2015-16 Women's College Basketball Season
Originally written by bigddan11 and Tony Miller
NCAA Tournament
National Television
This post will include the Women's NCAA Tournament matches and tv plans (ESPN2/ESPNU and ESPN3 in the first round). It will also include the play-by-play announcers for the tournament.
Matches and times will be filled out on Monday after the ESPN Women's Selection Show.
For rounds 1 and 2 ESPN will air EVERY game live on ESPN3 and will utilize ESPN2 and ESPNU for regionally protected matches, outside of a few games that typically get shown nationwide (I'm looking at you UConn).
The Sweet 16 onward will air on ESPN or ESPN2.
Should BYU make the NCAA Tourney and somehow make it to the Final 4, then the national semifinals will change days. It's never happened before, but BYU's no-play Sunday rule would prevent one of the national semifinals from being played on that Sunday.
Monday, March 14
7 PM- ESPN NCAA Women's Selection Show- Kevin Negandhi, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo
FIRST ROUND
Friday, March 18
(All matches on ESPN3 unless noted otherwise; Regional protection/whip-a-round on ESPN2)
Louisville, KY- Marc Kestecher, Andy Landers
Noon- DePaul vs. James Madison
2:30 PM- Louisville vs. Central Arkansas
Starkville, MS (Called from Orlando studio)- Melissa Lee, LaChina Robinson
(Games held in Starksville instead of East Lansing because the Breslin Student Events Center was hosting the MHSAA Girls Basketball Tourney)
Noon- Michigan State vs. Belmont
2:30 PM- Mississippi State vs. Chattanooga
Syracuse, NY- Bob Wischusen, Steffi Sorensen
Noon- Florida vs. Albany
2:30 PM- Syracuse vs. Army West Point
Columbus, OH- Brenda VanLengen, Katie Smith
Noon- West Virginia vs. Princeton
2:30 PM- Ohio State vs. Buffalo
Tempe, AZ- Mark Jones, Gail Goestenkors
5 PM- Tennessee vs. Green Bay
7:30 PM- Arizona State vs. New Mexico State
Corvallis, OR- Clay Matvick, Sue Bird
5 PM- Oregon State vs. Troy
7:30 PM- Oklahoma State vs. St. Bonaventure
Columbia, SC- Beth Mowins, Stephanie White
5 PM- Kansas State vs. George Washington
7:30 PM- South Carolina vs. Jacksonville
Waco, TX- Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck
5 PM- Baylor vs. Idaho
7:30 PM- St. John's vs. Auburn
Saturday, March 19
(all matches on ESPN3 unless noted otherwise; Regional protection/whip-a-round on ESPN2)
Storrs, CT- Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke
11 AM- Robert Morris at Connecticut (ESPN2)
1:30 PM- Seton Hall vs. Duquesne
Lexington, KY- Cara Capuano, Carol Ross
1:30 PM- Oklahoma vs. Purdue
4 PM- Kentucky vs. UNC Asheville
College Park, MD (Called from Charlotte studio)- Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod
1:30 PM- Maryland vs. Iona
4 PM- Washington vs. Penn
College Station, TX- Paul Sunderland, Chiney Ogwumike
1:30 PM- Florida State vs. Middle Tennessee
4 PM- Texas A&M vs. Missouri State
Los Angeles, CA- Tiffany Greene, Candace Parker
6:30 PM- UCLA vs. Hawai'i
9 PM- South Florida vs. Colorado State
Stanford, CA- Bob Picozzi, Mary Murphy
6:30 PM- Miami-FL vs. San Diego State
9 PM- Stanford vs. San Francisco
South Bend, IN- Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli
6:30 PM- Notre Dame vs. North Carolina A&T
9 PM- Georgia vs. Indiana
Austin, TX- Lowell Galindo, Nell Fortner
6:30 PM- BYU vs. Missouri
9 PM- Texas vs. Alabama State
SECOND ROUND
Sunday, March 20
(all matches on ESPN3 unless noted otherwise; Regional protection/whip-a-round on ESPN2)
Syracuse, NY- Bob Wischusen, Steffi Sorensen
Noon- Syracuse vs. Albany
Columbus, OH- Brenda VanLengen, Katie Smith
Noon- Ohio State vs. West Virginia
Louisville, KY- Marc Kestecher, Andy Landers
2:30 PM- Louisville vs. DePaul
