Women's Basketball Nets Two Television Appearances
10/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Seton Hall women's basketball team will make a pair of television appearances in 2010 as part of the BIG EAST national, regional and local package.
On Jan. 12, the Pirates will travel to St. John's for the CBS College Sports (CBS C) Game of the Week, set for 7:00 p.m.
Seton Hall will head to Villanova on Jan. 30 for a 2:00 p.m. contest that is part of the BIG EAST Regional Sports Network (BETV) Game of the Week schedule.
Coming off a season in which a league-record 13 teams advanced to the postseason, the BIG EAST's 2009-10 women's basketball television schedule features all 16 teams for the fourth straight year and continues to boast one of the top television slates in the nation. The league's overall exposure continues to grow and this season's national television package includes: a game on CBS Sports, 18 appearances on ESPN/ESPN2, 27 on ESPNU and 25 on CBS College Sports Network.
The BIG EAST will have a league-record 18 appearances on ESPN/ESPN2, including a conference-best six games matching up BIG EAST teams. The BIG EAST Championship Final on March 9 will be one of two games this season aired on the network's original station, ESPN. It will again be the only women's basketball conference final in the nation aired on ESPN. The BIG EAST is the only conference to be featured on the channel this season.
The Conference will have "Game of the Week" packages on ESPNU, CBS College Sports Network and on the BIG EAST Regional Sports Network.
The BIG EAST will appear on ESPNU 27 times, including seven regular-season games, one non-conference matchup and the BIG EAST Championship Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds on March 7 and 8, respectively. ESPNU can now be seen in close to 50 million homes and will air a "Game of the Week" package for the third consecutive season. The package will showcase 10 BIG EAST teams throughout the entire schedule, including three schools with multiple appearances.
CBS College Sports Network (CBS C) will continue its "Conference Game of the Week" broadcasts. The record-tying 25 appearances will consist of 11 conference games, including three doubleheaders during the league schedule, and three non-conference games.
The BIG EAST Network Game of the Week Regional Television Package is in its fourth year and features a total of 26 appearances by league schools, including all four games of the BIG EAST Championship Second Round on March 6. ESPN Regional Television (ERT) will once again produce every game and SportsNet New York (SNY) will carry the entire package live in the nation's number one media market.
For the second time in three years, all 16 BIG EAST schools are featured in the Game of the Week package in its 2 p.m. Eastern time slot on Saturdays. The package will begin on Jan. 2 and run every Saturday until the end of the regular-season schedule on Feb. 27. The 2 p.m. time slot, which follows the BIG EAST men's noon Game of the Week package, allows many of the Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) to carry a BIG EAST doubleheader. RSNs in various markets are still in the process of committing to the package, which will also be available via RSN-Sports Packages on DirecTV, DISH Networks and ESPN's Full Court. The final contest of the season on Feb. 27, featuring Georgetown at Connecticut, has been flipped with the men's game and will air at noon.
The BIG EAST will continue to expand its women's basketball web site coverage in 2009-10. For the second straight year, fans can watch both the first and second rounds of the Conference championship live on BIGEAST.tv, the league's online home for live and on-demand streaming audio and video. Users should visit www.bigeast.tv for more information.
