BTN announces 2014-15 Big Ten women's basketball coverage

CHICAGO - Returning eight sophomores whose scoring averages ranked in the conference?s top 30 in their freshman year, the Big Ten is poised for a great year and a deep postseason run. To showcase the Big Ten?s brightest stars, BTN will provide its most extensive women?s basketball coverage, with 48 conference matchups, four non-conference games and 10 Big Ten Women?s Basketball Tournament games.

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More than 100 additional games will be streamed on BTN Plus on BTN2Go, and many of those will air on delay on BTN as part of the Student U initiative.

BTN?s women?s basketball coverage includes highlights and analysis on BTN Women?s Sports Report, which airs weekly. Check local listings for airtimes.

The season will tip off at 7 PM ET on Nov. 19 with Big Ten Co-Champion Michigan State hosting perennial powerhouse and last season?s national runner-up Notre Dame. Also featured on the schedule are two games from the Big Ten/ACC Women?s Basketball Challenge, Nebraska versus Duke and Rutgers versus North Carolina.

The conference slate on BTN opens on Sunday, Dec. 28, with Michigan at Wisconsin, while on Dec. 29, Maryland makes its conference debut versus Ohio State. On Jan. 4, legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer returns to the Big Ten as the Scarlet Knights host Stringer?s former team, the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Also included in the schedule are six wildcard games that will be selected at a later date in order to ensure the most compelling matchups heading down the final stretch of the season.

BTN 2014 WOMEN?S BASKETBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE (All Times Eastern)

About BTN: A joint venture between the Big Ten Conference and Fox Networks, BTN is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With more than 1,000 events across all platforms, the 24/7 network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. BTN2Go is the 24/7 simulcast of BTN that delivers live and on-demand programming via the internet, smartphones and tablets to customers of participating video providers. Events include football, men?s and women?s basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Olympic sports and championship events; studio shows; and classic games. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation?s finest universities. The groundbreaking Student U initiative provides real-world experience for students interested in careers in sports television. The network is in more than 60 million homes across the United States and Canada, including carriage by all the major video distributors, such as DIRECTV, DISH, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Charter Communications, Comcast Xfinity, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Mediacom, RCN, WOW!, and approximately 300 additional video providers across North America. For additional information, go to http://www.BTN.com.

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