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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.
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