Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Vs. Navy Women's Basketball Game To Be a Part Of ESPN2 Regional Coverage
2/16/2003 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 15, 2003
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The regional markets and the talent have been set for Bucknell's women's basketball game against Navy, being televised on ESPN2, on Sunday, February 16, at 2 p.m. Viewers in Maryland and several different Pennsylvania counties will be able to receive the game in its entirety on Sunday.
On Sunday, ESPN2 will offer viewers a glimpse of its coverage plans for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, which begins next month. As part of an unprecedented Tournament commitment, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise all 63 games this March and April, including regional and whiparound coverage during the first two rounds (48 games within 22 telecast windows) when the networks will also offer "home market protection."
This Sunday, ESPN2 will showcase eight regular-season women's college basketball games, including the Bucknell vs. Navy contest, within two telecast windows (four games at 2 p.m. ET and four games at 4 p.m. ET). Virginia at Georgia Tech is the national game at 2 p.m., with regional coverage of Illinois at Purdue, Navy at Bucknell and Michigan State at Michigan.
For the Bucknell/Navy contest, viewers in the state of Maryland will receive the game in its entirety. In addition, fans in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Wilkes-Barre viewing areas, as well as Lehigh County, will see the game uninterrupted. While ESPN2 will provide constant updates from other games, the network will not switch to another game during live action.
Several top personalities from the world of women's basketball will call the games this Sunday on ESPN2 and then continue as part of the television commentating team during the NCAA Tournament on ESPN and ESPN2.
Dan Hughes, head coach of the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers, will call Navy at Bucknell with Dave Pasch. Swin Cash, the former UConn star who played in last year's NCAA title game and is now with the WNBA's Detroit Shock, will work Illinois at Purdue this Sunday with play-by-play commentator Dave O'Brien. Van Chancellor, head coach of the 2002 USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team and of the four-time WNBA champion Houston Comets, will work with Bob Carpenter on St. Louis at Houston.
