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CBS SPORTS' EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 2007 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17
Tip-Times and Match-ups Announced for Sunday, March 18
CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship continues with second- round action on Saturday, March 17 (1:00-10:00 PM, ET) and concludes on Monday, April 2 with the National Championship game (9:00 PM, ET-conclusion).
Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis host THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City to begin the day (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET). Eric Mann serves as senior producer and Bob Matina directs.
All 2007 NCAA Tournament games will be broadcast in high definition television where available.
Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
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 2007 edition of "March Madness."
SATURDAY, MARCH 17 (1:00-10:00 PM, ET)
(announce and production teams same as Thursday)
Tip (ET) Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst
Producer/Director
1:10 PM Lexington I Ohio State vs. Xavier Gus Johnson/Dan Bonnner
Craig Silver/Andy Goldberg
3:20 PM Buffalo I Maryland vs. Butler Kevin Harlan/Bob Wenzel Vic Frank/Chris Svendsen
after conc. I Lexington II Texas A&M vs. Louisville Johnson/Bonner
Silver/Goldberg
5:40 PM Sacramento I Washington State vs. Vanderbilt James Brown/Len Elmore
Steve Scheer/Mark Grant/Jim Cornell
5:45 PM Winston-Salem I Georgetown vs. Boston College Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas
Bob Mansbach/Mike Arnold
after conc. I Buffalo II Virginia Commonwealth vs. Pittsburgh Harlan/Wenzel
Frank/Svendsen
after conc. I Sacramento II Indiana vs. UCLA Brown/Elmore
Scheer/Grant/Cornell
after conc. I Winston-Salem II North Carolina vs. Michigan State Enberg/Bilas
Mansbach/Arnold
SUNDAY, MARCH 18 (12:00 Noon-7:00 PM, ET)
(announce and production teams same as Friday)
Tip (ET) Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst
Producer/Director
12:10 PM Columbus I Virginia vs. Tennessee Tim Brando/Mike Gminski
Ken Mack/Cathy Barreto
2:15 PM New Orleans I Florida vs. Purdue Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery
Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
2:30 PM Chicago I UNLV vs. Wisconsin Jim Nantz/Billy Packer
Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman
after conc. I Columbus II Virginia Tech vs. Southern Illinois Brando/Gminski
Mack/Barreto
2:50 PM Spokane I Oregon vs. Winthrop Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel
Ross Schneiderman/Steve Karasik/
Bryan Lilley
after conc. I New Orleans II Memphis vs. Nevada Lundquist/Raftery
Wolff/Smith
after conc. I Chicago II Kansas vs. Kentucky Nantz/Packer
Dekas/Fishman
after conc. I Spokane II Texas vs. USC Eagle/Spanarkel
Schneiderman/Karasik/Lilley
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* A member of the CBS Sports Communications Department will be available throughout
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