November 6th, 2009 at 7:13 PM ^
As I said in the hockey streaming feed (which was thread jacked to basketball), the BTN doesn't promise HD. I find that closing all your other applications tends to make it work a ton better. Supposedly it automatically adjusts its quality based on your bandwidth. From my experience, it also assumes that your virtual memory is totally open for it's use.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:17 PM ^
That's lame. They make you pay money to watch it online? I was under the impression that it was on BTN actually on TV, not just online. I'm not paying to watch that but hopefully I catch some highlights at some point.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:19 PM ^
I sent an email to BTN.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:21 PM ^
Good choice. They are pretty good about responding. They definitely take input well.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:24 PM ^
I bought the game and it isn't even really watchable. The longest I went without it skipping is maybe 5 seconds. I've watched several things live on ESPN360 with no problems, so I know it's not my connection. This is seriously pissing me off.
Edit: I switched from Firefox to IE and the lag/skipping stopped considerably, but the quality is now horrible, almost impossible to tell who's who.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:21 PM ^
All other applications were closed, and it was totally unwatchable for me. Like the other poster said, I was unable to get the feed for more than 5 seconds without it lagging to a stop. 360, netflix, etc run some high quality video just fine on this machine so I feel that it is not an issue on my end. I am trying to send an email to the btnnet.com support, but that doesnt seem to work worth a damn either.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:29 PM ^
I was really looking forward to watching Michigan Basketball on-line (since we don't get BTN down here in FL), but this stream is AWFUL! I highly discourage anyone from paying the $2.99 to watch a really bad stream. Way to go BTN, you never cease to disappoint me.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:28 PM ^
You can't get it with a dish?? That's strange.
I was excited all day because I thought it was on TV. Came home and did my husband house stuff quickly to be ready...and they're showing friggin replays of old games!
WTF BTN!
November 6th, 2009 at 7:31 PM ^
Or is there seriously no scoreboard/clock?
November 6th, 2009 at 7:35 PM ^
There is not a scoreboard or clock, but I could deal with that if not for the awful stream quality. With it jumping around like a mother, it makes a clock and scoreboard even more essential than normal because you don't know what happened in the 30 seconds you just missed.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:40 PM ^
Negative. The streams are slotted to be overflow and games no one really cares about in the future, including student announcers (not sure who's doing this one). It's going to be a low level way to see games that aren't even worth being on TV, like this one.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:35 PM ^
Sorry guys, my feed is fine, so it's definitely not a universal problem.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:39 PM ^
BTN'D!
November 6th, 2009 at 7:40 PM ^
Mine is just terrible.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:43 PM ^
You guys are making me happy I didn't partake in this ripoff. Paying money to be continually frustrated, sounds like me and golf.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:06 PM ^
That makes two of us. I wouldn't pay money to watch the exhibition game regardless of the stream quality, though. I don't know why they didn't put it on BTN, all they have on is a "BTN greatest games" of Michigan vs. Purdue. They then have the Minnesota exhibition game on after that. Lame.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:44 PM ^
I recommend the gametracker on mgoblue's website. It's what I am using to atleast see what is happening.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:10 PM ^
but I can't get the gametracker up at all. How did you get it up.
EDIT: Nevermind after I asked I found it the next second. Had to click on live stats.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:47 PM ^
Stats look good for the first half. Morris with a couple of assists, and 16 pts for Manny. Should be a fun season!
November 6th, 2009 at 7:54 PM ^
Who Started, looking at mgoblue stats I would guess Stu came off the bench
November 6th, 2009 at 7:56 PM ^
Morris
Manny
LLP
Sims
Novak
November 6th, 2009 at 7:59 PM ^
Thank you, very interesting, not what I expected.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:00 PM ^
I'm not sure if Tim is going to do his UFR-ish posts (Iowa for example) for basketball this year, much less for this game. I'm hoping yes.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:06 PM ^
Harris with a couple quick baskets in the 2nd to get to 20pts on the night. Wish I could see video of this...
November 6th, 2009 at 8:14 PM ^
I mean this is Wayne State, but wow. Manny came to play. I hope he puts up these kinds of numbers every game. Looks like the team is shooting well, too.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:13 PM ^
Darius Morris with his first points. I like the fact that he's 1-1 for the game thus far. That seems to imply that he's doing a good job of dishing (3 assists) and not trying to force things.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:20 PM ^
but I did see that he had a couple turnovers.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:17 PM ^
Well crap, my feed just went away completely and now says "The selected item is not currently available."
This officially blows.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:20 PM ^
Might be for everyone? I also just got this a minute ago. I want my money back. I don't have cable TV and the only reason I would get it is to watch Michigan games, but I figured I could watch all or most of them through BTN online or ESPN360. Now I might have to give into Comcast...
Edit: Back up now.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:25 PM ^
4-7 on 3's overall and Manny with 23.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:28 PM ^
He's made some great hustle plays too that you don't see in the stats. I hope he has a great season - it definitely looks like he's put in a lot of work on his game.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:28 PM ^
Zack and Manny are not shy about hoisting up those 3's. I am sure Manny and Deshawn are familiar with many of the players on Wayne State
November 6th, 2009 at 8:43 PM ^
getting out rebounded by 7 right now.
Plus only 6 turnovers.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:34 AM ^
You have to learn to expect that sort of thing from a Beilein team. That's how his teams play. Can't be too upset about that.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:45 PM ^
I am surprised that only 8 players have got in with just 3 to go in the game
November 6th, 2009 at 8:56 PM ^
I don't think that's right. I'm pretty sure I saw Vogrich, Douglass, Cronin, and Gibson all in the first half.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:27 PM ^
my bad, I did not notice the scroll down on the box score
November 6th, 2009 at 8:47 PM ^
in about 3 minutes of action so far.
Correction 4 points.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:55 PM ^
There are thing's they need to work on, but a performance I was hoping for.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:59 PM ^
Agreed. It's nice to have 3 (what should be) warmup games before heading down to face Creighton. I'm really hoping we have a good showing in that tourney.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:13 PM ^
What is even better is being able to watch UM on Thanksgiving day instead of having to suffer through another abomination from the Lions.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:26 PM ^
I am being forced to go to thanksgiving game with 2 packer fans, they are trying to coerce me into wearing a cheesehead
November 6th, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
Here's the summary from MGoBlue.com:
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110609aaa.html
November 6th, 2009 at 10:12 PM ^
Just got BTN here a few months ago (Connecticut). Thankfully. Now if they would add ESPNU.
Not surprised the feed is choppy - seems nervy to ask $3/game for it - it is not going to be consistently smooth anytime soon and they know that. Last year CBS was streaming NCAA tournament games for free. BTN is overreaching.