The Sweet Sixteen is set for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One and the action will begin Saturday, March 24, from the Des Moines, Iowa and Fresno, Calif., Regionals and Sunday from Raleigh, N.C., and Kingston, R.I. The final 15 games of the championship, beginning with the Regional Semifinals, will have national telecast windows on ESPN or ESPN2, along with simulcasts on ESPN3. Highlights:
- Two No. 11 seeds advanced to the Sweet 16 in the same year for the first time — Kansas vs. No. 2 Tennessee (Saturday at noon ET, ESPN) and Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Kentucky (Sunday at 6:30 p.m., ESPN2)
- All four No. 1 seeds are still in action – No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech (Saturday at 2 p.m., ESPN); No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 South Carolina (Saturday at 11:30 p.m., ESPN2); No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure (Sunday at 2:30 p.m., ESPN2) and No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Penn State (Sunday at 4:30 p.m., ESPN2)
- Anticipated No. 2 vs. No. 3 matchups pitting defending national champion No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Maryland (Sunday at noon, ESPN / ESPN3) and No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 St. John’s (Saturday at 9 p.m., ESPN / ESPN3)
| Date | Time (ET) | Games/Commentators | Networks |
| Sat, Mar 24 | Noon | No. 11 Kansas vs. No. 2 Tennessee (Des Moines, Iowa) Beth Mowins, Stephanie White & Samantha Steele | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. No. 1 Baylor (Des Moines, Iowa) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 St. John’s vs. No. 2 Duke (Fresno, Calif.) Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli & Heather Cox |
ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| 11:30 p.m. | No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 1 Stanford (Fresno, Calif.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Sun, Mar 25 | Noon | No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Maryland (Raleigh, N.C.) Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo & Allison Williams | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 2:30 p.m. | No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 1 Notre Dame (Raleigh, N.C.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 1 Connecticut (Kingston, R.I.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke & Holly Rowe | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | No. 11 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Kentucky (Kingston, R.I.) | ESPN2 HD / ESPN3 | |
| Mon, Mar 26 | 7 p.m. | (Des Moines, Iowa) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | (Fresno, Calif.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 | |
| Tue, Mar 27 | 7 p.m. | (Kingston, R.I.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | (Raleigh, N.C.) | ESPN HD / ESPN3 |
Studio Coverage
Trey Wingo will host ESPN’s studio coverage from Bristol, Conn., along with analysts Kara Lawson and Carolyn Peck.
espnW
espnW.com will have extensive coverage from all four regional sites, including previews, analysis, postgame highlights and more:
- On-site reporting from Mechelle Voepel (Des Moines), Graham Hays (Kingston), Kate Fagan (Raleigh) and Michelle Smith (Fresno)
- Interact on twitter via the #espnwbb hashtag throughout the entire tournament
- A continuation of the blogger series from student-athletes competing in the NCAA Championship – Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Chelsea Gray (Duke) and Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford)
- 5 Questions segments with analyst/reporter Rebecca Lobo, and blogs from and chatswith the espnW team
- “Total Access” features with behind-the-scenes video on Stanford players and their families
- espnW weekly podcast continues with Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli
ESPN3
Fans can go to ESPN3 to catch all the live game action online at WatchESPN.com or on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. To access content on ESPN3, fans must be a subscriber of an affiliated Internet or video provider.
Additionally, fans will be able to catch the action directly through Facebook via a syndicated ESPN3 player on the ESPN3 Facebook page and pages from select schools in the bracket. Replays of recently concluded events will be available as well. In order to access the content, Facebook users must receive ESPN3 through an affiliated provider.