Starkville, MS (Called from Orlando studio)- Melissa Lee, LaChina Robinson
(Games held in Starksville instead of East Lansing because the Breslin Student Events Center was hosting the MHSAA Girls Basketball Tourney)
2:30 PM- Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
Columbia, SC- Beth Mowins, Stephanie White
7 PM- Kansas State vs. South Carolina (ESPN)
Waco, TX- Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck
7 PM- Baylor vs. Auburn (ESPN2)
Tempe, AZ- Mark Jones, Gail Goestenkors
9 PM- Tennessee vs. Arizona State (ESPN)
Corvallis, OR- Clay Matvick, Sue Bird
9 PM- Oregon State vs. St. Bonaventure (ESPN2)
Monday, March 21
(all matches on ESPN3 unless noted otherwise; Regional protection/whip-a-round on ESPN2)
Lexington, KY- Cara Capuano, Carol Ross
6:30 PM- Kentucky vs. Oklahoma
College Park, MD (Called from Charlotte studio)- Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod
6:30 PM- Maryland vs. Washington
College Station, TX- Paul Sunderland, Chiney Ogwumike
6:30 PM- Texas A&M vs. Florida State
South Bend, IN- Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli
6:30 PM- Notre Dame vs. Indiana
Storrs, CT- Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke
9 PM- Connecticut vs. Duquesne
Los Angeles, CA- Tiffany Greene, Candace Parker
9 PM- UCLA vs. USF
Stanford, CA- Bob Picozzi, Mary Murphy
9 PM- Stanford vs. South Dakota State
Austin, TX- Lowell Galindo, Nell Fortner
9 PM- Missouri vs. Texas
SWEET 16
Friday, March 25
Lexington, KY- Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli, Allison Williams
7 PM- Washington vs. Kentucky (ESPN2)
9 PM- Stanford vs. Notre Dame (ESPN)
Sioux Falls, SD- Beth Mowins, Stephanie White, Maria Taylor
7 PM- Syracuse vs. South Carolina (ESPN)
9 PM- Tennessee vs. Ohio State (ESPN2)
Saturday, March 26
Bridgeport, CT- Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe
11:30 AM- Mississippi State vs. Connecticut (ESPN)
1:30 PM- UCLA vs. Texas (ESPN)
Dallas, TX- Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen
4 PM- Florida State vs. Baylor (ESPN)
6 PM- DePaul vs. Oregon State (ESPN)
ELITE EIGHT
Sunday, March 27
Lexington, KY- Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli, Allison Williams
1 PM- Washington vs. Stanford
Sioux Falls, SD- Beth Mowins, Stephanie White, Maria Taylor
3:30 PM- Syracuse vs. Tennessee
Monday, March 28
Bridgeport, CT- Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe
7 PM- Connecticut vs. Texas
Dallas, TX- Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen
9 PM- Baylor vs. Oregon State
FINAL FOUR
Sunday, April 3
Indianapolis, IN- Beth Mowins, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe
6 PM- UConn vs. Oregon State (ESPN)
8:30 PM- Syracuse vs. Washington (ESPN2)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tuesday, April 5
Indianapolis, IN- Beth Mowins, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe
8:30 PM- UConn vs. Syracuse (ESPN)
National Radio
ELITE EIGHT
Sunday, March 27
Lexington, KY- Kevin Lee, Krista Blunk
1 PM- Washington vs. Stanford
Sioux Falls, SD- Dick Fain, Brenda VanLengen
3:30 PM- Syracuse vs. Tennessee
Monday, March 28
Bridgeport, CT- John Sadak, Krista Blunk
7 PM- Connecticut vs. Texas
Dallas, TX- Ted Emrich, Debbie Antonelli
9 PM- Baylor vs. Oregon State
FINAL FOUR
Sunday, April 3
Indianapolis, IN- John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, Krista Blunk
6 PM- Connecticut vs. Oregon State
8:30 PM- Syracuse vs. Washington
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tuesday, April 5
Indianapolis, IN- John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, Krista Blunk
8:30 PM- Connecticut vs. Syracuse
WNIT
Post three will document the WNIT matches and tv/streaming information.
