WCC announces 2018-19 broadcast schedule

2018-19 BYU Men's Basketball Schedule

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – For the fifth-consecutive year, the West Coast Conference will offer comprehensive broadcast coverage of the 2018-19 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.

Seventeen West Coast Conference regular season games will be broadcast on ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and a minimum of 33 additional games will air on regional television through conference and school partnerships with Spectrum SportsNet, NBC Sports California and NBC Sports Bay Area, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, ROOT Sports Northwest 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 2018-19 WCCsports.com schedule.

During WCC play, seven of BYU’s games will be televised on ESPN Networks, six on BYUtv, two on Spectrum SportsNet and one on NBC Bay Area.

In addition to the announcement of broadcast plans for league play, BYUtv has announced it will televise eight nonconference games (two exhibitions and six regular season games) while the Cougar Tipoff will be available live online at BYUtv.org. Broadcast plans and game times for the Alabama A&M (Nov. 17) and Houston (Nov. 24) games will be determined once BYU football game times on those dates are decided.

As part of the West Coast Conference's long-term deal with Spectrum SportsNet, 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 – more than 16 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 live 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 2019 debut Saturday, January 12 at 12:30 p.m. PT.

In all, TheW.tv, on Stadium will air well over 100 West Coast Conference men's basketball games this season (63 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.

For the third straight year, many digital broadcasts will also be available through DISH Network’s Sling TV and Verizon’s go90 service.

West Coast Conference play begins on Thursday, January 3, 2019. 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.

The West Coast Conference heads to Las Vegas for the 11th straight year when the 2019 WCC Basketball Championships returns to the Orleans Arena from March 7-12. Ticket information will be distributed at a later date.

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.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 3
Loyola Marymount at Pepperdine, 7 p.m. (SPEC SN)
San Diego at Santa Clara, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at Pacific, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Saint Mary’s at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Saturday, January 5
Portland @ Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m. (TheW.tv)
San Francisco at Pepperdine, 5 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Santa Clara at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. (ROOT NW/KHQ)
BYU at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Pacific at San Diego, 8 p.m. (SPEC SN)

Thursday, January 10
Portland at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)
Pacific at Gonzaga, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Pepperdine at Santa Clara, 8 p.m. (NBCS BA)

Saturday, January 12
Pepperdine at San Diego, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Santa Clara at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)
Gonzaga at San Francisco, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Pacific at Portland, 7 p.m. (ROOT NW)
Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m. (SPEC SN)

Thursday, January 17
Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. (ROOT NW/KHQ)
San Francisco at Pacific, 6 p.m. (NBCS BA)
San Diego at Portland, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at Pepperdine, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. (NBCS BA)

Saturday, January 19
Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
San Diego at Saint Mary’s, 6 p.m. (NBCS BA)
Gonzaga at Portland, 7 p.m. (ROOT NW)
Santa Clara at Pacific, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (NBCS BA)

Thursday, January 24
Loyola Marymount at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Portland at San Francisco, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Gonzaga at Santa Clara, 8 p.m. (ROOT/KHQ)
Saint Mary’s at BYU, 9 p.m. MT (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Saturday, January 26
Portland at Pacific, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine, 5 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Loyola Marymount at Santa Clara, 6 p.m. (TheW.tv)
San Francisco at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)

Thursday, January 31
Pepperdine at Portland, 7 p.m. (ROOT NW)
Pacific at Loyola Marymount, 7:30 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Gonzaga at BYU, 9 p.m. MT (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Saturday, February 2
San Francisco at Saint Mary’s, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
San Diego at Gonzaga, 5 p.m. (ROOT NW/KHQ)
Portland at Santa Clara 6 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Loyola Marymount at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)
Pepperdine at Pacific, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)

Thursday, February 7
San Francisco at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. (ROOT NW/KHQ)
Santa Clara at Pepperdine, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
San Diego at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at Portland, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Pacific at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Saturday, February 9
San Diego at Pepperdine, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Pacific at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)
Loyola Marymount at Portland, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga, 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Santa Clara at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (NBCS BA)

Thursday, February 14
Pepperdine at San Francisco, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at San Diego, 7 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Saint Mary’s at Santa Clara, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Saturday, February 16
BYU at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Pacific at Santa Clara, 6 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Gonzaga at San Diego, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU)
San Francisco at Portland, 7 p.m. (ROOT NW)
Pepperdine at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. (NBCS BA)

Thursday, February 21
Pepperdine at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. (ROOT NW/KHQ)
Portland at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Saint Mary’s at Pacific, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
San Francisco at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)

Saturday, February 23
Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 12:30 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Portland at Pepperdine, 5 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Saint Mary’s at San Diego, 6 p.m. (TheW.tv)
BYU at Gonzaga, 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
San Francisco at Santa Clara, 8 p.m. (NBCS CA)

Thursday, February 28
San Diego at San Francisco, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Gonzaga at Pacific, 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Portland at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. (NBCS CA)
Santa Clara at Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m. (SPEC SN)

Saturday, March 2
Loyola Marymount at San Francisco, 1 p.m. (SPEC SN)
Pacific at Pepperdine, 5 p.m. (TheW.tv)
San Diego at BYU, 7 p.m. MT (BYUtv)
Santa Clara at Portland, 7 p.m. (TheW.tv)
Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, TBA (ESPN or ESPN2)

Saturday, March 9
West Coast Conference Basketball Championship Quarterfinal 1, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
West Coast Conference Basketball Championship Quarterfinal 2, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Monday, March 11
West Coast Conference Basketball Championship Semifinal 1, 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
West Coast Conference Basketball Championship Semifinal 2, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Tuesday, March 12
West Coast Conference Basketball Championship Final, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

*All times Pacific unless noted