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2015-16 Women’s Basketball Schedule on ESPN Networks

Former All-American Parker & Ogwumike to Join Network for Select Games and Studio Appearances

An experienced and dedicated lineup of women’s college basketball announcers return to ESPN’s 2015-16 women’s college basketball coverage – a record-high 137 games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network.

Highlights

• Dave O’Brien and Doris Burke – ESPN’s Final Four announcing team – will reunite for several top games, beginning with the UConn-Notre Dame Jimmy V Women’s Classic tilt on Saturday, Dec. 5.
• Host Kevin Negandhi will join analysts Kara Lawson and Rebecca Lobo for numerous top regular-season games from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios.
• Beth Mowins, the network’s multi-sport play-by-play voice, will pair with Stephanie White for several marquee games, in addition to ESPN’s Big Monday series, beginning in January 18.
• Veteran analyst Carolyn Peck and play-by-play commentator Pam Ward will again be pulling double-duty this season, calling games across all ESPN networks, with the majority on ESPN2 and SEC Network.
• Former Stanford All-American Chiney Ogwumike will appear as an analyst on select games and also in studio.
• SEC Network will air more than 70 games in its second season, and welcomes new analysts longtime Georgia head coach Andy Landers and former Tennessee All-American and WNBA star Candace Parker.
  • The Network returns former head coaches Gail Goestenkors and Carol Ross to its lineup of analysts.
  • Also making appearances on the SEC Network will be analysts Debbie Antonelli and Steffi Sorenson, as well as play-by-play commentators Cara Capuano, Paul Sunderland and Brenda VanLengen.
• Familiar names returning to the analyst chair are Sue Bird, LaChina Robinson, Katie Smith and Brooke Weisbrod.
• Longhorn legends Fran Harris and Nell Fortner will call most of LHN’s 12 exclusive women’s games.

espnW.com

• A comprehensive two-week season preview November 2-13 will include a preseason top-25 poll, preseason All-America teams, preseason Bracketology and a ranking of top 25 players in the nation.
• Writers Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Kate Fagan and Michelle Smith, as well as analyst Rebecca Lobo, will write in-depth profiles of some of the nation’s top teams, players and coaches throughout the season.
• Prior to each Big Monday game, espnW.com will offer an updated Bracketology segment from Charlie Creme and a game preview for that night’s matchup, as well as postgame coverage with video analysis.
• For the fourth consecutive season, espnW will name a national player of the week each Monday.

2015-16 ESPN Networks Women’s Basketball Announcer Assignments (subject to change)

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