Tipoff Time, Broadcast Info Announced for WVU Women’s Basketball

Details of the WVU women’s basketball first-round NCAA Tournament game were released by ESPN Sunday night. With the ESPN network broadcasting every game of the women’s tournament, ESPN announced the start times and broadcast information for every game of the tournament.

The WVU women’s basketball team will play its first-round NCAA Tournament game at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, with the game broadcast on ESPNews.

The Mountaineers earned a No. 6 seed and will face the winner of a play-in game between Columbia and Washington. That play-in game will tip-off at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20.

WVU is in the Birmingham Region and will play the first two rounds in Chapel Hill, with host North Carolina earning a No. 3 seed. UNC’s first-round game against 14th-seeded Oregon State will be played at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, on ESPNU.

A potential second-round game for the Mountaineers would be played on Monday, March 24, starting at any time between noon and 10 p.m. and be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2.

For a related story, watch the WVU women react to their NCAA Tournament selection.