntsville (doubleheader) 6 p.m.
Tusculum at Carson-Newman (doubleheader) 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 23
Columbus State at South Carolina-Aiken (doubleheader)* 5:30 p.m.
Southern Connecticut State at Saint Rose (doubleheader)* 1:30 p.m.
Pfeiffer at Anderson (South Carolina) (doubleheader) 2 p.m.
Western Oregon at Western Washington (women) 5 p.m.
Central Washington at Western Washington (men) 10 p.m.
Saturday, March 1
C.W. Post at Adelphi (doubleheader)* 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma Panhandle State at Incarnate Word (doubleheader)* 7 p.m.
Chaminade at Notre Dame de Namur (doubleheader)* 8:30 p.m.
Tuskegee at Stillman (doubleheader) 2 p.m.
(Source NCAA News) | 
