Oct. 14, 2011
Basketball season has nearly arrived. The Kentucky men’s and women’s basketball teams will take part in Big Blue Madness 7:30 p.m. Friday Oct. 14, ending the long wait for the highly anticipated 2011-12 season. A capacity crowd will pack Rupp Arena to bear witness to the spectacle that is Big Blue Madness, but fans keeping up with the festivities from home have a number of options for watching on television and online.
Madness Timeline
- 6:00 p.m. – Doors Open
- 7:30 p.m. – Event Begins
- 9:30 p.m. – Event Concludes
Watching Online
Madness will be streamed live and free on UKathletics.com, presented by Central Bank. ESPN will also be covering Madness with a stream on ESPN3.
Fans are also invited to participate in the live blog.
Watching on TV
UK fans without tickets to Big Blue Madness have a variety of TV options for watching Kentucky’s first open practice opportunity.
| Market | Station | Start Time (all times local) |
|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | WBKO-Fox | 9:00 p.m. (delayed) |
| Evansville, Ind. | WTVW-TV | 10:30 p.m. (delayed) |
| Hazard | WYMT-TV | 7:00 p.m. |
| Hopkinsville | WKAG-TV | 6:00 p.m. |
| Huntington | WSAZ-DT (My Z) | 7:00 p.m. |
| Lexington | WKYT-TV | 7:00 p.m. |
| Louisville | WMYO-TV | 7:00 p.m. |
| Paducah, Ky./Cape Girardeau, Mo. | WDKA-TV | 9:00 p.m. (delayed) |
| Fox Sports South | (Delayed to the entire FS South full footprint same night at 10:00 p.m. ET) | |
Kentucky is also one of 11 schools that will be featured in the sixth annual ESPNU Midnight Madness special on Oct. 14 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET on ESPNU.
FS South will replay the broadcast on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET to their entire footprint.
