CBS Sports Tips-Off 75 Years of NCAA March Madness Celebration with BEHIND THE MIC and A COACH’S PERSPECTIVE, on Dec. 29

       CBS Sports’ college basketball coverage continues with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 29 (4:00 PM, ET) with *#3-ranked Louisville taking on *#23-ranked Kentucky.  Tim Brando, Clark Kellogg and Greg Anthony call the action live from KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Steve Scheer produces and Mark Grant directs.

         AT THE HALF, CBS Sports’ halftime studio show features analysts Doug Gottlieb and Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis.  Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs.

       In addition, CBS Sports will stream the Louisville-Kentucky game, as well as select games from the entire 2012-2013 college basketball schedule, live on CBSSports.com. The streaming of the games is available exclusively on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile. 

       Prior to the game, CBS Sports tips-off its celebration of 75 years of NCAA March Madness with BEHIND THE MIC (2:00-3:00 PM, ET), a one-hour special featuring on-air voices of the NCAA tournament reliving the greatest moments and sharing their memories calling the action.  Following BEHIND THE MIC, Jim Nantz hosts 75 YEARS: A COACH’S PERSPECTIVE (3:00-4:00 PM, ET) featuring a panel of top college coaches reflecting on the greatness of the NCAA tournament and reminiscing about their own experiences. Coaches include Billy Donovan, Tom Izzo, Steve Lavin, Rick Pitino, Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, Bill Self, John Thompson III and Jay Wright.

       Below are video clips from BEHIND THE MIC that include:

• Verne Lundquist and Len Elmore remember the 1992 Duke-Kentucky broadcast, the last time they worked together, and also the first time Elmore had re-watched the game.  Discussing the game, Lundquist says:

“I didn’t want to watch the tape, because I didn’t want my perception of the event changed by the reality of the telecast.” 

Video: http://cbsprt.co/TlDlf0

• Lundquist and Elmore also watch and discuss Laettner’s buzzer beater.  Elmore says:

“We laid out because we were speechless.  There is nothing we could do or say to augment that moment.”

Video: http://cbsprt.co/WKfYLH

• College basketball personalities remember legendary Marquette coach and broadcaster Al McGuire. 

Video: http://cbsprt.co/TDocZ3

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        Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

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*Coaches Poll as of 12/24/12

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