Oregon was heavily favored as it entered NCAA tournament play Friday with a game against Iona, and before the Ducks took the court, they enabled a part of their closed-door pregame strategy session with coach Dana Altman to be streamed on Facebook Live. Fans fired up for the start of the Ducks’ tournament run could […]
Teamworks is playing a major role in college basketball this season. The communications streamlining software company is helping the NCAA run successful men’s basketball tournaments and had also signed a new partnership with the ACC to streamline its men’s basketball tournament operations. The NCAA and Teamworks engaged in talks in 2015 before the association used the […]
NEW YORK — Live streaming coverage of the NCAA tournament will extend to 15 platforms this year, including Amazon Alexa devices and Xbox for the first time, making access to March Madness games easier than ever. “You can go on and say, ‘Alexa, please show me the Syracuse-Duke game,’ and it’ll turn it on to Westwood One that […]
Starting on Selection Sunday, fast food restaurant chain Wendy’s will be running a March Madness bracket campaign entirely on Twitter, it was announced Wednesday. With the integration on the social platform, NCAA basketball fans will have a few ways to create their own brackets via Wendy’s Twitter Direct Message and its Twitter account. Get The […]
NEW YORK — The Final Four last year featured live game coverage in virtual reality for the first time, and according to Turner president David Levy, games in VR will be back this year. “There will be virtual reality again,” Levy said Tuesday. “We’re not announcing it today, but we are definitely going to be […]