OTTAWA ? The Streaming Sports Network (SSN) will kick off its fifth season of live video play-by-play streaming of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) action Saturday with a pair of games from the 2008 Can-Am Basketball Shootout at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.

Coverage of the basketball doubleheader will be available free of charge on SSN’s website (http://www.SSNCanada.ca) beginning with the CIS Today pregame
show at 4:30 pm. (EDT).

The first game of the twin bill pits the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees (2007-08: 25-15) against the Sun Belt Conference’s South Alabama Jaguars (2007-08: 26-7)
at 5 pm.  At 7 pm, defending NCAA champion Kansas (2007-08: 37-3) will take on the most dominant team in Canada over the past decade, the Carleton University Ravens (2007-08: 33-6).

“This is the tip-off to our biggest and best season of live play-by-play action of Canadian university athletics,” says SSN President Bengt Neathery. “We have
re-branded the network, have hired new talent and will nearly double the number of productions we provide to university sport fans this season via our network
of affiliated schools and in the production of our weekly Sunday night show on the CIS that debuts in September.”

Veteran SSN Canada broadcaster John Bower (Gatineau, Ont.) will anchor coverage of the games along with co-host Alayne Crawford (Ottawa, Ont.), while long-time CIS basketball voice Mark Masters (Toronto, Ont.) will call the action.

Making their debut as reporters on SSN this Saturday are Alison Sandor of Montreal, and Joe Fishman of Toronto.

About SSN Canada
The Streaming Sports Network is committed to providing high-quality, affordable streaming solutions for amateur sports organizations and provides over 30-live
broadcasts of university sports from across Canada per month, free of charge to viewers via its website at www.SSNCanada.ca.