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CBS SPORTS' 30th CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL FEATURES PRIMETIME MATCH-UP BETWEEN DUKE-NORTH CAROLINA
2010-11 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTED BY TOP TEAMS FROM 11 CONFERENCES AND FIVE CoNFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
CBS Sports' 30th consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 4 with a national broadcast featuring Kentucky taking on North Carolina. CBS Sports' 2010-11 schedule is highlighted by a primetime match-up featuring Duke at North Carolina on Saturday, March 5, 2011 (8:00 PM, ET). This marks the first time that the Duke-North Carolina rivalry will air in prime time on network television.
CBS Sports' lead announce team for college basketball will be Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg for the third consecutive year. 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:
45 Regular-Season Match-ups - 10 Top Conferences
•· 36 men's contests, two women's games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from 11 top conferences including the Big Ten, Big East, Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Pac-10, Big 12, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Conference USA, Mountain West and Horizon.
Outstanding Non-Conference Games
•· Stanford at Butler - Saturday, Dec. 18
•· Texas vs. North Carolina - Saturday, Dec. 18
•· Kentucky at Louisville - Friday, Dec. 31
•· Kansas at Michigan - Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011
•· Maryland at Villanova - Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011
•· Purdue at West Virginia - Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011
•· Duke at St. John's - Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 at Madison Square Garden
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Key Conference Contests
•· Michigan State at Wisconsin - Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011
•· Purdue at Illinois - Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011
•· BYU at San Diego State - Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
•· Kansas at Missouri - Saturday, March 5, 2011
•· Villanova at Pittsburgh - Saturday, March 5, 2011
•· Duke at North Carolina - Saturday, March 5, 2011
•· Kentucky at Tennessee - Sunday, March 6, 2011
•· Wildcard Weekend - Pac-10 and Big Ten - Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2011
Women's National Doubleheader highlighted by:
•· Defending national champion Connecticut at Notre Dame - Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
Five Conference Championships on CBS Sports
•· Championship Weekend Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 2011, where the Big Ten, Pac-10, Conference USA and Atlantic 10 crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
•· CBS Sports also broadcasts the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game on Sunday, March 6, 2011.
The complete 2010-11 broadcast schedule follows.
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CBS Sports Contact: LeslieAnne Wade Jen Sabatelle
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CBS SPORTS 2010-11 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Dec. 4 Kentucky @ North Carolina 12:30 - 3:00 PM National
Dean E. Smith Ctr., Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sat., Dec. 11 Saint Louis @ Duke 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C.
Sat., Dec. 18 Stanford @ Butler 2:00 - 4:00 PM Regional
Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
AND
South Carolina @ Ohio State
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Texas vs. North Carolina 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.
Fri., Dec. 31 Kentucky @ Louisville 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.
Sat., Jan. 8 Connecticut @ Notre Dame (Women's) 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Ctr., South Bend, Ind.
Ohio State @ Iowa (Women's) 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Sun., Jan. 9 Kansas @ Michigan 1:30 - 4:00 PM OR National
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich. 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 15 Maryland @ Villanova 1:00 - 3:30 PM National
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sun., Jan. 16 Purdue @ West Virginia 4:30 - 6:30 PM OR National
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va. 1:30 - 4:00 PM
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Jan. 22 Ohio State @ Illinois 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.
Stanford @ UCLA 2:00 - 4:00 PM Regional
Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.
AND
Tennessee @ Connecticut
XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
Texas @ Kansas 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
Sat., Jan. 29 Minnesota @ Purdue 1:00 - 3:00 PM Regional
Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind,
AND
Florida @ Mississippi State
Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Miss.
Sun., Jan. 30 Duke @ St. John's 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
Sat., Feb. 5 St. John's @ UCLA 1:00 - 3:00 PM Regional Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.
AND
Illinois @ Northwestern
Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.
Sun., Feb. 6 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.
Sat., Feb. 12 Kentucky @ Vanderbilt 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tenn.
Sun., Feb. 13 Purdue @ Illinois 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.
Sat., Feb. 19 Georgia @ Tennessee 1:00 - 3:00 PM Regional
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
AND
Notre Dame @ West Virginia
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va.
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sun., Feb. 20 Big Ten Wildcard 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Ohio State @ Purdue
Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.
OR
Michigan @ Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
OR
Northwestern @ Indiana
Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.
Sat., Feb. 26 Syracuse @ Georgetown 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
BYU @ San Diego State 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Viejas Arena, San Diego, Calif.
Florida @ Kentucky 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sun., Feb. 27 Pittsburgh @ Louisville 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.
Big Ten Wildcard 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Purdue @ Michigan State
Breslin Student Evts. Ctr., E. Lansing, Mich.
OR
Iowa @ Illinois
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.
OR
Indiana @ Ohio State
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Mar. 5 Kansas @ Missouri 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Mo.
Pac-10 Wildcard 2:00 - 4:00 PM Regional
Oregon @ Arizona
McKale Memorial Center, Tucson, Ariz.
OR
USC @ Washington
Bank of America Arena at
Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Wash.
OR
UCLA @ Washington State
Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, Wash.
OR
Stanford @ California
Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif.
OR
Oregon State @ Arizona State
Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz.
AND
Michigan State @ Michigan
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Villanova @ Pittsburgh 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Duke @ North Carolina 8:00 - 10:00 PM National
Dean E. Smith Ctr., Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sun., Mar. 6 Kentucky @ Tennessee 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Missouri Valley Championship 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Mo.
Big Ten Wildcard 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Wisconsin @ Ohio State
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
OR
Purdue @ Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
OR
Indiana @ Illinois
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Mar. 12 Conference USA Championship 11:30 - 1:40 PM National
Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas.
Big Ten Semifinal #1 1:40 - 3:40 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Big Ten Semifinal #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., Mar. 13 Atlantic 10 Championship 1:00 - 3:30 PM National
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
Big Ten Championship 3:30 - 6:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
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