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Complete ESPN WBB TV Schedule - mbdude - 10-14-2018
https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2018/10/center-court-espns-industry-leading-womens-college-basketball-coverage/
I couldn't remember if this had been posted before
RE: Complete ESPN WBB TV Schedule - M T - 10-14-2018
(10-14-2018, 08:52 AM)mbdude Wrote: https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2018/10/center-court-espns-industry-leading-womens-college-basketball-coverage/
I see that last year's #7 UCLA is the highest ranked team skunked by ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU. (As before, I'm ignoring the limited distribution networks (SEC, Longhorn, PAC-12).)
The PAC-12 is the most under-scheduled when compared to last year's rankings.
While ESPN is a private company and can schedule whomever they want, their national coverage influences what teams & individuals get press coverage, influencing the rankings & seedings, and affecting the probability of advancement in the NCAA tournament.
Over-scheduled, relative to last year's results (IMO): Tennessee, South Carolina, South Florida, Baylor, Missouri, Maryland
Under-scheduled: UCLA, Oregon State, Ohio State. Duke, Stanford, Central Michigan, Buffalo are also under-scheduled.
Number of games are scheduled to be shown by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU by last year's national ranking. (In parens, number of games, by the higher ranked team)
1: 7 (7) Notre Dame ACC
2: 3 (3) Miss St SEC
3: 7 (6) UConn AAC
4: 3 (1) Louisville ACC
5: 4 (3) Oregon PAC-12
6: 8 (6) South Carolina SEC
7: 0 (0) UCLA PAC-12
8: 1 (0) Oregon St PAC-12
9: 4 (2) Baylor Big 12
10: 3 (2) Texas Big 12
11: 3 (3) Texas A&M SEC
12: 1 (1) Duke ACC
13: 1 (0) Stanford PAC-12
14: 2 (1) Florida St ACC
15: 0 (0) Ohio St Big Ten
16: 2 (1) NC State ACC
17: 8 (4) Tennessee SEC
18: 3 (2) Maryland Big Ten
19: 4 (2) Georgia SEC
20: 0 (0) Central Michigan MAC
21: 0 (0) Buffalo MAC
22: 3 (0) Missouri SEC
23: 0 (0) DePaul Big East
24: 4 (2) South Florida AAC
25: 0 (0) Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun
team-appearances: Conference:teams in top 26 (rankings); total games with one team + two teams = total team-appearances; Distinct schools/Total in conf
sorted by team-appearances
36: SEC: 6 (2,6,11,17,19,22); Games: 8x1 + 14x2 = 36; 10/14
20: ACC: 5 (1,4,12,14,16); Games: 4x1 + 8x2 = 20; 8/15
27: AAC: 2 (3,24); Games 5x1 + 11x2 = 27 ; 9/12
16: Big Ten: 2 (15,18); Games: 4x1 + 6x2 = 16; 8/14
10: Big 12: 2 (9,10); Games: 4x1 + 3x2 = 10; 5/10
7: PAC-12: 5 (5,7,8,13); Games: 3x1 + 2x2 = 7; 4/12
4: Atlantic 10: 0(); Games: 0x1+ 2x2 = 4; 3/14
2: MAAC:0(); Games: 0x1 + 1x2 = 2; 2/11
2: OVC: 0(); Games: 0x1 + 1x2 = 2; 2/12
0:MAC: 2(20,21); Games: 0x1 + 0x2 = 0; 0/12
0: Big East 1(23): Games: 0x1 + 0x2 = 0; 0/10
0: Atlantic Sun: 1(25); Games: 0x1 + 0x2 = 0; 0/9
The under-representation of the PAC-12 might not be a result of ESPN's preferences. It may be that the PAC-12 chose to show premium games on the relatively limited distribution PAC-12 network, leaving ESPN only less interesting games.
For Stanford, its game against last year's #21 Buffalo is not televised. Nor are its games against CSUN, Utah, Arizona (live stream only). UCLA has many games that won't be televised, including four PAC-12 games (1 is streamed). Oregon State has 3 conference games that won't be televised. As with many top teams, these teams have interesting games scheduled in the preseason at tournaments that won't be televised.
The other ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU televised games (not including a 2018 top-25 ranked team) are:
BIG10 Iowa at BIG10 Michigan State
AAC SMU at AAC Cincinnati
Big_12 TCU at Big_12 Oklahoma State
MAAC Quinnipiac at MAAC Marist
OVC Morehead State at OVC Belmont
AAC Cincinnati at AAC UCF
BIG10 Iowa at BIG10 Minnesota
AAC Houston at AAC Wichita State
BIG10 Minnesota at BIG10 Nebraska
A10 Saint Joseph’s at A10 Dayton
SEC Florida at SEC Kentucky
AAC Wichita State at AAC Cincinnati
A10 George Washington at A10 Dayton
AAC Cincinnati at AAC Temple
BIG10 Michigan at BIG10 Michigan State
AAC Houston at AAC Memphis
RE: Complete ESPN WBB TV Schedule - Farm93 - 10-15-2018
Sorry, I am quite happy with Pac-12 Networks for this one.
If ESPN was carrying more Pac-12 WBB games they would be in terrible slots like Tuesday and Wednesday at 9PM (or later) on channels like ESPNU or perhaps ESPN2, with frequent bumps to ESPNNews or ESPN360 as MBB games in the major conferences run late or go to OT. Forget that.
Those that want to watch the Pac-12 get to see WBB at predictable hours with a largely predictable schedule on the Pac-12 Nets.
I understand why the most Presidents in the conference are not happy with the Pac-12 Network payouts, but for Stanford the channels seem to offer an important benefit for our teams.
Stanford Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer and Women's Volleyball dominate the fall programming. Sure casual fans might not care to watch, but family and friends from anywhere in the USA can watch most games by just getting Dish. That addresses a massive recruiting concern by parents for a number of sports for Stanford. That reliable TV exposure doesn't help Stanford in football or men's hoops, but should be an important positive for a number of other Stanford sports.
RE: Complete ESPN WBB TV Schedule - BobK - 10-15-2018
Absolutely love the Pac 12 channel and the improvements to more HD this year.
Couldn’t live without it being a Stanford sports fan