• Nearly 200 Conference Tournament Matchups Available Across 13 Consecutive Days of Coverage

As part of Champ Week Presented by Principal, ESPN will be the home to 24 women’s college basketball conference championships, available across its arsenal of networks beginning Tuesday, March 3. Nearly 200 matchups will air across ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ESPN+, ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) and ESPN3 through Sunday, March 15, as teams across the country look to punch their ticket to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament with all eyes on New Orleans, home of the 2020 Women’s College Basketball Final Four. The full roster of 64 teams participating in the NCAA Tournament will be revealed during the Selection Special on Monday, March 16.

Champ Week Coverage Highlights

• Teams from 24 Division I conferences will punch their ticket to the NCAA Women’s Tournament by winning their conference titles live on ESPN platforms.
• Sunday, March 8, will feature an extensive slate of televised championships: ACC (Noon ET, ESPN2), Atlantic 10 (Noon, ESPNU), SEC (2 p.m., ESPN2), Big Ten (6 p.m. ESPN2) and Pac-12 (8 p.m. ESPN2)
• The Big 12 Championship will be available for the first time on ESPN networks on Sunday, March 15, at 4 p.m., on ESPN2.

Wall-to-Wall ACC & SEC Conference Tournament Coverage

• The semifinals and championship of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be televised on ESPNU and ESPN2, respectively, with the first second and quarterfinal rounds available on ACCNX.
  • Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli and Kelly Gramlich will be on the call in Greensboro, N.C. for the semifinals and championship.
  • Nothing But Net, ACCN’s signature basketball program, will provide pre- and postgame coverage throughout the tournament on ACC Network live from Greensboro Coliseum/. The show is hosted by Kelsey Riggs, joined by analysts Alana Beard, Kelly Gramlich, and Monica McNutt. Full ACC coverage details can be found here.
• SEC Network will televise the first, second and quarterfinal rounds of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament with the semifinals and championship available on ESPNU and ESPN2, respectively.
  • Eric Frede and Tamika Catchings will team up to call the first round and afternoon games in the second round and quarterfinals; Carolyn Peck and Courtney Lyle will call evening games during the week, as well as the semifinals and championship game on ESPNU and ESPN2, respectively. Former Tennessee star Andraya Carter will serve as the sideline reporter for all 13 games of the women’s tournament.
  • SEC Now will be courtside in Greenville, S.C., with host Alyssa Lang and analysts Andy Landers and Steffi Sorenson providing pregame, halftime and post-game coverage throughout the tournament. Full SEC Tournament coverage details available here.

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• Daily Bracketology updates from Charlie Creme throughout Championship Week, leading into Selection Monday (Monday, March 16)
• Mechelle Voepel on-site in Las Vegas for the entire Pac-12 tournament
• Tracking of automatic NCAA bids for all 32 conference tournaments as they are won

NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee will make its final top 16-seed in season reveal tonight (March 2) at halftime of the South Florida vs. No. 6 UConn game at 7 p.m., on ESPN2.

All teams receiving NCAA tournament bids will be revealed on Monday, March 16, during the Selection Special Presented by Capital One at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Maria Taylor, Rebecca Lobo, Andy Landers and bracketologist Charlie Creme will be on hand to unveil the bracket, discuss the matchups and give fans an idea of what to expect throughout the tournament. Coverage continues on ESPNU at 8 p.m. with the NCAA Women’s Selection Special Extended Coverage Presented by Capital One. As announced in January, the first and second rounds of the tournament will no longer be regionalized, meaning that every game throughout the tournament will be available nationally across ESPN networks.

ESPN’s exclusive, comprehensive presentation of the 2020 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship begins Friday, March 20, with games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS, continuing through the Women’s Final Four (April 3-5) with the semifinals and championship game airing on ESPN.

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Kimberly Elchlepp at [email protected]  or 860-424-2923; @kimelchlepp