NCAA TV/Streaming Options

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I feel like there's always questions about where to watch games and the answers are always changing.. so here is the long list of where (generally) to watch each conference, especially for non-conference play where there will be a few changes from where you're used to watching teams 

Conference	TV Network (Needs TV Log In)	Subscription	Cost	Other (Free)
Big Ten	BTN/ESPNU/ESPN2	BTN+	$55/year
Pac 12	Pac 12 Network			Pac 12 Streams (School Produced)
Big 12	LHN/ESPNU/ESPN3	ESPN+	$6.99/month
SEC	SECN/ESPNU/ESPN3/SECN+
WCC	StadiumPlus			BYUtv/WCC Network
ACC	ACCN/ESPNU/ESPN3/ACCN+
AAC		ESPN+	$6.99/month
MVC	ESPN3	ESPN+	$6.99/month
Big West		ESPN+	$6.99/month
Big East	FS1/FS2	FloSports	$12.99/month	Youtube Streams
Colonial Athletic		FloSports	$12.99/month
Mountain West				MW Network
WAC				WAC Digital Network
C-USA	ESPN3	ESPN+ C-USA TV	$6.99/month $10.95/month	Facebook Streams
MAC	ESPN3	ESPN+	$6.99/month
Horizon	ESPN3	ESPN+	$6.99/month
A10	ESPN3	ESPN+	$6.99/month

TV Provider Options 

Provider	Cost	Channels Included	Not Included
YoutubeTV	$64.99/month	BTN/ESPNs/SECN/ACCN/FS1	Pac12N/LHN
Hulu TV	$64.99/month	BTN/ESPNs/SECN/ACCN/FS1	Pac12N/LHN
Fubo TV	$81.00/month	BTN/ESPNs/SECN/ACCN/FS1/Pac12N	LHN
Sling Orange	$46/month	ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/P12Net/LHN	BTN/FS1/FS2/Stadium
Sling Blue	$46/month	BTN/P12Net/FS1/FS2/Stadium	ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/LHN
Sling Both	$65/month	BTN/ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/Pac12N/FS1&2/LHN/Stadium
Vidgo	$55/month	BTN/ESPNs/SECN/ACCN/FS1/Pac12N/LHN	-

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If there's anything that needs to be added/changed let me know, I'll correct OP.

Made this because I saw Stanford-Villanova is going to be on FloSports. Please don't pay for that. lol

Other noteworthy non-con games on flo
Illinois-Creighton-SMU-UNO tournament 
Kentucky-Marquette

[stevehorn]

Aug 17, 2021 12:30:03 GMT -5 @avid said:

If there's anything that needs to be added/changed let me know, I'll correct OP.

Made this because I saw Stanford-Villanova is going to be on FloSports. Please don't pay for that. lol

Other noteworthy non-con games on flo
Illinois-Creighton-SMU-UNO tournament 
Kentucky-Marquette

Some clarification on the Big 12.    

Excluding Texas and OU, the home Tier 3 matches of the remaining 8 schools are in ESPN+ (was originally Big 12 Now which was folded into ESPN+ last year).    
Texas home Tier 3 matches are on LHN and are not part of ESPN+.   You can stream these matches through WatchESPN, but you must have LHN as part of your TV service.   
OU home Tier 3 matches are on Fox TV regional network.   I don't know if they are available on any streaming service.   They aren't part of ESPN+.

The Tier 1 games for all schools are typically on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU.   I don't know if Fox has any rights to volleyball matches.   They do a number of Big 12 football games, but I can't recall any Big 12 volleyball matches on Fox.

This is for the 2021 season.   2022 TBD.

[trojansc]

Still no way to get Stadium on a Firestick/Roku? I found the Stadium channel on Roku Channel, but, it doesn't allow for selection of live events, it's just the one channel stream.

Which C-USA schools will be on ESPN3/ESPN+? I know some of them don't have their matches listed on the C-USA website, but not sure if that means they will be for sure streamed on those platforms. I think its cool that Western Kentucky does their broadcasts over Facebook for free and they are better quality than others on the actual platforms.

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Aug 17, 2021 21:17:19 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Still no way to get Stadium on a Firestick/Roku? I found the Stadium channel on Roku Channel, but, it doesn't allow for selection of live events, it's just the one channel stream.

Which C-USA schools will be on ESPN3/ESPN+? I know some of them don't have their matches listed on the C-USA website, but not sure if that means they will be for sure streamed on those platforms. I think its cool that Western Kentucky does their broadcasts over Facebook for free and they are better quality than others on the actual platforms.

The conference tournament is for sure on ESPN+. 

Matches on ESPN3/ESPN+ have been random from what I can tell.