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, March 16
7 PM- Wright State at Michigan (CBS College Sports Live) Matt Park
$- 8 PM- Milwaukee at Minnesota (BTN+) Corbu Stathes, Lynnette Sjoquist
8 PM- Creighton at South Dakota (GoYotes.com) John Thayer
8 PM- Alabama at Tulane (CBS College Sports Live) Gus Kattengell
Thursday, March 17
$- 7 PM- Liberty at Villanova (CBS College Sports Live) Nick Mantegna, DJ Sixsmith
$- 7 PM- Georgetown at Rutgers (BTN+) Ralph Bednarczyk, Mark Peterson
7 PM- IUPUI at Central Michigan (ESPN3) Adam Jaksa, Matt Kearney
7 PM- Bucknell at Akron (Zips DN) Bill Morgan
7 PM- Marshall at Ohio (Stretch) Jake Hromada
7 PM- Elon at Virginia Tech (HokiesXtra) Andrew Allegretta
7 PM- Harvard at Hofstra (CAA TV) Tiffany Vellis, Matt Durrant, Megan McGuire
7 PM- Virginia at VCU (A10 DN) Jay Burnham, John Jay Schwartz
7 PM- Mercer at Georgia Tech (Radio only)
7 PM- Wake Forest at Charlotte (49ers TV) Josh Feldman
$- 8 PM- UTRGV at TCU (CBS College Sports Live) Jeff Williams
$- 8 PM- Dayton at Western Kentucky (CBS College Sports Live) Jeff Younglove
$- 8 PM- Northern Iowa at Nebraska (BTN+) Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch
$- 8 PM- Ball State at Iowa (BTN+) Brent Balbinot, Kathryn Reynolds
$- 8 PM- San Diego at Northwestern (BTN+) Ari Ross, Fredrick Bugyei
8 PM- UALR at St. Louis (A10 DN) Jeff Vernetti
8 PM- UT Martin at Memphis (Memphis Tiger DN) Jeff Brightwell
8 PM- Southern at Arkansas State (Red Wolves DN) Keith Merritt
8 PM- Sacred Heart at Drake (Radio only)
$- 9 PM- Abilene Christian at UTEP (CBS College Sports Live) Steve Kaplowitz, Traci Miller
9 PM- UC Riverside at Gonzaga (TheW.tv) Steve Mykleburst
9 PM- Long Beach State at Oregon (P12 ORE) Terry Jonz
10 PM- Eastern Michigan at Saint Mary's (TheW.tv) Elias Feldman
Friday, March 18
7 PM- Bethune-Cookman at FGCU (ESPN3) David Moulton, J. Webb Horton
7 PM- Maine at Quinnipiac (Quinnipiac All-Access) Bill Schweizer, Billy Mecca, Bob Tipson
7 PM- Temple at Drexel (CAA TV) Ari Bluestein
9 PM- Montana State at Utah (P12 Utah) Rick Bouillon
10 PM- Santa Clara at Fresno State (MW Net) Christian Luekens
SECOND ROUND
Saturday, March 19
2 PM- Bucknell at Michigan (CBS College Sports Live) Matt Park
$- 6 PM- Hofstra at Villanova (CBS College Sports Live) Nick Mantegna, DJ Sixsmith
7 PM- San Diego at IUPUI (Radio only)
8 PM- Drake at UNI (Radio only)
$- 8 PM- Eastern Michigan at TCU Jeff Williams
Sunday, March 20
2 PM- Temple at Quinnipiac (Quinnipiac All-Access) Bill Schweizer, Billy Mecca, Bob Tipson
2 PM- Virginia Tech at Ohio (Stretch) Jake Hromada
$- 2 PM- Virginia at Rutgers (BTN+) Ralph Bednarczyk, Mark Peterson
$- 3 PM- South Dakota at Minnesota (BTN+) Corbu Stathes, Lynnette Sjoquist
Monday, March 21
7 PM- Wake Forest at FGCU (ESPN3) David Moulton, J. Webb Horton
7 PM- Tulane at Georgia Tech (Radio only)
8 PM- Ball State at St. Louis (A10 DN) Jeff Vernetti
$- 8 PM- UT Martin at Western Kentucky (CBS College Sports Live) Jeff Younglove
9 PM- Utah at Gonzaga (TheW.tv) Steve Mykleburst
9 PM- Fresno State at Oregon (P12 ORE) Terry Jonz
$- 9 PM- Arkansas State at UTEP (CBS College Sports Live) Steve Kaplowitz, Traci Miller
THIRD ROUND
Tuesday, March 22
7 PM- San Diego at Michigan (CBS College Sports Live) Matt Park
7 PM- Virginia at Hofstra (CAA.TV) Tiffany Vellis, Matt Durrant, Nick Valastro
Wednesday, March 23
7 PM- Tulane at FGCU (ESPN3) David Moulton, J. Webb Horton
9 PM- Utah at Oregon (P12 ORE) Terry Jonz
