2013-14 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide - Bucknell Athletics

In the Spotlight
In the last 10 seasons, Bucknell has played 23 games on one
of the ESPN entities (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3), four
games on CBS, 23 on CBS Sports Network, one on TNT, one on
TruTV and numerous others on regional and local networks.
This season, Bucknell’s game at St. Johns will be on the new
Fox Sports 1, the Stanford game will be on the Pac-12 Network
and three league games will be televised by CBS Sports Network.
There are also two additional “flex” dates at the end of
the season, and the network will also carry the Patriot League
Tournament semifinals and championship.
Where to Catch the
Bison in 2013-14
ON THE RADIO
Bucknell’s flagship radio station for every
Bison basketball game, home and away,
is Eagle 107 (WEGH-FM 107.3) in the Central
Susquehanna Valley. Doug Birdsong brings
you all the play-by-play action.
ON TELEVISION
Once again in 2013-14 the Bucknell
men’s basketball team will have a number
of nationally and regionally televised
contests. The Bison will make at least three
appearances on CBS Sports Network in
Patriot League play, and the Nov. 19 game
at St. John’s will air on Fox Sports 1.
In 2013-14 the Patriot League men’s and
women’s championship games will both
be televised on CBS Sports Network. This
year’s men’s title contest will be played on
Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Below is the 2014 Patriot League television
slate (games on CBS Sports Network):
Jan. 5 – Boston University at Lehigh, 1 p.m.
Jan. 11 – Army at Navy, 4 p.m.
Jan. 13 – Lafayette at Loyola Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 19 – Bucknell at Army, 3 p.m.
Jan. 20 – Loyola Maryland at Boston University, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 25 – Boston University at Bucknell, 2 p.m.
Jan. 27 – Colgate at Lafayette, 9 p.m.
Feb. 4 – Holy Cross at Colgate, 9 p.m
Feb. 8 – Navy at Army, 4 p.m.
Feb. 9 – Bucknell at Holy Cross, Noon
Feb. 23 - Flex Game, Noon
March 1 - Flex Game, 2 p.m.
March 8 - Patriot League Semifinal #1, 3:30 p.m.
March 8 - Patriot League Semifinal #2, 5:30 p.m.
March 12 - Patriot League Championship, 7:30 p.m.
bison vision on the
patriot league network
Every Bucknell home game and all Patriot
League road contests (except those airing
on CBS Sports Network), will be webcast
live on the new Patriot League Network.
Launched in August 2013, the PLN brings
fans live, high-definition quality webcasts
free of charge.
In addition, the Patriot League’s partners
at Campus Insiders will also produce a
number of conference games in 2014. That
schedule will announced prior to the start
of the season.
ON Twitter, Facebook &
youtube
Search for @BisonSports on Twitter to
find Bucknell Athletics notes and scores.
Look for both mid-game and mid-week
updates throughout the basketball season.
Fans can also search for the “Bucky The
Bison” Facebook page and get updates on
the latest news and happenings.
Bison Athletics also has a YouTube
Channel at youtube.com/BucknellAthletics.
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live stats
For every Bison home game, follow all
the action from your computer via BucknellBison.com’s
live statistics interface.
Keep tabs on the game in “real time,” even
while you watch live on the Patriot League
Network.
e-mail alerts
Visit BucknellBison.com to sign up to
receive free updates on Bison scores and
headlines via e-mail.
photo store & auctions
Once again this season fans can purchase
photos of many Bison sporting
events. To peruse photos that are available
for purchase, visit www.bucknellbison.
exposuremanager.com.
Also be sure to check out the “Shop” tab
at BucknellBison.com to find Bucknell Athletics
gear and memorabilia up for auction.
the voice of the bison: doug birdsong
Doug Birdsong is in his 13th season as the
“Voice of the Bison.” A 1987 Marshall University
graduate who called play-by-play for college
and high school athletics for 17 years before
coming to Lewisburg, Birdsong was named
Radio/TV Coordinator and Marketing Specialist
at the University in July of 2000.
In addition to calling the action for the
Bison men’s basketball team, Birdsong is the
play-by-play voice of the Bucknell football
team, and he also broadcasts numerous events
from many of Bucknell’s varsity programs.
Birdsong has broadcast a number of NCAA
Tournament contests during his tenure at
Bucknell, and his call of the final seconds of the
men’s basketball team’s 2005 upset of Kansas
was repeated on a number of national outlets.
He has also called NCAA action in women’s
basketball, baseball, men’s lacrosse and men’s
and women’s soccer.
When Birdsong arrived at Bucknell he
became just the second full-time “Voice of
the Bison,” replacing Bob Behler, who held the
position for more than 13 years before leaving
to go to the University of Massachusetts.
Birdsong came to Bucknell from AVC Communications
in Cambridge, Ohio, where, as the
Sports Director, he managed the play-by-play
crews on five radio stations for 11 years. He
called play-by-play for Muskingum College
football, men’s and women’s basketball, softball
and volleyball, and also handled the same duties
plus baseball for area high schools. Birdsong
was also responsible for writing and producing
11 daily sportscasts focusing on the six area high
schools and Muskingum College.
Prior to his experience at AVC, Birdsong
worked at WTCR in Huntington, W.Va., after
graduating from Marshall. While he was a
student at Marshall, he worked for WMUL as its
Sports Director and called football, basketball
and baseball for the Thundering Herd. In addition,
Birdsong produced and hosted a weekly
one-hour sports talk show.
He has won numerous awards, including
citations from the Pennsylvania Association
of Broadcasters for “Best Local Sporting Event
Coverage” two years in a row. Birdsong has also
won four Outstanding Sports Operation for Playby-Play
citations from the Associated Press in
Ohio, and two from the Associated Press in West
Virginia. In 1999, he was chosen as the Eastern
Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators
Association Media Person of the Year.