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2015-16 Women’s Basketball Schedule on ESPN Networks
Former All-American Parker & Ogwumike to Join Network for Select Games and Studio Appearances
An experienced and dedicated lineup of women’s college basketball announcers return to ESPN’s 2015-16 women’s college basketball coverage – a record-high 137 games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network.
Highlights
- Dave O’Brien and Doris Burke – ESPN’s Final Four announcing team – will reunite for several top games, beginning with the UConn-Notre Dame Jimmy V Women’s Classic tilt on Saturday, Dec. 5.
- Host Kevin Negandhi will join analysts Kara Lawson and Rebecca Lobo for numerous top regular-season games from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios.
- Beth Mowins, the network’s multi-sport play-by-play voice, will pair with Stephanie White for several marquee games, in addition to ESPN’s Big Monday series, beginning in January 18.
- Veteran analyst Carolyn Peck and play-by-play commentator Pam Ward will again be pulling double-duty this season, calling games across all ESPN networks, with the majority on ESPN2 and SEC Network.
- Former Stanford All-American Chiney Ogwumike will appear as an analyst on select games and also in studio.
- SEC Network will air more than 70 games in its second season, and welcomes new analysts longtime Georgia head coach Andy Landers and former Tennessee All-American and WNBA star Candace Parker.
- The Network returns former head coaches Gail Goestenkors and Carol Ross to its lineup of analysts.
- Also making appearances on the SEC Network will be analysts Debbie Antonelli and Steffi Sorenson, as well as play-by-play commentators Cara Capuano, Paul Sunderland and Brenda VanLengen.
- Familiar names returning to the analyst chair are Sue Bird, LaChina Robinson, Katie Smith and Brooke Weisbrod.
- Longhorn legends Fran Harris and Nell Fortner will call most of LHN’s 12 exclusive women’s games.
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- A comprehensive two-week season preview November 2-13 will include a preseason top-25 poll, preseason All-America teams, preseason Bracketology and a ranking of top 25 players in the nation.
- Writers Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Kate Fagan and Michelle Smith, as well as analyst Rebecca Lobo, will write in-depth profiles of some of the nation’s top teams, players and coaches throughout the season.
- Prior to each Big Monday game, espnW.com will offer an updated Bracketology segment from Charlie Creme and a game preview for that night’s matchup, as well as postgame coverage with video analysis.
- For the fourth consecutive season, espnW will name a national player of the week each Monday.
2015-16 ESPN Networks Women’s Basketball Announcer Assignments (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Network |
| Sat, Nov. 14 | 8 p.m. | UT San Antonio at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Ole Miss Paul Sunderland, Gail Goestenkors |
SEC Network |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 5:30 p.m. | Tip-Off Marathon presented by Constant Contact: UConn at Ohio State Beth Mowins, Stephanie White |
ESPN2 |
| Florida State at Florida Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross |
SEC Network | ||
| Wed, Nov 18 | Noon | Northwestern State at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| 8 p.m. | Penn State at Tennessee Cara Capuano, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen |
SEC Network | |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at Auburn Cara Capuano, Steffi Sorensen |
SEC Network |
| Sun, Nov 22 | 4 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Georgia Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors |
SEC Network |
| 8 p.m. | Wake Forest at Missouri Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross |
SEC Network | |
| Wed, Nov 25 | 8 p.m. | Hampton at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| Sun, Nov 29 | 2:30 p.m. | Feast Week presented by Lowe’s: Texas at Tennessee TBD, Carolyn Peck |
ESPN |
| Mon, Nov 30 | 9 p.m. | Air Force at Vanderbilt Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross |
SEC Network |
| Wed, Dec 2 | 8 p.m. | Mississippi State at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| Thu, Dec 3 | 7 p.m. | Louisville at Michigan State Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Dec 5 | 5:15 p.m. | Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona: Notre Dame at UConn Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke |
ESPN2 |
| Sun, Dec 6 | 2 p.m. | Duke at South Carolina | ESPN2 |
| Virginia Tech at Tennessee Cara Capuano, TBD |
SEC Network | ||
| 4 p.m. | Michigan at Princeton | ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Dec 7 | Noon | SMU at Texas A&M Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross |
SEC Network |
| Thu, Dec 10 | 7 p.m. | Louisville at Kentucky Brenda VanLengen, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen |
SEC Network |
| 9 p.m. | Oral Roberts at Arkansas Jenn Hildreth, Gail Goestenkors |
SEC Network | |
| Fri, Dec 11 | 6 p.m. | Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Holiday Showcase: Florida State vs. UConn (Uncasville, Conn.) TBD, Rebecca Lobo |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Dec 12 | 1 p.m. | Georgetown at Alabama Jenn Hildreth, TBD |
SEC Network |
| 3 p.m. | DePaul at Texas A&M Roy Philpott, Gail Goestenkors |
SEC Network | |
| Sun, Dec 13 | 1 p.m. | Stanford at Texas | ESPN |
| 2 p.m. | Winthrop at South Carolina | SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | UC Santa Barbara at LSU | SEC Network | |
| Wed, Dec 16 | 8 p.m. | Canisius at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| 9 p.m. | Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers: Tennessee at Stanford | ESPNU | |
| Sun, Dec 20 | 7 p.m. | Duke at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 5 p.m. | Holiday Hoops presented by Kay Jewelers: Florida State at Arizona State | ESPNU |
| Tue, Dec 22 | 1 p.m. | Little-Rock Arkansas at Texas A&M | SEC Network |
| Sun, Dec 27 | 3 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Texas Fran Harris, Nell Fortner |
Longhorn Network |
| Mon, Dec 28 | 7 p.m. | Tennessee State at Kentucky | SEC Network |
| 8:30 p.m. | Maggie Dixon Classic: Maryland vs. UConn (New York City) | ESPN2 | |
| Wed, Dec 30 | 4:30 p.m. | American/SEC Challenge: USF vs. Mississippi State (Jacksonville, Fla.) | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | American/SEC Challenge: UCF vs. Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.) | SEC Network |
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