Big Ten Announces Women’s Basketball TV Slate
All conference games will be nationally produced and distributed
ROSEMONT, Ill. — For the fourth consecutive year, every Big Ten women’s basketball conference game will be produced and distributed by BTN, BTN Plus or an ESPN network, highlighting the 2017-18 Big Ten women’s basketball television package that was announced Thursday by the Big Ten and its television partners.
Big Ten women’s basketball teams will be featured on national television at least 63 times during the 2017-18 season. BTN will televise at least 54 games and the ESPN family of networks will carry nine contests, with all remaining conference games airing live on BTN Plus.
This season, BTN will televise 14 non-conference games featuring Big Ten women’s basketball programs, including four contests in the 11th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. In addition, ESPN networks will carry at least two non-conference games involving Big Ten schools, with further coverage of non-conference women’s basketball games on BTN Plus and other conference networks to be announced by Big Ten schools in the weeks to come.
BTN’s women’s basketball coverage also includes highlights and analysis on BTN Women’s Sports Report, which begins later this month and airs on Tuesdays throughout the season.
All BTN on-air games can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Go, BTN’s digital extension. More than 100 additional games also will be streamed on BTN Plus on BTN2Go, and many of those will air on delay on BTN as part of the Student U initiative.
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2017-18 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Television Schedule (as of Sept. 7, 2017)
| Date | Matchup | Time | TV |
| Friday, Nov. 10 | Stanford at Ohio State [1] | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Nov. 12 | Louisville at Ohio State [2] | 4 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Monday, Nov. 13 | South Carolina at Maryland | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | Arkansas at Nebraska | 9 p.m. | BTN |
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 | Howard at Maryland | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Wednesday, Nov. 22 | Xavier at Minnesota | 9 p.m. | BTN |
| Wednesday, Nov. 29 | Notre Dame at Michigan [3] | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Wednesday, Nov. 29 | Florida State at Iowa [3] | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Nov. 30 | N.C. State at Rutgers [3] | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Nov. 30 | Louisville at Indiana [3] | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Monday, Dec. 4 | Virginia at Rutgers | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Wednesday, Dec. 6 | Fordham at Penn State | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Dec. 10 | Ohio at Purdue | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Tuesday, Dec. 12 | North Florida at Michigan | 7 p.m. | BTN |
| Wednesday, Dec. 13 | Princeton at Rutgers | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Dec. 17 | Eastern Washington at Purdue [4] | Noon | BTN |
| Thursday, Dec. 28 | Penn State at Michigan | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Dec. 28 | Ohio State at Nebraska | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Dec. 31 | Indiana at Ohio State | 2 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Sunday, Dec. 31 | Maryland at Penn State | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Dec. 31 | Michigan at Iowa | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Jan. 4 | Iowa at Maryland | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Jan. 4 | Maryland at Wisconsin | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 6 | Penn State at Rutgers | 4:30 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 7 | Ohio State at Michigan | 1 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Sunday, Jan. 7 | Iowa at Illinois | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 7 | Michigan State at Minnesota | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Jan. 11 | Michigan State at Maryland | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 13 | Ohio State at Indiana | Noon | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 13 | Minnesota at Rutgers | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 13 | Purdue at Iowa | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 14 | Penn State at Wisconsin | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Tuesday, Jan. 16 | Michigan at Ohio State | 7 p.m. | BTN |
| Tuesday, Jan. 16 | Michigan State at Illinois | 9 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 20 | Indiana at Michigan State | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 20 | Illinois at Michigan | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 21 | Northwestern at Wisconsin | 5:30 p.m. | BTN |
| Monday, Jan. 22 | Ohio State at Maryland | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 23 | Michigan State at Michigan | 7 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Jan. 27 | Michigan State at Ohio State | Noon | ESPNU |
| Saturday, Jan. 27 | Rutgers at Indiana | 1 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 28 | Penn State at Purdue | Noon | BTN |
| Sunday, Jan. 28 | Wisconsin at Illinois | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Feb. 1 | Iowa at Michigan State | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Feb. 1 | Purdue at Michigan | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Feb. 3 | Ohio State at Wisconsin | 1 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 4 | Northwestern at Indiana | Noon | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 4 | Purdue at Illinois | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Feb. 8 | Maryland at Michigan State | 7 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 11 | Michigan at Michigan State | Noon | ESPN2 |
| Sunday, Feb. 11 | Maryland at Rutgers | Noon | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 11 | Penn State at Minnesota | 4 p.m. | BTN |
| Monday, Feb. 12 | Indiana at Purdue | 7 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Feb. 15 | Purdue at Maryland | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Feb. 17 | Nebraska at Indiana | Noon | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 18 | Maryland at Minnesota | 1 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 18 | Purdue at Ohio State | 1 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Thursday, Feb. 22 | Maryland at Michigan | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Thursday, Feb. 22 | Penn State at Nebraska | 8 p.m. | BTN |
| Saturday, Feb. 24 | Indiana at Iowa | Noon | BTN |
| Saturday, Feb. 24 | Michigan State at Purdue | 2 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 25 | Nebraska at Maryland | Noon | BTN |
| Sunday, Feb. 25 | Ohio State at Penn State | Noon | ESPN2 |
All times Eastern
[1] – at St. John Arena
[2] – Countdown to Columbus (Nationwide Arena)
[3] – Big Ten/ACC Challenge
[4] – Basketball Travelers, Inc., Invitational
