ESPN Presents More Than 150 Hours of Women's Sports Programming During Women's History Month Championship Week

- Entire NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
- One- Hour Special Highlighting Women in Sports and More

March 4, 2008During the month of March, which is Women’s History Month, ESPN’s networks are presenting more than 150 hours of original women’s sports programming, highlighted by national coverage of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship (March 22-April 8). The schedule includes coverage of basketball, billards, bowling, cheerleading, lacrosse and a one-hour original special focusing on women’s college basketball players from different eras. Coverage tips off with ESPN’s college basketball franchise, Championship Week (March 6 -16).

As part of Championship Week, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise 18 women’s tournament games featuring 11 Division I and a Division II title contest. ESPN360.com, ESPN’s signature 24/7 sports broadband network, will offer 17 nationally exclusive women’s conference championship matchups, five conference championship simulcasts (from ESPN2), and simulcasts of every game on ESPN and ESPN2 from the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. Annually, the ESPN networks televise more than 500 women’s sporting events from 20 sport categories.

ESPN will also present the exclusive live announcement of the 64-team NCAA Tournament field as part of Selection Monday, March 17, at 7 p.m. ESPNU will offer bonus coverage with an additional hour of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Show from 8–9 p.m. Also this month, ESPN2 will televise a one-hour special highlighting women in sports – Pride, Passion & Power.

* Pride, Passion & Power (Monday, March 17, at 2 p.m.) -- NFL Live and Women’s NCAA Tournament studio host Trey Wingo and college basketball analyst Stacey Dales will present a one-hour documentary surrounding the past, present and future of women's college basketball. The program will concentrate on:
* Brigadier General Michelle Johnson, a former player at the Air Force Academy and now the highest ranking female in the armed forces
* Tennessee's Candace Parker, a junior center primed for a second consecutive player of the year award and Olympic team bid
* An inside look at the top high school national players of the year -- Elena Della Done (Ursuline Academy, Del.), April Skyles (E. Oktibbeha County School, Miss.) & Glory Johnson (Webb School, Tenn.).
* The University of Virginia Cavaliers explains why a summer trip to Africa was a "life changing" experience for the team
* And a look at the candidates for the 2008 State Farm Wade Trophy, a player of the year award named in honor of the late legendary Delta State University women's basketball coach Lily Margaret Wade.

Schedule:
DATE
TIME (ET)
GAME/PROGRAM
NETWORK

Wed., March 5

9 p.m.
2007 SWAC Women's Bowling Championship
ESPNU

Fri., March 7

9:30 a.m.
MAAC Women’s Quarterfinals *
ESPN360.com

4 p.m.
Georgetown at Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse
ESPNU

Sat., March 8

9:30 a.m.
MAAC Women’s Semifinals *
ESPN360.com

12 p.m.
Big East Women’s First Round *
ESPN360.com

Sun., March 9

12 p.m.
Big East Women's Quarterfinals *
ESPNU

2 p.m.
MAAC Women’s Championship
ESPN360.com

3:30 p.m.
C-USA Women’s Championship
ESPN2

5:30 p.m.
Big Ten Women’s Championship
ESPN2

7:30 p.m.
SEC Women’s Championship
ESPN2

Mon., March 10

2 p.m.
SIAC Women's Championship (tape delayed)
ESPNU

5 p.m.
Atlantic 10 Women’s Championship
ESPN2

6 p.m.
Big East Women’s Semifinals *
ESPNU

Tues., March 11

3 p.m.
Summit Championship
ESPNU

7 p.m.
Big East Women’s Championship
ESPN2

Wed., March 12

6 p.m.
Patriot League Women's Championship
ESPNU

Sat., March 15

5 p.m.
SWAC Women's Championship *
ESPNU

5 p.m.
American East Women’s Semifinals
ESPN360.com

Sun., March 16

11 a.m.
MEAC Women's Championship (tape delayed)
ESPNU

1 p.m.
Horizon Women's Championship
ESPNU

3 p.m.
NEC Women's Championship
ESPNU

5 p.m.
American East Women’s Championship
ESPN360.com

Mon., March 17

2 p.m.
Pride, Passion & Power
ESPN2

4 p.m.
Maryland at Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse
ESPNU

7 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Show
ESPN

8 p.m.
ESPNU NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show Special
ESPNU

Tues., March 18

7 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Basketball Bracket Special
ESPN

Wed., March 26

7 p.m.
McDonald's Girls High School All-American Game
ESPNU

Thurs., March 27

8 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Div. II National Semifinal I
ESPNU

10:30 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Div. II National Semifinal II
ESPNU

Fri., March 28

2 p.m.
NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship (tape delayed)
ESPN2

Sat., March 29

6 p.m.
NCAA Women's Div II Basketball National Championship
ESPN2

11 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Semifinal Preview Show
ESPN2

Sun., March 30

1 p.m.
Title IX: License to Thrive
ESPN2

2 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Semifinal Preview Show
ESPN2

* denotes multiple games offered on ESPNU and ESPN360.com. See schedule below:

March 7 - MAAC Women’s Quarterfinals (9:30a, 11:30a, 1:30p, 3:30p)

March 8- MAAC Women’s Semifinals (9:30a & 11:30a)

March 8- Big East Women’s First Round (12p, 2p, 6p, 8p)

March 9 - Big East Women's Quarterfinals (12p, 2:30p, 6p, 8:30p)

March 10 - Big East Women’s Semifinals (6p & 8p)

March 15 - American East Women’s Semifinals (5p and 7:30p)

NOTE: ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament schedule will be announced on a later date.

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