No. 2 Connecticut Hosts Notre Dame on Saturday and

 No. 8 Marquette Takes on No. 6 Louisville on Sunday to Highlight Weekend Line-up

CBS Sports' ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR roars into March with nine of the nations top 20-ranked teams  Saturday, Feb. 28  and Sunday, March 1   (12:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days).  Saturday's live action tips off with a national broadcast as Georgia Tech takes on *No. 4-ranked North Carolina (12:00 NOON, ET). A national Big East match-up between Notre Dame and *No. 2-ranked Connecticut follows (2:00 PM, ET). The day concludes with an SEC showdown between *No. 18-ranked LSU playing Kentucky (4:00 PM, ET).

Sunday's tripleheader tips-off with a live national broadcast as *No. 8-ranked Marquette takes on *No. 6-ranked Louisville (12:00 NOON, ET), followed by a regional broadcast as *No. 11-ranked Missouri visits *No. 15-ranked Kansas and Tennessee battles Florida (2:00 PM, ET).. The weekend's action wraps up with national coverage when *No. 9-ranked Michigan State takes on *No. 20-ranked Illinois (4:00 PM, ET).   All contests will be broadcast in high definition.

AT THE HALFÒ, CBS Sports' halftime studio show hosted by Greg Gumbel, along with Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis, provides all the day's news, scores and highlights live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Eric Mann produces and Bob Matina directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

(*AP  poll rankings as of 02/23/09)

Following are the talent and production assignments this weekend's action:

Saturday, Feb. 28 - Tripleheader

12:00-2:00 PM, ET

Georgia Tech at North Carolina                                Gus Johnson/Greg Anthony           Craig Silver/Mike Arnold

2:00-4:00 PM, ET

Notre Dame at Connecticut                                      Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg               Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman

4:00-6:00 PM, ET

LSU at Kentucky                                                     Tim Brando/Mike Gminski            Ken Mack/Jim Cornell

Saturday, March 1 - Tripleheader

12:00-2:00 PM, ET

Marquette at Louisville                                             Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery          Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith

2:00-4:00 PM, ET -                                               

Missouri at Kansas                                                   Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel               Ross Schniedermann/Bryan Lilley

Tennessee at Florida                                                Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner Vic Frank/Andy Goldberg                                       

4:00-6:00 PM, ET

Michigan State at Illinois                                           Dick Enberg/Bob Wenzel              Mark Wolff/Mark Grant

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