NCAA Hockey Tournament: Local TV Picks Up Wisconsin vs. UMass-Lowell

Wisconsin opens up the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H. Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. CST, the Badgers will face No. 1 seed UMass-Lowell. The game was originally slated for viewing online only on ESPN3.com, but it will be syndicated on some local channels, as well.

TVW in Madison has picked up the game, as has the Time Warner Cable Sports Channel and NESN out of New England.

According to a release from the school:

TVW is channel 3-2 on digital television in Madison, Wis., and channel 14 on Charter. TVW can also be found on channel 14 for DirecTV, for those with the local Madison package.

Time Warner Cable SportsChannel airs on channel 32/1332 throughout the Wisconsin division.

NESN can be found on channel 628 for DirecTV subscribers and channel 434 on Dish Network.

The game will also broadcast live online at ESPN3 and air tape-delayed on ESPNU at 9:30 p.m. CT.

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