Marshall's opening tournament is on ESPN+

[redbeard2008]

You should break out Sling by package (note Blue/Orange price correction):

Provider________Cost____Channels Included_______________________________Not Included

Sling Orange____$46/mo__ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/P12Net/LHN____________________BTN/FS1/FS2/Stadium
Sling Blue______$46/mo__BTN/P12Net/FS1/FS2/Stadium______________________ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/LHN
Blue/Orange_____$65/mo__BTN/ESPNs/SECN+/ACCNx/Pac12N/FS1&2/LHN/Stadium__-

[vbjustice]

Those that have sling, worth it?

[trojansc]

Aug 18, 2021 6:09:36 GMT -5 vbjustice said:

Those that have sling, worth it?

Sling has a DVR + its interface is better than Vidgo. If both keep the 10$/month promo and you can keep making new accounts, I think Sling probably wins the tiebreaker, except, I'm not sure about the 'login' issues that were brought up before.

I had Sling for the Olympics only, so I didn't test it out during volleyball season. I remember people saying that with Sling, you can't login to authenticate online to watch the Pac-12 Network Regional streams. I don't know if this is an issue with watching other networks like BTN or such online either, or if they have since adjusted that.

I preferred Vidgo simply for price and I don't use DVR that much, and they've done the first month for 10$ for what seems like a year now. They don't have a DVR and their interface is not as good, but, I've had zero issues watching multiple streams online / logging in to every app/sports network possible.

Either way, 10$/month is well worth it. You could always try one for a month, get a trial for the other the next month, and that's already over half the volleyball season for 20$ !

[tempesthorn]

Aug 18, 2021 6:39:02 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Aug 18, 2021 6:09:36 GMT -5 vbjustice said:

Those that have sling, worth it?

Sling has a DVR + its interface is better than Vidgo. If both keep the 10$/month promo and you can keep making new accounts, I think Sling probably wins the tiebreaker, except, I'm not sure about the 'login' issues that were brought up before.

I had Sling for the Olympics only, so I didn't test it out during volleyball season. I remember people saying that with Sling, you can't login to authenticate online to watch the Pac-12 Network Regional streams. I don't know if this is an issue with watching other networks like BTN or such online either, or if they have since adjusted that.

I preferred Vidgo simply for price and I don't use DVR that much, and they've done the first month for 10$ for what seems like a year now. They don't have a DVR and their interface is not as good, but, I've had zero issues watching multiple streams online / logging in to every app/sports network possible.

Either way, 10$/month is well worth it. You could always try one for a month, get a trial for the other the next month, and that's already over half the volleyball season for 20$ !

I signed up for Sling last season to get the Pac 12 Network. I had no issue using the Sling credentials with the Pac12 app and watching the regional stuff.

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I forgot Big Sky is on ESPN+ now. I’m sure some of the other smaller conferences are on there too

[redbeard2008]

Aug 18, 2021 6:39:02 GMT -5 trojansc said:

I had Sling for the Olympics only, so I didn't test it out during volleyball season. I remember people saying that with Sling, you can't login to authenticate online to watch the Pac-12 Network Regional streams. I don't know if this is an issue with watching other networks like BTN or such online either, or if they have since adjusted that.

The P12Net authentication issue can come into play if a previous event runs long and overlaps the following event - if not available on one of the other networks, you're left waiting for the previous event to finish. In the past, they've made full replays of matches available on-demand an hour or so following the match - I often go to a match and then watch the replay when I get home. Sling includes the six regional Pac-12 Networks, but not the Pac-12 National Network - in the past, any event on the national network has been on at least one of the regional networks.

A DVR issue is that, while Sling adds 15 minutes to an event recording, a 5-set match will likely be cut off. To ensure that the whole match is recorded, you need to record both the current and following program segments. You can't specify a custom recording length. Not ideal, but so far, at least, they haven't fixed this. To upgrade to 200MB DVR is $5/mo. You can record a program/event, wait a period of time, and then play the recording, fast-forwarding through commercials.

With UW and many other Pac-12 schools, any home matches not on P12Net will be streamed for free.

The six regional Pac-12 Networks are available on the Sports Extras for both Sling Blue and Orange. I still have Sling Blue + its Sports Extra from watching the Olympics and will be keeping it at least until UW @ Illinois is on BTN. I'll switch back to Sling Orange + its Sports Extra before the Tournament to get ESPN/2/3/U/News.

If you are a Pac-12 volleyball fan, Sling Blue or Orange + its Sports Extra ($46) is a no-brainer.

[vballfreak808]

WAC now on ESPN+

wacsports.com/general/2021-22/releases/20210823lz8tv6

[endersgame]

I know this is team specific, but I have always enjoyed watching BYU on BYU tv (Roku friendly). Commentators and presentation are always stellar - and it's free!

[eazy]

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