SAN BRUNO, Calif. – For the third consecutive year, the West Coast Conference will offer comprehensive broadcast coverage of the 2016-17 men’s basketball season. Every game during conference play will be televised on a national or regional level, and/or produced for broadcast on the conference's digital network, TheW.tv.
Sixteen West Coast Conference regular season games will be broadcast on ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and a minimum of 49 additional games will air on regional television through conference and school partnerships with Spectrum SportsNet, Comcast SportsNet, ROOT Sports and BYUtv - along with the West Coast Conference Game of the Week. Additional televised games will be added throughout the season and will be updated on the 2016-17 WCCsports.com schedule.
With today’s announcement, BYU will play 10 games on an ESPN network, 16 on BYUtv (including the Cougar Tipoff on BYUtv.org, 14 home games and the Utah State game in Vivint Smart Home Arena), five on the WCC’s regional television partners (Spectrum SportsNet, ROOT and CSN) and one on the Big Ten Network. Broadcast plans for the two games in Las Vegas for the MGM Grand Garden Arena will be announced at a later date.
As part of the West Coast Conference's long-term deal with Spectrum SportsNet (formerly Time Warner Cable Sports), the broadcast home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers, will produce and air a West Coast Conference Game of the Week each Saturday during WCC play. The Game of the Week will be distributed to television partners throughout the WCC footprint - up to 20 million homes in all. Those games will also be available live to WCC fans outside of school television markets for free on TheW.tv.
WCC This Week – a weekly half-hour show dedicated to WCC basketball – airs in each market every Saturday during conference play leading up to the Game of the Week. WCC This Week makes its 2016-17 debut Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. PT.
In all, TheW.tv, on Campus Insiders, will air well over 100 West Coast Conference men's basketball games this season (68 conference games) produced in HD television quality for the digital platform. Other regional television broadcasts can be seen out-of-market on TheW.tv. All broadcasts on TheW.tv are available free of charge, and can be found on-line, on smart phones and tablets, and through connected TVs.
West Coast Conference play begins on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Additional out-of-market outlets will be added as they become available. For the most up-to-date schedule with game times and TV listings, visit WCCsports.com or follow @WCChoops and @TheWtv on Twitter.
About the West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics, with 15 conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women’s beach volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership and its unique emphasis on combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics. For more information, visit WCCsports.com or follow the West Coast Conference on Twitter @WCCsports.
Visit WCCsports.com for the complete broadcast schedule.
Visit BYUcougars.com for BYU's complete schedule.