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.
