Women’s Basketball Championship Field Narrowed Down to Eight; All Top Seeds Remaining

From 64 teams, the NCAA women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One has been whittled down to an Elite Eight consisting entirely of No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in each region and they will clash Monday and Tuesday night on ESPN and ESPN3 for the right to play in the Women’s Final Four in Denver on April 1 & 3. Highlights:

• The top overall seed, Baylor, will face No. 2 seed Tennessee on Monday at 7 p.m., from Des Moines, Iowa
• No. 1 seed Stanford battles No. 2 Duke in Monday’s second game at 9 p.m., from Fresno, Calif.
• No. 1 seed Connecticut aims for its fifth consecutive Final Four against No. 2 seed Kentucky, looking for its first Final Four berth, Tuesday at 7 p.m., from Kingston, R.I.
• Immediately following, No. 1 seed Notre Dame looks to make a return trip to the Final Four when facing No. 2 seed Maryland, from Raleigh, N.C.

Trey Wingo will continue to host ESPN’s studio coverage from Bristol, Conn., along with analysts Kara Lawson and Carolyn Peck.  In addition, ESPN will feature additional NCAA Championship content across its platforms, including SportsCenter, espnW, ESPN.com, ESPNEWS, WatchESPN and ESPN International.

Date	Time (ET)	Games/Commentators	Network
Mon, Mar 26	7 p.m.	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Baylor (Des Moines, Iowa)Beth Mowins, Stephanie White & Samantha Steele	ESPN / ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 2 Duke vs. No. 1 Stanford (Fresno, Calif.) Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli & Heather Cox	ESPN / ESPN3
Tue, Mar 27	7 p.m.	No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 Connecticut (Kingston, R.I.) Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke & Holly Rowe	ESPN / ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 1 Notre Dame (Raleigh, N.C.) Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo & Allison Williams	ESPN / ESPN3

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