The athletic department has entered into an agreement with Sandusky Radio to have 17 men’s basketball games broadcast on KKNW 1150 AM, beginning with ’s two games in the Elgin Baylor Classic this weekend.
KKNW will broadcast 16 games live and one on tape delay, starting this Saturday, Nov. 15, with the regular season opener against at 4 p.m. The complete broadcast schedule, listed below, includes games at , , State, , and Eastern Washington, as well as all three SU games at the Great Alaska Shootout and the January 1 game against Loyola Marymount at KeyArena at the .
Dick Fain and Gary Hill, Jr., will split the play-by-play broadcasting duties during the season. Fain is in his 11th year of broadcasting and last season was the play-by-play voice for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. Hill is the host of “Sports Tangle” every Monday from 8-9 p.m. on KKNW and has worked on broadcasts for numerous area basketball teams, both collegiate and professional, during his career. Justin Kesterson, the voice of the women’s basketball team on the Internet, will fill in for Saturday’s game against .
Starting next Monday, Nov. 17, there will be a one-hour talk show on KKNW featuring sports. The show, to air every Monday from 9-10 p.m., will feature a rotation of coaches, student-athletes, and athletic staff and administrators to talk about previous and upcoming events. Hill is slated to be the host of the one-hour show.
All home games and selected road games for the women’s basketball team will be broadcast on the Internet through ’s athletics website, GoSeattleU.com. Kesterson and Chris McCullough will bring all of the action from courtside to fans listening in through the SU athletics website. Their first broadcast is slated to be the game between and the Friday, Nov. 28, beginning at 2 p.m. at Bank of America Arena.
is in Year One of the reclassification process towards becoming a Division I member of the NCAA. Both the men’s and women’s basketball programs have posted three straight winning seasons and will play a majority of games against Division I opponents this season.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES ON KKNW 1150 AM (All games live unless noted)
Saturday, November 15 - Chico State at Seattle University - 4 p.m. Tip-off
Sunday, November 16 - Notre Dame de Namur at Seattle University - 4 p.m. Tip-off
Tuesday, November 25 - Seattle University at Fresno State - 7 p.m. Tip-off
Thursday, November 27 - Seattle University vs. Louisiana Tech - 6 p.m. Pacific Time Tip-off
Friday, November 28 - Seattle University in Great Alaska Shootout - 3 p.m. or 9 p.m. Pacific Time Tip-Off - Tape Delayed
Saturday, November 29 - Seattle University in Great Alaska Shootout - Tip-off time to be determined
Saturday, December 6 - Seattle University at Portland State - 7:05 p.m. Tip-off
Sunday, December 14 - Seattle University at Cal Poly - 7 p.m. Tip-off
Tuesday, December 16 - Seattle University at UC Irvine - 7 p.m. Tip-off
Monday, December 29 - Seattle University at Oregon State - 7 p.m. Tip-off
Thursday, January 1 - Loyola Marymount at Seattle University (KeyArena) - 6:30 p.m. Tip-off
Sunday, January 4 - Seattle University at Portland - 2 p.m. Tip-off
Saturday, February 7 - North Dakota at Seattle University - 7:30 p.m. Tip-off
Monday, February 16 - Seattle University at Cal State Bakersfield - 7 p.m. Tip-off
Tuesday, February 24 - Seattle University at Eastern Washington - 7:05 p.m. Tip-off
Saturday, March 7 - Seattle University in North Dakota Tournament - Tip-off time to be announced
Sunday, March 8 - Seattle University in North Dakota Tournament - Tip-off time to be announced