ESPN to Feature Extensive Coverage of NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Monday March 17

By admin - Posted on March 13th, 2008

- Trey Wingo to Host Selection Show with Dales and Lawson
- ESPNU to Simulcast; ESPNU to Air Women’s Championship Special
- NCAA Tournament Coverage Begins March 22

March 12, 2008 -- ESPN (also available on ESPN HD) will present the exclusive, live announcement of the women’s 64-team field on the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special March 17 at 7 p.m. ET. Trey Wingo will host alongside analysts Stacey Dales and Kara Lawson.

The one-hour show will mark ESPN’s 16th consecutive year of announcing the pairings days before it begins complete coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship March 22 – April 8 on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com and ESPN FULL COURT. In addition, ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will simulcast the show, while more women’s NCAA Championship content will be featured across other ESPN entities, including SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, ESPN Mobile TV’s ScoreCenter and ReSet and ESPN.com.

At 8 p.m., ESPNU will provide supplemental coverage of Selection Monday with a one-hour show, 2008 NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special. ESPNU’s Mike Gleason will host the show and be joined by women’s basketball analyst Charlene Curtis, who will give her thoughts on this year’s bracket as well as breakdown the first-round matchups. The show will also feature special guests from around the world of women’s basketball.

Also following the exclusive live announcement of the women’s 64-team field, ESPN will televise part two of the film “Black Magic.” Directed by Dan Klores and Co-produced by Klores and basketball legend and Winston-Salem State University graduate Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, “Black Magic” tells the story of the injustice which characterized the Civil Rights Movement in America, as told through the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).

On Tuesday, March 18, Wingo, Dales and Lawson will return for a 30-minute edition of the NCAA Women’s Championship Special on ESPN at 7 p.m. This show will further examine the bracket seeds and matchups with more reaction from the women’s college basketball community.

Source: ESPN

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