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ESPN Sunday Package First for Women’s College Basketball
ESPN’s 2013-14 women’s college basketball regular-season schedule includes a record-high 209 exclusive games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. ESPN FULL COURT, the pay-per-view package, increases the total number of matchups to approximately 400 games this season.
All games will be accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
The schedule boasts 22 programs on the espnW 2013-14 preseason top 25 – created by ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme – including the top 17 teams. espnW.com will provide season-long original content and supporting material for ESPN’s top games.
ESPN networks will also have a full lineup of games during Championship Week Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods and will continue to carry all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship culminating with the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Nashville, Tenn., on April 6 & 8.
Highlights:
ESPN Sunday Package – Top programs in the nation are showcased in a new five-week ESPN Sunday afternoon package beginning February 2. ACC preseason-favorite Duke plays three times and a rematch of the 2013 NCAA Championship game between Louisville and Connecticut emphasizes the strong schedule.
ESPN2 – home to the Big Monday series and several top early season matchups – has 32 games.
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon – A women’s doubleheader tips off the annual event – 18 games over 24 hours of consecutive basketball coverage Monday, Nov. 11 and Tuesday, Nov. 12. Defending National Champion and No. 1 Connecticut hosts No. 4 Stanford at 7 p.m. ET, followed by No. 3 Tennessee at No. 7 North Carolina at 9 p.m., both on ESPN2. The marathon also includes 16 men’s matchups across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic – The 2013 event features defending national champion Connecticut at Duke on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The 12th annual women’s game will be played in Durham, N.C., at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Duke’s campus.
Big Monday – The popular weekly series on ESPN2, in its eighth season, runs from January 13 to March 3, including doubleheaders on January 27 and February 10. Preseason favorites No. 1 Connecticut, No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Tennessee, No. 5 Maryland, No. 10 Notre Dame and No. 12 Baylor each make two appearances, with 13 ranked teams featured in the schedule.
Play 4Kay – In its eighth year, Play 4Kay – in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) – features seven games in a new format across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Sunday, Feb. 16. Play 4Kay showcases two regionalized games within each of two ESPN2 telecast windows, at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. In addition, a top-five matchup between ACC rivals, No. 5 Maryland at No. 2 Duke, on Monday, Feb. 17, as part of ESPN2’s Big Monday series at 7 p.m.
ESPNU has a schedule of 24 regular-season games, including a consistent Sunday afternoon schedule during the conference season.
A record-high 148 exclusive games to be shown on ESPN3 this season, including a full slate of ACC, American and Atlantic Sun contests.
ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN, produces eight games as part of SEC TV Game of the Week.
espnW.com content highlights:
Season preview November 4-8 will include a preseason top-25 poll and a ranking of the top five players at each position.
Each week, writers Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Kate Fagan and Michelle Smith, as well as analyst Rebecca Lobo, will write in-depth profiles of some of the nation’s top teams, players and coaches.
Beginning Monday, Jan. 13, and running each week, “In Tune for Nashville” will give a comprehensive look at all the latest news from the teams in the nation.
Prior to each Big Monday game, espnW.com will offer an updated Bracketology segment from Creme and a game preview for that night’s matchup, as well as postgame coverage with video analysis.
Championship Week Coverage
ESPN networks will again combine to showcase the week-long men’s and women’s conference tournaments during Championship Week Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods from Thursday, March 6-Sunday, March 16. The complete schedule will be announced at a later date.
NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Coverage
ESPN will present the exclusive live announcement of the 64-team NCAA Championship field as part of Selection Monday on March 17 at 7 p.m., with ESPNU offering a bonus hour of coverage on the NCAA Women’s’ Basketball Selection Special Extended Coverage at 8 p.m.
All 63 games of the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will air on ESPN networks for the ninth consecutive year. ESPN and ESPN2 will present regionalized telecasts with home market protection through the first two rounds. ESPN3 and ESPN FULL COURT, the pay-per-view package, will offer first- and second-round games in their entirety as a supplement to ESPN and ESPN2’s coverage. The final 15 games, beginning with the Regional Semifinals, will have national telecast windows on ESPN or ESPN2. The complete schedule will be announced at a later date.
