BTN to Broadcast Four Maryland Baseball Games
3/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
CHICAGO – The No. 16 Maryland baseball team will be featured four times on BTN as the network will offer its most extensive baseball and softball ever, with over 280 games airing on BTN/BTN2Go and BTN Plus for the 2015 season.
Maryland's first contests on the network will come in the home series against Nebraska. The Terps will take on the Cornhuskers Friday, April 3 at 7 p.m., before also playing the third game of the set live on BTN at noon Sunday.
The Terrapins will return to BTN for its out of conference matchup against Cal State Fullerton on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Maryland's final game scheduled on the network is its Sunday, May 3 showdown with reigning Big Ten Champions Indiana. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Maryland will also have 15 games featured on BTN2Go.
BTN's television coverage of Big Ten baseball begins with a non-conference showdown between Nebraska and No. 12 Texas on Saturday, March 28. First pitch is scheduled for 3 PM ET. Last season,
Indiana won the outright Big Ten title and Big Ten Tournament Championship, but will have some stiff competition to repeat with the addition of Maryland to the conference. The Terrapins, who are coming off their first Super Regional appearance in program history, were voted by the conference coaches as the preseason favorite to claim the 2015 Big Ten Baseball Championship.
Highlights and coverage of Big Ten baseball and softball will be featured on This Week in the Big Ten, which airs Sunday nights beginning Sunday, April 5. Hosts Rick Pizzo, Mike Hall and various analysts will discuss Big Ten matchups and breakout performances from the weekend's games. The Diamond Report will return with nightly airings during the baseball and softball tournaments.
Additional games will be added at a later date. The BTN Plus streaming schedule can be viewed here.
About BTN: A joint venture between the Big Ten Conference and Fox Networks, BTN is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With more than 1,000 events across all platforms, the 24/7 network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. BTN2Go is the digital extension of the Big Ten Network, delivering live games and on-demand programming to Big Ten Network customers via the web, smartphones, and tablets. Events include football, men's and women's basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Olympic sports and championship events; studio shows; and classic games. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation's finest universities. The groundbreaking Student U initiative provides real-world experience for students interested in careers in sports television. The network is in more than 60 million homes across the United States and Canada, including carriage by all the major video distributors, such as DIRECTV, DISH, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Charter Communications, Comcast Xfinity, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Mediacom, RCN, WOW!, and approximately 300 additional video providers across North America. For additional information, go to www.BTN.com.
