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ESPN to broadcast the entire NCAA Women’s Tournament

By Jim Williams
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The local teams Georgetown, Maryland, and Navy are featured in the Women’s side of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

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ESPN networks will air all 63 games of the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship for the ninth consecutive year – and for the first time every game will be shown in high definition, beginning Saturday, March 19 and running through the NCAA national championship game on Tuesday, April 5. During the first two rounds, ESPN2 will present 48 games within 12 telecast windows in a whip-around format with home market protection. ESPN FULL COURT, the pay-per-view package, will offer complete games as a supplement to ESPN2’s coverage. The final 15 games, beginning with the Regional Semifinals, will have national telecast windows on ESPN or ESPN2.

ESPN3.com, ESPN’s broadband digital sports network, will offer complete coverage of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship for the fourth straight year.

Trey Wingo will return for his fifth year as host of ESPN’s studio coverage of the NCAA Championship, along with analysts Kara Lawson and Carolyn Peck. The trio will host the network’s two on-site studio programs from Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home to the 2011 NCAA Women’s Final Four, on April 3 and 5. Dave O’Brien and Doris Burke will serve as game commentators, with Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe reporting. 

The 2011 tournament marks the 30th anniversary of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, and ESPN will run historical vignettes throughout the tournament.

In addition, NCAA Championship content will be featured across other ESPN entities, including SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, ESPN Mobile, ESPNnetworks.com 

 

(All times are subject to change)

Date

Time (ET)

Matchup

Network

Saturday, Mar 19

11 a.m.

First Round
No. 12 Bowling Green vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech (Columbus, Ohio)
No. 10 Marist vs. No. 7 Iowa State (Durham, N.C.)
No. 16 Stetson vs. No. 1 Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
No. 11 Dayton vs. No. 6 Penn State (University Park, Pa.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Approx. 30 minutes after completion of 11 a.m. games

No. 13 Central Florida vs. No. 4 Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio)
No. 15 Tennessee-Martin vs. No. 2 Duke
(Durham, N.C.)
No. 9 Texas vs. No. 8 Marquette (Knoxville, Tenn.)
No. 14 Navy vs. No. 3 DePaul (University Park, Pa.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

4 p.m.

No. 12 Fresno State vs. No. 5 North Carolina*(Albuquerque, N.M.)
No. 10 Temple vs. No. 7 Arizona State
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
No. 11 Gonzaga vs. No. 6 Iowa (Spokane, Wash.)No. 9 St. John’s vs. No. 8 Texas Tech(Stanford, Calif.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Approx. 30 minutes after completion of 4 p.m. games

No. 13 Hampton vs. No. 4 Kentucky(Albuquerque, N.M.)
No. 15 Utah vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
No. 14 Montana vs. No. 3 UCLA (Spokane, Wash.)
No. 16 UC Davis vs. No. 1 Stanford (Stanford, Calif.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Sunday, Mar 20

Noon

First Round
No. 14 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 3 Miami (FL) (Charlottesville, Va.)
No. 10 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Louisville
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
No. 13 Saint Francis (PA) vs. No. 4 Maryland (College Park, Md.)
No. 16 Hartford vs. No. 1 Connecticut (Storrs, Conn.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Approx. 30 minutes after completion of Noon games

No. 11 James Madison vs. No. 6 Oklahoma(Charlottesville, Va.)
No. 15 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 Xavier(Cincinnati, Ohio)No. 12 Princeton vs. No. 5 Georgetown (College Park, Md.)No. 9 Purdue vs. No. 8 Kansas St.* (Storrs, Conn.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

5 p.m.

No. 14 Samford vs. No. 3 Florida State (Auburn, Ala.)
No. 15 McNeese State vs. No. 2 Texas A&M*(Shreveport, La.)
No. 9 Virginia vs. No. 8 Houston (Waco, Texas)
No. 12 Arkansas-Little Rock vs. No. 5 Green Bay(Wichita, Kan.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Approx. 30 minutes after completion of 5 p.m. games

No. 11 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Georgia
(Auburn, Ala.)
No. 10 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Rutgers*(Shreveport, La.)
No. 16 Prairie View vs. No. 1 Baylor
(Waco, Texas)
No. 13 Northern Iowa vs. No. 4 Michigan State (Wichita, Kan.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Monday, Mar 21

7 p.m.

Second Round (Columbus, Ohio, Durham, N.C., Knoxville, Tenn., University Park, Pa.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m.

Second Round (Albuquerque, N.M.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Spokane, Wash.,
Stanford, Calif.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Tuesday, Mar 22

7 p.m.

Second Round (Charlottesville, Va.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, College Park, Md., Storrs, Conn.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m.

Second Round (Auburn, Ala., Shreveport, La., Waco, Texas,Wichita, Kan.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Saturday, Mar 26

Noon

Regional Semifinal (Dayton, Ohio)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

2:30 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Dayton, Ohio)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

9 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Spokane, Wash.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

11:30 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Spokane, Wash.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Sunday, Mar 27

Noon

Regional Semifinal (Philadelphia, Pa.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

2:30 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Philadelphia, Pa.)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

4:30 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Dallas, Texas)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

7 p.m.

Regional Semifinal (Dallas, Texas)

ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com

Monday, Mar 28

7 p.m.

Regional Final (Dayton, Ohio)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

9 p.m.

Regional Final (Spokane, Wash.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

Tuesday, Mar 29

7 p.m.

Regional Final (Philadelphia, Pa.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

9 p.m.

Regional Final (Dallas, Texas)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

Sunday, Apr 3

7 p.m.

National Semifinal (Indianapolis, Ind.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m.

National Semifinal (Indianapolis, Ind.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

Tuesday,  Apr 5

8:30 p.m.

National Final (Indianapolis, Ind.)

ESPN / ESPN HD / ESPN3.com

* – also available in its entirety on ESPNU and ESPNU HD

 

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