Tip-Times Announced for Regional Finals on Saturday, March 29

CBS Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship continues on Friday, March 28 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET) with broadcasts of the regional semifinals. The regional finals will be broadcast on Saturday, March 29 (6:30-11:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, March 30 (2:00-7:00 PM, ET). On Saturday Xavier takes on UCLA in the first game followed by North Carolina playing Louisville.

On Saturday, the Division II Men's Basketball Championship (2:30-5:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis (5:00-6:30 PM, ET).

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

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

Following are the tip-times and announce/production teams for Friday's regional semifinal games and Saturday's regional final games. All games are broadcast in high definition.

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

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 (6:30 PM-11:00 PM, ET)

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

                                                                                                               Producer/Director

6:40 PM           Phoenix                      UCLA vs. Xavier                           Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery

                                                                                                               Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith

9:05 PM           Charlotte                    North Carolina vs. Louisville        Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas                                                                                                                                                   Bob Mansbach/Mike Arnold

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CBS Sports Contacts:    Jennifer Sabatelle                      LeslieAnne Wade

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

jsabatelle@cbs.com                  lwade@cbs.com

Thursday night               917-576-2435                        

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