Women’s College Hoops: Weekend Schedule Highlighted by Eighth Annual Play 4Kay

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Women’s College Hoops: Weekend Schedule Highlighted by Eighth Annual Play 4Kay

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will air seven games in a new format Sunday, Feb. 16, as part of the annual Play 4Kay women’s basketball initiative in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and in partnership with The V Foundation and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). In its eighth year, Play 4Kay is in memory of former NC State head coach Kay Yow, who lost her long, courageous battle with breast cancer. Full production details and schedule can be found at https://es.pn/1oaR4np.

In addition to games on ESPN and ESPNU, the new Play 4Kay format will showcase two regionalized games within each of two ESPN2 telecast windows on Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. During each window, the network will alternate between the two games to showcase the best action for viewers in the majority of the nation. In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. Highlights:

  • The 1 p.m. regionalized ESPN2 window will feature Oklahoma at No. 12 Oklahoma State in a Big 12 game and Wisconsin at No. 11 Penn State in Big Ten action.
  • The 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 window will showcase No. 17 North Carolina at No. 10 NC State in an ACC matchup, as well as SEC opponents No. 5 South Carolina at No. 19 LSU.
  • An SEC tilt between No. 18 Kentucky at No. 8 Tennessee will tip at 1 p.m. as part of the new ESPN Sunday package.
  • No. 4 Louisville will travel to new American Athletic Conference opponent Memphis at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU, following an SEC matchup of Florida at Georgia at 1 p.m.
Date Time (ET) Game/Commentator Network
Thu, Feb 13 6 p.m. Rider at Fairfield
Dean Darling & Mitch Buonaguro
ESPN3
  Pittsburgh at No. 17 North Carolina ESPN3
  6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian at UIW ESPN3
  7 p.m. Virginia at Georgia Tech ESPN3
  Jacksonville at Lipscomb ESPN3
  7:05 p.m. Mercer at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
Fri, Feb 14 5 p.m. Quinnipiac at Marist
Ed Cohen & Julianne Viani
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
  High Point at Presbyterian ESPN3
  7:05 p.m. Kennesaw State at Florida Gulf Coast 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: No. 18 Kentucky at No. 8 Tennessee
Pam Ward & Carolyn Peck
ESPN
  Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay:Wisconsin at No. 11 Penn State^Adam Amin & Julianne Viani ESPN2
  Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Oklahoma at No. 12 Oklahoma State^
Tom Hart & Nell Fortner
ESPN2
  Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: Florida at Georgia
Melissa Lee & Maria Taylor
ESPNU
  2 p.m. Hartford at New Hampshire
Eric Frede & Frank Sullivan
ESPN3
  Miami at Florida State ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: No. 17 North Carolina at No. 10 NC State^
Joe Davis & Debbie Antonelli
ESPN2
  Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: No. 5 South Carolina at No. 19 LSU^
Bob Picozzi & LaChina Robinson
ESPN2
  Rivalry Week Presented by Wendy’s & Play 4Kay: No. 4 Louisville at Memphis
Greg Gatson & Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU

* – regionalized telecast

Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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