LSU women’s basketball will be a fixture on national TV in 2026-27, with 17 games set to air across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network and ION.
The SEC and ESPN released the schedule Wednesday, and LSU landed five games on SEC Network, four on ESPN, three on ESPN2, three on ABC and two on ION.
A heavy dose of the Tigers’ non-conference slate will be in the national spotlight as well. Six of those games are scheduled for national television, including a marquee Dec. 20 meeting with UConn at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. That game will tip at noon CT on ABC.
LSU’s trip to Fort Myers, Florida, in late November includes matchups with Villanova and NC State, both set for ION. The Tigers’ Dec. 2 road game against North Carolina in the SEC/ACC Challenge will air on ESPN2, and the Dec. 13 showdown with Houston at the Toyota Center will be televised by ESPN.
The season begins Nov. 2, when LSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. That 6 p.m. opener will be shown on SEC Network.
Conference play brings more of the same. LSU’s Jan. 3 home game against Vanderbilt is scheduled for noon on ABC, while ESPN will televise home games against Texas on Feb. 11 and the regular-season road finale at Tennessee on Feb. 25.
One of the biggest dates on the calendar comes Feb. 21, when LSU heads to Columbia to face South Carolina. That game is set for 2 p.m. CT on ABC.
Two more league games are on ESPN2: the Feb. 1 home matchup with Ole Miss and the Feb. 4 trip to Kentucky. LSU’s regular-season finale comes Feb. 28 against Oklahoma at the PMAC, with that game slated for either ESPN or ESPN2.
Altogether, nine of LSU’s last 14 SEC games will be nationally televised on the ESPN family of networks. The rest of the conference schedule will be available on SEC Network+.
Every LSU home game and conference game will also stream on ESPN+ or SEC Network+.
The SEC Tournament is set for March 3-7 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, with SEC Network carrying the games throughout the week.
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