Clark Kellogg Becomes CBS Sports' Lead Game Analyst and Greg Anthony Debuts on CBS Sports

CBS Sports' 28^th consecutive season of college basketball tips-off with a national doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 13 highlighted by No. 17-ranked Memphis taking on *No. 19-ranked Georgetown (2:00 PM, ET) followed by Indiana playing Kentucky (4:00 PM, ET).

Clark Kellogg assumes the role of CBS Sports' lead college basketball analysts, and partners with Jim Nantz. The duo teams up for their first game together as the Network's lead college basketball announce team, to call the action for Memphis-Georgetown, live from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Bob Dekas, the Network's coordinating producer of college basketball, produces and Chris Svendsen directs.

Former UNLV standout, Greg Anthony makes his debut as an analyst on CBS Sports during the second game. Anthony joins Verne Lundquist for the Indiana-Kentucky contest from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Steve Scheer produces and Jim Cornell directs.

Both match-ups with be broadcast in high definition.

AT THE HALFÒ, CBS Sports' halftime studio show, hosted by Tim Brando, along with Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis, provides all the day's news, scores and highlights live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

*AP Poll as of 12/08/08

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COURTSIDE WITH CBS SPORTS' LEAD COLLEGE BASKETBALL ANALYST

CLARK KELLOGG

(On Memphis-Georgetown): Memphis and Georgetown are two teams that are pretty evenly matched. Georgetown has a little bit more experience returning from last year's meeting, which Memphis won handily. But both teams are Top 20-caliber teams right now with the potential to be perhaps Sweet 16-or-beyond-type teams. Memphis wants to speed it up and score off its defense, in addition to attacking the paint. Georgetown is a bit more methodical in its approach in attacking. They'll play inside-out. Couple of keys for Memphis will be to force turnovers and win the rebounding battle. For Georgetown the flipside of that is they need to take care of the ball and they need to knock down perimeter shots as well. They've not been as effective from the three-point line.

(On early season surprises): I am surprised that Michigan State has struggled a bit, but there are some reasons for that. Goran Suton, one of their projected starters has missed the last couple of weeks and is going to be out awhile with a recent knee injury. And they've been inconsistent in the back court. Michigan State is still capable of being a very, very good team. But right now, they have not performed at the level that they're ranked.

(On Teams to Watch):

(Xavier): Xavier has been impressive in its early start despite being relatively young in the backcourt. There's a culture of winning that's been established there: Pete Gillen, Skip Prosser, the late Skip Prosser, Thad Motta and now Sean Miller. That's a terrific program and won the Puerto Rico Classic, beating Memphis. That's the only loss for Memphis. That team just plays tough defense, has a number of people step up on offense, and continues to distinguish itself as one of the top basketball programs in the country.

(North Carolina): From the heavyweight teams that I've had a chance to see, North Carolina is obviously very worthy of its ranking right now. Just based on experience and talent. If that team stays healthy they would be the favorite to win it all.

(Gonzaga): Gonzaga is a very impressive team. I saw them in Orlando about two weeks ago. That team has enough fire power to be a Final Four team. What that team does defensively will determine where it ends up.

(On top teams): I've not had a chance to see Connecticut in person yet, but feel as though that team is just a notch-or-two below North Carolina. After that you've got teams like Texas, UCLA, Kansas and Duke. Kansas is relatively young but is going to continue to get better and better as the year goes on. Carolina clearly holding a head-and-a-half, maybe two heads in front of everybody else right now, but I don't know if that gap will sustain itself throughout the course of the year. I look for teams like Connecticut, and perhaps even Pittsburgh, to be right there in the mix to maybe challenge Carolina. We're in for another terrific basketball season

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