Thursday, March 24
7 PM- Ohio at Temple (Owls TV) Ed LeFurge, Lauren Bullock
8 PM- Northern Iowa at South Dakota (GoYotes.com) John Thayer
$- 9 PM- TCU at UTEP (MinerTV) Steve Kaplowitz, Traci Miller
Friday, March 25
8 PM- Western Kentucky at St. Louis (A10 DN) Jeff Vernetti
QUARTERFINALS
Sunday, March 27
8 PM- WKU at South Dakota (GoYotes.com) John Thayer
Monday, March 28
7 PM- Hofstra at FGCU (ESPN3) David Moulton, J. Webb Horton
7 PM- Temple at Michigan (CBS College Sports Live) Matt Park
$- 9 PM- Oregon at UTEP (MinerTV) Steve Kaplowitz, Traci Miller
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday, March 30
8 PM- Oregon at South Dakota (GoYotes.com) John Thayer
Thursday, March 31
8 PM- Michigan at FGCU (ESPN3) David Moulton, J. Webb Horton
CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, April 2
3 PM- at South Dakota (CBSSN) Thad Anderson, Chiney Ogwumike
$- Subscription Stream
WBI
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, March 16
$- 6 PM- Northwestern State at Louisiana (Ragin' Cajun -Access) No commentators
7 PM- Stony Brook at Youngstown State (HLN, WYTV-DT2 TD) Chad Krispinsky, Will Kulcinec
9 PM- Weber State at New Mexico (MW Net) Josh Suchon
Thursday, March 17
7 PM- Fairfield at UMBC (America East TV) Dan Levin
7 PM- USC Upstate at Northern Kentucky (ESPN3) Andrew Kappes, Kaitlyn Gerrety
7 PM- Southern Illinois at Western Illinois (Radio only)
7 PM- McNeese State at Stetson (ESPN3) Evan Weston, Dee Romine
8 PM- Grand Canyon at North Dakota (Midco SN) Alex Heinert, Greg Stemen
QUARTERFINALS
Saturday, March 19
2 PM- UMBC at Youngstown State (HLN, WYTV-DT2 TD) Chad Krispinsky, Will Kulcinec
7 PM- Western Illinois at USC Upstate (ESPN3) Jason Patterson, Tom Van Hoy
$- 7 PM- Stetson at Louisiana (Ragin' Cajun -Access) Steve Peloquin
Sunday, March 20
8 PM- Weber State at North Dakota (Watch Big Sky) Mitch Wigness
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday, March 23
$- 6 PM- Youngstown State at Louisiana (Ragin' Cajun -Access) No commentators
9 PM- USC Upstate at Weber State (Watch Big Sky) Tyson Ewing
CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, March 26
$- 5 PM- Weber State at Louisiana (Ragin' Cajun -Access) Ian Auzenne
Division II
Semifinals (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Mar. 23 - Bentley (Mass.) vs. Lubbock Christian (Texas), 7:00, CBS SN. Ed Cohen, Debbie Antonelli
Mar. 23 - Alaska-Anchorage vs. Grand Valley State (Mich.), 9:30, CBS SN. Ed Cohen, Debbie Antonelli
Final (Indianapolis)
April 4 - Teams TBD, 3:00, CBS SN
Division III
Semifinals (Columbus, Ohio)
Mar. 19 - Tufts (Mass.) vs. Wartburg (Iowa), 6:00, NCAA.com
Mar. 19 - Thomas More (Ky.) vs. Amherst (Mass.), 8:00, NCAA.com
Final (Indianapolis)
Apr. 4 - Semifinal winners, TBA, NCAA.com
NAIA Division I
(Independence, Mo.)
Final
Mar. 22 - Baker (Kan.) vs. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), 8:00, ESPN3. Jason Knapp, Brenda VanLengen
NAIA Division II
(Sioux City, Iowa)
Semifinals
Mar. 14 - Marian (Ind.) vs. Mount Marty (S.D.), 7:00, ESPN3. Corey Westra, Megan Ganz, Adam Maser
Mar. 14 - Southern Oregon vs. Goshen (Ind.), 9:00, ESPN3. Corey Westra, Megan Ganz, Adam Maser
And if you look really closely, you can watch me typing this on press row, bottom of your screen about even with the left free-throw line. And hopefully I'm not making obscene gestures at the camera.
Final
Mar. 15 - Marian (Ind.) vs. Southern Oregon, 8:00, ESPN3. Jason Knapp, Corey Westra