The Big South Conference Sunday announced its annual exclusive regular-season basketball broadcasts on ESPN3 and the coverage plans for the Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships in March.
The telecasts are among the more than 315 total broadcasts featuring Big South men’s and women’s basketball programs during the 2020-21 campaign.
Eight men’s basketball league matchups and six women’s basketball conference contests will again make up the Big South’s exclusive ESPN3 “Game of the Week” package beginning in January. All remaining home Big South contests will be carried on ESPN+ for the third consecutive year.
First-round games of the 2021 Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships will be carried on ESPN3: three games each for the men (March 2) and women (March 9). Quarterfinal coverage will continue on ESPN3 with four men’s games on March 4 and four women’s contests on March 11. The semifinal round for each will air on ESPN+ (men’s – March 5, women’s – March 12). ESPN will televise the men’s championship game for the fifth consecutive year on Sunday, March 7. ESPN+ will carry the women’s championship game on Sunday, March 14. Both championship games will be contested on the home court of the highest remaining seed.
Women’s Basketball on ESPN3 (unless otherwise noted)
Sat., Jan. 16 – Winthrop at Longwood, 6:00 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 23 – USC Upstate at Gardner-Webb, TBA; Sat., Jan. 30 – Hampton at High Point, 4:00 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 6 – Campbell at Radford, 3:00 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 20 – Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 5:00 p.m.
Hercules Tires Big South Championship games
Tues., March 9 – First Round (campus sites), TBD; Thurs., March 11 – Quarterfinals (at No. 1 seed). TBD; Fri., March 12 – Semifinals (at No. 1 seed), TBD (ESPN+); Sun., March 14 – Championship (at highest remaining seed), TBD (ESPN+).
Men’s Basketball on ESPN3 (unless otherwise noted)
Sat., Jan. 9 – Campbell at Longwood, 6:00 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 10 – USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 2:00 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 14 – ESPNU Wildcard Selection, 7:00 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 15 – Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 2:00 p.m.; Tues., Jan. 19 – ESPNU Wildcard Selection, 7:00 p.m.;
Mon., Jan. 25 – Gardner-Webb at USC Upstate, 5:30 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 28 – ESPNU Wildcard Selection, 7:00 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 29 – High Point at Hampton, 6:00 p.m.; Thurs., Feb. 4 – ESPNU Wildcard Selection, 7:00 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 5 – Hampton at Longwood, 6:00 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 12 – Winthrop at Radford, 6:00 p.m.; Thurs., Feb. 18 – ESPNU Wildcard Selection, 9:00 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 19 – UNC Asheville at Winthrop, 6:00 p.m.
Hercules Tires Big South Championship games
Tues., March 2 – First Round (campus sites), TBD; Thurs., March 4 – Quarterfinals (at No. 1 seed), TBD; Fri., March 5 – Semifinals (at No. 1 seed), TBD (ESPN+); Sun., March 7 – Championship (at highest remaining seed), TBD (ESPN).
–Big South Conference