ESPN network’s 2013-14 Women’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)
Date
Time (ET)
Game
Networks
Fri, Nov 8
5 p.m.
UNC-Greensboro at Florida State
ESPN3
Sun, Nov 10
2 p.m.
Morehead State at Lipscomb
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Converse at USC Upstate
ESPN3
6 p.m.
Duke at California
ESPNU
Mon, Nov 11
7 p.m.
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon: Stanford at Connecticut
ESPN2
9 p.m.
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon: Tennessee at North Carolina
ESPN2
Tue, Nov. 12
7 p.m.
Iona at St. John’s
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Thu, Nov 14
6:15 p.m.
Belmont at Lipscomb
ESPN3
Fri, Nov. 15
6 p.m.
Connecticut at Maryland
ESPNU
Sat, Nov 16
2 p.m.
St. Francis (N.Y.) at St. John’s
ESPN3
Sun, Nov 17
2 p.m.
Florida at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
3 p.m.
College of Charleston at USC Upstate
ESPN3
6 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at Florida State
ESPN3
Mon, Nov 18
6:30 p.m.
Austin Peay at Lipscomb
ESPN3
Tue, Nov 19
5 p.m.
South Carolina State at USC-Upstate
ESPN3
Wed, Nov 20
7 p.m.
Quinnipiac at St. John’s
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Charlotte at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Fri, Nov 29
7 p.m.
Stetson at Florida State
ESPN3
Sat, Nov 30
4 p.m.
Murray State at Lipscomb
ESPN3
Sun, Dec 1
2 p.m.
Harvard at St. John’s
ESPN3
5:30 p.m.
Feast Week Presented by Lowe’s: Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge (Springfield, Mass.): Ohio State vs. Connecticut
ESPN2
Wed, Dec 4
7 p.m.
Michigan State at Florida State
ESPN3
Illinois at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
USF at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Fri, Dec 6
6 p.m.
Marist at Quinnipiac
ESPN3
Nebraska at North Carolina
ESPN3
Sun, Dec 8
2 p.m.
Jacksonville at Florida State
ESPN3
Sat, Dec 14
Noon
St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic (Queens, N.Y.): Drexel vs. St. John’s
ESPN3
Sun, Dec 15
2 p.m.
St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic (Queens, N.Y.): James Madison at St. John’s
ESPN3
Mon, Dec 16
North Florida at Florida State
ESPN3
Tue, Dec 17
7 p.m.
Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic Presented by Corona Extra: Connecticut at Duke
ESPN2
Fri, Dec 20
7 p.m.
LSU at NC State
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sat, Dec 21
7:05 p.m.
Virginia at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sun, Dec 22
11 a.m.
Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers: Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.): Texas A&M vs. St. John’s
ESPNU
1:30 p.m.
Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers: Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.): California vs. Connecticut
ESPN2
Sat, Dec 28
2 p.m.
Seton Hall at St. John’s
ESPN3
UT-Martin at Florida State
ESPN3
Sun, Dec 29
3 p.m.
SMU at Louisville
ESPNU
5 p.m.
Cincinnati at Connecticut
ESPNU
6:05 p.m.
St. Joseph’s at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Tue, Dec 31
3 p.m.
USF at Houston
ESPN3
Wed, Jan 1
4 p.m.
Louisville at Temple
ESPN3
Thu, Jan 2
7 p.m.
Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate
ESPN3
Jacksonville at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
Sat, Jan 4
1 p.m.
Appalachian State at Furman
ESPN3
2 p.m.
Lipscomb at USC Upstate
ESPN3
2:30 p.m.
North Florida at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
4:30 p.m.
USF at SMU
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Stetson at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sun, Jan 5
1 p.m.
Vanderbilt at South Carolina
ESPNU
2 p.m.
Duke at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
Syracuse at NC State
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Maryland at North Carolina
ESPNU
Wed, Jan 8
7 p.m.
UMBC at Maine
ESPN3
Creighton at St. John’s
ESPN3
Thu, Jan 9
6 p.m.
NC State at North Carolina
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Lipscomb
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sat, Jan 11
5 p.m.
