Big South's Exclusive ESPN3 Regular-Season Basketball Package Announced
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference today announced its exclusive regular-season basketball broadcasts on ESPN3, as well as the coverage plans for both basketball championships in March. The telecasts will be among the more than 375 total broadcasts Big South men’s and women’s basketball programs will appear on during the 2018-19 campaign.
Eight men’s basketball league matchups and six women’s basketball conference contests will comprise the exclusive ESPN3 “Game of the Week” package beginning in January. An additional six men’s conference games will be televised on an ESPN linear network, while all remaining home Big South contests will be carried on ESPN+. The schedule of these games is listed below.
First round games of the 2019 Big South Basketball Championships will be carried on ESPN3 -- three games each for the men (March 5) and women (March 12). Quarterfinal coverage continues on ESPN3 with four men’s games on March 7 and four women’s contests on March 14. The Semifinal round for each will air on ESPN+ (men’s – March 8, women’s – March 15). ESPN will televise the Men’s Championship game for the third consecutive year (Sunday, March 10 at 1:00pm). ESPN+ will carry the Women’s Championship game on Sunday, March 17. Both championship games will be contested at the highest remaining seed.
Four regular-season Big South men’s games will be televised on ESPNU for the sixth consecutive year, with all four being “Wildcard” selections that will be determined three weeks in advance. ESPNU will televise a Big South game on Thursday, Jan. 10 (7:00pm), Thursday, Jan. 24 (7:00pm), Thursday, Feb. 7 (7:00pm) and Thursday, Feb. 21 (9:00pm). In addition, either ESPNU or ESPNews will air the following games -- Gardner-Webb at Radford on Jan. 17 at 9:00pm, and Winthrop at Hampton on Feb. 28 at 7:00pm.
The Big South’s exclusive men’s and women’s basketball regular-season package on ESPN3/ESPNU, as well as the Championship coverage on ESPN3/ESPN+, is listed below and continues on the next page. The complete 2018-19 broadcast schedule will be posted on www.BigSouthSports.com by opening night.
Women’s Basketball
Sat., Jan. 26 - Longwood at USC Upstate - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Tues., Jan. 29 - Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb - ESPN3, 6:00pm
Sat., Feb. 2 - Hampton at High Point - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Sat., Feb. 9 - Winthrop at Presbyterian - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Tues., Feb. 26 - Radford at UNC Asheville - ESPN3, 7:00pm
Sat., March 9 - High Point at Campbell - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Tues., March 12 - First Round (at campus sites) - ESPN3, 7:00pm
Thurs., March 14 - Quarterfinals (at No. 1 and No. 2 seeds) - ESPN3, TBD
Fri., March 15 - Semifinals (at No. 1 and No. 2 seeds) - ESPN+, TBD
Sun., March 17 - Championship Game (at highest remaining seed) - ESPN+, TBD
Men’s Basketball
Thurs., Jan. 10 - Wildcard Selection - ESPNU, 7:00pm
Sat., Jan. 12 - High Point at Winthrop - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Wed., Jan. 16 - Campbell at UNC Asheville - ESPN3, 7:00pm
Thurs., Jan. 17 - Gardner-Webb at Radford - ESPNU or ESPNews, 9:00pm
Thurs., Jan. 24 - Wildcard Selection - ESPNU, 7:00pm
Sat., Jan. 26 - Longwood at USC Upstate - ESPN3, 4:30pm
Sat., Feb. 2 - Hampton at High Point - ESPN3, 7:00pm
Thurs., Feb. 7 - Wildcard Selection - ESPNU, 7:00pm
Sat., Feb. 9 - Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian - ESPN3, 4:30pm
Sat., Feb. 16 - Radford at Charleston Southern - ESPN3, 5:30pm
Thurs., Feb. 21 - Wildcard Selection - ESPNU, 9:00pm
Sat., Feb. 23 - Charleston Southern at Winthrop - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Thurs., Feb. 28 - Winthrop at Hampton - ESPNU or ESPNews, 7:00pm
Sat., March 2 - Radford at Campbell - ESPN3, 2:00pm
Tues., March 5 - First Round (at campus sites) - ESPN3, 7:00pm
Thurs., March 7 - Quarterfinals (at No. 1 seed) - ESPN3, All Day
Fri., March 8 - Semifinals (at No. 1 seed) - ESPN+, 6:00pm/8:00pm
Sun., March 10 - Championship Game (at highest remaining seed) - ESPN, 1:00pm
All times subject to change