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Big Ten Women’s Basketball Week Slated For Oct. 24-28
10/10/2016 4:27:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – With the 2016-17 women's college basketball season rapidly approaching, the Big Ten Conference has announced it will hold its inaugural Women's Basketball Week Oct. 24-28. Media and fans will have several ways to follow the Wildcats online at bigten.org, via social media channels and a media teleconference leading up to the start of the new season.
Preseason coverage begins on Monday, Oct. 24, with the release of the Big Ten women's basketball preseason polls and all-conference teams, as chosen by the Big Ten coaches and a select media panel. Monday will also feature schedule graphics on Twitter @B1GWBBall.
From Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 25-27, video interviews conducted by BTN with all 14 head coaches and select students from each school will be posted on various social media channels, including Twitter @B1GWBBall, Facebook (Big Ten Conference), Snapchat @BigTenConf and Instagram @BigTen. Here's a breakdown of which days the interviews from each conference school will be posted:
Tuesday, Oct. 25 – Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
Wednesday, Oct. 26 – Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue
Thursday, Oct. 27 – Illinois, Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers
On Friday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.-noon ET, the Big Ten will hold a preseason media teleconference with all 14 head coaches. Audio playback of that teleconference will be available on the women's basketball page at bigten.org later that day. The full schedule and call-in information will be sent out to media members next week.
Following the women's basketball coaches' teleconference on Oct. 28, the Big Ten will distribute broadcast-quality one-on-one interview video content from each coach and one student per school for use on television and the Internet. In addition to interviews, these school-specific videos will include highlight footage from last season.
Along with Big Ten Women's Basketball Week, the conference is proud to work with BTN on the network's 2016-17 Women's Basketball Preview that will air live at 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 7. This 90-minute BTN special presentation, which also can be seen on BTN2Go, will feature interviews, highlights and analysis on all 14 Big Ten programs heading into the season.
Big Ten schools make their 2016-17 regular season debut on Nov. 11, with the 16-game conference slate tipping off Dec. 28. For the third consecutive season, every Big Ten game will be produced and distributed live on BTN, BTN Plus, an ESPN network or CBS Sports.
The regular season will conclude Feb. 26, leading into the 2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, which is scheduled for March 1-5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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