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CBS SPORTS' COLLEGE BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTED BY PAC-10, BIG TEN AND SEC CONFERENCE MATCH-UPS ON SATURDAY, FEB. 14 AND SUNDAY, FEB. 15

Courtside Notes with CBS Sports Analyst Greg Anthony

  

CBS Sports' college basketball schedule continues on Sunday, Feb. 14 (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) with regional coverage featuring a Pac-10 match-up as *No. 6-ranked UCLA plays Arizona and Kentucky takes on SEC foe Arkansas. On Sunday, Feb. 15 (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) No. 20-ranked Illinois battles Big Ten rival  Indiana in a national broadcast.

 

Verne Lundquist joins CBS Sports' lead college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg to call the action from the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. for the UCLA-Arizona game.  Bob Dekas, CBS Sports' coordinating producer for college basketball, produces and Bob Fishman directs.

 

Tim Brando and Bill Raftery are courtside at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark. with the call for the Kentucky-Arkansas game.  Vic Frank produces and Mark Grant directs.

 

On Sunday, Ian Eagle and Greg Anthony handle the call from Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. for Illinois-Indiana. Steve Scheer produces and Bryan Lilley directs.

 

 

All broadcasts are also available in high definition.

 

AT THE HALFÒ, CBS Sports' halftime studio show, hosted by Greg Gumbel 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 Jim Cornell directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

*Coaches Poll as of 2/9/09

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COURTSIDE WITH CBS SPORTS ANALYST GREG ANTHONY

  

(On Illinois-Indiana): This is a huge game for Illinois. They are playing really well right now. I had the opportunity to see them last week against Purdue and they still have an outside chance of winning the Big Ten. I have been impressed with them as a team and with the Big Ten as a conference thus far in the season...Devan Dumes from Indiana may be unavailable for the game and for a team that's already shorthanded, if he's not able to play it will have a huge impact on this matchup...Neither of these programs like each other to begin with, so the Illini will not feel any sympathy towards Indiana.

 

(On Notre Dame): Notre Dame's real problem has been their inability to get stops. Luke Harangody is effective offensively, but they have not been able to get stops when they need them. Their confidence is lacking largely due to them losing so many games in a row. It puts a little bit of self doubt on a team. If the Selection Show was today, they probably would not be in. But there is a lot of time left, and then the Big East Tournament, to put away any of that doubt.

 

(On No. 1 picks): I am excited to see how the number-one seeds play out. There has been a lot of volatility at the top. There are six or seven teams that are capable of getting a top seed and it will be interesting to see how these teams finish the regular-season and conference tournaments. Right now my teams with a chance for a No. 1-seed are: Oklahoma, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Duke, North Carolina, Louisville and UCLA. Marquette is an outside sleeper for a number one seed.

 

 

CBS Sports Contact:    Jen Sabatelle      (212) 975-4120         jsabatelle@cbs.com