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    WBCA announces Pink Zone schedule

    Feb 3, 2010 8:59:54 AM


    The NCAA News

     

    More than 100 women's basketball games across the nation will be broadcast via television or Internet stream as part of this year's "Pink Zone" coverage sponsored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

    ESPN is continuing its ongoing support of the cancer-awareness initiative by dedicating its annual "February Frenzy" women's college basketball games on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com to supporting the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation.

    "February Frenzy" will showcase eight regional games for the biggest regular-season day in women's college basketball February 14.  ESPN will also dedicate two "Big Monday" games February 15 to the cause.

    CBS College Sports Network, Fox Sports and the Big Ten Network have also joined the cause by promoting the WBCA Pink Zone efforts and also encouraging donations to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund during televised WBCA Pink Zone games.

    For a list of televised and streamed games, click here

    The WBCA Pink Zone is a unified effort for WBCA coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. The week set aside for this year's initiative is February 12-21.