ESPN will continue its industry-leading college basketball slate with more than 180 matchups during Champ Week. Digital coverage begins Monday, March 4, while television coverage as part of Champ Week Presented by Principal tips off on Friday March 8, and continues through Sunday, March 17. ESPN networks will air 27 Division I conference tournaments across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3 and ESPN+, including 24 conference title games in which teams will punch their ticket to the NCAA Men’s Championship.

Highlights

• Start-to-finish television coverage of the New York Life ACC Tournament, Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Basketball Championship, Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship and SEC Tournament

• Conference title game lineup on Saturday, March 16 includes America East (11 a.m., ESPN), MEAC (1 p.m., ESPN2), Big 12 (6 p.m., ESPN), SWAC (6 p.m., ESPNU), MAC (7:30 p.m., ESPN2), Big Sky (8 p.m., ESPN2), ACC (8:30 p.m., ESPN), Southland (9:30 p.m., ESPN2), WAC (10 p.m., ESPNU), Pac-12 (10:30 p.m., ESPN), and Big West (midnight, ESPN2)
• ESPN+ to carry games from the A10, America East, ASUN, Big South, Conference USA, Horizon, MAC, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, SoCon, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt and WAC conference championships

Conference Networks Coverage

• SEC Network will televise the first round, second round and evening quarterfinal games of the SEC Tournament. ESPN will have coverage of the afternoon quarterfinals, semifinals and championship; Postgame press conferences and the trophy presentation will be available on SEC Network+
  • Tom Hart and Karl Ravech will handle play-by-play duties for the first, second, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, alongside analysts Jimmy Dykes, Andy Kennedy and Jon Sundvold. Laura Rutledge will serve as the sideline reporter for most games, with Kennedy working the evening quarterfinal matchups
  • The Paul Finebaum Show will broadcast live from Nashville, beginning Wednesday, March 13
• SEC Now, hosted by Dari Nowkhah, will be courtside from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Analysts Pat Bradley, Daymeon Fishback, Andy Kennedy and Antoine Walker will provide pre-game, halftime and post-game insights throughout the week.
• ACC Network Extra will carry postgame press conferences, as well as the championship trophy presentation from the ACC Tournament Charlotte, N.C.

Live from the Studio
Hosts Matt Barrie, Kevin Connors, Chris Cotter and Rece Davis, with analysts Jordan Cornette, Dalen Cuff, Dan Dakich, LaPhonso Ellis, Sean Farnham, Seth Greenberg, Robbie Hummel, Chris Spatola and Jay Williams will discuss the matchups and latest news throughout Champ Week as Selection Sunday approaches.

The College GameDay crew will be live from the New York Life ACC Tournament in Charlotte, N.C., beginning Thursday, March 14. Special editions of the show will air prior to the championship title game on Saturday, March 16 (noon & 8 p.m., ESPN), with host Davis, and analysts Jay Bilas, Greenberg and Williams.

Jon Sciambi and Robbie Hummel will provide coverage from the Phillip 66 Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, Kan., on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16.

ESPN.com
Bracketologist Joe Lunardi will have daily updates, projecting the 68-team field in the days leading up to Selection Sunday, while college basketball writer John Gasaway will have daily “Bubble Watch” updates. Brackets for all 32 conference tournaments will update in real time, and reporters will be on-site at various tournaments across the country for ESPN.com.

Countdown to the Bracket
Champ Week will culminate on Selection Sunday with several championship title games, including American Athletic, Ivy League, SEC and Sun Belt. ESPN will provide day-long coverage leading up to the bracket reveal. Programming will include College GameDay (noon, ESPN), SportsCenter with SVP (5:15 p.m., ESPN) and Bracketology (7 p.m., ESPN). The NIT Selection Show will be televised on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m.

Additional details will be announced during Champ Week.

* — will air at 10:30 p.m. on ESPNU
^ — will air on Saturday, March 16 at 2 a.m. on ESPNU

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