Contact: Geoff Kimmerly
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – March 19 – The Michigan High School Athletic Association winter season finishes this weekend with one of its most popular tournaments – Boys Basketball – and all Semifinals and Finals again will broadcast by the MHSAA Network, with Finals live exclusively on Fox Sports Detroit.
Coverage will begin with Thursday’s Class C Semifinals at 1 p.m. and 2:50 and Class D Semifinals at 6 p.m. and 7:50. All four will be streamed live online at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com, as will Friday’s Class A and B Semifinals scheduled for the same times, respectively.
Saturday’s Class D, C and A Finals will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Detroit, with Class B delayed at 10:30 p.m., also on Fox Sports Detroit’s primary channels. As with last weekend’s Girls Basketball Finals, all postgame press conferences for both Semifinals and Finals will be viewable online at MHSAA.tv. All Finals also will be archived on MHSAA.tv.
All Girls Basketball Finals also can be heard on the radio from MHSAA Network affiliates around the state (see list below). Semifinals will be broadcast in the Lansing area by WVFN 730.
For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are day-by-day listings for the coming week of MHSAA Network programming on Channel 900, plus events that will be streamed live at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com and broadcast live on Fox Sports Detroit stations:
March 21
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Detroit Consortium vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley (3-12-12)
9:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison (3-12-12)
March 22
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Detroit Consortium vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley (3-12-12)
1 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class C Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
6 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class D Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
8 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison (3-12-12)
March 23
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison (3-12-12)
1 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class A Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
6 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class B Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
March 24
10 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Class D Final (teams TBD) - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
12 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class C Final (teams TBD) LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
4 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class A Final (teams TBD) - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Detroit Consortium vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley (3-12-12)
9:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison (3-12-12)
10:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Class B Final (teams TBD) - Delayed on Fox Sports Detroit
March 25
12 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Detroit Consortium vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley (3-12-12)
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Regional Final - Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison (3-12-12)
The complete schedule of upcoming MHSAA Network productions on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv website can be found exclusively online by clicking on MHSAA.tv and selecting TV Schedule. A comprehensive schedule of MHSAA Finals coverage with all of its broadcasting partners can be found under the MHSAA Network heading on the MHSAA Website.
RADIO: All Girls Basketball Semifinal and Final games will be available online at MHSAANetwork.com and on the air in the Lansing area from WVFN 730. Saturday’s Finals also can be heard on these network affiliates:
Adrian – WABJ, Alma – WQBX, Alpena – WATZ, Bay City – GreatLakesSportsNetwork.com, Cadillac – WATT/WKAD, Coldwater – WTVB, Escanaba – WCHT, Escanaba – WUPF, Gaylord – WMJZ, Grand Haven – WGHN, Grayling – WGRM-WQON, Hancock – WKMJ, Hancock – WMPL, Holland – WHTC/WYVN, Houghton – WHKB, Ironwood – WJMS, Ludington – WKLA, Manistee – WMTE, Manistique – WTIQ, Marquette – WUPZ, Midland – WLUN, Mt. Pleasant – WMMI/WCZY, Muskegon – WLCS/WVIB, Newberry – WMJT, Niles – Swmsports.net, Norway – WMIQ/WZNL, Petoskey – WMKT/WMBN, Pickford – WNBY, Pontiac – TheOaklandPress.com, Rockford – MichiganSportsRadio.com, Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO, South Haven – WCSY, St. Joseph – WSJM, Tawas City – WKJC/WQLB, Zeeland – WPNW.
Here’s where the MHSAA Network cameras will be this week:
March 22
Boys Basketball – Class C and D Semifinals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
March 23
Boys Basketball – Class A and B Semifinals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
March 24
Boys Basketball – Class D, C, A and B Finals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program. A total of 65 schools are involved in the program from the Big 8 Conference, Big 9 Conference, Detroit Catholic High School League, Charter School Conference, Downriver League, Flint Metro League, Genesee Area Conference, Huron League, Kalamazoo Valley Association, Kensington Lakes Activities Association, Macomb Area Conference, Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League, Northwest Conference, Oakland Activities Association, O-K Conference, Saginaw Valley League, Southeastern Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference (Big 16), Tri-Valley Conference, West Michigan D League, West-Pac Conference and the Wolverine Conference.
Here are student-produced games posted to the MHSAA.tv Website from last week (all are postseason games):
Girls Basketball
Niles-Brandywine vs. Concord http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32100
Detroit Country Day vs. Goodrich http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32097
Boys Basketball
Temperance Bedford vs. Romulus http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32110
Schoolcraft vs. Bridgman http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32098
Gibraltar Carlson vs. Lincoln Park http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32111
Bloomingdale vs. Constantine http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32099
Watch for more schools to begin posting more content in even more sports in the weeks ahead. Schools interested in becoming a part of the Digital Broadcasting Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
The MHSAA Network delivers coverage of regular season and MHSAA Tournament competition across multiple platforms – cable television, radio and the internet – to fans of high school sports across the state and around the world. In addition to providing content to cable partners Comcast Television and Fox Sports Detroit, the MHSAA Network features two websites – MHSAA.tv and MHSAANetwork.com – where fans can click to view or listen to content; and a radio network of more than 40 stations statewide which annually carry the MHSAA Basketball Finals and the commentary MHSAA Perspective, which airs for 30 weeks during the school year.
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