MAAC Announces Full ESPN Women’s Basketball Broadcast Schedule
EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced today that 98 women’s basketball games will be featured on the ESPN network during the upcoming 2018-19 season culminating with the 2019 MAAC Women’s Basketball Championship Game on ESPNU on March 11 at 2:30 p.m. at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. announces the ESPN and Women’s Basketball schedule for the upcoming 2018-19 season.
The women’s season begins Tuesday, November 6 at 6 p.m. with three ESPN3 school-produced games including Manhattan College versus LIU Brooklyn, Monmouth University versus Bucknell, and Rider University versus Princeton all starting at 6 p.m. in Tuesday’s regular season openers.
There will be 195 total MAAC men’s (97) and women’s games (98) broadcast on ESPN platforms during the 2018-19 season.
“The MAAC membership continues to see growth in its national distribution of college basketball games on ESPN,” noted Commissioner Rich Ensor. “In year two of the conference’s eight-year agreement with ESPN a record total of 195 MAAC basketball contests will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPN+.”
ESPN+ is the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment and ESPN.
The weekend of November 9-11, the remainder of the league opens play. Friday, November 9, Iona College hosts St. John’s on EPSN3 at 5:30 p.m. in their home-opener and Canisius College will host Miami (Ohio) at 7 p.m. on ESPN3. Continuing the Friday action, Fairfield University travels to LIU Brooklyn November 13 for a 5 p.m. tip-off on ESPN3. Marist College will travel to Boston on November 16 at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
In December, Siena College tips off its ESPN games when the Saints play Florida Atlantic on December 1 at 1 p.m. Quinnipiac University is on the road at Richmond December 19th on ESPN+, game time to be determined.
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.