NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Conference has announced a one-year deal with leading sports streaming service, FloSports, to become the digital home of BIG EAST women’s basketball, bringing elite collegiate competition to a global audience. The agreement provides a platform for all women’s basketball games that stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) presented by SoFi.  All conference tilts not designated for television are streamed on BEDN, accounting for upwards of 75 regular-season contests annually. FloSports will also carry BIG EAST original content such as “Fast Break”, the Conference’s weekly women's basketball features show. 

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"We’re very excited to partner with FloSports, a dynamic and fast-growing player in live sports event streaming, to supplement our existing network coverage of BIG EAST women's basketball,” said BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman. “The BIG EAST Digital Network has provided unparalleled digital coverage of our women’s basketball programs over the last six years, and our agreement with FloSports will offer even wider distribution of our games and significant additional promotion of our student-athletes and coaches."

FloSports is an award-winning direct-to-consumer sports streaming and media company based in Austin, Texas. It has a network of 25+ sport verticals, including FloHoops where the BIG EAST women’s basketball games will live. FloSports provides live and on-demand event coverage, original content, breaking news, and more across a variety of sports including softball, track & field/cross-country, wrestling, motorsports, cheerleading and cycling as well as football, basketball and baseball. It offers all this and more across multiple platforms including web, connected TV and an app. FloSports has a wide array of collegiate partnerships, including all-in conference deals as well as hundreds of preseason and postseason tournaments in several collegiate sports.

"We take great pride in partnering with the BIG EAST," says Mark Floreani, CEO and Co-Founder, FloSports, "and welcome the opportunity to bring elite collegiate women's basketball to a global audience and grow this sport."

The BIG EAST is in its eighth year of its comprehensive national television agreement with FOX Sports, which airs a total of 15 regular-season women’s basketball games annually, as well as the quarterfinals, semifinals and final of the BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep.  Additionally, CBS Sports Network airs two regular-season BIG EAST contests annually, while a recently announced agreement with SNY provides additional game coverage for UConn women’s basketball.

BEDN on FloSports tips off on Friday, Dec. 4, with a pair of BIG EAST openers as Providence visits Marquette at 3 p.m. ET, and Xavier hosts Creighton at 6 p.m. Action continues the following day with the Friars at Butler at 4 p.m., before Sunday sees three more contests: Creighton at Butler (4 p.m.), Xavier at No. 20/19 DePaul (4 p.m.) and Villanova at St. John’s (7 p.m.).

The BIG EAST:

The BIG EAST Conference is an association of 11 nationally prominent colleges and universities that foster healthy athletic competition, community service and the pursuit of excellence in academic environments.  The athletic programs of BIG EAST institutions provide national-caliber participation opportunities for more than 4,100 student-athletes on over 200 men’s and women’s teams in 22 sports.  Established in 1979 and headquartered in New York City, the BIG EAST’s members are located in eight of the country’s top 36 largest media markets and include Butler University, University of Connecticut, Creighton University, DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, St. John’s University, Seton Hall University, Villanova University and Xavier University.  For more information, visit www.bigeast.com. 

The BIG EAST Digital Network:

The BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN), which launched in September 2014, is the home of 225 live regular season and championship events annually for the BIG EAST Conference, spanning women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball and baseball. Additionally, BEDN produces live championship coverage for indoor and outdoor track & field, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and, for the first time this year, men’s and women’s tennis. SoFi became the presenting sponsor of BEDN in 2017-18.

FloSports:

Founded in 2006, FloSports is a venture-backed subscription video streaming service dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand access to hundreds of thousands of competition events across 25+ vertical sport categories in the US and abroad. With a growing library of more than 300,000 hours of premium content including news, expert commentary, films, documentaries and more, FloSports has established itself as an innovator and leader in sports streaming. Finally, your sport has a home.

How To Watch:

TV: Download the FloSports TV app on Roku, Apple TV 4, and Amazon Fire TV

Mobile: Download the FloSports iOS and Android apps

Web: Bookmark FloHoops.com in your favorite browser

 Available only on FloHoops, PRO access gives you access to ALL FloSports sites. That’s over 10,000 live competitions per year, and over 2,000 hours of premium content across 20+ sports.