Where to watch, how to follow Friday night’s Big Blue Madness

How to follow Friday night’s University of Kentucky basketball Big Blue Madness celebration in Rupp Arena:

Madness is scheduled for 7-9 p.m.

TELEVISION

Network: SEC Network

Announcers: Rich Hollenberg with analysts Sean Farnham and Debbie Antonelli.

Where to find SEC Network:

■ Spectrum: Depending on your individual channel lineup, the SEC Network is at 76/796/77, 516/517/518 or 79/417/80. Those listings are for standard definition, high definition and alternate stations, respectively.

■ DISH Network: Channel 404 with the Hopper digital box or on channels 408, 596 and 597 depending on equipment.

■ DirecTV: Channel 611

PRE-MADNESS SPECIAL

What: The UK Sports Network is airing a pre-Big Blue Madness special from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Hosts: Dave Baker and Christi Thomas

UK Sports Network stations around Kentucky and the region:

Lexington: The CW Lexington

Louisville: WBKI

Hazard: WYMT/EYMT

Evansville, Ind.: WTVW

Bowling Green: WKBO

INTERNET

Twitter: Follow live updates from Herald-Leader staff writers Jerry Tipton and Ben Roberts on Kentucky.com. Stay with Kentucky.com for photos, video highlights and more after Madness is over.

Live video of Big Blue Madness: WatchESPN

Live video of pre-Big Blue Madness and Blue Carpet entrance featuring men’s and women’s teams and VIPs: UKAthletics.com

Facebook: Photos and links on Kentucky.com and Kentuckysports.com pages.

This story was originally published October 13, 2017 at 3:34 PM with the headline "Where to watch, how to follow Friday night’s Big Blue Madness."