Women’s College Basketball: Two Top-10 Games on ESPN2; Selection Committee to Release Potential Top-10 Seeds during Big Monday Games

Rachel Margolis Siegal January 26, 2016

ESPN2’s slate of women’s college basketball features two top-10 games including a Big Monday Pac-12 showdown between No. 8 Arizona State at No. 9 Oregon State on February 1 at 11 p.m. During halftime of the 6 p.m. Big Monday game featuring No. 3 Notre Dame at Duke, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Sport Committee’s potential top-10 teams in seed order will be announced, as well as on espnW. This is the first of three times the potential seeding will be announced during Big Monday games (also Feb. 15 & Feb. 29). The three February announcements will have no bearing on the final bracket that will be revealed on Selection Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

ESPN has a top-10 battle Sunday between No. 2 South Carolina at No. 10 Texas A&M (January 31, 6 p.m.). SEC Network will carry a top-25 game featuring No. 19 Tennessee at No. 13 Mississippi State on Thursday (9 p.m.).

Additional ranked teams in action on ESPN networks include No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 6 Texas, No. 11 Florida State, No. 12 Kentucky, No. 14 Louisville, No. 17 Miami (Fla.), No. 20 USF, No. 22 Missouri.

Full weekly schedule (Wednesday-Tuesday)

Weekly Women’s College Basketball Key Matchups (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Wed, Jan 27	8 p.m.	Kansas at No. 6 Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner, Tyler Denning	Longhorn Network
Thu, Jan 28	7 p.m.	No. 17 Miami (Fla.) at Virginia Tech	ESPN3
		Auburn at Georgia Cara Capuano, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky	SEC Network+
		No. 10 Texas A&M at Alabama	SEC Network+
		Ole Miss at No. 2 South Carolina	SEC Network+
		Clemson at No. 14 Louisville	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	LSU at No. 22 Missouri	SEC Network+
	9 p.m.	No. 19 Tennessee at No. 13 Mississippi State Paul Sunderland, Carolyn Peck	SEC Network
Sat, Jan 30	8 p.m.	No. 6 Texas at Kansas State	ESPN3
Sun, Jan 31	1 p.m.	No. 12 Kentucky at Florida Courtney Lyle, Andy Landers	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 20 USF at SMU Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
		Virginia Tech at No. 11 Florida State	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Alabama at No. 19 Tennessee Cara Capuano, Nell Fortner	SEC Network
		No. 13 Mississippi State at Arkansas	SEC Network+
	5 p.m.	No. 22 Missouri at Ole Miss Paul Sunderland, Gail Goestenkors	SEC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 2 South Carolina at No. 10 Texas A&M Tiffany Greene, Carolyn Peck	ESPN2
Mon, Feb 1	6 p.m.	*Big Monday:* No. 3 Notre Dame at Duke Beth Mowins, Stephanie White	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Auburn at LSU Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross	SEC Network
	11 p.m.	*Big Monday:* No. 8 Arizona State at No. 9 Oregon State Roxy Bernstein, Mary Murphy	ESPN2

Weekly Women’s College Basketball Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Wed, Jan 27	5:30 p.m.	Indiana (Pa.) at California (Pa.)	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Lenoir-Rhyne at Wingate	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green	ESPN3
		Western Michigan at Central Michigan	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Kansas at No. 6 Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner, Tyler Denning	Longhorn Network
		South Dakota at Western Illinois	ESPN3
		Sam Houston State at Lamar	ESPN3
Thu, Jan 28	11:30 a.m.	Samford at Furman	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 17 Miami (Fla.) at Virginia Tech	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Siena at Marist Dean Darling, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Georgia State at Arkansas State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Auburn at Georgia Cara Capuano, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky	SEC Network+
		No. 10 Texas A&M at Alabama	SEC Network+
		Ole Miss at No. 2 South Carolina	SEC Network+
		Clemson at No. 14 Louisville	ESPN3
		Duke at Pittsburgh	ESPN3
		Northern Kentucky at Cleveland State	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Florida at Arkansas	SEC Network+
		LSU at No. 22 Missouri	SEC Network+
		Oakland at Green Bay	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 19 Tennessee at No. 13 Mississippi State Paul Sunderland, Carolyn Peck	SEC Network
	10 p.m.	Cal Poly at UC Riverside	ESPN3
Fri, Jan 29	7 p.m.	Indiana State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
		Yale at Penn	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Northern Iowa at Loyola	ESPN3
		Drake at Bradley	ESPN3
		Illinois State at Evansville	ESPN3
Sat, Jan 30	12:30 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Charleston Southern at Winthrop	ESPN3
		Miami (Ohio) at Central Michigan	ESPN3
		Stetson at Jacksonville	ESPN3
		Wright State at Cleveland State	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Buffalo at Northern Illinois	ESPN3
		Bowling Green at Toledo	ESPN3
		Chattanooga at East Tennessee State	ESPN3
		Mercer at Furman	ESPN3
		Bloomfield at Philadelphia	ESPN3
		NJIT at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
		Florida Gulf Coast at North Florida	ESPN3
		Detroit at Green Bay	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	USC Upstate at Lipscomb	ESPN3
		UIC at Valparaiso	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Oakland at Milwaukee	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Fairfield at Monmouth Dean Darling, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
		Ohio at Ball State	ESPN3
		Georgia Southern at Arkansas State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Georgia State at Arkansas-Little Rock Drew Fellios, Steffi Sorensen	ESPN3
	5:30 p.m.	Omaha at Western Illinois	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Dartmouth at Cornell	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 6 Texas at Kansas State	ESPN3
Sun, Jan 31	Noon	Indiana State at Evansville	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	No. 12 Kentucky at Florida Courtney Lyle, Andy Landers	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 20 USF at SMU Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
		Albany at Hartford	ESPN3
		Virginia Tech at No. 11 Florida State	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Alabama at No. 19 Tennessee Cara Capuano, Nell Fortner	SEC Network
		No. 13 Mississippi State at Arkansas	SEC Network+
		Georgia at Vanderbilt	SEC Network+
		Northern Iowa at Bradley	ESPN3
		Drake at Loyola	ESPN3
		Illinois State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	No. 22 Missouri at Ole Miss Paul Sunderland, Gail Goestenkors	SEC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 2 South Carolina at No. 10 Texas A&M Tiffany Greene, Carolyn Peck	ESPN2
Mon, Feb 1	6 p.m.	*Big Monday:* No. 3 Notre Dame at Duke Beth Mowins, Stephanie White	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Auburn at LSU Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross	SEC Network
		Bryant at Central Connecticut	ESPN3
	11 p.m.	*Big Monday:* No. 8 Arizona State at No. 9 Oregon State Roxy Bernstein, Mary Murphy	ESPN2