Mercer at Lipscomb
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
USC Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sun, Jan 12
Noon
Albany at Hartford
ESPN3
1 p.m.
Florida at LSU
ESPNU
2 p.m.
Purdue at Penn State
ESPN2
3 p.m.
Louisville at USF
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
ESPN2
5 p.m.
Missouri at Kentucky
ESPNU
Mon, Jan 13
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Connecticut at Baylor
ESPN2
Wed, Jan 15
11:30 a.m.
Butler at St. John’s
ESPN3
Thu, Jan 16
6 p.m.
Siena at Fairfield
ESPN3
Clemson at North Carolina
ESPN3
6:30 p.m.
Lamar at New Orleans
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Florida State at NC State
ESPN3
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
Sat, Jan 18
2 p.m.
Stetson at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
Houston Baptist at McNeese State
ESPN3
Sun, Jan 19
1:30 p.m.
Louisville at SMU
ESPNU
3 p.m.
Connecticut at Rutgers
ESPN2
Bradley at Loyola
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
Fordham at Dayton
ESPNU
5 p.m.
Penn State at Michigan State
ESPN2
Mon, Jan 20
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Notre Dame at Tennessee
ESPN2
Morgan State at Hampton
ESPN3
Tue, Jan 21
8 p.m.
Louisville at Houston
ESPN3
Thu, Jan 23
5 p.m.
Mercer at USC Upstate
ESPN3
6 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Oral Roberts
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Vermont
ESPN3
Duke at Florida State
ESPN3
Longwood at Liberty
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sat, Jan 25
2 p.m.
Missouri State at Indiana State
ESPN3
Sam Houston State at Abilene Christian
ESPN3
4 p.m.
Samford at Chattanooga
ESPN3
4:30 p.m.
Kennesaw State at USC Upstate
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
North Florida at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
Sun, Jan 26
1 p.m.
Memphis at Louisville
ESPNU
2 p.m.
South Carolina at Vanderbilt
ESPN2
Miami at Clemson
ESPN3
Virginia Tech at Florida State
ESPN3
NC State at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Auburn at Florida
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas A&M
ESPN2
4:30 p.m.
New Hampshire at UMass Lowell
ESPN3
Mon, Jan 27
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Notre Dame at Maryland
ESPN2
9 p.m.
Big Monday: USC at Stanford
ESPN2
Wed, Jan 29
7 p.m.
Xavier at St. John’s
ESPN3
Thu, Jan 30
6 p.m.
Manhattan at Siena
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb
ESPN3
Maryland at NC State
ESPN3
TBD
Oral Roberts at Nicholls
ESPN3
Sat, Feb 1
11:30 a.m.
Memphis at Rutgers
ESPN3
1 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Abilene Christian
ESPN3
5 p.m.
Vermont at Albany
ESPN3
Stetson at Lipscomb
ESPN3
TBD
Radford at Charleston Southern
ESPN3
Sun, Feb 2
2 p.m.
ESPN Sunday: Notre Dame at Duke
ESPN
4 p.m.
Stanford at California
ESPN2
4:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Alabama
ESPNU
Mon, Feb 3
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Baylor at Oklahoma
ESPN2
Tue, Feb 4
7 p.m.
Louisville at UCF
ESPN3
Thu, Feb 6
6 p.m.
Iona at Rider
ESPN3
6:30 p.m.
McNeese State at Northwestern State
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Stetson at USC Upstate
ESPN3
North Carolina at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
Notre Dame at Florida State
ESPN3
Lipscomb at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
Fri, Feb 7
7 p.m.
Hartford at Albany
ESPN3
TBD
Niagara at Canisius
ESPN3
Sat, Feb 8
2 p.m.
UCF at USF
ESPN3
Northern Kentucky at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at USC Upstate
ESPN3
4 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Elon
ESPN3
TBD
UNC Asheville at Winthrop
ESPN3
New Orleans at Central Arkansas
ESPN3
Sun, Feb 9
1 p.m.
ESPN Sunday: Louisville at Connecticut
ESPN
1:30 p.m.
Memphis at Temple
ESPNU
2 p.m.
