For the second consecutive year FOX Sports Indiana will televise three IHSAA boys basketball playoff games.
FOX Sports Indiana’s coverage starts this Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET with a live telecast of the Class 4A Sectional final from Decatur Central. It features the winners of the Sectional semifinal games – Pike vs. Avon and Ben Davis vs. Decatur Central. Kevin Lee and Steve Witty will call the action from Decatur Central. Saturday’s game will air live on FOX Sports Indiana. The game will also air nationally on tape delay on FOX College Sports, Sunday morning at 2:30 a.m. ET.
FOX Sports Indiana will also televise two IHSAA Semi-State games on Saturday, March 16. Match-ups will be announced that week, with Jerry Baker and Witty calling the games. The Semi-State telecasts will air live on FOX Sports Plus, the network’s alternate channel, due to overlap with other programming.
The telecast schedule and channel numbers are below.
FOX Sports Indiana, available in 1.2 million homes, is the TV home of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever and broadcasts Cincinnati Reds baseball and St. Louis Blues hockey as well as Missouri Valley Conference, Big 12, Conference USA, Pac-12 and SEC events. FOX Sports Indiana also televised three IHSAA football playoff games in 2012. Nationally, FOX Sports Networks’ 20 owned-and-operated regional channels serve as TV home to more than half of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams.
Founded in 1903, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) provides state championship tournament series in 20 sports. Approximately 160,000 student athletes participate at IHSAA’s 410 member schools.
IHSAA Basketball Playoff Games on FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Plus
Times Eastern; Schedule subject to change
IHSAA State Sectional – Saturday, March 2 – from Decatur Central:
Pike-Avon winner vs. Ben Davis-Decatur Central winner
• Live: Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. on FOX Sports Indiana
• Replays on FOX Sports Indiana: Saturday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. on FOX Sports Indiana; Monday, March 4 at 7:30 a.m. (on FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest)
• Replays on FOX College Sports (national): Sunday, March 3 at 2:30 a.m.; Tuesday, March 19 at 6 a.m.
IHSAA Semi-States (two games) – Saturday, March 16
• Live: Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on FOX Sports Plus
• Replays on FOX Sports Indiana: Saturday, March 16 at 10:15 p.m. (Game 1); Sunday, March 17 at 12:15 a.m. (Game 2); Monday, March 18 at 11:45 p.m.; Wednesday, March 19 at 12 a.m.;
• Replays on FOX College Sports (national): Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m. (Game 2); Sunday, March 17 at 6 a.m. (Game 2); Sunday, March 17 at 8 a.m. (Game 1); Tuesday, March 19 at 3 a.m. (Game 2); Tuesday, March 19 at 8 a.m. (Game 1); Tuesday, March 19 at 10 a.m. (Game 2); Wednesday, March 20 at 9 p.m. (Game 2); Wednesday, March 20 at 11 p.m. (Game 1)
