FIVE CoNFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS CAP OFF

CBS SPORTS' 28^th CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON

  

CLARK KELLOGG BEGINS TENURE AS CBS SPORTS' LEAD GAME ANALYST

 

CBS Sports' 28^th consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 13 with a national doubleheader featuring Memphis at Georgetown and Indiana at Kentucky.

  

For the first time in 27 years, CBS Sports will have a new voice, as Clark Kellogg assumes the role as lead college basketball analyst for the Network. Kellogg will partner with lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz to form the Network's lead announce team. Bob Dekas serves as Coordinating Producer, College Basketball, and Bob Fishman is the lead director. 

 

         Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

  

Highlights of the 14-week Regular-Season schedule include:

 

52 Regular-Season Match-ups - 12 Top Conferences

•·        42 men's contests, three women's games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from 12 top conferences including, the Big Ten, Big East, Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Pac-10, Big 12, Conference USA, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, West Coast, Patriot League and Southern.

  

Outstanding Non-Conference Games

•·        Duke-Xavier - Saturday, December 20

•·        Michigan State-Texas - Saturday, December 20

•·        Purdue-Davidson - Saturday, December 20 in the Wooden Tradition

•·        Kansas at Michigan State - Saturday, January 10, 2009

•·        Georgetown at Duke - Saturday, January 17, 2009

•·        Memphis at Tennessee - Saturday, January 24, 2009

•·        Notre Dame at UCLA - Saturday, February 7, 2009

 

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Key Conference Contests

•·        Purdue at Illinois - Sunday, February 8, 2009

•·        UCLA at Arizona - Saturday, February 14, 2009

•·        Notre Dame at Connecticut - Saturday, February 28, 2009

•·        Tennessee at Florida - Sunday, March 1, 2009

•·        Texas at Kansas -  Saturday, March 7, 2009

•·        Duke at North Carolina - Sunday, March 8, 2009

•·        Wildcard Weekend - Pac-10 and Big Ten - Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, 2009

 

Three Women's Broadcasts highlighted by:

•·        Defending Champion Tennessee at Rutgers - Saturday, January 3, 2009

  

Five Conference Championships on CBS Sports

•·        Championship Weekend Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15, 2009, where the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-10 and Conference USA crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

•·        CBS Sports also broadcasts the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game on Sunday, March 8, 2009.

  

For the 28^th consecutive year, CBS Sports' college basketball coverage concludes with exclusive network coverage of the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship from Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

  

•·        Selection Sunday - March 15, 2009 - NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

SELECTION SHOW, featuring the live, exclusive first-time announcement of the pairings for the

2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

•·        Tournament Tip-off - First-round action begins Thursday, March 19, 2009

•·        Final Four and Championship Game - Saturday, April 4 and Monday, April 6, 2009

 

 

The complete 2008-09 broadcast schedule follows.

  

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CBS Sports Contact:                LeslieAnne Wade                                             Jen Sabatelle   

212/975-5171                                                  212/975-4120

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CBS SPORTS 2008-09 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sat., Dec. 13                 DOUBLEHEADER

Memphis @ Georgetown                                  2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Verizon Center, Washington D.C.

 

                                    Indiana @ Kentucky                                         4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.

 

 

Sat., Dec. 20                 DOUBLEHEADER

                                    Duke - Xavier                                                  2:00 - 4:00 PM.             Regional          

Izod Center, East Rutherford, N.J.

AND

                                    Michigan State-Texas

                                    Toyota Center, Houston, Texas

 

                                    Connecticut @ Gonzaga                                   4:00 - 6:00 PM              Regional

                                    Key Arena, Seattle, Wash.

                                                AND

                                    Purdue - Davidson

                                    (Wooden Tradition)

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.

 

 

Sat., Dec. 27                 West Virginia @ Ohio State                              4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio     

 

 

Sat., Jan. 3                    TRIPLEHEADER

                                    LSU @ Connecticut (Women's)                      12:00 - 2:00 PM Regional

                                    Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn.

                                                AND

                                    Minnesota @ Illinois (Women's)

                                    Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.

 

                                    Tennessee @ Rutgers (Women's)                    2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Rutgers Athletic Center,  Piscataway, N.J.

 

                                    North Carolina State @ Florida                        4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.

 

 

Sun., Jan. 4                   Kentucky @ Louisville                                      4:30 - 6:30 PM or          National

                                    Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.                          1:30 - 4:00 PM

 

 

CBS SPORTS 2008-09 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

Sat., Jan. 10                  Kansas @ Michigan State                                 1:00 - 3:30 PM              National

                                    Breslin Student Events Center, E. Lansing, Mich.

 

 

Sun., Jan. 11                 Wisconsin @ Purdue                                        1:30 - 4:00 PM or          National

                                    Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.                4:30 - 6:30 PM

 

 

Sat., Jan. 17                  DOUBLEHEADER

                                    Georgetown @ Duke                                       1:30 - 3:45 PM              National

                                    Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C.