Penn State at Ohio State
ESPN2
3:30 p.m.
Stanford at Washington
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Baylor
ESPN2
Mon, Feb 10
7 p.m.
Big Monday as part of Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s: North Carolina at Duke
ESPN2
9 p.m.
Big Monday as part of Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s: Vanderbilt at Tennessee
ESPN2
Wed, Feb 12
7 p.m.
Temple at Louisville
ESPN3
Thu, Feb 13
6 p.m.
Rider at Fairfield
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Virginia at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
Pittsburgh at North Carolina
ESPN3
Jacksonville at Lipscomb
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Mercer at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
TBD
Abilene Christian at UIW
ESPN3
Fri, Feb 14
5 p.m.
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s: Quinnipiac at Marist
ESPNU
Sat, Feb 15
1:30 p.m.
UNC-Greensboro at Appalachian State
ESPN3
2 p.m.
East Tennessee State at USC Upstate
ESPN3
5 p.m.
North Florida at Lipscomb
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
TBD
High Point at Presbyterian
ESPN3
Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston State
ESPN3
Sun, Feb 16
1 p.m.
ESPN Sunday as part of Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Kentucky at Tennessee
ESPN
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Wisconsin at Penn State^
ESPN2
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State^
ESPN2
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Florida at Georgia
ESPNU
2 p.m.
Hartford at New Hampshire
ESPN3
Miami at Florida State
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: North Carolina at NC State^
ESPN2
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: South Carolina at LSU^
ESPN2
Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Louisville at Memphis
ESPNU
Mon, Feb 17
6 p.m.
Chattanooga at Wofford
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Big Monday as part of Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Maryland at Duke
ESPN2
Wed, Feb 19
7 p.m.
USF at Cincinnati
ESPN3
Thu, Feb 20
6 p.m.
Canisius at Saint Peter’s
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech
ESPN3
East Tennessee State at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
Sat, Feb 22
2 p.m.
USC Upstate at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
3 p.m.
SMU at Memphis
ESPN3
4 p.m.
Western Carolina at Davidson
ESPN3
Niagara at Monmouth
ESPN3
5 p.m.
Northern Kentucky at Lipscomb
ESPN3
TBD
Gardner Webb at Campbell
ESPN3
Sun, Feb 23
1 p.m.
ESPN Sunday: Duke at Notre Dame
ESPN
St. Joseph’s at Dayton
ESPNU
2 p.m.
Kentucky at Texas A&M
ESPN2
Virginia Tech at North Carolina
ESPN3
3 p.m.
Rutgers at Louisville
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Maryland at Georgia Tech
ESPN2
Mon, Feb 24
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Penn State at Nebraska
ESPN2
Wed, Feb 26
7 p.m.
Marquette at St. John’s
ESPN3
Thu, Feb 27
6 p.m.
Iona at Quinnipiac
ESPN3
7 p.m.
North Florida at USC Upstate
ESPN3
North Carolina at Notre Dame
ESPN3
Georgia Tech at Florida State
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
TBD
Northwestern State at SE Louisiana
ESPN3
Sat, Mar 1
2 p.m.
Louisville at Cincinnati
ESPN3
Stony Brook at Albany
ESPN3
Jacksonville at USC Upstate
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
Mercer at Kennesaw State
ESPN3
7:05 p.m.
Northern Kentucky at Florida Gulf Coast
ESPN3
TBD
Coastal Carolina at UNC Asheville
ESPN3
Sun, Mar 2
Noon
Marist at Iona
ESPN3
12:30 p.m.
Virginia at Florida State
ESPNU
1 p.m.
ESPN Sunday: Duke at North Carolina
ESPN
2 p.m.
Nebraska at Purdue
ESPN2
Boston College at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
Notre Dame at NC State
ESPN3
2:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Tennessee
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
ESPN2
Mon, Mar 3
7 p.m.
Big Monday: Connecticut at Louisville
ESPN2
Thu, Mar 6
7 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Lipscomb
ESPN3
Sat, Mar 8
1 p.m.
USC-Upstate at Lipscomb
ESPN3
^ – Regionalized on ESPN2
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