I don't think there is any method to the blackout madness when it comes to NCAA hoops -- I ordered the sports pack on Jan 14 to see the G'town v. St.John's game -- told the CSR that I was ordering it SPECIFICALLY for that game, and wanted to make sure it would be on (it was listed on the MSG network). He said, yep, MSG is part of that package, you will get that game. Ordered away, set my tivo and went about my business.
Trun on the game 15 minutes into the 1st half (no problem because of Tivo's magical goodness) only to find that the game was blacked out.
Called Dtv, was told it was blacked out and they couldn't do anything about it. Told them I wanted my $$ back for the sports pack -- they tried to charge me the $10.00 early cancellation fee but ultimately relented after hearing my tale of woe.
Basically, it seems that ESPN owns the out of mkt boradcast rights to just about every major conference game, so if it is on a RSN, but you are not in that region, you will prob. be out of luck unless ESPN puts it one one of their networks -- or their Prohibitively expensive College Basketball package.
