FIVE CoNFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS CAP OFF

CBS SPORTS' 27^th CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON

 

CBS Sports' 27^th consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 8 with a national doubleheader featuring Michigan at Duke and Kentucky at Indiana.

  

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 18^th year together as the Network's lead announce team. Bob Dekas serves as Coordinating Producer, College Basketball, and Bob Fishman is the lead director. 

 

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

  

Highlights of the 14-week Regular-Season schedule include:

 

50 Regular-Season Match-ups - Nine Top Conferences

•·        40 men's contests, three women's games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from nine top conferences including,   the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Big East, Southeastern, Pac-10, Big 12, Conference USA, Missouri Valley and Patriot League.

  

Outstanding Non-Conference Games

•·        Kentucky at Indiana - Saturday, December 8

•·        Louisville-Purdue in the Wooden Tradition - Saturday, December 15

•·        UCLA at Michigan - Saturday, December 22

•·        Louisville at Kentucky - Saturday, January 5, 2008

•·        Ohio State at Tennessee - Sunday, January 19, 2008

 

Key Conference Contests

•·        USC at UCLA - Saturday, January 19, 2008

•·        Boston College at Duke -Saturday, February 9, 2008

•·        Georgetown at Marquette - Saturday, March 1, 2008

•·        Kentucky at Tennessee - Sunday, March 2, 2008

•·        UCLA at Arizona - Sunday, March 2, 2008

•·        Wildcard Weekend - Pac-10 and Big Ten - Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, 2008

•·        Kansas at Texas A&M - Saturday, March 8, 2008

  Three Women's Broadcasts highlighted by:

•·        Defending Champion Tennessee at Notre Dame - Saturday, January 5, 2008

  

Five Conference Championships on CBS Sports

•·        Championship Weekend Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16, 2008,.the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-10 and Conference USA crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

•·        CBS Sports broadcasts the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game on Sunday, March 9, 2008.

  

For the 27^th consecutive year, CBS Sports' college basketball coverage concludes with exclusive network coverage of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This season marks Packer's 34^th consecutive year as lead analyst for the Final Four and Championship Game.

  

•·        Selection Sunday - March 16, 2008 - NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

SELECTION SHOW, featuring the live, exclusive first-time announcement of the pairings for the

2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

•·        Tournament Tip-off - First-round action begins Thursday, March 20, 2008

•·        Final Four and Championship Game - Saturday, April 5 and Monday, April 7, 2008

 

 

The complete 2007-08 broadcast schedule follows.

  

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CBS Sports Contact:                LeslieAnne Wade                                             Jen Sabatelle   

212/975-5171                                                  212/975-4120

mailto:lawade@cbs.com                                               mailto:krraftery@cbs.com

CBS SPORTS 2007-08 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sat., Dec. 8                   DOUBLEHEADER

Michigan @ Duke                                             2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.                               

 

                                    Kentucky @ Indiana                                          4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Assembly Hall - Bloomington, Ind.

 

 

Sat., Dec. 15                 Louisville - Purdue                                            3:30 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    (Wooden Tradition)

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.

 

 

Sat., Dec. 22                 DOUBLEHEADER   

UCLA @ Michigan                                           2:00 - 4:00 PM              National           

                                    Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

Florida @ Ohio State                                         4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio

 

 

Sat., Jan. 5                    TRIPLEHEADER

Penn State @  Michigan State (Women's)          Noon - 2:00 PM            National

            Breslin Student Events Ctr. - E. Lansing, Mich.

 

Tennessee @  Notre Dame (Women's)              2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.

 

Louisville @ Kentucky                                       4:00 -  6:00 PM             National

                                    Rupp Arena -  Lexington, Ky.

 

 

Sun., Jan. 6                   Connecticut @ Purdue (Women's)                     1:30 - 4:00 PM             National

                                    Mackey Arena - West Lafayette, Ind.              Or 4:30-6:30 PM

 

 

Sat., Jan. 12                  Vanderbilt @ Kentucky                                     1:30 - 4:00 PM              Regional                                                           Rupp Arena - Lexington, Ky.

                                                AND

                                    Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State

                                    Gallagher-Iba Arena - Stillwater, Okla.

 

CBS SPORTS 2007-08 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sun., Jan. 13                 Illinois @ Indiana                                               4:30 - 6:30 PM              Regional

                                    Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.                    Or 1:30-4:00 PM

AND

Stanford @ Oregon                              

                                    McArthur Court -  Eugene, Ore.

 

 

Sat., Jan. 19                  Ohio State @ Tennessee                                               3:30 - 6:00 PM              Regional

                                    Thompson-Boling Assembly Ctr. & Arena -

 Knoxville, Tenn.

                                                AND

USC @ UCLA

                                    Pauley Pavilion - Los Angeles, Calif.

 

Sat., Jan. 26                  UCONN @ Indiana                                          1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Assembly Hall - Bloomington, Ind.

 

 

Sun., Jan. 27                 Michigan @ Michigan State                               1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Breslin Student Events Ctr. - E. Lansing, Mich

 

 

Sat., Feb. 2                   Kentucky @ Georgia                                         1:00 - 3:00 PM              Regional

                                    Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga.

