NCAA Division I Women’s Championship Regional Coverage Begins Friday on ESPN and ESPN2

Coverage of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Capital One continues on ESPN and ESPN2 with the regional semifinals and finals. Action tips off Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. ET, with the Kansas City and Lexington regional semifinals, and continues Saturday, March 24, with the Albany regional semifinals at 11:30 a.m., and the Spokane regional semifinals beginning at 4 p.m. The remaining matchups in the women’s championship will be full national telecasts, and available to stream via the ESPN App.

Highlights

• MAC Madness: Buffalo and Central Michigan become the first two teams in the Mid-American conference to advance to the Sweet 16 since 2007; Buffalo plays in the Albany Regional semifinal, facing the reigning champion South Carolina, while Central Michigan takes on star Sabrina Ionescu and Pac-12 champion Oregon in a Spokane Regional semifinal
• Asia Durr and the Louisville Cardinals head to Lexington to face No. 4-seed Stanford, led by Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer, on Friday (9 p.m., ESPN)
• Kansas City Regional will feature No. 4 NC State facing No. 1 Mississippi State, followed by No. 3 UCLA playing No. 2 Texas
• No. 1 UConn, heading into its 25^th consecutive women’s Sweet 16, will face No. 5 Duke

Commentator Notes

• Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe will call all the action from the Albany Regionals
• After serving as a game analyst for the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, Deb Antonelli will serve as the analyst for the Lexington Regionals alongside Beth Mowins
• Dave Pasch and LaChina Robinson travel north for the Spokane Regionals after calling first- and second- round matchups in Eugene, Ore.
• The duo of Pam Ward and Gail Goestenkors will call matchups in the Kansas City Regionals
• Courtney Lyle (Kansas City), Molly McGrath (Spokane) and Allison Williams (Lexington) report from the sidelines during the Regionals
• Maria Taylor, Nell Fortner and Andy Landers will provide studio coverage throughout the regional semifinals and finals

SEC Network

SEC Now continues to highlight the five teams (two men’s, three women’s) representing the SEC in the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. Hosts Peter Burns and Dari Nowkhah will be joined by a rotating cast of analysts, including Pat Bradley, Amanda Butler, Nell Fortner and Antoine Walker. The commentating crew will be live in studio throughout the weekend, including full shows at 12:30 a.m. Thursday night, 10 p.m. on Friday evening, 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.

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espnW’s comprehensive presentation continues throughout the regionals.

• Charlie Creme (Albany), Graham Hays (Lexington), ESPN.com’s Kevin Pelton (Spokane) and Mechelle Voepel (Kansas City) will all provide coverage on-site
• Analysis, highlights and one-plays of every game
• Sweet 16 and Elite Eight game-by-game picks
• First look at the Final Four
• Wright Thompson writes the definitive profile of Geno Auriemma, featured in ESPN the Magazine

NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Schedule (subject to change)

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