ESPN’s 2012-13 Women’s College Basketball Schedule Packed with Top Caliber Games

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Number of Games up Across ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3
ESPN’s 2012-13 women’s college basketball regular-season schedule includes a record-high 130 games, in addition to ESPN FULL COURT’s coverage, increasing the total number of matchups to approximately 260 games this season. ESPN networks will also have a full slate of women’s conference tournament games during Championship Week Presented by DICKS’s Sporting Goods and will continue to carry all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.
ESPN will be home to the Tennessee at Baylor game on Tuesday, Dec. 18 as part of Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers.
ESPN2 will offer 34 regular-season games, including the network’s season-opening game featuring Kentucky at defending national champion Baylor in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic as part of the College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will also be the home for: Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona Extra on Monday, Dec. 3; Big Monday presented by Bud Light – starting January 21 through the first Monday in March; and Play 4Kay on Sunday and Monday, Feb. 17 and 18 – which also includes games on ESPNU and ESPN3.
ESPNU will televise 25 regular-season games, a slight increase from 23 a year ago. The 24-hour college sports network will host a rematch of the 2012 NCAA National Championship on Wednesday, Dec. 5 – showcasing Baylor at national runner-up Notre Dame at 7 p.m. To close out the year – on Saturday, Dec. 29, at 4 p.m. – 2012 Final Four participants Stanford and Connecticut will square-off on ESPNU. In addition, ESPNU will air two games as part of the annual Play 4Kay initiative on Sunday, Feb. 17 – a BIG EAST tilt featuring DePaul at Louisville at 1:30 p.m. and a Pac-12 matchup of Stanford at UCLA at 3:30 p.m.
ESPN3’s exclusive coverage will more than triple this season housing 93 games, including a full schedule of ACC competition. Joining ESPNU’s hefty Dec. 5 lineup – Delaware and national player of the year candidate Elena Delle Donne will be making its regular-season debut on ESPN3 when they travel to Rhode Island for a 7:30 p.m. matchup.
In addition, all live telecasts on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU and ESPN Buzzer Beater, as well as exclusive games on ESPN3 – ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network – will be available on computers at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. WatchESPN is currently available in 40 million households nationwide to fans who receive their video subscription from Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV or Midcontinent Communications.
ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN, will produce the BIG EAST Network (Saturday) and SEC Network (Sunday) games of the week.
Highlights:
- College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon – Tuesday, Nov. 13
For the fifth straight year, the State Farm Tip-Off Classic will again partake in the College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, featuring Kentucky at defending national champion Baylor at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. The 24 hours of basketball programming across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will include 16 live matchups – 15 men’s and one women’s – highlighted by a special one-hour College GameDay Covered by State Farm.
- Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona Extra on ESPN2 – Monday, Dec. 3
ESPN, in conjunction with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, will stage and televise the 11th annual Jimmy V Women’s Classic Presented by Corona Extra. Showcasing a potential top-five matchup – Maryland will face Connecticut in a first-ever meeting at 7 p.m., from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. This year’s premier women’s event returns to the night before the Jimmy V Men’s Classic from Madison Square Garden.
- Big Monday presented by Bud Light on ESPN2 – Every Monday from Jan. 21 – March 4
ESPN2’s Big Monday presented by Bud Light schedule features 10 games over seven consecutive weeks, highlighted by three February doubleheaders, in the seventh year of the game-of-the-week series. The slate of games, all on ESPN2, tips off on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Monday, Jan 21. The Big Monday games will air at 7 p.m. and on the nights of doubleheaders during the 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. windows.
- Play 4Kay on ESPN2 & ESPNU – Sunday and Monday, Feb. 12 & 13
ESPN will show an event-high 24 teams across ESPN2 and ESPNU Sunday, Feb. 17 and Monday, Feb. 18 as part of the Play 4Kay initiative – in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund®, in partnership with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation, for women’s cancer research. In its seventh year, Play4Kay will showcase eight regionalized games within two ESPN2 telecast windows on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The majority of the country will see the best action of the day with whip-around coverage between sites and updates from other games. In the 16 home markets of the competing teams, ESPN2 will start and remain primarily with the game of local interest. Also, as part of the initiative, are two full-national telecasts on ESPNU at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., plus two Big Monday Presented by Bud Light games on ESPN2 on Monday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
ESPN networks will again combine to showcase the week-long men’s and women’s conference tournaments during Championship Week Presented by DICKS’s Sporting Goods from Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 17. The complete schedule will be announced at a later date.
