ESPN's Big Monday Women's Hoops Schedule

Today, ESPN announced the 2009-10 Big Monday women’s college basketball schedule featuring the nation’s top teams in action every Monday primarily at 6 p.m. or 8 p.m. CST, from January 11 to March 1. New to this year’s schedule is the addition of Big Monday doubleheaders on February 8, February 15, and February 22. Every game will be televised on ESPN2 and will also be available on ESPN360.com.

Entering its fourth season, ESPN2’s Big Monday prime-time Game of the Week series will include 11 games (up from eight) throughout January and February, featuring the best programs in Division I women’s basketball. The series will begin on January 11, at 7:30 p.m., with an ACC matchup featuring Maryland at Virginia.

Before the tip-off of the Big Monday schedule, ESPN will showcase a prime-time matchup in its regular time slot, Monday, January 4, at 6 p.m., pitting the BIG EAST’s Notre Dame at the Big Ten’s Purdue.

Big Monday schedule highlights:
· Defending NCAA Champion Connecticut will appear three times: vs. Duke (January 18 at 6 p.m.), Oklahoma (February 15 at 8 p.m.) and Notre Dame (March 1 at 6 p.m.);
· All 15 teams on the schedule appeared in the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament; nine made it to the Sweet Sixteen; four advanced to the Elite Eight; and two played in the Women’s Final Four;
· Every game will be available in HD on ESPN2 HD.

ESPN2’s Women’s College Basketball Schedule for Big Monday Presented by Bud Light
(Subject to change)

Date Time (CST) Game
Jan 11, 6:30 p.m. - Maryland at Virginia
Jan 18, 6 p.m. - Connecticut at Duke
Jan 25, 6 p.m. - Ohio State at Purdue
Feb 1, 6:30 p.m. - Notre Dame at Rutgers
Feb 8, 6 p.m. - North Carolina at Duke
Feb 8, 8 p.m. - Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Feb 15, 6 p.m. - North Carolina at Virginia
Feb 15, 8 p.m. - Connecticut vs. Oklahoma
Feb 22, 6 p.m. - LSU at Tennessee
Feb 22, 8 p.m. - Baylor at Texas A&M
Mar 1, 6 p.m. - Connecticut at Notre Dame

Hopefully, I'll be able to see two of these games in person.