MOORHEAD, Minn. — To provide the best coverage of MSUM Dragons basketball during the 2021 season, the MSUM Dragons and WDAY have renewed their television broadcast agreement that will bring fans live coverage of all home basketball games.
"It's crazy to think there are any advantages during this time, but I feel like we were built for this moment," said assistant athletics director
Jon Wepking. "No fans or limited fan scenarios leave us only the ability to broadcast. We've been working for nearly a decade developing the best in-house broadcast in all of DII and we are fortunate to have a partner in distribution like WDAY that can help us deliver it to our region. This partnership allows us to not only showcase our student-athletes on a broader scale, but also the incredible work of the GO! TEAM Productions students running the show."
All MSUM broadcasts (DragonsLIVE) on WDAY XTRA are produced by GO! TEAM Productions, consisting of a totally student-run team under the supervision of
Alex Nelson and
Jon Wepking. MSUM students looking for the opportunity to practice on-campus what they're learning in the classroom, gain great experience for their resume, and join a great team of people who love sports...apply to join the GO! TEAM at
MSUMDragons.com/GOTEAM.
The partnership between WDAY and MSUM began as a single game broadcast of the Go Pink basketball games in 2013. The following 2014-15 athletic year, the coverage bloomed to include all home football and basketball games. In 2015-16, the Dragons included two volleyball games that followed football coverage and a full season of monthly DragonsLIVE shows. In 2017-18 volleyball matches were included once again along with home football and basketball conference games. This fall, they produced a 6-part mini-series on the path and process of Dragons Football under head coach
Steve Laqua called
THE DRAGON WAY.
"The longstanding partnership with WDAY allows us to continue being a leader in NCAA Division II in game production and distribution," said athletics director
Doug Peters.
"WDAY and WDAY XTRA are thrilled to continue partnering with MSUM as the television home of the Dragons," said WDAY Vice President of Broadcast Joshua Roher. "Providing audiences with high quality broadcasts from MSUM aligns perfectly with our commitment to provide the best in live, local content. We look forward to another great year with MSUM."
DragonsLIVE received two huge honors from the Sports Video Group in 2015 as the DragonsLIVE from Evansville episode was a collegiate athletics national finalist for Outstanding Live Studio/Remote Hosted Production of the year in 2015. Other finalists included Texas A&M University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Notre Dame, Liberty University, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Buffalo. Although the Dragons did not win the award, MSUM was the only NCAA Division II university finalist on the docket for all awards. GO! TEAM Productions also earned an Honorable Mention for Best Live Game Coverage from the Sports Video Group for their men's basketball NSIC/Sanford Health Playoffs First Round broadcast in 2015 as well.
The DragonsLIVE Signing Day Special digital coverage also won a national award from the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators "Best of" Award.
MSUM's first televised game of the year will be the home men's basketball against Augustana University, which is January 2nd at Nemzek Fieldhouse at 1:00 p.m. followed by a rematch of the Dragons and Vikings on Sunday the 3rd at 1:00 p.m. as well.
You can watch live coverage of the Dragons home basketball conference games on:
Below are all the television viewing options and geographic footprint for WDAY XTRA.
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