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BTN to Offer Unprecedented Coverage of Big Ten Wrestling Championships
2/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Feb. 28, 2012
2012 Big Ten Championships Website
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Wrestling fans not traveling to West Lafayette, Ind., this weekend have opportunity to watch the entire 2012 Big Ten Championships from the comfort of their homes. The Big Ten Network will offer its most extensive Big Ten Wrestling Championships coverage ever, with all four sessions Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4, at Purdue University receiving either live television or online coverage.
As part of the Big Ten Digital Network's subscription package and for the first time, BTN will provide live, whip-around Student U streaming coverage of the Big Ten wrestling preliminaries, beginning at 9 a.m. CT Saturday. Streaming coverage of select matches in sessions two and three will continue at 4 PM CT Saturday and at noon CT Sunday, respectively. Fans who have a subscription to Wildcat All-Access on NUsports.com will have access to the Student U streams of this weekend's wrestling championships.
On Sunday, session four of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships will be carried live at 2 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network. The network's Tim Johnson, Jim Gibbons and Shane Sparks will call the action from Mackey Arena.
Saturday, March 3:
Big Ten Championships: Session 1, 9:00 a.m. - Student U/BTN Digital
Big Ten Championships: Session 2, 4:00 p.m. - Student U/BTN Digital
Sunday, March 4:
Big Ten Championships: Session 3, Noon - Student U/BTN Digital
Big Ten Championship Finals: Session 4, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Big Ten Network
All times CT
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