Huskers to Participate in Big Ten Women's Basketball Week

Nebraska Coach Amy Williams will participate in the inaugural Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Week, Oct. 24-28.

The Big Ten's new media format to tip-off the opening of women's basketball season also will provide extensive coverage of women's basketball to fans throughout the week leading up to the start of the exhibition season.

The multi-platform media week replaces the traditional Big Ten Media Day, and will stretch across five days instead of a single day.

Preseason coverage begins on Monday, Oct. 24, with the release of the Big Ten women’s basketball preseason polls and all-conference teams, as chosen by the Big Ten coaches and a select media panel. Monday will also feature schedule graphics on Twitter (@B1GWBBall).

From Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 25-27, video interviews conducted by BTN with all 14 head coaches and select student-athletes from each school will be posted on various social media channels, including Twitter (@B1GWBBall), Facebook (Big Ten Conference), Snapchat (download the app and search “BigTenConf”) and Instagram (@BigTen).

First-year Husker Coach Amy Williams and first-team All-Big Ten forward Jessica Shepard will be featured on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Shepard, a 6-4 sophomore from Fremont, Neb., was the 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Here’s a breakdown of which days the interviews from each conference school will be posted:

Tuesday, Oct. 25 – Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin

Wednesday, Oct. 26 – Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue

Thursday, Oct. 27 – Illinois, Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers

On Friday, Oct. 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. (CT), the Big Ten will hold a preseason media teleconference with all 14 head coaches. Audio playback of that teleconference will be available on the women’s basketball page at BigTen.org later that day.

Following the women’s basketball coaches’ teleconference on Oct. 28, the Big Ten will distribute broadcast-quality one-on-one interview video content from each coach and one student-athlete per school for use on television and the Internet. In addition to interviews, these school-specific videos will include highlight footage from last season.

In addition to the content provided by the conference, Nebraska will produce additional content across its media channels, with several player features, during the week. Nebraska's 2016-17 media guide is already available on Huskers.com. 

Along with Big Ten Women’s Basketball Week, the conference is proud to work with BTN on the network’s 2016-17 Women’s Basketball Preview that will be televised live on Monday, Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. (CT). This 90-minute BTN special presentation, which also can be seen on BTN2Go, will feature interviews, highlights and analysis on all 14 Big Ten programs heading into the season.

Big Ten schools make their 2016-17 regular season debut on Nov. 11, with the 16-game conference slate tipping off Dec. 28. For the third consecutive season, every Big Ten game will be produced and distributed live on BTN, BTN Plus, an ESPN network or CBS Sports. The Big Ten television schedule can be seen here:

http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/092616aab.html

The regular season will conclude Feb. 26, leading into the 2017 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, which is scheduled for March 1-5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.