SAN FRANCISCO
- Pac-12 womens basketball will again feature unprecedented television exposure this season, with over 100 games televised in 2018-19, including 102 on Pac-12 Networks and an additional five on ESPN2. The season culminates with the 2019 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life in Las Vegas, with the championship game on March 10 on ESPN2.
The ESPN2 schedule kicks off with a marquee matchup between Baylor and ARIZONA STATE on Nov. 11. The Sun Devils, in conjunction with ASUs Office of American Indian Initiatives, play host to the Bears at the Bee Holdzil Fighting Scouts Event Center on the Navajo Reservation in Fort Defiance, Ariz. The "Showdown at the Rez" serves as a celebration of Native American Heritage Month. With the game taking place on Veterans Day, the game also provides a platform to recognize and honor Native Americans who served in the armed forces.
Other marquee matchups on the ESPN2 slate include a Dec. 18 game where OREGON hosts 2018 NCAA runner-up Mississippi State. The Ducks advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight last season for the second-straight year. ESPN2 will televise a Feb. 10 matchup when the Ducks travel to STANFORD for a rematch of the 2018 Pac-12 Tournament championship game. The Civil War showdown between UO and OREGON STATE on Feb. 18 will be included on ESPN2s
Big Monday
lineup. The Beavers have been to the NCAA Elite Eight in two of the last three years.
Tip off for Pac-12 Networks coverage begins with a non-conference slate that features matchups against opponents from the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and West Coast Conferences. Top-25 matchups on Pac-12 Networks schedule include Georgia at UCLA on Wednesday, Nov. 14, Ohio State at STANFORD on Sunday, Nov. 18, Indiana at UCLA on Sunday, Dec. 2, Ohio State at WASHINGTON on Wednesday, Dec. 5, Baylor at STANFORD on Saturday, Dec. 15, Duke at OREGON STATE on Thursday, Dec. 20 and Connecticut at CALIFORNIA on Saturday, Dec. 22.
Regular season action on Pac-12 Networks will include several premiere matchups throughout the year. Among the networks live coverage of 102 games will again be live coverage of 10 of 11 games during the 2019 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament. Each Pac-12 program is scheduled to air on Pac-12 Networks at least 12 times: Arizona (12), Arizona State (17), California (17), Colorado (13), Oregon (16), Oregon State (17), Stanford (18), UCLA (17), USC (16), Utah (15), Washington (13) and Washington State (13). Conference play on Pac-12 Networks begins Sunday, Dec. 30 four rivalry games that day.
During its schedule this year, Pac-12 Networks will televise a total of six games in one day on four different occasions and five games in one day on three different occasions. Highlighted matchups during league action will again take place on Friday and Sunday evenings during the season.
Prior to the start of the season, coverage begins on Pac-12 Network with the 2018 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Media Day on Wednesday, Oct. 10. More information regarding coverage that day will be announced.
Following the regular season, all 12 teams will descend on Las Vegas for the 18th-annual Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament. After a successful six-year run in Seattle, the tournament heads to the MGM Grand Garden Arena, March. 7-10. The first 10 games of the event will be televised on the Conferences network with the champion being crowned on ESPN2. Last season, the top-seeded Ducks won their first-ever tournament crown, defeating the Cardinal in the title game.
Six Pac-12 teams earned NCAA Tournament bids last season and seven participated in the postseason. The Conference boasts more NCAA Tournament victories than any other conference over the last three seasons and has the best winning percentage among peer conferences. Four teams advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2018, the third-consecutive year at least four Pac-12 teams advanced that far, and a record-tying three teams were in the NCAA Elite Eight. It was the second time in three years at least that many teams advanced that far.
Games aired on an ESPN network are also available through the ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider. All Pac-12 Networks coverage of womens basketball is also available via the Pac-12 Now app (for
iOS
and
Android
), as well as on Pac-12 Network or the appropriate Pac-12 Networks regional channel.
For the full Pac-12 womens basketball schedule, visit
Pac-12.com
.