Six months after ESPN went on the air, the network covered its first NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in March 1980. With the network covering more than 20 NCAA championships from the three divisions, including 23 games of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, the month was dubbed, “March of Champions.”
Fast forward to 2003: ESPN was the first network to telecast all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. When the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Championship starts tomorrow, it will mark the 12th consecutive year ESPN has covered the event in its entirety.