ESPN will present the exclusive live announcement of the 64-team NCAA Championship field as part of Selection Monday on March 18 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 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will air on ESPN networks for the eighth consecutive year. ESPN and ESPN2 will present its telecasts in a whip-around format with home market protection through the first two rounds. ESPN3 will offer first- and second-round games in its entirety as a supplement to ESPN and ESPN’s coverage. ESPN FULL COURT, the pay-per-view package, will offer first- and second-round games in its 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 2012-13 Women’s Basketball Schedule (Schedule subject to change)
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Fri, Nov 9 | 6 p.m. | Vermont at Marist | ESPN3 |
Sat, Nov 10 | TBD | TBD at N.C. State (Wolfpack Invitational) | ESPN3 |
Sun, Nov 11 | 2 p.m. | Tennessee at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 |
3 p.m. | TBD vs. Middle Tennessee State (WNIT) | ESPN3 | |
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon (Nov. 13) | |||
Tue, Nov 13 | 6 p.m. | State Farm Tip-Off Classic: Kentucky at Baylor | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Thu, Nov 15 | 7 p.m. | Florida at Florida State | ESPN3 |
Sun, Nov 18 | 2:30 p.m. | Connecticut at Texas A&M | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Wed, Nov 28 | 7 p.m. | Iowa at Florida State | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Ohio State at North Carolina | ESPN3 | |
Thu, Nov 29 | 7 p.m. | Michigan State at N.C. State | ESPN3 |
Mon, Dec 3 | 7 p.m. | Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona Extra (Hartford, Conn.): Maryland at Connecticut | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Wed, Dec 5 | 7 p.m. | Baylor at Notre Dame | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
7:30 p.m. | Delaware at Rhode Island | ESPN3 | |
Thu, Dec 6 | 8 p.m. | Xavier at Middle Tennessee State | ESPN3 |
Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers (Dec. 15-23) | |||
Tue, Dec 18 | 8 p.m. | Tennessee at Baylor | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Fri, Dec 21 | Noon | Washington at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 |
Sat, Dec 29 | 4 p.m. | Connecticut at Stanford | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Sun, Dec 30 | 2 p.m. | Boston College at Florida State | ESPN3 |
Wed, Jan 2 | 5 p.m. | Northern Kentucky at North Florida | ESPN3 |
Thu, Jan 3 | 7 p.m. | Duke at N.C. State | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Maryland at North Carolina | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Florida State at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | |
Sat, Jan 5 | 2:30 p.m. | Mercer at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 |
3 p.m. | Appalachian State at Davidson | ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Louisville at DePaul | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Jan 6 | 11:30 a.m. | St. John’s at Rutgers | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
1:30 p.m. | Florida State at Maryland | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | LSU at Florida | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Mississippi | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
Thu, Jan 10 | 6:30 p.m. | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at McNeese State | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Wake Forest at Florida State | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Virginia at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | |
Sat, Jan 12 | 6 p.m. | Villanova at Pittsburgh | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 |
Sun, Jan 13 | 11:30 a.m. | Tennessee at Florida | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
1:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Missouri | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Nebraska at Penn State | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Georgia Tech at North Carolina | ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Rutgers at Notre Dame | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
4 p.m. | California at Stanford | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Jan 14 | 4:30 p.m. | Norfolk State at Howard | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Wed, Jan 16 | noon | New Hampshire at Albany | ESPN3 |
8 p.m. | Arkansas-Little Rock at Middle Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |
Thu, Jan 17 | 6 p.m. | Siena at Saint Peter’s | ESPN3 |
6:30 p.m. | Nicholls State at Northwestern State | ESPN3 | |
Fri, Jan 18 | 6 p.m. | Fairfield at Iona | ESPN3 |
Sat, Jan 19 | 1 p.m. | Lipscomb at Stetson | ESPN3 |
2 p.m. | Seton Hall at Georgetown | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Jan 20 | noon | St. John’s at Notre Dame | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
2 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at Virginia | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Auburn at Kentucky | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Maryland at Georgia Tech | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
3:30 p.m. | UCLA at California | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
5 p.m. | Texas A&M at Georgia | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Jan 21 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (Storrs, Conn.): Duke at Connecticut | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Wed, Jan 23 | noon | Stony Brook at UMBC | ESPN3 |
Thu, Jan 24 | 6 p.m. | Lamar at Oral Roberts | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Duke at Clemson | ESPN3 | |
Fri, Jan 25 | 4 p.m. | Marist at Manhattan | ESPN3 |
Sat, Jan 26 | 4 p.m. | UNC Asheville at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 |
5 p.m. | Vermont at Albany | ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Marquette at USF | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Jan 27 | 1 p.m. | Niagara at Canisius | ESPN3 |
1:30 p.m. | St. John’s at Louisville | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Florida State | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | N.C. State at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Alabama | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Missouri at Texas A&M | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
