March 2, 2005
Chattanooga, TN - While all the action of the 2005 Kyocera Southern Conference Basketball Championships will be on the hardwood at McKenzie Arena and Maclellan Gymnasium in Chattanooga, fans won't have to be in the Scenic City in order to follow the games.
There will be at least five different methods for SoCon fans to follow the championships in Chattanooga.
Streaming Audio: The SoCon Sports Network will provide tipoff to buzzer coverage of every game through the use of streaming audio. David Jackson and Adam Witten will call the action. Fans can access the broadcast through the Southern Conference's official web site, SoConSports.Com.
The SoCon Sports Network will carry every men's game, each of the women's semifinals and the women's championship game. The SoCon Sports Network broadcast will also be carried on WATA 1450 AM in Boone, NC and on ESPN 850 (WPTB) in Statesboro, GA.
Locally in Chattanooga, fans in attendance can listen to all the broadcasts of the men's and women's games. WDEF, 1370 AM will carry the live broadcast of every men's game while WDOD, 1310 AM, will carry all of the women's broadcasts.
Live Stats: For those with computer access, an up to the minute text play by play description of each men's game will be available on SoConSports.Com. The Live Stats feature will include coverage of each men's and women's game and features up to the minute statistics and a text description of the action on the floor.
Live TV: All four of the semifinal games and both the men's and women's championship games will be carried on live TV. C-SET, Carolina Sports Entertainment Television, will show both of the women's semifinal games on Friday, March 4 beginning at noon and the two men's semifinals that begin at 6 pm. C-SET will also carry the women's championship game on Saturday, March 5 beginning at 4 pm.
ESPN will carry the men's championship game for the 19th consecutive year. ESPN2 will carry this year's championship game.
Besides the two cable carriers, the games will also be televised on a number of other affiliate stations. ESPN's Full Court package will carry both of the men's semifinals games live on Friday night. CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast) will carry the women's championship game live on Saturday. Other carriers that will carry all six games live include Comcast Cable in Richmond, VA; WYAT in Martinsville, VA; the Mountain TV Network in Boone, NC and WGSR in Reidsville, VA.
In addition, WYCS in Louisville, KY will carry the men's semifinals live on Friday, March 4.
Streaming video: For those outside of the TV viewing area, all games except for the men's championship game will be available on a live streaming video feed. Through the technology provided by XOS Technologies, a link will be available on the home page of SoConSports.Com that will take visitors to the live video link. You can also access the link at SoCon.TV.
Sirius Satellite Radio: All men's games starting with Thursday's quarterfinals will be carried live on Sirius Satellite Radio. The SoCon Sports Network will provide the audio feed. Check your Sirius listings for the proper channel.
