Tip Times and Broadcast Pairings Announced for Regional Semi-finals

CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship continues with the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET, both days) and concludes on Monday, April 7 with the National Championship game (9:00 PM, ET-conclusion).

All games from the four regional sites will be broadcast in high definition.

Following are the tip times for Thursday and Friday's regional semi-final games, as well as the CBS Sports announce and production team assignments, led by Jim Nantz and Billy Packer.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 27 (7:00 PM -12:00 AM, ET)

Tip (ET)          Site                           Game                                            Play-by-Play/Analyst

                                                                                                               Producer/Director

7:10 PM           Phoenix I                   Xavier vs. West Virginia                Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery                                                                                                                                Mark Wolff/Craig Silver/Suzanne Smith

7:27 PM           Charlotte I                 North Carolina vs. Washington St. Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas

                                                                                                                                                    Bob Mansbach//Mike Arnold

after conc. I      Phoenix II                  UCLA vs. Western Kentucky Lundquist/Raftery

                                                                                                               Wolff/Silver/Smith

after conc. I      Charlotte II                     Tennessee vs. Louisville                  Enberg/Bilas

                                                                                                                                                    Mansbach/Arnold

FRIDAY, MARCH 28 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)

Tip (ET)          Site                           Game                                            Play-by-Play/Analyst

                                                                                                                Producer/Director

7:10 PM           Detroit I                           Wisconsin vs. Davidson                  Gus Johnson/Len Elmore                                                                                                                                              Steve Scheer/Mark Grant

7:27 PM           Houston I                  Texas vs. Stanford                          Jim Nantz/Billy Packer

                                                                                                               Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman

after conc. I      Detroit II                   Kansas vs. Villanova                           Johnson/Elmore

                                                                                                               Scheer/Grant

 after conc. I     Houston II                 Memphis vs. Michigan State  Nantz/Packer

                                                                                                                Dekas/Fishman

Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis host THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. 

Bob Dekas is coordinating producer of CBS Sports' NCAA basketball coverage, and Bob Fishman is the lead director.  Eric Mann is Senior Producer and Bob Matina directs. 

Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

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CBS Sports Contacts:   

Jennifer Sabatelle                      LeslieAnne Wade

(212) 975-4120                                   (212) 975-5171

jsabatelle@cbs.com                  lwade@cbs.com

Sunday night                  917-576-2435                        

*A member of the CBS Sports Communications Department will be available throughout tournament coverage at (212) 975-1796.