Four Husker Baseball Games to Be Carried on Nebraska Educational Television; CSTV

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The 2005 broadcast schedule, which includes Big 12 match-ups with Baylor, Missouri and KansasState, will be carried live on NET-1 (Channel 12 in Lincoln) and also shown in high-definition on NET-HD (Ch. 112 on Time Warner Cable in Lincoln and Ch. 812 in Omaha). The four-game package begins with a non-conference tilt against Iowa on April 6 with a first pitch slated for 6:05 p.m.

 

In addition to the state-wide coverage, all four games will receive national exposure, as the broadcasts will be shown nationally on College Sports Television (Ch. 610 on DirecTV and available on cable systems around the country). Nebraska’s four games on CSTV is a quarter of the entire 16-game schedule shown on the national network.

 

Nebraska’s contests against Iowa, Missouri (May 7) and Kansas State (May 21) will be shown live nationally, while the Baylor game on April 23 will be shown on a delayed basis at 7 p.m. (central).

 

In addition to Friday’s announcement, other Husker baseball games could be picked up as part of Fox Sports Net’s Big 12 baseball schedule along with any road or neutral site games that can be carried locally.

 

2005 Nebraska Baseball Television Schedule

Day                              Matchup                                   First Pitch        NET            CSTV

Wednesday, April 6        Iowa at Nebraska                       6:05 p.m.          Live             Live

Saturday, April 23          Baylor at Nebraska                    2:05 p.m.          Live             7 p.m.

Saturday, May 7            Missouri at Nebraska                 2:05 p.m.          Live             Live

Saturday, May 21          Kansas State at Nebraska          3:05 p.m.          Live             Live

NETV Channel List - http://mynptv.org/nptv/nptv_digital/channels.html

 

NCAA Baseball on CSTV presented by Easton Sports (all times listed are central)

Sunday, March 20                Texas at Baylor                                                                    1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 6             Iowa at Nebraska                                                                6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13           Army at Lafayette                                                                 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20           Texas at Rice                                                                       7 p.m.

Saturday, April 23                Baylor at Nebraska                                                             7 p.m.

Sunday, May 1                      UNLV at San Diego State                                                  3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 2                      Rutgers at Lafayette                                                            6 p.m.

Saturday, May 7                    Missouri at Nebraska                                                         2 p.m.

Sunday, May 8                      Notre Dame at St. John's                                                   11 a.m.

Saturday, May 14                 Loyola Marymount at San Diego                                      3 p.m.

Monday, May 16                   Rhode Island at Massachusetts                                      6 p.m.

Friday, May 20                      Arizona at Stanford                                                              8 p.m.

Saturday, May 21                 Kansas State at Nebraska                                                2 p.m.

Saturday, May 21                 Long Beach State at Cal State-Fullerton                        8 p.m.

Saturday, May 28                 Big Ten Baseball Championship                                    TBD

Saturday, May 28                 Conference USA Baseball Championship                    TBD