Exciting Finish to NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Regional Finals on ESPN

Rachel Margolis Siegal April 1, 2013

With two of the top seeds falling over the weekend, the Spokane (Wash.) and Oklahoma City Regional Finals on ESPN and WatchESPN have even more storylines after No. 5 seed Louisville’s stunning defeat of defending national champion and No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 4 seed Georgia upsetting No.1 seed Stanford.

No. 2 Kentucky will face No. 1 Connecticut for the second straight year in the Elite Eight, on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. from the Bridgeport (Conn.) Regional. Immediately following at 9:30 p.m., is action from the Spokane Regional, featuring No. 4 Georgia against No. 2 California. Tuesday night’s action includes No. 2 Duke vs. No. 1 Notre Dame from Norfolk, Va., at 7 p.m., followed by No. 5 Louisville against No. 2 Tennessee at 9 p.m. from Oklahoma City. The winners of each Regional Final will advance to the 2013 Women’s Final Four in New Orleans.

Louisville head coach Jeff Walz will be interviewed during halftime of Monday’s UConn-Kentucky telecast about his team’s monumental win in the Regional Semifinal over top-seeded Baylor. The Louisville-Baylor Regional Semifinal game will reair on ESPN Classic as an Instant Classic on Monday, at 5 p.m. and on ESPNU on Tuesday, at 1 p.m.

ESPN2’s Baylor-Louisville telecast averaged 0.9 overnight rating – the highest Regional Semifinal game on the network since March 28, 2010 (Oklahoma-Notre Dame averaged a 1.0 and Kentucky vs. Nebraska averaged a 0.9).

ESPN is in its 18th year of exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship and 11th year covering all 63 games. All three games and the NCAA Women’s Final Four Specials live from New Orleans will be carried on ESPN and WatchESPN.

2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Presented By Capital One Regional & Final Four Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Networks
Mon, Apr 1	7:30 p.m.	No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 Connecticut Regional Semifinal (Bridgeport, Conn.) Beth Mowins, Doris Burke & Holly Rowe	ESPN / WatchESPN
	9:30 p.m.	No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 2 California Regional Semifinal (Spokane, Wash.) Dave Pasch, Deb Antonelli & LaChina Robinson	ESPN / WatchESPN
Tue, Apr 2	7 p.m.	No. 2 Duke vs. No. 1 Notre Dame Regional Semifinal (Norfolk, Va.) Dave O’Brien, Stephanie White & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN / WatchESPN
	9 p.m.	No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 2 Tennessee Regional Semifinal (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo & Maria Taylor	ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 7	6 p.m.	NCAA Women’s Final Four Special Presented by Capital One Kevin Negandhi, Kara Lawson & Carolyn Peck	ESPN / WatchESPN
	6:30 p.m.	National Semifinal Game 1 (New Orleans, La.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe	ESPN / WatchESPN
	8:30 p.m.	National Semifinal Game 2 (New Orleans, La.)	ESPN / WatchESPN
Tue, Apr 9	4 p.m.	*Crunch Time: NCAA Women’s Championship*	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	*The Experts: NCAA Women’s Championship* Kevin Negandhi, Kara Lawson, Carolyn Peck, Doris Burke & Rebecca Lobo	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	6 p.m.	College Basketball Live: NCAA Women’s Championship Matt Schick & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	NCAA Women’s Championship Special Presented by Capital One Kevin Negandhi, Kara Lawson & Carolyn Peck	ESPN / WatchESPN
	8:30 p.m.	National Final (New Orleans, La.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe	ESPN / WatchESPN

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