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CBS SPORTS' EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 2007 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES ON THURSDAY, MARCH 22

Tip Times and Broadcast Pairings Announced for Regional Semi-finals 

          CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship continues with the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET, both days) and concludes on Monday, April 2 with the National Championship game (9:00 PM, ET-conclusion).

         All games from the four regional sites will be broadcast in HDTV.

         Following are the tip times for Thursday and Friday's regional semi-final games, as well as the CBS Sports announce and production team assignments, led by Jim Nantz and Billy Packer.

THURSDAY, MARCH 22 (7:00 PM -12:00 AM, ET)

Tip (ET)          Site                           Game                                            Play-by-Play/Analyst

                                                                                                               Producer/Director

7:10 PM           San Jose I                 Kansas vs. Southern Illinois    Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas

                                                                                                                                                    Bob Mansbach/CraigSilver/Mike Arnold

7:27 PM           San Antonio I            Memphis vs. Texas A&M               Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery                                                                                                                                Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith

 

after conc. I      San Jose II                UCLA vs. Pittsburgh                      Enberg/Bilas

                                                                                                                                                    Mansbach/Silver/Arnold

after conc. I      San Antonio II              Ohio State vs. Tennessee                Lundquist/Raftery                                                                                                               Wolff/Smith

FRIDAY, MARCH 23 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)

 

Tip (ET)          Site                           Game                                            Play-by-Play/Analyst

                                                                                                                Producer/Director

7:10 PM           St. Louis I                       Florida vs. Butler                                 James Brown/Len Elmore                                                                                                                                             Steve Scheer/Mark Grant

 

7:27 PM           East Rutherford I       Georgetown vs. Vanderbilt             Jim Nantz/Billy Packer

                                                                                                               Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman

                                                                                                                

after conc. I      St. Louis II                UNLV vs. Oregon                          Brown/Elmore

                                                                                                               Scheer/Grant

 after conc. I     East Rutherford II      North Carolina vs. USC                 Nantz/Packer

                                                                                                               Dekas/Fishman

Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis host THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. 

Bob Dekas is coordinating producer of CBS Sports' NCAA basketball coverage, and Bob Fishman is the lead director.  Eric Mann is Senior Producer and Bob Matina directs. 

Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

*A member of the CBS Sports Communications Department will be available throughout tournament coverage at (212) 975-1796.