BTN to provide extensive coverage surrounding Final Four

CHICAGO - With both Wisconsin and Michigan State in the Final Four, BTN travels its studio team of Dave Revsine, Jim Jackson and Stephen Bardo to Indianapolis. The network?s coverage includes pre- and post-game press conferences, exclusive interviews with coaches and student-athletes, and analysis from a number of special guests.

BTN tips off its coverage at noon ET on Tuesday with the Michigan State press conference live from East Lansing. The Wisconsin press conference will air live at 4 PM ET. BTN Live will air at its normal time, 6 PM ET, on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

At noon ET on Thursday, both the Wisconsin vs. Kentucky and Michigan State vs. Duke press conferences will air live on BTN and BTN2Go. All four head coaches will take the podium, as well as select players from each team. BTN Live is scheduled for 6 PM ET with Rick Pizzo, Shon Morris and Taylor Rooks in studio.

On Friday, team press conferences will air live on BTN and BTN2Go beginning at 11 AM ET. Coach Tom Izzo and the Spartans will address the media first. At 6 PM ET, BTN Live will include reports from each team?s open practice and a number of interviews with coaches and student-athletes. Discussion and analysis continues later that evening on BTN Basketball & Beyond at 10 PM ET, which will include segments from the Omni Hotel in Indianapolis, the official Wisconsin hotel.

On Saturday, BTN takes its set down the road to Spartan territory, the Hilton Hotel and Suites. Following the Michigan spring football game, at approximately 2:30 PM ET, BTN Basketball & Beyond will provide all the latest news and updates. At 5 PM ET, Revsine, Jackson and Bardo get you ready for action as the with a 60-minute BTN Tip-Off Show: Final Four Pregame presented by Auto-Owners Insurance. Game one, Michigan State vs. Duke, is scheduled for 6:09 PM ET. Following the game, the Michigan State post-game press conference will air live on BTN and BTN2Go. Immediately following the Wisconsin vs. Kentucky game, which is scheduled to tip off at 8:49 PM ET, BTN Basketball & Beyond will have complete highlights and analysis of both Final Four games. Host Mike Hall will anchor the show from the Chicago studios, with Revsine, Jackson and Bardo reporting from Indianapolis.

If either or both Wisconsin and Michigan State win and advance to the National Championship game, additional coverage plans will be announced.

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.

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