ESPN will once again have full coverage of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship beginning Saturday. The network has relased all the announcers and assignments with some familiar names amongst those listed. The team of Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, and Rebecca Lobo will call the Final Four on ESPN from Denver.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Networks |
| Sat, Mar 17 | 11 a.m. | First Round No. 9 Princeton vs. No. 8 Kansas State (Bridgeport, Conn.) Pam Ward & Rebecca LoboNo. 15 Navy vs. No. 2 Maryland (College Park, Md.) Bob Wischusen & LaChina Robinson No. 9 Texas vs. No. 8 West Virginia^ (Norfolk, Va.) No. 12 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 5 South Carolina (West Lafayette, Ind.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
| Approx. 30 minutes after end of 11 a.m. games | First Round No. 16 Prairie View vs. No. 1 Connecticut (Bridgeport, Conn.)No. 10 Michigan State vs. No. 7 Louisville^ (College Park, Md.) No. 16 Hampton vs. No. 1 Stanford (Norfolk, Va.) No. 13 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 Purdue (West Lafayette, Ind.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | First Round No. 15 McNeese State vs. No. 2 Kentucky (Ames, Iowa) Clay Matvick & Krista Blunk No. 15 UT-Martin vs. No. 2 Tennessee^ (Chicago, Ill.) No. 11 Dayton vs. No. 6 Arkansas (College Station, Texas) No. 11 Gonzaga vs. No. 6 Rutgers (Spokane, Wash.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Approx. 30 minutes after end of 4 p.m. games |
First Round No. 10 Iowa State vs. No. 7 Green Bay^ (Ames, Iowa) No. 10 BYU vs. No. 7 DePaul (Chicago, Ill.) No. 14 Albany vs. No. 3 Texas A&M (College Station, Texas) No. 14 Idaho State vs. No. 3 Miami (Fla.) (Spokane, Wash.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Mar 18 | Noon | First Round No. 9 Florida vs. No. 8 Ohio State^ (Bowling Green, Ohio) Cara Capuano & Abby Waner No. 12 Fresno State vs. No. 5 Georgetown (Chapel Hill, N.C.) No. 9 Iowa vs. No. 8 California (Notre Dame, Ind.) No. 13 Marist vs. No. 4 Georgia (Tallahassee, Fla.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
| Approx. 30 minutes after end of
Noon games |
First Round No. 16 UC-Santa Barbara vs. No. 1 Baylor^ (Bowling Green, Ohio) No. 13 Sacred Heart vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech (Chapel Hill, N.C.) No. 16 Liberty vs. No. 1 Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.) No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure (Tallahassee, Fla.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | First Round No. 13 UTEP vs. No. 4 Penn State (Baton Rouge, La.) Bob Picozzi & Rosalyn Gold-Onwude No. 14 UALR vs. No. 3 Delaware^ (Little Rock, Ark.) No. 10 Middle Tennessee State vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.) No. 14 Creighton vs. No. 3 St. John’s (Norman, Okla.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Approx. 30 minutes after end of
5 p.m. games |
First Round No. 12 San Diego State vs. No. 5 LSU (Baton Rouge, La.) No. 11 Kansas vs. No. 6 Nebraska (Little Rock, Ark.) No. 15 Samford vs. No. 2 Duke (Nashville, Tenn.) No. 11 Michigan vs. No. 6 Oklahoma^ (Norman, Okla.) |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Mar 19 | 7 p.m. | Second Round (Bridgeport, Conn., College Park, Md., Norfolk, Va., West Lafayette, Ind.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
| 9:30 p.m. | Second Round (Ames, Iowa, Chicago, Ill., College Station, Texas, Spokane, Wash) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Tue, Mar 20 | 7 p.m. | Second Round (Bowling Green, Ohio, Chapel Hill, N.C., Notre Dame, Ind., Tallahassee, Fla.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
| 9:30 p.m. | Second Round (Baton Rouge, La., Little Rock, Ark., Nashville, Tenn., Norman, Okla. | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 |
^ – Full national telecast – not part of Regionalized/Home Market Protection
2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One Regional & Final Four Schedule (Subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games | Networks |
| Sat, Mar 24 | Noon | (Des Moines, Iowa) Beth Mowins, Stephanie White & Samantha Steele |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | (Des Moines, Iowa)
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ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | (Fresno, Calif.) Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli & Heather Cox |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| 11:30 p.m. | (Fresno, Calif.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Mar 25 | Noon | (Raleigh, N.C.) Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo & Allison Williams |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 2:30 p.m. | (Raleigh, N.C.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | (Kingston, R.I.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke & Holly Rowe |
ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | (Kingston, R.I.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Mar 26 | 7 p.m. | (Des Moines, Iowa)
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ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | (Fresno, Calif.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| Tue, Mar 27 | 7 p.m. | (Raleigh, N.C.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | (Kingston, R.I.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Apr 1 | 6:30 p.m. | National Semifinal (Denver, Colo.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | National Semifinal (Denver, Colo.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| Tue, Apr 3 | 8:30 p.m. | National Final (Denver, Colo.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
(via ESPN)
