Houston Roundball Review: Women's Hoops

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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Championship Week on ESPN's Family of Networks

UPDATED, 1:30p.m., 3/3/10 --

Here are a few tidbits from ESPN regarding Championship Week -- pertaining to women's college basketball:

Times listed are CST.

A network record 21 women’s conference tournament games across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will be highlighted by telecasts of the SEC semifinals (Saturday, March 6, at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.) and Sun Belt Conference championship (Tuesday, March 9, at 1 p.m.) for the first time, all three on ESPNU. Overall, the action will serve as a lead-in to complete, 63-game coverage of the NCAA Women’s Tournament on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com and ESPN FULL COURT March 20 through April 6.

ESPN360.com -- ESPN’s live broadband sports network, which will become ESPN3.com on April 4 -- will cover a record 174 games with simulcasts of every ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN FULL COURT telecast as well as three additional games not available on any other ESPN platform. This is the first year ESPN360.com will simulcast games from ESPNU. ESPN360.com will also provide live coverage of every NCAA Women’s Tournament game, as well as select postseason NIT games.

ESPNU, marking its fifth anniversary March 4, will feature a network record 31 men’s and women’s games from 13 Division I conferences and one Division II conference.

ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN’s first 24/7 mobile video channel (available on FLO TV and MobiTV) will offer live simulcasts of 27 men’s and women’s games, plus bonus coverage – featuring live extended look-ins – of two others.

Cara Capuano and Carolyn Peck will work the women’s SEC telecasts (Saturday, March 6, at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU and Sunday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN2).

ESPN’s Selection Monday coverage will feature the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special at 6 p.m. on ESPN. ESPNU will televise an additional hour of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special beginning at 7 p.m. This show, hosted by Trey Wingo, Carolyn Peck and Kara Lawson with contributions from Doris Burke and Rebecca Lobo, takes more time to analyze the women’s bracket announcement and its impact on the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

Coaches Spotlight: NCAA Women’s Tournament: a three-hour in-depth preview of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Tuesday, March 16 at 3 p.m. with Beth Mowins, Cara Capuano and Abby Waner, and a segment each from Carolyn Peck and Kara Lawson.
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