It won’t be easy to watch UNC-UVa women’s game on TV for some

By R.L. Bynum

Some fans who can’t make it to Carmichael Arena on Thursday to see the No. 11 Carolina women face Virginia may have a tough time watching the game from home.

The 6 p.m. game is one of three remaining UNC women’s games that will air on regional sports networks, and not everybody has access to one of them or an easy alternative way to watch. Tickets are still available for only $10 each.

It’s a big game for the Tar Heels (16–5, 7–3 ACC), who are one game behind No. 16 Duke and No. 9 Notre Dame in the ACC standings. The Blue Devils and Irish share the league lead, but the Tar Heels have defeated both teams and seek their eighth consecutive victory Thursday.

Your regional sports network — which could be a Bally Sports regional channel, MASN, NESN, Yes Network or Marquee Sports Network — depends on where you live.

In North Carolina, most viewers can watch the game on Bally Sports Southeast (available on Spectrum Cable and DirecTV, among others, but not Dish Network) and MASN (available on DirecTV, among others, but not Dish Network). In New England, the game should be available on NESN. Yes Network would be the best option in the New York City area and Marquee Sports Network is the place to watch in the Chicago area. Elsewhere, the game should be available on many Bally Sports regional channels.


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If you live outside of the ACC’s geographic footprint, you can stream the game on ESPN3. However, ESPN3 is required to black out the game for people living in ACC markets.

If you live in the ACC region and subscribe to Dish Network or other services that don’t offer regional sports networks, you can stream the game using Bally Sports+. That service costs $19.99 a month (or $189.99 a year), but you can get a free seven-day trial subscription if you are a new customer of the service.

Bally Sports+ subscribers, and customers with television providers that offer a Bally Sports channel, can also watch on the Bally Sports app (available on the Apple Store or Google Play).

Bally Sports+ also offers North Carolina viewers access to the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Hurricanes games.

Two additional Carolina women’s basketball games will air on RSNs: the Feb. 23 home game against Virginia Tech and the regular-season-ending contest Feb. 26 at Duke.

Carolina statistics


TeamLeagueOverallNET*
No. 8 Louisville8–018–38
No. 21 Duke8–013–617
Syracuse6–216–340
N.C. State6–213–628
Virginia5–213–538
North Carolina4–315–521
Stanford4–315–534
Virginia Tech4–314–547
Notre Dame4–312–623
Clemson4–313–641
Miami3–411–746
Georgia Tech3–48–1197
California2–511–958
Wake Forest2–612–8116
SMU1–68–11167
Pittsburgh1–68–12247
Florida State1–66–13110
Boston College0–84–17255

* — Through Sunday games
Sunday’s results
North Carolina 82, Florida State 55
California 73, Boston College 58
Clemson 78, Wake Forest 71, OT
No. 8 Louisville 88, N.C. State 80, OT
SMU 83, Pittsburgh 76
Syracuse 69, Stanford 58
No. 21 Duke 93, Georgia Tech 46
Monday’s game
No. 1 UConn 85, Notre Dame 47
Thursday’s games
Miami at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Pittsburgh at Virginia, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Florida State at SMU, 7:30, ACCN Extra
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Sunday’s games
N.C. State at Virginia, noon, ACC Network
Boston College at No. 8 Louisville, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Virginia Tech at Wake Forest, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Syracuse at North Carolina, 2 p.m., The CW
No. 21 Duke at Pittsbugh, 2 p.m., ACC Network
Clemson at Notre Dame, 3 p.m., ACCN Extra
Miami at SMU, 4 p.m., ACCN Extra
Georgia Tech at Florida State, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Stanford at California, 6 p.m., ACC Network


DateMonth/dayTime/scoreOpponent/event
(current ranking)
LocationRecord
November
9WednesdayW, 91–59Jackson StateHome1–0
12SaturdayW, 75–48TCUHome2–0
16WednesdayW, 93–25South Carolina StateHome3–0
20SundayW, 76–65James MadisonHarrisonburg, Va.4–0
Phil Knight Invitational
24ThursdayW, 85–79OregonPortland5–0
27SundayW, 73–64No. 17 Iowa State Portland6–0
DecemberACC/Big Ten Challenge
1ThursdayL, 87–63No. 2 IndianaBloomington, Ind.6–1
7WednesdayW, 64–42UNCWHome7–1
11SundayW, 99–67WoffordHome8–1
16FridayW, 89–47USC UpstateHome9–1
Jumpman Invitational
20TuesdayL, 76–68No. 18 MichiganCharlotte9–2
ACC season begins
29ThursdayL, 78–71Florida StateHome9–3, 0–1 ACC
January
1SundayL, 68–65No. 4
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Va.9–4, 0–2 ACC
5ThursdayL, 62–58MiamiCoral Gables, Fla.9–5, 0–3 ACC
8SundayW, 60–50No. 10
Notre Dame
Home10–5,
1–3 ACC
12ThursdayW, 70–59VirginiaCharlottesville, Va.11–5,
2–3 ACC
15SundayW, 56–47N.C. StateHome12–5,
3–3 ACC
19ThursdayW, 61–56No. 13 DukeHome13–5,
4–3 ACC
22SundayW, 70–57Georgia TechHome14–5,
5–3 ACC
26ThursdayW, 72–57PittsburghPittsburgh15–5,
6–3 ACC
29SundayW, 69–58ClemsonClemson16–5,
7–3 ACC
February
2ThursdayW, 73–62VirginiaHome17–5,
8–3 ACC
5SundayL, 62–55LouisvilleLouisville17–6,
8–4 ACC
9ThursdayL, 75–67SyracuseSyracuse17–7,
8–5 ACC
12SundayW, 73–55Boston CollegeHome18–7,
9–5 ACC
16ThursdayL, 77–66, OTN.C. StateRaleigh18–8,
9–6 ACC
19SundayW, 71–58Wake ForestHome19–8,
10–6 ACC
23ThursdayL, 61–59No. 4
Virginia Tech
Home19–9,
10–7 ACC
26SundayW, 45–41No. 13 DukeDurham20–9,
10–8 ACC
MarchACC Tournament
2ThursdayW, 68–58Clemson Greensboro21–9
3FridayL, 44–40No. 13 Duke Greensboro21–10
NCAA tournament
18SaturdayW, 61–59 St. John’sColumbus, Ohio22–10
20MondayL, 71–69No. 12 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio22–11

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