NO. 2 UCLA VISITS WISCONSIN IN BIG TEN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL THIS WED., FEB. 26, AT 8 P.M. ET EXCLUSIVELY ON PEACOCK, HIGHLIGHTING 12 GAMES ACROSS NBC SPORTS PLATFORMS THIS WEEK
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STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 24, 2025 – In the final week of the regular season, the No. 2 UCLA Bruins visit the Wisconsin Badgers in a Big Ten women's basketball matchup this Wed., Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock, headlining college basketball coverage across NBC Sports platforms this week.
UCLA (26-1) defeated Iowa, 67-65, yesterday as center Lauren Betts tallied a 22-point, 12-rebound double-double and guard Elina Aarnisalo hit a pair of go-ahead free throws with 3.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter to seal the win. The Bruins have won three consecutive games since suffering their first and only loss of the season to USC on Feb. 13. Wisconsin (13-14) beat Northwestern, 73-68, on Sunday behind a double-double from center Carter McCray (22 points, 12 rebounds). Zora Stephenson (play-by-play) and Kim Adams (analyst) will call the game live from the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisc.
Also on Wednesday, Peacock streams exclusive coverage of the men's Atlantic 10 matchup between St. Bonaventure and Saint Joseph's (7 p.m. ET) and a BIG EAST showdown as Creighton hosts DePaul (9 p.m. ET).
This week's college basketball coverage on Peacock begins tomorrow night, Feb. 25, with a men's Big Ten doubleheader featuring Northwestern (14-13) visiting Minnesota (14-13) at 7 p.m. ET and No. 11 Wisconsin (21-6) hosting Washington (13-14) at 9 p.m. ET. Wisconsin has won five of their past six games and are in third place in the Big Ten. Noah Eagle (play-by-play) and Austin Rivers (analyst) will call Wisconsin-Washington live from the Kohl Center. Tomorrow night's coverage begins with Big Ten College Countdown at 6:30 p.m. ET on Peacock featuring Ahmed Fareed, Jordan Cornette, Josh Pastner, and Vaughn Dalzell.
On Thursday, Peacock's exclusive coverage begins with Big Ten College Countdown at 6:30 p.m. ET, leading into a Big Ten women's matchup between Indiana (17-10) and No. 19 Maryland (21-6). Maryland, in fourth place in the Big Ten, topped Northwestern, 85-79, last Thursday. Indiana fell to then-No. 22 Michigan State, 73-65, yesterday. Sloane Martin (play-by-play) and Nikki Cardano-Hillary (analyst) will call the game live from Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.
Following Maryland-Indiana on Thursday is No. 15 Michigan (20-6) hosting Rutgers (14-14) in a men's showdown at 9 p.m. ET. Michigan lost to then-No. 14 Michigan State, 75-62, on Friday, snapping a six-game winning streak. Rutgers topped USC, 95-85, yesterday as forward Dylan Harper scored 25 points. Paul Burmeister (play-by-play) and Jalen Rose (analyst) will call the game live from the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. As a member of Michigan's famed Fab Five, Rose helped lead the Wolverines to back-to-back National Championship game appearances in 1992 and 1993 as a freshman and sophomore.
This weekend's basketball coverage is headlined by a Peacock-exclusive BIG EAST men's matchup between No. 21 Marquette and Georgetown on Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. ET. On Sunday, March 2, Peacock streams a Big Ten women's doubleheader featuring Indiana visiting Purdue at 2 p.m. ET and Iowa hosting Wisconsin at 4 p.m. ET.
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