BTN Communications, October 29, 2015

BTN will provide extensive coverage of the 2015 Big Ten fall championships and tournaments, including live broadcasts and streams of the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament and Big Ten Men?s and Women?s Soccer Tournaments, as well as delayed coverage of the Big Ten Men?s and Women?s Cross Country Championships.

BTN?s women?s soccer tournament coverage* will begin with Illinois at Penn State on Nov. 1 at 3 P.M. ET. Live coverage of the semifinal round will begin at 3:30 P.M. ET on Friday, Nov. 6, with the second game to follow at 6 P.M. ET. The championship game will air live at 2 P.M. ET on Sunday, Nov. 8. Rutgers, Penn State and Wisconsin are ranked No. 9, No. 10 and No. 25, respectively. Wisconsin will aim to win its second-consecutive Big Ten Tournament title and fourth overall.

BTN will provide live television coverage of the quarterfinals, semifinals and final of the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament at Indiana. Live coverage of the quarterfinal round will begin at 10 A.M. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5, followed by three more games at approximately 12:30 P.M. ET, 3 P.M. ET and 5:30 P.M. ET. Live coverage of the semifinal round will begin at 1:30 P.M. ET on Friday, Nov. 6, with the second game to follow at 4 P.M. ET. The championship game will air live at noon ET on Sunday, Nov. 8. Three Big Ten teams appear in the latest national poll, including No. 6 Maryland, No. 11 Michigan and No. 16 Northwestern. The Wildcats will seek their second-consecutive Big Ten Tournament title.

BTN will also televise a quarterfinal match*, both semifinals and the final of the Big Ten Men?s Soccer Tournament. The highest remaining seed coming out of the quarterfinals will host the semifinals and championship game. The last quarterfinal game on Sunday, Nov. 8, will air at 4 P.M. ET, while the semifinals will air live at 1 P.M. and approximately 3:30 P.M. ET on Friday, Nov. 13. The final will be carried live at 1 P.M. ET on Sunday, Nov. 15. Rutgers is the top-ranked team in the conference at No. 21, followed by No. 23 Ohio State. Maryland won its first Big Ten Tournament title last season.

The network will offer delayed coverage of the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, hosted by Northwestern, at 8 P.M. ET on Nov. 12. The Big Ten has a four nationally ranked men?s teams, including No. 5 Michigan, No. 19 Michigan State, No. 27 Wisconsin and No. 28 Indiana. The Wisconsin Badgers will pursue their second-consecutive title, and will be seeking their 47th overall. On the women?s side, five Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 30, including No. 2 Michigan, No. 15 Penn State, No. 21 Michigan State, No. 22 Minnesota and No. 30 Purdue. The Michigan State women?s team will aim for a third-straight conference title and its sixth overall.

All the games can also be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Go, BTN?s digital extension.

*Additional quarterfinal coverage coverage could be added at a later date.

Big Ten Women?s Soccer Tournament
Sunday, Nov. 1 3 P.M. Illinois at Penn State State College, PA BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 6 3:30 P.M. Semifinal #1 Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 6 6 P.M. Semifinal #2** Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go
Sunday, Nov. 8 2 P.M. Championship Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go

**Semifinal #2 will begin no earlier than the above time, or 30 minutes after conclusion of previous game

Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament
Thursday, Nov. 5 10 A.M. Quarterfinals – Game 1 Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Thursday, Nov. 5 12:30 P.M. Quarterfinals – Game 2*** Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Thursday, Nov. 5 3 P.M. Quarterfinals – Game 3*** Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Thursday, Nov. 5 5:30 P.M. Quarterfinals – Game 4*** Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 6 1:30 P.M. Semifinal #1 Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 6 4 P.M. Semifinal #2**** Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go
Sunday, Nov. 8 Noon Championship Bloomington, IN BTN/BTN2Go

*** Quarterfinal #2 and #3 and semifinal #2 will begin no earlier than the above time, or 40 minutes after conclusion of previous game
**** Semifinal #2 will stream live on BTN2Go at 4 PM ET and be televised on delay at Midnight ET

Big Ten Men?s Soccer Tournament
Sunday, Nov. 8 4 P.M. Quarterfinals Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 13 1 P.M. Semifinal #1 Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go
Friday, Nov. 13 3:30 P.M. Semifinal #2* Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go
Sunday, Nov. 15 1 P.M. Championship Site TBD BTN/BTN2Go

*Semifinal #2 will begin no earlier than the above time, or 30 minutes after conclusion of previous game

Big Ten Cross Country Championships
Sunday, Nov. 1 8 P.M. Final (Delay: Nov. 12) Chicago, IL BTN/BTN2Go