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TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES FOR REGIONAL FINALS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30 ON CBS

Exclusive Coverage Continues with Regional Semi-Finals on Friday, March 29 on TBS and CBS

            CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for the Regional Finals of the 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 30 on CBS.  Marquette will take on Syracuse in the first game at 4:30 PM, ET followed by La Salle/Wichita State playing Ohio State at 7:05 PM, ET.

                THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® tips off the day’s action on CBS (2:30 PM, ET) with host Greg Gumbel along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Doug Gottlieb.

            Below are the tip-times and announce/production assignments for Friday’s Regional Semi-Final games and Saturday’s Regional Final games. Tip times for Sunday’s Regional Final games will be announced after the conclusion of Friday’s games.

             NCAA March Madness Live® will continue to provide college basketball fans unparalleled multi-screen digital access to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship including live streaming of every game.  The digital suite of products will also feature video highlights, full game replays, real-time game alerts, live game scoring, real-time tournament brackets, personal channel lineup features, live stats, robust social media integration and more.

 

REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL GAMES

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)

 

Tip (ET)

Network

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director

7:15 p.m.

CBS

Indianapolis I

Oregon vs. Louisville

Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson

 

 

 

 

Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman

7:37 p.m.

TBS

North Texas I

Kansas vs. Michigan

Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager

 

 

 

 

Scott Cockerill/Lonnie Dale

After conc. I

CBS

Indianapolis II

Michigan State vs. Duke

Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson

 

 

 

 

Wolff/Fishman

After conc. I

TBS

North Texas II

Florida Gulf Coast vs. Florida

Albert/Kerr//Sager

 

 

 

 

Cockerill/Dale

 

REGIONAL FINAL GAMES

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

 

Tip (ET)

Network

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director

4:30 p.m.

CBS

Washington, DC

Syracuse vs. Marquette

Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Rachel Nichols

 

 

 

 

Bob Dekas/Suzanne Smith

7:05 p.m.

CBS

Los Angeles

La Salle/Wichita State vs. Ohio State

Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Len Elmore//Lewis Johnson

 

 

 

 

Steve Scheer/Mike Arnold

 

Media Contacts:

Nate Smeltz, Turner Sports, 404-827-4786, nate.smeltz@turner.com

Dan Sabreen, CBS Sports, 212-975-5936 dsabreen@cbs.com