The 2009-2010 College Basketball on Multi-Sports Pack Thread

**commodore_dude** · 11-09-2009 02:14 PM

I'm also hopeful that the CSS broadcasts will be available on another Comcast SportsNet channel that we can get on Dish...

**bschulte** · 11-13-2009 11:25 AM

Games start in earnest tonight. By my count, I get no less than 9 games on DISH (with the Maryland-Charleston Southern game being blacked out for some reason) and several more on ESPN360.com. Starting tonight, I'll try to give a rundown of the percentage of out of my market games which were blacked out, as well as looking at the games I got which are also a part of the ESPN Full Court package. Feel free to join in and mention if you were blacked out of any games. The download link for the spreadsheet I've put together tracking everything in detail is listed at the top of this thread.

**commodore_dude** · 11-13-2009 02:19 PM

The Maryland one doesn't surprise me since it's an ACC controlled broadcast, will be interesting to see if I can get that myself being in ACC territory...

**bschulte** · 11-13-2009 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by commodore_dude

The Maryland one doesn't surprise me since it's an ACC controlled broadcast, will be interesting to see if I can get that myself being in ACC territory...

I just got home from work and there are several more blackouts, unfortunately:

1) UNC Greensboro at Duke on fox Sports South is blacked out probably since it is an ACC controlled broadcast.

2) Loyola-Chicago at Kansas State is blacked out. It's on an alternate station since it is a "Fox Sports Kansas City" broadcast. The only reason I can think of for the blackout is that this is an ESPN Full Court game.

I also checked and the NC Central - Miami game is blacked out on Saturday afternoon on Sun. Again, this is most likely due to it being an ACC controlled broadcast.

I'm not sure why the ACC does this for games not on Full Court and not available locally in other areas of the country. They are only cutting off exposure to their product. I'm hoping when the Raycom contract is up we'll see an "ACC Network" with liberal blackout rules.

**ehren** · 11-13-2009 11:40 PM

Having only 61.5 it sucks I can't get the western RSN's in HD with Multisport. Thank goodness I get espn360.com with my internet provider.

**Iceberg** · 11-13-2009 11:55 PM

what are blackouts? I dont ever see any

(but then again I can see tons more games than that silly multi-sports pack can show)

**bschulte** · 11-14-2009 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

what are blackouts? I dont ever see any

(but then again I can see tons more games than that silly multi-sports pack can show)

I wish I didn't either!

After looking over the games on the RSNs last night, I was blacked out of five of them. So we're batting .500 for the season after opening night, good for baseball, bad for this. The updated spreadsheet as of the morning of November 14 is available.