CBS Sports’ 32^nd consecutive season of college basketball tips off with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 1 (12:30 PM, ET) with *#8-ranked Kentucky taking on Baylor.

         CBS Sports’ lead college broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg call the action live from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Mark Wolff, the Network’s coordinating producer of college basketball, produces, and Suzanne Smith directs.

      This season CBS Sports will broadcast 40 men’s contests, two women’s games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from top conferences including the Big Ten, Big East, ACC, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and Atlantic 10.

      Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

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