ESPN College Sports Update – March 26
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- College Lacrosse: Saturday ESPNU Doubleheader Showcases Top Teams
- Women’s Basketball: NCAA Championship Second-Round Action Concludes on ESPN Networks Tuesday Night
- College Baseball: ESPNU Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week Debuts
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- NIT Quarterfinals Schedule: Maryland at Alabama Tips Off Tonight
- High School Basketball: NHSI Matchups Revealed; Games airing on ESPNU, ESPN2 and ESPN
- No Perfect Brackets Remain in Men’s Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com
- Hockey: 2013 NCAA Hockey Regionals Live Across ESPN Networks: Frozen Four Set for ESPN2
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ESPNU will stage a doubleheader on Saturday, March 30, beginning at noon with No. 10 Johns Hopkins at No. 7 North Carolina, followed by No. 2 Maryland traveling to No. 15 Virginia at 2 p.m. All ESPNU games can also be viewed on WatchESPN.
The ESPNU Warrior Wednesday Night Game of the Week will feature No. 20 Brown at No. 7 North Carolina at 6 p.m. During the game, the Warrior Game of the Week Chat powered by Inside Lacrosse is hosted by Inside Lacrosse vice president/editor-in-chief John Jiloty and online manager Matt Kinnear. The weekly chat is available on ESPNU.com and Inside Lacrosse.com.
| Date | Time (ET) | Games/Commentators | Networks |
| Wed, Mar 27 | 6 p.m. | No. 20 Brown at No. 7 North CarolinaJoe Beninati, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Sat, Mar 30 | Noon | No. 10 Johns Hopkins at No. 7 North CarolinaMike Corey & Ryan Flanagan | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| 2 p.m. | No. 2 Maryland at No. 15 VirginiaEamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Women’s Basketball: NCAA Championship Second Round Action Concludes on ESPN Networks Tuesday Night
Second-round coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One concludes Tuesday, March 26, across ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, WatchESPN and ESPN FULL COURT. Tournament action concludes with the NCAA Women’s National Championship game on Tuesday, April 9, on ESPN in New Orleans.
Tuesday night’s second-round games will be televised on ESPN2 within four telecast windows in a whip-around format with home market protection. ESPN3 and ESPN FULL COURT, the pay-per-view package, will offer complete games as a supplement to ESPN2’s coverage.
ESPNU will carry No. 7 seed Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Duke at 7 p.m., while No. 5 seed Louisville vs. No. 4 Purdue will be aired on ESPNEWS. Regional action commences Saturday, March 30 (schedule to be announced Wednesday). At 9:30 p.m., No. 9 seed Iowa vs. No. 1 Notre Dame will be simulcast on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
| Tue, Mar 26 | 7 p.m. | No. 6 Delaware vs. No. 3 North Carolina (Newark, Del.)Pam Ward & Rebecca Lobo No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 2 Kentucky(Queens, N.Y.)Bob Picozzi & Rosalyn Gold-Onwude No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 2 Duke (Durham, N.C.) Joe Davis & Deb Antonelli No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 4 Purdue (Louisville, Ky.) Melissa Lee & Brooke Weisbrod |
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| 9:30 p.m. | No. 6 LSU vs. No. 3 Penn State(Baton Rouge, La.)Tom Hart & Krista BlunkNo. 9 Iowa vs. No. 1 Notre Dame(Iowa City, Iowa)
Holly Rowe & Brenda VanLengen No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 1 Stanford (Stanford, Calif.) Dave Pasch & Mary Murphy No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 1 Baylor (Waco, Texas) Beth Mowins & Stephanie White |
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ESPNU’s weekly Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week will debut this Thursday, March 28, with Texas A&M at No. 14 South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. South Carolina, winners of the 2010 and 2011 College World Series and runner-up to Arizona last season, defeated Texas A&M in the 2011 College World Series. Dave Neal and Kyle Peterson will work the game.
The third straight year of the SEC game of the week series will be aired for eight consecutive weeks.
Overall, ESPN will showcase a record 151 regular-season and conference championship games exclusively across ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN2 and ESPN. ESPN3 will provide coverage of more than 65 additional games in markets outside the territory of the conference footprint of that game, bringing the total to more than 215 games.
| Date | Time | Matchup | Network |
| Wed, March 27 | 6:30 p.m. | Georgia at Clemson | ESPN3 * |
| Thu, March 28 | Noon | Cincinnati at St. John’s | ESPN3 |
| 3 p.m. | Cincinnati at St. John’s | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Texas A&M at No. 14 South CarolinaDave Neal & Kyle Peterson | ESPNU | |
| Fri, March 29 | 6 p.m. | Wake Forest at No. 15 Georgia Tech | ESPN3 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Maryland at NC State | ESPN3 |
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NIT Quarterfinals Schedule: Maryland at Alabama Tips Off Tonight
Exclusive coverage of the entire 76th National Invitation Tournament (NIT) continues today, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN with Maryland at Alabama.
All 31 NIT games will air across ESPN networks, with quarterfinal action continuing from campus sites. NIT semifinal games will tip-off at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on ESPN2, Tuesday, April 2, beginning at 7 p.m., and the championship will follow on Thursday, April 4, at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Play by play commentator Bob Wischusen will be joined by analysts Bill Raftery for the semifinals and Bob Knight for the title game. Full Schedule
For the fifth consecutive year, ESPN networks’ coverage of the 2012-13 high school basketball season will includethe National High School Invitational Tournament (NHSI). Action begins Thursday, April 4, at noon on ESPNU, with No. 3 seeded Prime Prep (Texas) facing No. 6 Blanche Ely (Fla.) in the opening boys’ game. The event, organized by Paragon Marketing Group, will be held at Georgetown Preparatory School’s Hanley Center for Athletic Excellence in Bethesda, Md. and features 10 games with some of the country’s best boys and girls’ high school basketball teams. Full Schedule
Eleven perfect brackets through Round of 64 in Women’s Tournament Challenge
Brackets in ESPN.com’s Men’s Tournament Challenge presented by Allstate, Acura and Taco Bell revealed no “perfect” brackets remaining after the second day of competition. Additionally, only five brackets went 30 for 32 in the Round of 64 and only four brackets missed just one Sweet Sixteen team. An analysis of more than 8.15 million brackets submitted also reveals:
- Only 1% and 1.3% of all brackets correctly predicted #15 Florida Gulf and #13 LaSalle to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, respectively
- Just 3.3% of all brackets picked #9 Wichita State to reach the Sweet Sixteen, whereas #1 Gonzaga was picked to win the championship in 5.6% of all brackets
- Gonzaga was the only #1 ranked team not chosen in the Final Four of the “National Bracket” (#2 Ohio State was the most popular pick in the West)
- 15.5% and 29.4% of all brackets picked #12 Oregon and #6 Arizona, respectively, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen
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