DRURY’S ELITE EIGHT FAN CENTRAL
Your guide to following the Lady Panthers in the 2019 NCAA-II Women’s Elite Eight in Columbus, Ohio.
Elite Eight schedule (all times central)
SEMIFINALS – Wed., March 27
Indiana (Pa.) vs. Southwestern Okla. St., 5 pm (Central)
LADY PANTHERS vs. Lubbock Christian, 7:30 pm (Central)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – Fri., March 29 – 6 pm (Central)
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WATCH PARTY AT THE O’!
Catch the Lady Panthers in the Elite Eight live from the O’Reilly Family Event Center at our watch party in the O’! Each game Drury plays will be shown in The Lair and in the arena area of the O’ on the Big Screen. Watch the live broadcasts with your friends and fans and cheer on the Lady Panthers from the O’.
The Drury Team Store in the O'Reilly Family Event Center concourse will be open each game Drury plays in the Elite Eight so fans can pick up some Lady Panthers gear to cheer the team on.
Attendance is free and all fans can enter the building from the Booster Entrance on the south end of the arena. Doors will open 30 minutes before tipoff of each game and complimentary food and refreshments will be available during each watch party.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend the Watch Party – not required but appreciated.
IF DU PLAYS FRIDAY – ATTEND PREGAME AND POSTGAME ALUMNI EVENTS IN COLUMBUS
Should the Lady Panthers advance to Friday’s NCAA-II National Championship game, Drury University plans to hold a pregame alumni event near the arena on the campus of Ohio Dominican University. This event is open to DU alumni as well as Drury fans and friends and will feature free food and soft drinks. Festivities start at 4:30 pm and the tipoff of the championship game is at 7 pm. Following the game, stop by our alumni postgame party and, win or lose, we will celebrate a historic 2018-19 season with complimentary refreshments. Our postgame gathering will also be on the Ohio Dominican campus within walking distance of the arena.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend Alumni Pregame and / or Postgame events in Columbus – not required but appreciated!
FOLLOW THE LADY PANTHERS ON THE AIR AND ONLINE
Drury Radio
Each of Drury’s games in the Elite Eight will be covered live on Meyer Communications station JOCK 98.7 FM in Springfield, the home for Drury’s basketball play-by-play coverage throughout the season. Each broadcast begins with the 15-minute Thompson Sales Pregame Show and concludes with the Play-It-Again Sports Postgame Show that will feature a live interview with head coach Molly Miller. Fans can also access the broadcast on the web at
www.jock987.com and the TuneIn app.
Click here to listen to Drury’s live play-by-play coverage
Where to Watch
Each of the four NCAA-II quarterfinal games will be broadcast live on the web at
www.ncaa.com, then the semifinals and championship game will air on the CBS Sports Network.
Re-Watch Drury's win in the NCAA-II Quarterfinals here
CBS Sports Network (Springfield, Mo. Channels)
AT&T U-Verse- Ch. 643
Mediacom- Ch. 171
DirecTV- Ch. 221
Dish- Ch. 158
Lady Panthers Elite Eight TV Show
Get primed this year’s Elite Eight with a special Lady Panthers television show on the KOLR-10 (CBS) in Springfield that will air on Monday, March 25 at 6:30 pm. Sports anchor Matt Verneen will interview head coach Molly Miller, several Drury players, recap the historic Lady Panthers season as well as last week’s NCAA-II Midwest Regional tournament.
TV Coverage from Columbus
Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Dan Lucy and anchor Matt Verneen are traveling to Columbus, Ohio to cover the Lady Panthers trip to the Elite Eight. For in-depth coverage from the site of the national championship, catch the KOLR-TV and KOZL-TV news at 6 pm, 9 pm and 10 pm throughout next week.
In addition, KY-3, KSPR-TV and OzarksSportsZone will also have a crew reporting from Columbus. Starting on Tuesday, check out the news at 6 pm on KY-3/KSPR, 9 on the Ozarks CW, and the 10 pm newscast on KY-3/KSPR for Drury coverage from Ohio during the Elite Eight.
Follow us here and on Social Media
Stay on
www.drurypanthers.com for news as well as your information hub on the NCAA-II Women’s Elite Eight. The women’s basketball schedule page will include links to live stats, broadcasts, and ticket information and the women’s basketball page will feature previews of games, postgame recaps and box scores from every night of the event.
For the latest updates on the team as well as the games as they happen – follow our social media accounts
Twitter- @drurypanthers
Facebook- Drury University Athletics
Instragram- @druryathletics
2019 NCAA-II WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET
Greater Columbus Sports Commission’s guide to the Elite Eight
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