Tip-Times Announced for Regional Finals on Saturday, March 28

CBS Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship continues on Friday, March 27 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET) with broadcasts of the regional semifinals. The regional finals will be broadcast on Saturday, March 28 (4:30-9:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, March 29 (2:00-7:00 PM, ET). On Saturday Connecticut takes on Missouri in the first game followed by Pittsburgh playing Villanova.

On Saturday, the Division II Men's Basketball Championship (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis (3:00-4:30 PM, ET).

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.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

Following are the tip-times and announce/production teams for Friday's regional semifinal games and Saturday's regional final games. All games are broadcast in high definition.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)

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

                                                                                                                Producer/Director

7:07 PM           Indianapolis I                 Louisville vs. Arizona                      Gus Johnson/Len Elmore                                                                                                                                              Steve Scheer/Craig Silver//Mike Arnold

7:27 PM           Memphis I                 Oklahoma vs. Syracuse                  Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg

                                                                                                               Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman

after conc. I      Indianapolis II            Kansas vs. Michigan State              Johnson/Elmore

                                                                                                               Scheer/Silver//Arnold

 after conc. I     Memphis II                North Carolina vs. Gonzaga            Nantz/Kellogg

                                                                                                               Dekas/Fishman

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 (4:30 PM-9:00 PM, ET)

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

                                                                                                               Producer/Director

4:40 PM           Glendale                 Connecticut vs. Missouri                    Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas

                                                                                                                                                    Mark Wolff/Mark Grant

7:05 PM           Boston                   Pittsburgh vs. Villanova                      Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery

                                                                                                               Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith

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CBS Sports Contacts:    Jennifer Sabatelle                      LeslieAnne Wade

(212) 975-4120                                   (212) 975-5171

jsabatelle@cbs.com                  lwade@cbs.com

Thursday night               917-576-2435                        

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