RMAC SHOOTOUT Championships Now Available Live in Kearney

by Eric Danner, RMAC 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- The RMAC SHOOTOUT championship games will now be available live in the Kearney, Nebraska market on Altitude 2. Charter Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings will offer the games on Channel 20. They will also be available in North Platte on Channel 7, and Ogallala Channel 14 (cable).

For the fourth year in a row, Altitude Sports & Entertainment will broadcast the RMAC SHOOTOUT basketball tournament championship games. Live coverage begins with the men's title game at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 8th. The women's championship follows at approximately 8 p.m.. Those showings will be available on Altitude 2. In addition to the Kearney market, live coverage will also be available on the cable systems at the bottom of this page.

Subscribers to DirecTV can see the games live on Channel 661, while Dish Network will have coverage on Channel 445.

The RMAC SHOOTOUT championships will be played at the Colorado State Fair Events Center in Pueblo. The games will be re-broadcast at 1 a.m., Sunday, March 9 and 10 p.m. on Monday, March 10 on Altitude 2. (men's game followed by women).

A re-broadcast of the championships will also be shown on Altitude, at Noon (men's game, then women's game) on Sunday, March 9th, as well as 4 a.m. on Monday, March 10th.

Handling the play by play duties will be Blake Olson, former Denver Nuggets player Mark Randall will be the color commentator.

During the live broadcast, Altitude will air the RMAC Showcase "Special Edition". This 30-minute episode will feature highlights from last weekend's RMAC Indoor Track Championships from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and RMAC Wrestling Championships from New Mexico Highlands University.

Note - live coverage will not be available to Comcast subscribers on the front range, due to their coverage of the Colorado College vs Denver University hockey game.

Altitude 2 Affiliates showing RMAC Shootout Championships live:

Time Warner in Gunnison / Crested Butte Ch. 6
Bresnan - Cheyenne, WY Ch. 64
Bresnan - Craig, CO Ch. 67
Bresnan - Fort Morgan, CO Ch. 66
Bresnan - Grand Junction, CO Ch. 48
Bresnan - Laramie, WY Ch. 98
Bresnan - Sterling, CO Ch. 99
Orange Broadband- Estes Park Ch. 13
Qwest - Denver Ch. 44
TVision - Colorado City, CO Ch. 15
Charter - Kearney/Grand Island/Hastings Ch. 20
Charter - North Platte Ch. 7
Charter - Ogallala Ch. 14 

Satellite Affiliate Altitude 2
DirecTV Ch. 661
DISH Network Ch. 445

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