When Will WVU Women’s Basketball Appear on National TV?

The WVU women’s basketball team will appear on national television four times throughout the 2024-25 season. On Wednesday, the Big 12 revealed their nationally televised games and how often the Mountaineers will play in front of a national audience.

West Virginia’s four nationally televised games will all take place in 2025 and be within Big 12 play. These games will be broadcast on major networks like Fox, FS1, ESPNU and ESPN2.

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From the press release:

West Virginia will make its first national appearance on Fox or FS1 on Sunday, Jan. 19, when WVU welcomes Iowa State to the Coliseum for a 1 p.m. ET tip. WVU will then play on ESPNU in a contest against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Feb. 1, in Morgantown. Tipoff is set for noon.

The Mountaineers then play in a Presidents’ Day special telecast on Fox against Kansas State on Monday, Feb. 17, inside the WVU Coliseum at 2 p.m. The Wildcats were picked to finish first in the Big 12 Conference this season.

West Virginia then plays its final nationally televised game on the road against TCU. The game in Fort Worth, Texas is set to tip off at noon on ESPN2.

The Mountaineers will also play three contests on FloHoops as part of the Gulf Coast Showcase from Friday, Nov. 29, through Sunday, Dec. 1.

Outlook for the season:

West Virginia women’s basketball has momentum going within the program, coming off a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament under Mark Kellogg’s first season. The Mountaineers ended up falling to the eventual national runner-ups in Iowa. Kellogg finished 25-8 during his first year at WVU, the most wins ever by a first-year coach at West Virginia. WVU was ranked nine weeks in the Associated Press poll.

There are a lot of changes in Big 12 basketball for the 2024-25 season. The conference officially adds Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah this summer while losing Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC. Women’s basketball in the Big 12 will continue with an 18-game schedule as the men’s transition into a 20-game slate.

The Mountaineers—who finished at No. 24 in last year’s AP Poll—will see senior guard JJ Quinerly, the reigning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a two-way star who saw her name floated for a number of national awards, return for her final season in Morgantown. They can also bank on junior Jordan Harrison, a sharpshooter who actually picked up more steals than Quinerly last season.

For a related story, WVU women’s basketball star JJ Quinerly earned Preseason All-Big 12 honors and the team learned their place in the media poll.