                                                AND

                                    Pittsburgh @ Connecticut

                                    Hartford Civic Center - Hartford,Conn.                     

  

 

Sat., Feb. 9                   Boston College @ Duke                                                1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.

 

 

Sun., Feb. 10                 Indiana @ Ohio State                                        1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio                                         

 

 

Sat., Feb. 16                  Virginia Tech @ North Carolina                         1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Dean E. Smith Center - Chapel Hill, N.C.

 

 

Sun., Feb. 17                 Ohio State @ Michigan                                      1:00 - 3:00 PM              National

                                    Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, Mich.                                                                               

CBS SPORTS 2007-08 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sat., Feb. 23                  DOUBLEHEADER

Navy @ Army                                                  2:00 - 4:00 PM              Regional                                   Christl Arena - West Point, N.Y.                                  

                                                AND

                                    Arkansas @ Kentucky

                                    Rupp Arena - Lexington, Ky.

 

 

                                    St. John's @ Duke                                            4:00 - 6:00 PM              Regional                                                           Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.

AND

Kansas @ Oklahoma State

Gallagher-Iba Arena - Stillwater, Okla.         

 

 

Sun., Feb. 24                 DOUBLEHEADER

Alabama @ Auburn                                          2:00 - 4:00 PM              Regional

                                    Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum -  Auburn, Ala.

                                                AND

                                    Syracuse @ Notre Dame

                                    Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.

 

 

Big Ten Wildcard                                           4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

Wisconsin @ Ohio State

Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio

            OR

Illinois @ Michigan

                                    Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, Mich.

                                                OR

                                    Iowa @ Michigan State

                                    Breslin Student Events Ctr.- E. Lansing, Mich.

 

 

Sat., March  1               TRIPLEHEADER

Duke @ North Carolina State                            12:00 - 2:00 PM            National

                                    RBC Center - Raleigh, N.C.

                                                                       

                                    Georgetown @ Marquette                                 2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wisc.

 

 

                                    Mississippi State @ Florida                                4:00 - 6:00 PM              Regional          

                                    O'Connell Center - Gainesville, Fla.

                                                AND

                                    Texas @ Texas Tech                           

                                    United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas

 

CBS SPORTS 2007-08 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sun., March 2               TRIPLEHEADER

Kentucky @ Tennessee                                     12:00 - 2:00 PM            National

                                    Thompson-Boling Assembly Ctr & Arena -

Knoxville, Tenn.

                       

                                    Big Ten Wildcard                                           2:00 - 4:00 PM              National                       

Indiana @ Michigan State 

Breslin Student Events Ctr. - E. Lansing, Mich.

OR

Illinois @ Iowa

Carver-Hawkeye Arena - Iowa City, Iowa

OR

                                    Ohio State @ Minnesota

                                    Williams Arena - Minneapolis, Minn.

 

 

UCLA @ Arizona                                             4:00 - 6:00 PM              Regional

                                    McKale Center - Tucson, Ariz.

                                                AND

                                    Villanova @ Louisville

                                    Freedom Hall - Louisville, Ky.            

 

 

Sat., March 8                Louisville @ Georgetown                                   12:00 - 2:00 PM National

                                    Verizon Center - Washington, D.C.

 

Pac-10 Wildcard                                              2:00 - 4:00 PM              National                       

Stanford @ USC

                                    Galen Center - Los Angeles, Calif.

            OR

                                    California @ UCLA

Pauley Pavilion - Los Angeles, Calif.

 

Kansas @ Texas A&M                                     4:00 - 6:00 PM              National           

Reed Arena - College Station, Texas

 

CBS SPORTS 2007-08 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

 

DATE                         GAME                                                            TIME  (ET)                 COVERAGE

Sun., March  9              TRIPLEHEADER

Florida @ Kentucky                                          12:00 - 2:00 PM            National

                                    Rupp Arena - Lexington, Ky.

 

                                    Missouri Valley Championship                            2:00 - 4:00 PM              National

                                    Scottrade Center - St. Louis, Mo.

 

                                    Big Ten Wildcard                                           4:00 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Michigan State @ Ohio State

Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio

            OR

Purdue @ Michigan

Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, Mich.

            OR

                                    Indiana @ Penn State

                                    Bryce Jordan Center - University Park, Pa.

 

 

Sat., March 15              QUADRUPLEHEADER

Conference USA Championship                         11:30 - 1:40 PM            National

                                    FedEx Forum -  Memphis, Tenn.

 

                                    Big Ten Semifinals #1                                        1:40 - 3:40 PM              National           

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.

 

                                    Big Ten Semifinals #2                                         4:00 - 6:00 PM             National

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.

 

                                    Pac-10 Championship                                         6:00 -  8:00 PM            National                       

                                    Staples Center - Los Angeles, Calif.

 

 

Sun., March 16              DOUBLEHEADER   

SEC Championship                                            1:00 - 3:30 PM              National

                                    Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Ga.

 

                                    Big Ten Championship                                       3:30 - 6:00 PM              National

                                    Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.

  

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL                        6:00 - 7:00 PM              National

CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW