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FRANK MARTIN AND SHAKA SMART JOIN CBS AND TURNER'S NCAA TOURNAMENT COVERAGE

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…from Turner Sports and CBS Sports:

         CBS Sports and Turner Sports have added Kansas State head coach Frank Martin and VCU head coach Shaka Smart as guest studio analysts for the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, airing across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV.    

         Martin will serve as a guest analyst in the New York studio, joining host Greg Gumbel and analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smith, for the Regional Finals on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, which will air on CBS.

         Smart joins the Atlanta studio team of host Ernie Johnson and analysts Steve Smith and Seth Davis, working the Regional Semi-Final and Finals on Thursday, March 22, Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24, which will air across CBS and TBS.

CONTACTS:

Eric Welch, Turner Sports, 404-827-5417 eric.welch@turner.com

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