JSH writes: > As I understand the $inal $our $ormat,ESPN has the rights to carry the Semis >and the Final. However,ESPN will probably sell the rights to the Semi-$inals >(last year I believe NESN bought the right to show UMaine-NMU). NESN showed that game (cut in the middle after a Red Sox exhibition, but also replayed it in its entirety later) and BU-Clarkson live last year. Some people may remember that in 1990, Wis-BC and BU-Colgate were bought by channel 25 in Boston which also carried the national championship game live while ESPN chose to tape-delay the game a week later (an inexcusable crime). When I called NESN to ask about the regionals being on tv, they told me that although they wouldn't have the regionals, NESN *would* carry both semifinals. NESN's decision not to carry the regionals was made far in advance of the blackout policy taking effect. - mike