SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference and ESPN have expanded their longstanding media rights relationship. In addition to the conference showcasing more than 25 games on ESPN's linear networks, ESPN+ will serve as the new, exclusive digital home for more than 900 conference events each year. LMU will broadcast home games for eight WCC sports including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, indoor volleyball, baseball, softball, and men's water polo on ESPN+.
In the multi-year, multi-platform relationship, ESPN will continue to showcase men's basketball regular season games, WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship games, and additional events across the WCC's 16 sports on its linear networks each year. The WCC's media rights agreements also include CBS Sports Network, which televises up to 12 regular season men's basketball games each season.
Conference-owned regular-season events in men's basketball, women's basketball, men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball, men's water polo, baseball and softball that are not televised on ESPN networks or CBS Sports Network will be available on ESPN+ beginning with the 2023-24 seasons. LMU's first live WCC event on ESPN+ will be the women's soccer match against No. 16 Georgetown on Sunday, Aug. 20. Tickets to be at that match at Sullivan Field are available by
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"I am excited to expand our longstanding relationship with ESPN," West Coast Conference Commissioner Stu Jackson said. "While continuing our strong linear agreement, the ESPN+ platform and its more than 25 million subscribers provides exceptional visibility and access to showcase our regular season and conference championship events. ESPN provides the conference and our fanbase with great exposure to our events and I look forward to the launch of the WCC on ESPN+ this week."
"We are thrilled that ESPN+ will be the exclusive digital home of the West Coast Conference through this expanded agreement, which offers a perfect complement to the men's basketball games and other WCC events that are already available on ESPN networks," said Dan Margulis, ESPN senior director, programming and acquisitions. "ESPN has enjoyed a strong, collaborative relationship with the WCC for more than two decades, and we will now have the opportunity to showcase the conference's student-athletes across even more sports."
With eight WCC programs finishing in the top eight of their respective NCAA Championship and 14 programs across 10 sports completing the year ranked in the top-25 of their respective national poll during the 2022-23 academic year, the WCC continues to compete for national championships. ESPN serves as the home for 31 NCAA Championship events, which provides the opportunity for WCC teams to host regular season and postseason events on the same
platform.
The WCC will feature 12 of Its 16 sports on ESPN+, including conference championship events in men's and women's basketball, baseball, beach volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's water polo and rowing.
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