COVERAGE CULMINATES WITH NETWORK'S BROADCAST OF FINAL FOUR® AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR 29^th CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Spero Dedes Added to CBS Sports' Announcer Line-up

Tournament Schedule and Broadcast Pairings Announced

"March Madness®" returns to the CBS Television Network when CBS Sports broadcasts the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship for the 29th consecutive year.  Exclusive live, network coverage begins on Thursday, March 18 and concludes on Monday, April 5 with the National Championship game from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.

THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR, the Network's studio show, tips off CBS Sport's coverage of first- round games on Thursday, March 18 and Friday, March 19 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET and 7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET, both days/nights) and is hosted by Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Lesley Visser, Tracy Wolfson and Sam Ryan serve as reporters for THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR throughout CBS Sports' coverage of the tournament.

            CBS Sports broadcasts the one-hour NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW on Sunday, March 14 (6:00-7:00 PM, ET), during which the exclusive, live, first-time announcement of the pairings for the NCAA Tournament are made.  The show originates from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, hosted by Gumbel, along with Anthony and Davis. Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg will be live from Indianapolis, Ind.

Following is the CBS Sports roster of announce teams for first and second-round action, led by Nantz, covering his 25th Final Four, and analyst Kellogg, calling the Final Four and Championship game for the second time. 

Play-By-Play/Analyst

Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg

Dick Enberg//Jay Bilas

Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery

 Gus Johnson/Len Elmore

Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner

Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel

Tim Brando/Mike Gminski

Spero Dedes/Bob Wenzel

Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports. Bob Dekas is coordinating producer of CBS Sports' NCAA basketball coverage, and Bob Fishman is the lead director.  Eric Mann is Senior Producer.  Mann, David Winner and Vin DeVito produce THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR studio coverage.  Bob Matina directs. 

The complete broadcast schedule follows.

CBS Sports Contacts:    Jennifer Sabatelle                      LeslieAnne Wade

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

jsabatelle@cbs.com                  lwade@cbs.com

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