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CBS SPORTS' EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 2009 NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21

Tip-Times and Match-ups Announced for Saturday, March 22

  

CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship continues with second-round action on Saturday, March 21 (1:00-10:00 PM, ET) and concludes on Monday, April 6 with the National Championship game (9:00 PM, ET-conclusion).

 

Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis host THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.  Eric Mann serves as Senior Producer and Bob Matina directs.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

All 2009 NCAA Tournament games will be broadcast in high definition television where available

 

Following are the tip times of Saturday and Sunday's second-round games, as well as the CBS Sports announce and production team assignments for the 2009 edition of "March Madness."

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SATURDAY, MARCH 21 (1:00-10:00 PM, ET)

(announce and production teams same as Thursday)

  

                 Play-by-Play/Analyst

Tip (ET)          Site                         Game                                                       Producer//Director                                                    

1:05 PM           Philadelphia I           Villanova vs. UCLA                                  Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas

                                                                                                                        Mark Wolff/Mark Grant

                                                                                                                                               

3:20 PM           Kansas City I           Memphis vs. Maryland                              Tim Brando/Mike Gminski

                                                                                                                        Ken Mack/Jim Cornell

 

after conc. I      Philadelphia II          Connecticut vs. Texas A&M                     Enberg/Bilas

                                                                                                                        Mark Wolff/Mark Grant

 

5:40 PM           Portland I                 Purdue vs. Washington                              Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner

                                                                                                                        Craig Silver/Andy Goldberg

 

5:45 PM           Greensboro I           North Carolina vs. LSU                            Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg

                                                                                                                        Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman

 

after conc. I      Kansas City II          Oklahoma vs. Michigan                             Brando/Gminski

                                                                                                                        Mack/Cornell

 

after conc. I      Portland II               Gonzaga vs. Western Kentucky                 Harlan/Bonner

                                                                                                                        Silver/Goldberg

 

after conc. I      Greensboro II          Duke vs. Texas                                         Nantz/Kellogg

                                                                                                                        Dekas/Fishman

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 (12:00 Noon-7:00 PM, ET)

(announce and production teams same as Friday)

 

                 Play-by-Play/Analyst

Tip (ET)          Site                         Game                                                       Producer//Director    

12:10 PM        Miami I                    Syracuse vs. Arizona State                        Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel

                                                                                                                        Ross Schneiderman/Bryan Lilley

 

2:20 PM           Boise I                     Wisconsin vs. Xavier                                 Craig Bolerjack/Bob Wenzel                                                                                                                                                    Vic Frank/Chris Svendsen

 

2:30 PM           Minneapolis I           Kansas vs. Dayton                                    Gus Johnson/Len Elmore

                                                                                                                        Steve Scheer/Mike Arnold

 

after conc. I      Miami II                   Cleveland State vs. Arizona                       Eagle/Spanarkel

                                                                                                                        Schneiderman/Lilley

 

2:50 PM           Dayton I                  Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh                   Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery

                                                                                                                        Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith

 

after conc. I      Boise II                    Missouri vs. Marquette                              Bolerjack/Wenzel                                                                                                                                                                     Frank/Svendsen

 

after conc. I      Minneapolis II          Michigan State vs. USC                            Johnson/Elmore

                                                                                                                        Scheer/Arnold

 

 after conc. I     Dayton II                 Siena vs. Louisville                                    Lundquist/Raftery

                                                                                                                        Mansbach/Smith

 

 

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CBS Sports Contacts:           Jen Sabatelle                           LeslieAnne Wade

(212) 975-4120                      (212) 975-5171

mailto:klmateo@cbs.com                lwade@cbs.com

 

 

* A member of the CBS Sports Communications Department will be available throughout tournament coverage

at (212) 975-1796.