WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monumental Network and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) today announced a partnership to broadcast the East Coast Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament hosted by the University on March 5-6, 2016. A total of six NCAA games will be broadcast.
“The East Coast Conference is truly excited to host our 2016 basketball championships at the University of the District of Columbia this year, and we are also pleased to be working with Monumental Network to help us showcase what we know will be two great days of ECC basketball,” East Coast Conference Commissioner, Dr. Robert Dranoff said. “We know that D.C. will be a wonderful site for this year’s tournament, and we thank the University of the District of Columbia and Monumental Network for all of their support.”
The agreement between Monumental Network and the University of the District of Columbia includes cross-promotion of the game broadcasts on UDC’s cable channel, digital advertising and promotional opportunities.
“We are thrilled to partner with the University of the District of Columbia in streaming and broadcasting the East Coast Conference Basketball Tournament,” said Zach Leonsis, vice president and general manager of Monumental Network. “As a company that really values our local community and institutions, we found the opportunity to partner with a local university like UDC to be a great fit. We could not be more excited to broadcast six live NCAA games nationwide via our Monumental Network web platform.”
Women’s semifinal action tips-off Saturday, March 5 at 12 p.m. and the second women’s game following at 2:30 p.m. Men’s action starts with the first semifinal game at 5 p.m. and the second game at 7:30 p.m. Final tournament action starts on Sunday with the women at 12 p.m. and the men at 2:30 p.m.
Monumental Network was the first platform to live stream the WNBA’s Washington Mystics and also streamed the DC United at Toronto FC game in 2013.
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Monumental Network is the region’s top destination for sports and entertainment news, providing fans with exclusive, original content and video programming. Owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), Monumental Network serves as a digital content platform for fans and customers in the D.C. region and around the world. The Network includes numerous websites and blogs that are associated with MSE’s three professional sports teams (Capitals, Wizards and Mystics), Verizon Center, EagleBank Arena and Kettler Capitals Iceplex. MSE is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports.
