Monday, March 4, 2019

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – For the third time in four years, the GNAC Basketball Championships will play out in front of a national audience.

Saturday’s men’s and women’s championship games have been selected to be webcast on ESPN3 as part of the NCAA Division II Basketball Showcase. The webcast was announced by the NCAA on Monday afternoon.

“We are excited to have another opportunity to showcase the best basketball in the GNAC,” GNAC commissioner Dave Haglund said. “To have our GNAC Championships selected for the third time in four years is a testament to the quality of basketball that our teams play. We look forward to sharing it with the national audience.”

Darren Goldwater and Leah Secondo will provide the descriptions of the games. This is Goldwater’s second GNAC Championships having called the 2018 GNAC Championships in Anchorage on ESPN3. Secondo is a veteran basketball broadcaster who has worked calling men’s and women’s basketball broadcasts since the mid-1990s.

With the games picked up for the Division II Basketball Showcase, the Saturday finals will be available exclusively on ESPN3 and WatchESPN.com. Access to the games is free of charge to fans with subscriptions to participating high-speed internet providers. Click Here to view a complete list of participating providers. ESPN3 is also available at no cost to U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel on computers connected on on-campus educational networks.

The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the GNAC Basketball Championships will be streamed at GNAC.tv.