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Women’s College Basketball: New Thursday Night Showcase Tips off with a Top-5 Matchup, No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 3 Louisville on ESPN
ESPN’s new prime-time window for women’s college basketball makes its debut this week with a top-5 matchup, as No. 2 Notre Dame visits No. 3 Louisville in the first Thursday Night Showcase game (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). The lead crew of Adam Amin, Rebecca Lobo and Kara Lawson will be on the call. Thursday’s slate also includes a top-20 matchup with No. 6 Tennessee at No. 17 Texas A&M (7 p.m., SEC Network). The 2018 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame finalists will also be exclusively revealed on ESPN this Thursday in-studio.
The first Big Monday matchup of the season has No. 1 UConn traveling to No. 7 Texas on January 15, at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
A total of 13 ranked teams will appear across ESPN networks this week, which includes the aforementioned teams, as well as No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 9 South Carolina, No. 12 Missouri, No. 13 Florida State, No. 15 West Virginia, No. Duke, No. 17 Texas A&M and No. 25 Green Bay.
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| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, Jan 10 | 11 a.m. | Maine at UMBC | ESPN3 |
| 6 p.m. | Lenoir-Rhyne at Wingate | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia Tech at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |
| South Florida at Temple | ESPN3 | ||
| Albany at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Hartford at UMass Lowell | ESPN3 | ||
| New Hampshire at Binghamton | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| Bowling Green at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Kent State | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at Houston | ESPN3 | |
| No. 15 West Virginia at Kansas | ESPN3 | ||
| Thu, Jan 11 | 10 a.m. | Marist at Quinnipiac Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty |
ESPNU |
| noon | Cleveland State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Thursday Night Showcase No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 3 Louisville Adam Amin, Rebecca Lobo/Kara Lawson |
ESPN | |
| No. 6 Tennessee at No. 17 Texas A&M Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors, Steffi Sorensen |
SEC Network | ||
| Miami at No. 13 Florida State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Virginia at Boston College | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Clemson at North Carolina | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra | ||
| No. 16 Duke at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Kentucky at Florida | SEC Network + | ||
| Arkansas at Georgia | SEC Network + | ||
| Manhattan at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit at IUPUI | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 12 Missouri at Vanderbilt | SEC Network + | |
| LSU at Alabama | SEC Network + | ||
| Grand Canyon at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at No. 25 Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Oakland at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| 9 p.m. | Ole Miss at No. 4 Mississippi State Paul Sunderland, Debbie Antonelli |
SEC Network | |
| Fri, Jan 12 | 7 p.m. | Chattanooga at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 |
| 8 p.m. | Missouri State at Illinois State | ESPN3 | |
| Southern Illinois at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Loyola-Chicago at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| Sat, Jan 13 | 1 p.m. | UMass Lowell at UMBC | ESPN3 |
| Lipscomb at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| South Carolina Upstate at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| St. Francis (Ind.) at Indiana Wesleyan | ESPN3 | ||
| Saint Peter’s at Quinnipiac | ESPN3 | ||
| Monmouth at Iona | ESPN3 | ||
| Wright State at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Georgia State at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Kansas at No. 7 Texas Alex Loeb, Fran Harris |
Longhorn Network | |
| Maine at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Stony Brook | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| Carson-Newman at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
| Siena at Canisius | ESPN3 | ||
| Cleveland State at No. 25 Green Bay | ESPN3 | ||
| Ohio at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| Buffalo at Ball State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Connecticut at Houston | ESPN3 | |
| Oakland at IUPUI | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at Milwaukee | ESPN3 | ||
| Mercer at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Hartford at Binghamton | ESPN3 | |
| NJIT at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| CSU Bakersfield at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| Fairfield at Marist | ESPN3 | ||
| Detroit at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Hawaii Pacific at Point Loma | ESPN3 | |
| Wofford at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| Bowling Green at Akron | ESPN3 | ||
| Sun, Jan 14 | noon | UCF at USF Cara Capuano, Christy Thomaskutty |
ESPNU |
| 12:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra | |
| 1 p.m. | No. 6 Tennessee at No. 9 South Carolina Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Steffi Sorensen |
ESPN2 | |
| LSU at Florida Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings |
SEC Network | ||
| Boston College at No. 2 Notre Dame | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 2 p.m. | Saint Louis at Dayton Jenn Hildreth, Angel Gray |
ESPNU | |
| Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Miami at Clemson | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Syracuse at NC State | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 13 Florida State | ACC Network Extra | |
| 3 p.m. | Georgia at No. 17 Texas A&M Eric Frede, Carol Ross |
SEC Network | |
| Virginia at No. 16 Duke Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors |
ESPN2 | ||
| Missouri State at Bradley | ESPN3 | ||
| Southern Illinois at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| Evansville at Drake | ESPN3 | ||
| Indiana State at Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Alabama at No. 4 Mississippi State Tiffany Greene, LaChina Robinson |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Arkansas at Auburn Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod |
SEC Network | |
| Mon, Jan 15 | 1 p.m. | UMBC at Hartford | ESPN3 |
| UMass Lowell at New Hampshire | ESPN3 | ||
| Vermont at Maine | ESPN3 | ||
| Kennesaw State at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
| NJIT at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Youngstown State at Wright State | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Binghamton at Albany | ESPN3 | |
| Milwaukee at UIC | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Cleveland State at Northern Kentucky | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Rider at Quinnipiac | ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Arkansas Tech at Harding | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Big Monday Presented by Jos. A. Bank
No. 1 UConn at No. 7 Texas |
ESPN2 | |
| Kentucky at Vanderbilt Brenda VanLengen, Carol Ross |
SEC Network | ||
| South Carolina Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast | ESPN3 | ||
| Lipscomb at North Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| No. 25 Green Bay at IUPUI | ESPN3 | ||
| Tue, Jan 16 | 7 p.m. | Houston at Temple | ESPN3 |
| Radford at Longwood | ESPN3 |
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