| | Championship Week Presented by 7UP on ESPN and ESPN2 will tip off on Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. ET with the Trans America Athletic Conference Championship on ESPN2. It will culminate on ESPN Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. with the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championship. ESPN's 15th and ESPN2's sixth season of wall-to-wall coverage will feature nine consecutive days of conference tournament action with 58 men's and women's games, including 25 men's conference championships and six women's conference championships. Highlights include: 33 ESPN games; 25 ESPN2 games.
30 games in three days from March 9 - March 11; 10 games each day.
Men's action from 26 of the nation's leagues, including 25 championship games to determine NCAA Tournament automatic berths.
Seven ACC Tournament games (including the semifinals and championship).
Complete Big East coverage with all 12 men's tournament games.
Five men's games from the Big Ten Tournament.
Six women's conference championship games on ESPN2, including the SEC, Big Ten, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, BIG EAST and the new Mountain West Conference.
Constant studio updates on ESPN and ESPN2. Chris Fowler and John Saunders will split ESPN hosting duties with daily analysis from Digger Phelps, plus Dick Vitale on select dates, while Rece Davis and Bill Pidto will host ESPN2's coverage.
The men's Southwest Athletic Conference Championship game on Saturday, March 11 at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 will feature an all-female team of Michele Tafoya (play-by-play) and Fran Harris (analyst).
Vitale will call four ACC Tournament games, including the championship game on March 12 at 1 p.m., and will serve as a studio analyst on March 8, 9 and 12 (via satellite).
Len Elmore will serve as analyst for eight games; the Southern Conference Championship and seven AT&T Big East championship games, including the championship game.
Beth Mowins will call games for three conferences, including the women's Big Ten and Atlantic 10 championship games and the men's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship game.
ESPN Regional Television will supplement ESPN and ESPN2's Championship Week coverage by syndicating 28 men's conference tournament games in the markets of competing teams. Included in the schedule will be tournament action from the Big 12 (10), Conference USA (10), Mountain West (4), Big 10 (2) and America East (2) games.
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