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"THEN, NOW, ALWAYS..." CBS SPORTS TIPS OFF OF 30th YEAR OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL ON SATURDAY, DEC. 4 WITH *NO. 8-RANKED KENTUCKY AT *NO. 25-RANKED NORTH CAROLINA

CBS Sports' 30th consecutive season of college basketball tips-off with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 4 (12:30 PM, ET) with No. 8-ranked Kentucky taking on *No. 25-ranked North Carolina

 

Clark Kellogg, only the second lead college basketball analysts for CBS Sports over the past 30 years, begins his third year as lead analyst calling the game with Gus Johnson, live from the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.  Bob Dekas, the Network's coordinating producer of college basketball, produces, and Chris Svendsen directs. Dekas has been involved in the production for all of CBS Sports' 30 years of college basketball, first as an associate director and has served as producer since 1985.

 

Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

CBS Sports' 2010-11 college basketball schedule is attached.

 

*AP Poll as of 11/29/10

 

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THEN, NOW, ALWAYS...30 YEAR OF NCAA BASKETBALL ON CBS SPORTS

 

November 28, 1981 - CBS Sports' first regular-season of college basketball tips-off with a split-national broadcast with Arkansas playing Michigan and Georgia visiting San Francisco. Gary Bender and lead analyst Billy Packer call the Arkansas-Michigan game and Frank Glieber and Steve Grote handle the call for Georgia-San Francisco.

 

 

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

 

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.