February 26, 2002

CBS SPORTS BROADCASTS ITS 21st CONSECUTIVE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
BEGINNING WITH FIRST ROUND ACTION ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14

Tournament Schedule and Broadcast Pairings Announced

"March Madness" returns to the CBS Television Network when CBS Sports broadcasts the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship for the 21st consecutive season. Exclusive live network coverage begins on Thursday, March 14 and concludes on Monday, April 1 with the National Championship game from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR, the Network's studio show, tips off CBS's coverage of first round games on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET, and 7:30 PM-12:30 AM, ET, both days) and is hosted by Greg Gumbel and Clark Kellogg from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

CBS Sports will broadcast the newly expanded one-hour NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW on Sunday, March 10 (6:00-7:00 PM, ET), during which the exclusive live, first-time announcement of pairings for the NCAA Tournament are made. The show originates from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

Following is the CBS Sports roster of announce teams for first- and second-round action, led by Jim Nantz and Emmy Award-winning analyst Billy Packer. This marks the 12th consecutive year the duo will call college basketball's premier event.

Play-By-Play/Analyst/Reporter

Jim Nantz-Billy Packer-Bonnie Bernstein Dick Enberg-Matt Guokas-Armen Keteyian
Verne Lundquist-Bill Raftery-Lesley Visser Gus Johnson-Dan Bonner-Solomon Wilcots
Kevin Harlan-Jon Sundvold-Spencer Tillman Tim Brando-Eddie Fogler-Charles Davis
Ian Eagle-Jim Spanarkel-Dwayne Ballen
Craig Bolerjack-Bob Wenzel-Brett Haber

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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.

Terry Ewert is Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

The complete broadcast schedule follows.

CBS Sports Contacts:    Kelli Raftery                           LeslieAnne Wade
(212) 975-7759                  (212) 975-5171
krraftery@cbs.com               lwade@cbs.com

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

CBS SPORTS 2002 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Date Time (ET) Game(s) and Specials Coverage

Thurs., March 14 12:00 Noon-5:00 PM FIRST ROUND DOUBLEHEADER Regional Greenville, S.C.
St. Louis, Mo.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Sacramento, Calif.

7:30 PM-12:30 AM FIRST ROUND DOUBLEHEADER Regional (same sites as above listing)

Fri., March 15 12:00 Noon-5:00 PM FIRST ROUND DOUBLEHEADER Regional Pittsburgh, Pa.

Washington, D.C.
Chicago, Ill.
Dallas, Texas

7:30 PM-12:30 AM FIRST ROUND DOUBLEHEADER Regional (same sites as above listing)

Sat., March 16  12:00 Noon-1:00 PM      THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR      National
                Presented by UPS

        1:00-10:00 PM   SECOND ROUND QUADRUPLEHEADER    Regional

Greenville, S.C.
St. Louis, Mo.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Sacramento, Calif.

Sun., March 17 12:00 Noon-7:00 PM SECOND ROUND TRIPLEHEADER Regional Pittsburgh, Pa.

Washington, D.C.
Chicago, Ill.
Dallas, Texas

Thurs., March 21 7:30 PM-12:30 AM REGIONAL SEMIFINAL DOUBLEHEADER Regional South Region: Lexington, Ky.
West Region: San Jose, Calif.

Fri., March 22 7:30 PM-12:30 AM REGIONAL SEMIFINAL DOUBLEHEADER Regional East Region: Syracuse, N.Y.
Midwest Region: Madison, Wisc.

Sat., March 23  12:00 Noon-1:00 PM      THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR      National
                Presented by UPS
        
        1:00-3:30 PM    MEN'S DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP  National

        3:30-4:30 PM    THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR      National
                Presented by UPS                        

        4:30-9:00 PM    REGIONAL FINAL DOUBLEHEADER     National

South Region: Lexington, Ky.
West Region: San Jose, Calif

Sun., March 24  2:00-2:30 PM    THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR      National
                Presented by UPS

2:30-7:00 PM    REGIONAL FINAL DOUBLEHEADER     National

East Region: Syracuse, N.Y.
Midwest Region: Madison, Wisc.

Sat., March 30 3:30-4:00 PM USBWA PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHOW National

Presented by Kinkos

4:00-6:00 PM THE FINAL FOUR SHOW National Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Ga.

6:00-11:00 PM NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR National Georgia Dome

Atlanta, Ga.

Sun., March 31  12:00 Noon-12:30 PM     THE ULTIMATE ROAD       National
                 TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

        3:30-4:30 PM    THE MIDAS FINAL TWO SHOW        National
Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Ga.

        4:30-6:00 PM    CBS SPORTS SPECIAL:
                GLORY IN BLACK AND WHITE:       National                                The Story of the 1966 NCAA Champions    
                
Mon., April 1   9:00 PM-Conclusion      PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP       National
Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Ga.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP      National
Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Ga.