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CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES FOR REGIONAL FINALS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24, ON CBS
Exclusive Coverage Continues with Regional Semi-Finals on Friday, March 23, on TBS and CBS
Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for the Regional Finals of the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 24 (4:30-9:00 PM, ET), on CBS. Louisville will take on Florida / Marquette in the first game (4:30 PM, ET) followed by Syracuse playing Ohio State at (7:05 PM, ET).
Saturday’s coverage begins on truTv with Infinti NCAA Tip-Off (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET) with Ernie Johnson, Seth Davis, Steve Smith and VCU head coach Shaka Smart. The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day’s action on CBS followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Kansas State head coach Frank Martin (3:00-4:30 PM, ET).
Below are the tip-times and announce/production assignments for Friday’s Regional Semi-Final games and Saturday’s Regional Final games. Tip times for Sunday’s Regional Final games will be announced after the conclusion of Friday’s games.
Additionally, NCAA March Madness® Live provides a robust suite of products including live streaming video of all 67 games from the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship; personal channel lineup (MyChannel) features and schedule updates; social media integration; and real-time brackets, scores and stats across online and mobile platforms.
REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL GAMES
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
Time (ET) |
Network |
Site |
Game |
Play-by-Play/Analyst// Reporter Producer//Director |
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7:15 PM |
CBS |
Atlanta I |
Baylor vs. Xavier |
Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson |
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Bob Dekas//Bob Fishman |
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7:47 PM |
TBS |
St. Louis I |
North Carolina vs. Ohio |
Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager |
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Scott Cockerill//Lonnie Dale |
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after conc. I |
CBS |
Atlanta II |
Kentucky vs. Indiana |
Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson |
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Dekas//Fishman |
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after conc. I |
TBS |
St. Louis II |
Kansas vs. N.C. State |
Albert/Kerr//Sager |
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Cockerill// Dale |
REGIONAL FINAL GAMES
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Time (ET) |
Network |
Site |
Game |
Play-by-Play/Analyst// Reporter Producer//Director |
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4:30 PM |
CBS |
Phoenix |
Louisville vs. Florida/Marquette |
Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Len Elmore//Marty Snider |
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Steve Scheer//Mike Arnold |
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7:05 PM |
CBS |
Boston |
Syracuse vs. Ohio State |
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Lesley Visser |
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Mark Wolff//Suzanne Smith |
CONTACTS:
Eric Welch, Turner Sports, 404-827-5417 eric.welch@turner.com
Dan Sabreen, CBS Sports, 212-975-5936 dsabreen@cbs.com
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