4 p.m. | Purdue at Michigan State | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Jan 28 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (Knoxville, Tenn.): Notre Dame at Tennessee | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Thu, Jan 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Central Arkansas | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Florida State at North Carolina | ESPN3 | |
Fri, Feb 1 | 8 p.m. | Illinois State at Wichita State | ESPN3 |
Sat, Feb 2 | 12:30 p.m. | Elon at Appalachian State | ESPN3 |
1 p.m. | Longwood at Campbell | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Connecticut at St. John’s | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Feb 3 | 11 a.m. | Dayton at Richmond | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
1 p.m. | Duke at North Carolina | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Clemson at Florida State | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Georgia at Kentucky | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
Mon, Feb 4 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (State College, Pa.): Purdue at Penn State | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
9 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (Baton Rouge, La.): Texas A&M at LSU | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Thu, Feb 7 | 6:30 p.m. | McNeese State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 |
Fri, Feb 8 | 7 p.m. | Duke at Virginia | ESPN3 |
Sat, Feb 9 | 4 p.m. | Rider at Iona | ESPN3 |
4 p.m. | UNC Greensboro at Samford | ESPN3 | |
4:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb | ESPN3 | |
5:15 p.m. | USC Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Cincinnati at Rutgers | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Feb 10 | 11:30 a.m. | North Carolina at Georgia Tech | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
1:30 p.m. | Georgia at LSU | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Michigan State at Penn State | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Mississippi State at Missouri | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | DePaul at Connecticut | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
4 p.m. | Kentucky at Vanderbilt | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Feb 11 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (Durham, N.C.): Maryland at Duke | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
9 p.m. | Big Monday presented by Bud Light (South Bend, Ind.): Louisville at Notre Dame | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Wed, Feb 13 | 7 p.m. | Maine at Hartford | ESPN3 |
Thu, Feb 14 | 6 p.m. | Canisius at Fairfield | ESPN3 |
6:30 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | N.C. State at Florida State | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Clemson at Maryland | ESPN3 | |
Fri, Feb 15 | 5 p.m. | Niagara at Marist | ESPN3 |
Sat, Feb 16 | noon | Chattanooga at College of Charleston | ESPN3 |
2 p.m. | Pittsburgh at Syracuse | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | Radford at Liberty | ESPN3 | |
Play 4Kay as part of Rivalry Week presented by Wendy’s (Feb. 17-18) | |||
Sun, Feb 17 | 1 p.m. | Loyola (Md.) at Rider | ESPN3 |
1:30 p.m. | DePaul at Louisville | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | South Carolina at Mississippi | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
Albany at Hartford | ESPN3 | ||
2:30 p.m. | **Notre Dame at Marquette | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
**Oklahoma at Kansas | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
**Georgia Tech at NC State | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
**Alabama at Auburn | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
3:30 p.m. | Stanford at UCLA | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
5 p.m. | **Maryland at Virginia | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
**Cincinnati at St. John’s | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
**Vanderbilt at Tennessee | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
**Iowa at Purdue | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | ||
Mon, Feb 18 | 4:30 p.m. | Norfolk State at Hampton | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
7 p.m. | Big Monday Presented by Bud Light (College Station, Texas): Kentucky at Texas A&M | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
9 p.m. | Big Monday Presented by Bud Light (Hartford, Conn.): Baylor at Connecticut | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Wed, Feb 20 | 8 p.m. | South Alabama at Middle Tennessee State | ESPN3 |
Thu, Feb 21 | 7 p.m. | Boston University at Albany | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Virginia at Clemson | ESPN3 | |
Sat, Feb 23 | 1 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 |
2 p.m. | Syracuse at USF | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Western Carolina at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | |
5 p.m. | High Point at Presbyterian | ESPN3 | |
Sun, Feb 24 | 1 p.m. | Purdue at Minnesota | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
1:30 p.m. | N.C. State at North Carolina | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | Tennessee at Arkansas | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Duke at Maryland | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
3:30 p.m. | Notre Dame at DePaul | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
5 p.m. | Texas A&M at Vanderbilt | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Feb 25 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday Presented by Bud Light (Norman, Okla.): Baylor at Oklahoma | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Thu, Feb 28 | 6:30 p.m. | Central Arkansas at Lamar | ESPN3 |
7 p.m. | Maryland at Florida State | ESPN3 | |
Sat, Mar 2 | 1 p.m. | UNC Asheville at Winthrop | ESPN3 |
2 p.m. | UMBC at Binghamton | ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | Notre Dame at Providence | BIG EAST Network / ESPN3 | |
Sun, Mar 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Georgia | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
2 p.m. | Saint Joseph’s at Dayton | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
2 p.m. | LSU at Texas A&M | SEC Network / ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Tennessee at Kentucky | ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
4 p.m. | North Carolina at Duke | ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
Mon, Mar 4 | 7 p.m. | Big Monday Presented by Bud Light (South Bend, Ind.): Connecticut at Notre Dame | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Thu, Mar 7 | 7 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 |
** – regionalized coverage