OU basketball games to be televised by Longhorn Network
By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer on Sep 18, 2013, at 2:59 PM
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The final two games are May 16 and 17 at ONEOK Field in Tulsa. Each of the Tulsa starts are at 7 p.m.
NORMAN – The
Oklahoma basketball teams escaped the lens of the Longhorn Network the past two
years. That will not be the case in 2013-14, however.
The University of
Texas announced Wednesday a 25-game Longhorn Network package for the upcoming
men's and women's basketball season. Texas home games against both the OU men
and women will be on the university's ESPN-backed network.
The Sooner men's Big
12 Conference opener at Texas Jan. 4, now scheduled for 7 p.m., will air on the
LHN. So will the OU women's game in Austin Jan. 8, which is scheduled for 11
a.m.
Cox Communications
is an Oklahoma distributor of the LHN, per the network's website. Cox lists the
LHN on channel 274, part of the cable provider's Sports and Information Pak
available for a monthly rate of $8.50.
Other LHN
carriers include Time Warner Cable, AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS. Those
that haven't picked up the network include DirecTV, Dish Network and Comcast.
It isn't the
first time a Sooners team has been scheduled to appear on the LHN. It happened
to OU's eventual national championship softball team just last April.
Big 12 men's basketball
teams that have played on the LHN include Oklahoma State (2012), Iowa State
('12), Kansas State ('13), TCU ('13) and Texas Tech (both '12 and '13). This
year, OU, West Virginia, TCU and Tech are scheduled for the LHN, as the
network's package increases from three to four conference games.
The Big 12 allows
universities to distribute football or basketball games not selected for
broadcast by ESPN first, or the Big 12 Network second. These third-tier
properties fall to the host schools to distribute via their own network
partnership.
OU
The final two games are May 16 and 17 at ONEOK Field in Tulsa. Each of the Tulsa starts are at 7 p.m.
