By James Pilcher

Want to watch the University of Cincinnati men's basketball team play its home game against 12th-ranked Georgetown? The only two ways are to buy a ticket - or go to a friend's house in Kentucky who uses Insight for Internet access

That UC game and three more will be available only through ESPN's online outlet ESPN360. But that "channel" does not have broadcast agreements with Greater Cincinnati's major Internet service providers, Cincinnati Bell and Time Warner Cable.

ESPN can block access to video streams by identifying a user's service provider by their individual Internet address. Providers without an agreement do not get access to the games. Insight Communications, the cable provider and an Internet provider in Northern Kentucky, does have such an agreement.

The game also will be available to students who use UC's Internet service on campus, as well as those using military Internet access.

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