ACC Network to Exclusively Televise ACC Operation Basketball and ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff November 11-12

- More than Eight Hours of Dedicated Coverage
- Head Coaches and Student-Athletes from all 15 ACC Institutions to be Featured
- Preseason All-ACC Teams and Polls Unveiled on Packer and Durham
ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, will exclusively televise the ACC’s annual preseason basketball media days – ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff and ACC Operation Basketball, on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and Thursday, Nov. 12.
ACCN will have more than eight hours of dedicated coverage of these preseason virtual events. The ACC’s women’s head coaches and student-athletes will be featured from 5-7 p.m. ET, and the men’s head coaches and student-athletes from 7-9 p.m., each night of the two-day event.
Programming highlights include:
- Panel discussions with all 15 ACC men’s and women’s basketball head coaches, including new additions to the league – Duke women’s coach Kara Lawson, Notre Dame women’s coach Niele Ivey and Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes
- Roundtable interviews with student-athletes from each of the ACC’s institutions (the student-athlete lineups for both events will be announced at a later date)
- Interviews with ACC Commissioner John Swofford on both November 11 and 12
Kelsey Riggs will host the virtual events, joined by ACC women’s basketball analysts Kelly Gramlich and Monica McNutt for Tipoff coverage, while ACC men’s basketball analysts Carlos Boozer and Luke Hancock will be on hand for Operation Basketball.
Additionally, Packer and Durham, will unveil both men’s and women’s preseason All-ACC teams and the predicted order of finish live ACCN’s morning show leading into Tipoff and Operation Basketball. The women’s preseason All-ACC team and poll will be revealed at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and the men’s preseason All-ACC team and poll announced at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Date | Time (ET) | Programming | Network |
Tue, Nov. 10 | 9 a.m. | Packer and Durham
WBB Preseason All-ACC Team and Poll Unveiled |
ACCN |
Wed, Nov. 11 | 9 a.m. | Packer and Durham
MBB Preseason All-ACC Team and Poll Unveiled |
ACCN |
5 p.m. | ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff
Kelsey Riggs, Kelly Gramlich, Monica McNutt |
ACCN | |
7 p.m. | ACC Operation Basketball
Riggs, Carlos Boozer, Luke Hancock |
ACCN | |
Thu, Nov. 12 | 5 p.m. | ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff
Riggs, Gramlich, McNutt |
ACCN |
7 p.m. | ACC Operation Basketball
Riggs, Boozer, Hancock |
ACCN |
ACC Tipoff/Operation Basketball – Head Coach Lineup
*subject to change
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 5-7 p.m.
Amanda Butler (Clemson)
Kara Lawson (Duke)
Nell Fortner (Georgia Tech)
Katie Meier (Miami)
Wes Moore (NC State)
Courtney Banghart (North Carolina)
Lance White (Pitt)
Tina Thompson (Virginia)
Kenny Brooks (Virginia Tech)
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7-9 p.m.
Brad Brownell (Clemson)
Mike Krzyzewski (Duke)
Leonard Hamilton (Florida State)
Jim Larrañaga (Miami)
Roy Williams (North Carolina)
Steve Forbes (Wake Forest)
Thursday, Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m.
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (Boston College)
Brooke Wycoff (Florida State)
Jeff Walz (Louisville)
Niele Ivey (Notre Dame)
Quentin Hillsman (Syracuse)
Jen Hoover (Wake Forest)
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7-9 p.m.
Jim Christian (Boston College)
Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech)
Chris Mack (Louisville)
Kevin Keatts (NC State)
Mike Brey (Notre Dame)
Jeff Capel (Pitt)
Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)
Tony Bennett (Virginia)
Mike Young (Virginia Tech)
About ACC Network
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