Guru’s WBB March Madness - V: Setting Up for TV Viewing For First Part of Round 2 — The Gateway To The Sweet 16

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

OK. Now the TV outlook begins to shrink as we start the first part of round two.

BY REGION VIEWING ABILITY ON TUESDAY

River Walk Region By Tip Times (EDT) - All Four (Others Wednesday When Less Than Four)

3:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed Kentucky (18-8) vs. 5-seed Iowa (19-9) at St. Mary’s

5 p.m. ESPN2: 3-seed Tennessee (17-7) vs. 6-seed Michigan (15-5) at Alamodome-N

7 p.m. ESPN2: 2-Baylor (26-2) vs. 7-Virginia Tech (15-9) at St. Mary’s

9 p.m. ESPN: 1-seed UConn (25-1) vs, 8-seed Syracuse (15-8) at Alamodome-N

Mercado Region by Tip Times (EDT) — 1 Game (Others Wednesday)

3 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed North Carolina State (21-2) vs. 8-seed South Florida (19-3) at Alamodome-S

Hemisfair Region By Tip Times (EDT) - 2 Games (Others Wednesday)

5:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed West Virginia (22-6) vs. 5-seed Georgia Tech (16-8) at UTSA

7 p.m. ESPN: 1-seed South Carolina (23-4) vs. 8-seed Oregon State (12-7) at Alamodome-S

Alamo Region By Tip Times (EDT)  — 1 Game (Others Wednesday)

9 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed Stanford (26-2) vs. 8-seed Oklahoma State (19-8) at UTSA

BY SEED VIEWING ABILITY ON TUESDAY

3 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed North Carolina State (21-2) vs. 8-seed South Florida (19-3) at Alamodome-S

7 p.m. ESPN: 1-seed South Carolina (23-4) vs. 8-seed Oregon State (12-7) at Alamodome-S

9 p.m. ESPN: 1-seed UConn (25-1) vs. 8-seed Syracuse (15-8) at Alamodome-N

9 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed Stanford (26-2) vs. vs. 8-seed Oklahoma State (19-8) at UTSA

7 p.m. ESPN2: 2-seed Baylor (26-2) vs. 7-seed Virginia Tech (15-9) at St. Mary’s

5 p.m. ESPN2:  3-seed Tennessee (17-7) vs. 6-seed Michigan (15-5) at Alamodome-N

3:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed Kentucky (18-8) vs. 5-seed Iowa (19-9) at St. Mary’s

5:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed West Virginia (22-6) vs. 5-seed Georgia Tech (16-8) at UTSA

BY ESPN PLATFORMS VIEWING ABILITY

ESPN

7 p.m. ESPN 1-seed South Carolina (23-4) vs. 8-seed Oregon State (11-7) at Alamodome-S

9 p.m. ESPN 1-seed UConn (25-1) vs.8-seed Syracuse (15-8) at Alamodome-N

ESPN2

3 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed North Carolina State (21-2) vs. 8-seed South Florida (19-3) at Alamodome-S

5 p.m. ESPN2: 3-seed Tennessee (17-7) vs. 6-seed Michigan (15-5) at Alamodome-N

7 p.m. ESPN2: 2-seed Baylor (26-2) vs. 7-seed Virginia Tech (15-9) at St. Mary’s

9 p.m. ESPN2: 1-seed Stanford (26-2) vs. 8-seed Oklahoma State (19-8) at UTSA

ESPNU

3:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed Kentucky (18-8) vs. 5-seed Iowa (19-9) at St. Mary’s

5:30 p.m. ESPNU: 4-seed West Virginia (22-6) vs. 5-seed Georgia Tech (16-8) at UTSA

BY SCHOOL VIEWING ABILITY ON TUESDAY

Baylor 7 p.m. ESPN2

Connecticut 9 p.m. ESPN

Georgia Tech 5:30 p.m. ESPNU

Iowa 3:30 p.m. ESPNU

Kentucky 3:30 p.n. ESPNU

Michigan 5 p.m. ESPN2

North Carolina State 3 p.m. ESPN2

Oklahoma State 9 p.m. ESPN2

Oregon State 7 p.m. ESPN

South Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN

South Florida 3 p.m. ESPN2

Stanford 9 p.m. ESPN2

Syracuse 9 p.m. ESPN

Tennessee 5 p.m. ESPN2

Virginia Tech 7 p.m. ESPN2

West Virginia 5:30 p.m. ESPNU

 

 THE DKINNY - GAMES OF INFORMATION TUESDAY VIEWING 

CHRONOLOGICAL VIEWING (EDT) (Seed numbers not AP ranking slots)

Late Afternoon

3 p.m. ESPN2 No. 1 North Carolina State vs. No.8 South Florida. The Wolfpack continue their season of history with their No. 1 seed playing  South Florida with their first conference title now that Connecticut is no longer in the American Athletic Conference.

3:30 p.m. ESPNU No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 5 Iowa. It’s one of the nation’s top players in Rhyne Howard on the Wildcats of the SEC vs one of the nation’s top freshmen in Caitlin Clark of the Hawkeyes of the Big Ten.

5 p.m. ESPN2 No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Michigan. Two rebuilders in Kellie Harper with the Lady Vols at her alma mater going against Kim Barnes Arico with the Wolverines.

5:30 p.m. ESPNU No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech. The Mountaineers, runnersup in the Big 12, got off to an easy start playing Lehigh of the Patriot League but the Yellow Jackets had to go into overtime to put away Stephen F. Austin of the Southland.

Early Evening

7 p.m. ESPN No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Oregon State. The Gamecocks with Aliyah Boston under Dawn Staley are flying high. In day one with this entire group, no one suffered upsets. Oregon State took down a few coming down the stretch of the PAC-12 race.

7 p.m. ESPN2 No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech. Another chance to look at the tehcnical defending champions of Baylor under Kim Mulkey, who in 2019 edged then-defending champions Notre Dame. Will they make a second rapid start out of the gate? Virginia Tech had a breakthrough year and upset North Carolina State.

Late Evening

9 p.m. ESPN No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 8 Syracuse. Not a team Geno Auriemma, who celebrates his 67th birthday today was interested in playing, though he’ll still be at home one more day of quarantine off a positive test of the coronavirus. Longtime associate head coach Chris Dailey is 11-0 as a fill-in for her boss. Another of the nation’s top freshman in Paige Bueckers. 

9 p.m. ESPN2 No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State. Channel switching may be in order for a while with two No. 1 seeds playing at the same time. The Cardinal are a balanced outfit. Also in Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer (1,120) , the all-time winningest coach among Division I women with Auriemma running a close second at 1,116.

And that’s the report.