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CBS SPORTS' WILD WEEKEND OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL FEATURES WOMEN'S AND MEN'S MATCH-UPS ON SATURDAY, JAN. 8 AND SUNDAY, JAN. 9

CBS Sports' wild weekend of NCAA Basketball tips off on Saturday, Jan. 8 (2:00-6:00 PM, ET) with a women's doubleheader featuring four of the nation's top ranked teams. *No. 2-ranked Connecticut visits *No. 13-ranked Notre Dame (2:00 PM, ET) followed by *No. 20-ranked Ohio State battling *No. 11-ranked Iowa (4:00 PM, ET).

 

On Sunday, Jan. 9 (4:30-6:30 PM, ET) men's action follows CBS Sports' NFL coverage of the AFC Wild Card game as No. 3-ranked Kansas takes on Michigan.

 

Saturday, Don Criqui is joined by Rebecca Lobo for the Connecticut-Notre Dame contest live from Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Center in South Bend, Ind.  Ken Mack and Suzanne Smith produce and direct, respectively.  Dave Ryan calls play-by-play for the Ohio State-Iowa game along with analyst Deb Antonelli, live from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Sellers Shy produces and Mark Grant directs. 

 

On Sunday, Verne Lundquist joins CBS Sports' lead college basketball analyst, Clark Kellogg to call the action for Kansas-Michigan live from Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bob Dekas, CBS Sports' Coordinating Producer for college basketball, produces and Chris Svendsen directs.   

  

AT THE HALF®, CBS Sports' halftime studio show is hosted on Saturday by Tracy Wolfson, who will be joined by Ann Schatz. James Brown and Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis will be on the set on Sunday. AT THE HALF®, live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, provides all the day's news, scores and highlights.   Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs on Saturday. On Sunday, Eric Mann produces and Bob Matina directs.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

(*AP poll rankings as of 1/03/11)

 

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