 

                                    Arizona State @ UCLA                                   3:45 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.

 

 

Sat., Jan. 24                  Memphis @ Tennessee                                     3:30 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Thompson-Boling Arena,, Knoxville, Tenn.

 

 

Sun., Jan. 25                 DOUBLEHEADER

                                    Florida @ Vanderbilt                                        1:30 - 3:45 PM              National

                                    Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tenn.

 

                                    Michigan State @ Ohio State                            3:45 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio

 

 

Sat., Jan. 31                  Michigan @ Purdue                                          1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.

                                                AND

                                    Washington State @ Arizona

                                    McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.

 

 

Sat., Feb. 7                   Notre Dame @ UCLA                                     1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.

                                                AND

                                    Ole Miss @ Vanderbilt

                                    Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tenn.

 

 

Sun., Feb. 8                   Purdue @ Illinois                                              1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.

 

 

 

CBS SPORTS 2008-09 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

Sat., Feb. 14                  UCLA @ Arizona                                            1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.

                                                AND

                                    Kentucky @ Arkansas

                                    Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark.

 

 

Sun., Feb. 15                 Illinois @ Indiana                                              1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.

 

 

Sat., Feb. 21                  Tennessee @ Kentucky                                    1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.

                                                AND               

Army-Navy

                                    Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md.

 

 

Sun., Feb. 22                 BIG TEN WILDCARD                                  1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    Indiana @ Purdue

                                    Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.

                                                OR

                                    Wisconsin @ Michigan State

                                    Breslin Student Events Center, E. Lansing, Mich.

                                                OR

                                    Illinois @ Ohio State

                                    Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio

                                                AND

                                    Villanova @ Syracuse

                                    Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.

 

 

Sat., Feb. 28                  TRIPLEHEADER

                                    Georgia Tech @ North Carolina                       12:00 - 2:00 PM National

                                    Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.

 

                                    Notre Dame @ Connecticut                             2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.

 

                                    LSU @ Kentucky                                            4:00 - 6:00 PM             National.                                                             Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.

 

 

 

 

 

CBS SPORTS 2008-09 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

Sun., March 1               TRIPLEHEADER

                                    Marquette @ Louisville                                     12:00 - 2:00 PM National

                                    Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.

 

                                    Missouri @ Kansas                                          2:00 - 4:00 PM              Regional

                                    Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.

                                                AND

                                    Tennessee @ Florida

                                    O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.

 

 

                                    BIG TEN WILDCARD                                  4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Ohio State @ Purdue

                                    Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.

                                                OR

                                    Michigan State @ Illinois

                                    Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.

                                                OR

                                    Michigan @ Wisconsin

                                    Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.

 

 

Sat., March 7                TRIPLEHEADER

                                    Connecticut @ Pittsburgh                                 12:00 - 2:00 PM National

                                    Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

                                    PAC-10 WILDCARD                                     2:00 - 4:00 PM              Regional

                                    Oregon @ UCLA

                                    Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.

                                                OR

                                    Stanford @ Arizona

                                    McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.

                                                OR                                                                    

                                    California @ Arizona State

                                    Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz.

                                                OR                                            

                                    Oregon State @ USC

                                    Galen Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

                                                OR                                                       

                                    Washington State @ Washington         

                                    Bank of America Arena, Seattle, Wash.

                                                AND                                                      

                                    Kentucky @ Florida

                                    O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.

 

Texas @ Kansas                                               4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.

 

CBS SPORTS 2008-09 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

Sun., March 8               TRIPLEHEADER

                                    BIG 10 WILDCARD                                      12:00 - 2:00 PM Regional

                                    Purdue @ Michigan State

                                    Breslin Student Events Center, E. Lansing, Mich.

                                                OR

                                    Michigan @ Minnesota

                                    Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.

                                                OR

                                    Indiana @ Wisconsin

                                    Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.

                                                AND

                                    Alabama @ Tennessee

                                    Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.

 

                                    Missouri Valley Championship                          2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Mo.

 

                                    Duke @ North Carolina                                   4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.        

 

 

Sat., March 14              QUADRUPLEHEADER

                                    Conference USA Championship                       11:30 AM - 1:40 PM      National

                                    FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn.

 

                                    Big Ten Semifinals #1                                       1:40 - 3:40 PM              National

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse,  Indianapolis, Ind.

 

                                    Big Ten Semifinals #2                                       4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.

 

                                    Pac-10 Championship                                      6:00 - 8:00 PM              National

                                    Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

 

 

Sun., March 15              DOUBLEHEADER

                                    SEC Championship                                          1:00 - 3:30 PM              National

                                    St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Fla.

 

                                    Big Ten Championship                                      3:30 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.

 

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL                        6:00 - 7:00 PM              National

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