CyberSports for basketball webcasting technology now allows everyone to WebCast their basketball games live, worldwide, over the Internet. Since sending video over the Internet is not practical at this time, these "webcasts" are actually graphical displays of a team's and individual player's statistics. This graphical display is updated every 50 seconds keeping viewers abreast of the game's progress and action as it unfolds. Live webcasting not only adds fun and excitement to basketball programs, it also creates an immediate source for game results including a detailed, printable box score report which is assessable world wide. Players, parents, fans, and news media love it.

WebCast Display

The webcast display screen is broken down into four parts:

1. The upper left hand portion includes a scoreboard, clock (showing time remaining), team shooting percentages along with team statistics.
2. The upper right portion is a sequential listing of the last 10 to 15 play by play actions of the game.
3. The lower two portions show the all the individual player statistics with the players currently in the game highlighted in blue color.

   View sample of an actual WebCast display.

Webcasts can be viewed on the CyberSports website www.cybersportsUSA.com or can be linked to the individual team's or conference's websites. Webcast results remain on the Internet for post game viewing the entire season. Webcasts use a default Live Game CyberSportsUSA banner. However, if desired, teams can create and use their own personal for webcasts.

Cybersports offers a convienent WebCast menu allowing viewers to quickly locate the game they wish to view. With CyberSports for basketball, teams create free Internet team page showing their staff, player roster and game schedule. Their schedule is then automatically inserted into CyberSports' quick look webcast menu that shows today's, tomorrow's and yesterday's webcast schedules.

Why Webcast?

One of the biggest benefits of webcasting live is that it provides all those interested supporters and fans that cannot attend the game in person, an opportunity to follow the game.

"... I webcasted our first game last Saturday and it went 'smooth as silk'. It actually was no different than any other game that I have kept stats at...and that's exactly what I wanted. Our college, which doesn't have radio station coverage, was excited about the webcasting and a lot of people - even the president - enjoyed it."

John Krueger, Sports Information Director
Rockford College & Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference

"Our webcasting has become quite popular with parents, alumni, students and throughout the conference. I find out how popular it is when we go on the road and the opponent doesn't webcast. I hear it from the fans.

Gary Pine, Sports Information Director
Azusa Pacific University

Another classic example of why you should webcast came from a parent who was under going chemotherapy and was too sick to attend his son's game. He said that he "did not miss a single shot or rebound," and was very grateful for webcasting. For any team having players from out of the local area, it affords a means for parents and friends to stay abreast of the player's and team's progress throughout the season.

Webcasting is an immediate source for anyone in the world not only to find out game results, but it also enables viewers to access detailed box scores. This is especially valuable for the media, who can now print out a box score before the teams can even shake hands after the game. This also means that teams do not need to fax or call in scores to the media after the game. Since webcast results stay on the Internet for the entire season, viewers can go back and check the statistics of previously played games. Any team statistician not having direct access to a courtside Internet connection can still post their game results on the Internet by webcasting the final game file from their office or home after the game.

Since webcasting live over the Internet is very similar to having the game telecast, it definitely adds personal pride and prestige to any program. Coaches can expect better performances from their players when the players know that the game is being webcasted worldwide.

When entire leagues or conferences WebCast their games, it establishes a live Internet communication network between the different venues. Since real time scores and statistics of all the games are available at anytime, no longer do teams and their fans need to wait for tomorrow's newspapers or make costly phone calls to find out the results of other games being played. This has resulted in generating a whole lot of new excitement and interest in what is happening league wide. In fact, teams are reporting that after the games, rather than leaving, spectators are coming to the scorer's table to watch (and even cheer) the end of the other games being webcasted!!!

"Now that 5 of the GSAC schools webcast, we designate one computer at press row to keep up on the other webcasts during our game. Twice this season, our arch-rival Biola went into overtime. After our game was over, a throng of our fans huddled around press row, 4 rows deep into the stands, and watched the webcast of the Biola game. They were yelling at the operator to keep "refreshing" the screen. It was quite a site...

Additionally, during our games, I'll have our assistant coaches come to press row and ask what's going on in the other games. Finally, I have discovered that even those schools who don't webcast or use a different software, still go to the Cybersports page after their game to find out what the other GSAC teams did and to immediately get the box score. So as you can see, Cybersports is quite popular in the GSAC."

Gary Pine, Sports Information Director
Azusa Pacific University

Since users can create their own Webcast banners, webcasts can be used as fundraiser. CyberSports does not get directly involved with advertising, it only provides the tools to do it. Teams or programs secure the ads, create the banners, and collect 100% of the money courtesy of CyberSports.

Since CyberSports for basketball software is affordable for any program, it provides smaller programs with the same statistic opportunity and webcasting platform as the "bigtime" programs.

Webcasting worldwide at the click of the mouse is a simple operation.

All that is needed is a computer with a modem and a courtside Internet connection. The CyberSports basketball software does all the rest. After setting up the game file using the CyberSports game module, all the statistician needs to do is to establish an Internet connection, select the WebCast option on the main menu bar, and then click the Start webcast button.

"WIHS tried WebCasting our stats for the first time this weekend -- and not only did it work, but it was very easy!"

John F. Wood, Wyoming Indian High School

"...we did the Limestone County Tournament in Alabama and used the Game Monitor...the local TV station loved it..We networked our laptops and had other monitors set up for the Coaches at Hospitality Table and the TV guys to use. The words "Life Saver" was used several times by the ZTV crew filming and calling the games. I have kept stats for 19 years and I am so glad that CYBERSPORTS has come my way."

TIM GEE, Tanner Rattlers
Athens, AL

It does not take much to create an Internet following

All you have to do is tell the players to tell their parents, and the whole world will know. CyberSports knows this all too well. If a scheduled game for some reason does not get webcasted, CyberSports sure hears about it.

For webcasting instructions see our Webcasting Guide.