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CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
October 26, 2005
CBS Sports CELEBRATES 25th Consecutive Season OF Regular-Season College Basketball
REGULAR SEASON FeaturES Top Teams from TEN Conferences
CBS SPORTS EXPANDS ROSTER OF CoNFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO FIVE
CBS Sports' 25th consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 3 (12:00 NOON-2:00 PM, ET) with live national coverage of defending National Champion North Carolina at Kentucky.
CBS Sports' lead announce team for college basketball will be Jim Nantz and Emmy Award-winning analyst Billy Packer. Nantz and Packer will mark their 16th year together as the Network's lead announce team. Bob Dekas serves as Coordinating Producer, College Basketball, CBS Sports, and Bob Fishman is the lead director. Tony Petitti is Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
Highlights of the 14-week Regular-Season schedule include:
51 Regular-Season Match-ups - 10 Top Conferences
42 men's contests, three women's games and five conference championships, featuring teams from eight top conferences including, the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Big East, Southeastern, Pac-10, Big 12, West Coast, Conference USA, Missouri Valley and Patriot
Outstanding Non-Conference Games
Duke at Texas - Saturday, Dec. 10 at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.
Kentucky at Indiana - Saturday, Dec. 10
Villanova at Texas - Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006
Duke at Georgetown - Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006
West Virginia at UCLA - Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006
Arizona at North Carolina - Saturday, Jan. 28 2006
Connecticut at Indiana - Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006
Key Conference Contests
Oklahoma at Kansas - Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006
Duke at Maryland - Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006
Arizona at Stanford - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006
Michigan State at Indiana- Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006
Louisville at Connecticut - Saturday, March 4, 2006
Wildcard Weekend - Pac-10 and Big Ten - Saturday, March 4, 2006
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Three Women's Broadcasts on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006
Connecticut at Tennessee 2:00-4:00 PM, ET
Missouri Valley Added to Roster of Conference Championships on CBS
With the addition of the Missouri Valley Conference on Sunday, March 5, 2006 CBS Sports will broadcast five Conference Championships.
Conference USA, Pac-10, SEC and Big Ten crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Saturday and Sunday, March 11 & 12, 2006.
For the 25th consecutive year, CBS Sports' college basketball coverage concludes with exclusive network coverage of the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind.
Selection Sunday - March 12, 2006 - NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW, featuring the live, exclusive first-time announcement of the pairings for the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
Tournament Tip-off - First-round action begins Thursday, March 16, 2006
Final Four and Championship Game - Saturday, April 1 and Monday, April 3, 2006
The complete 2005-06 broadcast schedule follows.
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CBS Sports Contact: LeslieAnne Wade Jen Sabatelle 212/975-5171 212/975-4120 lwade@cbs.com jsabatelle@cbs.com
CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Dec. 3 North Carolina @ Kentucky 12:00 - 2:30 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sat., Dec. 10 DOUBLEHEADER
Duke vs. Texas 1:30 - 3:45 PM National
Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.
Kentucky @ Indiana 3:45 - 6:00 PM Regional
RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Ind.
AND
Oklahoma State @ Gonzaga
Key Arena, Seattle, Wash.
Sat., Dec. 17 Louisville @ Kentucky 2:00 - 4:30 PM. National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sat., Jan. 7 TRIPLEHEADER
Rutgers @ Michigan State (Women) 12:00-2:00 PM Regional
Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich.
Minnesota @ LSU (Women)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Connecticut @ Tennessee (Women) 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Thomson-Boiling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Ohio State @ Indiana 4:00 - 6:00 PM Regional
Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.
LSU @ Connecticut
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn.
Sun., Jan. 8 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 1:30 - 4:00 OR National
Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc. 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 14 Villanova @ Texas 1:00-3:30 PM Regional
Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
Alabama @ Kentucky
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sun., Jan. 15 Michigan State @ Ohio State 4:30 - 6:30 OR National
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Sat., Jan. 21 DOUBLEHEADER
Duke @ Georgetown 1:30 - 3:45 PM National
MCI Center, Washington, D.C.
West Virginia @ UCLA 3:45 - 6:00 PM Regional
Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.
Mississippi St. @ Vanderbilt
Memorial Gym, Nashville, TN
Sat., Jan. 28 Arizona @ North Carolina 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sun., Jan. 29 Indiana @ Minnesota 1:00 - 3:00 PM Regional
Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.
Arkansas @ Kentucky
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sat., Feb. 4 Connecticut @ Indiana 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.
Sun., Feb. 5 Oklahoma @ Kansas 1:00 - 3:00 PM Regional
Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
Army - Navy
Cristl Arena, West Point, N.Y.
Sat., Feb. 11 Duke @ Maryland 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Comcast Center, College Park, MD
Sun., Feb. 12 Illinois @ Ohio State 1:00 - 3:00 PM National
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., Feb. 18 DOUBLEHEADER
Kentucky @ South Carolina 1:30 - 3:45 PM National
The Carolina Center, Columbia, S.C.
Missouri @ Kansas 3:45 - 6:00 PM Regional
Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
Connecticut @ West Virginia
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.V.
Sun., Feb. 19 Indiana @ Illinois 3:30 - 6:00 PM Regional Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.
Arizona @ Stanford
Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif.
Sat., Feb. 25 DOUBLEHEADER
Louisville @ West Virginia 1:30 - 3:45 PM Regional
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.V.
Michigan @ Ohio State
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Kentucky @ LSU 3:45 - 6:00 PM Regional
Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Boston College @ North Carolina State
Entertainment and Sports Arena, Rahleigh, N.C.
Sun., Feb. 26 TRIPLEHEADER
Michigan State @ Indiana 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN
Villanova @ Connecticut 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.
Florida @ Alabama 4:00 - 6:00 PM Regional
Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Oregon @ UCLA
Pauly Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif
CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sat., March 4 TRIPLEHEADER
Big Ten Wildcard 12:00 - 2:00 PM National
Illinois - Michigan State
or
Indiana - Michigan
or
Wisconsin - Iowa
Louisville @ Connecticut 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.
PAC-10 Wildcard 4:00 - 6:00 PM Regional
Washington - Arizona
Or
UCLA - Stanford
North Carolina State @ Wake Forest
Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Sun., March 5 TRIPLEHEADER
Villanova @ Syracuse 12:00 - 2:00 PM Regional
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Florida @ Kentucky
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Missouri Valley 2:00 - 4:00 PM National
Conference Championship
Savvis Center, St. Louis, Mo.
Oklahoma @ Texas 4:00 - 6:00 PM National
Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
Sat., March 11 QUADRUPLEHEADER
Confernece USA Championship 11:30 - 1:40 PM National
Fed Ex Forum, Memphis, Tenn.
Big Ten Semifinals 1:40 - 6:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Pac-10 Championship 6:00 - 8:00 PM National
Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
CBS SPORTS 2005-06 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME (ET) COVERAGE
Sun., March 12 DOUBLEHEADER
SEC Championship 1:00 - 3:30 PM National
Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Big Ten Championship 3:30 - 6:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 6:00 - 7:00 PM National
Selection Show
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