ESPN College Sports Update – March 12
Basketball
- Men’s Championship Week Action Continues with BIG EAST, ACC, SEC, Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten Tipping Off
- ESPN Conference Call with Bracketologist Joe Lunardi and Analyst Seth Greenberg
- 18 Conference Championships in Women’s Championship Week Coverage
- Six of the Top 10 Boys Teams to Participate in 2013 National High School Invitational
ESPN Front Row
- Basketball analyst, former BC hoops star and Bristol native Malcolm Huckaby grew up in ESPN’s backyard
- ScreenGrabbed: What You See On-Air And How It Gets There
Miscellaneous
Note: Men’s and Women’s Basketball Season Rewind Coming this week
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Men’s Basketball: Championship Week Action Continues with BIG EAST, ACC, SEC, Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten Tipping Off
ESPN’s 2013 Championship Week Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods – 136 men’s college basketball conference tournament games across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 – began Wednesday, March 6, and will conclude Sunday, March 17. Beginning Tuesday, March 12, the networks will combine to provide action of multiple men’s games from several top conferences, including all 13 of the BIG EAST games; all 11 of the SEC and ACC; all nine from the Big 12 and four from the Big Ten.
Release with complete details visit; Printable schedule
ESPN Conference Call with Bracketologist Joe Lunardi and College Basketball Analyst Seth Greenberg
ESPN’s resident bracketologist Joe Lunardi and college basketball analyst and former head coach Seth Greenberg will be available for a media conference call Wednesday, March 13, at 1 p.m. to discuss teams to watch and NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship odds. To participate, please RSVP to Kristie Chong Adler.
Women’s Basketball: 18 Conference Championships in Championship Week
ESPN’s 2013 Championship Week Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods continues with several conference tournament title games, including exclusive games and the championships from 18 Division I conferences.
Championship Week Highlights
- The BIG EAST Championship Presented by American Eagle will air on ESPN on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m.
- Additional championship games on ESPNU include: Atlantic-10, Horizon League, MAAC, Northeast Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt Conference, Western Athletic Conference and West Coast Conference.
The Championship Week schedule includes a total of 135 men’s and women’s basketball games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and exclusively on ESPN3 from 27 conferences, plus a total of 222 national and syndicated games on ESPN3.
WatchESPN
Championship Week is also available via WatchESPN, which delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line on computers, smartphones, tablets and Xbox to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription. The WatchESPN app is available free to download for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices in the App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore for Android. It is also accessible online at WatchESPN.com and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members.
espnW
Top writers from espnW, including Mechelle Voepel, Kate Fagan, Michelle Smith and Graham Hays, will continue their extensive coverage of several of the conference tournaments. Charlie Creme will provide daily Bracketology updates leading up to Selection Monday Presented by Capital One.
Basketball Recruiting: Six of the Top 10 Boys Teams to Participate in 2013 National High School Invitational
Eight boys’ and four girls’ high school basketball teams are set for the fifth annual National High School Invitational (NHSI). For the first time, every NHSI boys’ team is ranked in the ESPN 25 Power Rankings, and six are in the top 10, including No. 1 Findlay Prep (NV) and No. 2 Montverde Academy (FL). ESPN will televise the event held Thursday, April 4, through Saturday, April 6, at Georgetown Preparatory School’s Hanley Center for Athletic Excellence in Bethesda, Md.
Full Release; Boys Media Guide; Girls Media Guide
Spotlight: ESPN Front Row
Basketball analyst, former BC hoops star and Bristol native Malcolm Huckaby grew up in ESPN’s backyard
ScreenGrabbed: What You See On-Air And How It Gets There
“The Schwab” Week 4: Big Ten Contestants
“The Schwab” game show segment on UNITE will returns for a fourth consecutive Wednesday with three contestants from the Big Ten: Jessica McClintock (Purdue), Chad Shepard (Michigan) and Daniel Smith (Penn State).
Three participants from a different NCAA conference is tested each week by ESPN’s first statistician, Howie Schwab, and UNITE host Reese Waters with questions from four categories – college sports, professional sports, pop-culture and social media. The winning player representing each conference advances through a UNITE tournament bracket of quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. Previous conference winners include Ryan Smith (Ole Miss; 14 points), Taylor Smith (Maryland; 11 points) and Evan Berkowitz (Texas; 9 points).
College Lacrosse: Top 10 Matchups Highlight ESPN’s Coverage
ESPN’s college lacrosse schedule for the next week includes a pair of top 10 matchups Saturday, including No. 4 Notre Dame at No. 3 Denver at 6:30 p.m. as part of the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Lacrosse Classic in Denver. The game will be shown live on ESPN3 and will run on tape delay Monday, March 18, at 12:30 a.m. on ESPNU and WatchESPN. Also Saturday, No. 5 John’s Hopkins will face No. 7 Syracuse at 1 p.m. on ESPNU and WatchESPN. Also:
- ESPNU’s Wednesday Men’s Lacrosse Game of the Week pits No. 17 Duke at No. 8 North Carolina on March 13, at 7:30 p.m. The game can also be seen on WatchESPN.
- No. 8 Georgetown women will play at No. 10 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
- The Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic in Flushing, N.Y., on Sunday, March 17 features Holy Cross vs. Navy at noon on ESPN3 and Michigan against Colgate at 3 p.m. on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
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