Northwestern University Athletics
ESPN to Televise Every Match at 2015 NCAA Championships
3/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
ESPN Coverage Information
EVANSTON, Ill. - For the second consecutive year, ESPN will make all six sessions of the 2015 NCAA Championships available to viewers. All matches throughout the three-day event will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.
ESPN will televise the semifinals (March 20) and finals (March 21) in primetime, and ESPNU will show the first, second (March 19) and quarterfinal (March 20) rounds, in addition to the medal round (March 21).
ESPN3 will have individual mat feeds throughout the entire tournament, allowing fans to watch any match. The network will also offer multi-mat, simultaneous viewing which will allow fans to watch up to four different mats at one time.
Anthony Robles, Jim Gibbons, Tim Johnson, Adam Amin, Shawn Kenney and Quint Kessenich will provide commentary for the 2015 NCAA Championships.
The television schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time (CT) | Session | Network |
| March 19 | 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | First Round | ESPNU |
| 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Second Round | ESPNU | |
| March 20 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m.-10 p.m. | Semifinals | ESPN | |
| March 21 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Medal Round | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m.-10 p.m. | Finals | ESPN |
Northwestern will have six wrestlers competing for national titles in St. Louis. Defending national champion Jason Tsirtsis (149) and Mike McMullan (285) each received the No. 2 seed in their respective weight classes. Pierce Harger is No. 7 at 165, and Alex Polizzi received the 11th seed at 197 lbs. Dominick Malone (133) will wrestle in his second straight NCAA Championships, and Jameson Oster (141) is competing on the national stage for the first time.
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