TV, Times Announced for Women's Basketball
TV, Times Announced for Women's BasketballTV, Times Announced for Women's Basketball

TV, Times Announced for Women's Basketball

Sept. 26, 2016

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; ââ'¬" The Big Ten Conference, along with the Penn State women's basketball program announced today (Sept. 26) the game times and television designations for the entire 2016-17 season.

Along with each of the 16 Big Ten Conference games being distributed via BTN Plus, the digital network of the Big Ten, there will be five Lady Lion contests nationally televised on the Big Ten Network. The Feb. 26 regular season finale vs. Michigan ââ'¬" also serving as Penn State's Play 4 Kay game ââ'¬" has the option to be televised and coverage will be announced at a later date.

The complete Penn State women's basketball schedule, times and television designations can be found by clicking here.

Live In Your Living Room

  • The national television audience will get its first taste of the Penn State women's basketball program in the fourth game of the season as two storied programs meet on Sunday, Nov. 20 inside the Bryce Jordan Center. It will be Lady Lions and Lady Vols, as Tennessee comes to town for a 5 p.m. tipoff on the Big Ten Network.
  • A New Year's Eve tilt vs. Rutgers will air on the Big Ten Network, as the Lady Lions and Scarlet Knights will meet at Noon in Piscataway, N.J.
  • The Blue and White will open the 2017 portion of their schedule by hosting Iowa at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3 in front of the Big Ten Network's national audience.
  • Wisconsin travels to University Park for a Monday, Jan. 17 showdown at the Bryce Jordan Center. The game will be carried on the Big Ten Network and tip at 7 p.m.
  • The final scheduled television appearance of the regular season will come on Monday, Jan. 23 in Bloomington, Ind. Penn State and Indiana will square off in a 7 p.m. contest on the Big Ten Network.

Big Ten Tourney On TV

  • Each game of the 2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament will be shown live on television for the second straight season.
  • The Big Ten Network will air the first 12 games live on its network, with the championship game airing on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.
  • The tournament begins on March 1 with a pair of contests, followed by four games each on March 2 and 3. The semifinals from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis will be played on Saturday, March 4 starting at 4 p.m.

Season, Single Game & Group Tickets

  • Season, single game and group ticket packages for the 2016-17 campaign are currently on sale.
  • To purchase tickets or for information on group ticket experiences, fans can visit http://bit.ly/PSUWBBTickets, call 1-800-NITTANY, log on to Virtual Venue and chose your seats, or visit the Bryce Jordan Center ticket office weekdays from 10 a.m-6 p.m.

Sixth Man Mini Package

  • The Sixth Man Mini Pack features your chance to see six games inside the Bryce Jordan Center at a savings of over 40 percent off of the adult ticket price. The package guarantees you the same seats for each game.
  • The Sixth Man Mini Pack has baseline and sideline package price points. The sideling option runs $55 for adults and $45 for youth, and the baseline package costs $45 for adults and $40 for youth.
  • Opponents include Tennessee (Nov. 20), Pitt (Dec. 10), Nebraska (Jan. 19), Illinois (Jan. 29), Purdue (Jan. 11) and Michigan (Feb. 26).
  • By online by clicking here.

About the BTN

  • The Big Ten Network reaches more than 60 million homes across the United States and Canada and is available on all major video providers, including DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision Optimum, Charter Communications, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Communications, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, RCN, WOW!, and about 300 additional video providers across North America.
  • All on-air games broadcast by BTN can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Go, BTN's digital extension. More than 100 additional games will also be streamed on BTN Plus on BTN2Go, and many of those will air on delay on BTN as part of the Student U initiative.

Getting Social

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  • Stay up to date with all of our 31 varsity programs on your favorite social media platforms by clicking here.

-LADY LIONS-