Sunday, March 22, 2009

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Tip Times for CBS

From CBS Sports, we get the tip times and announcer pairings for the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for Thursday and Friday -

2009 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26

Tip Times and Broadcast Pairings Announced for Regional Semi-finals


CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship continues with the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET, both days) and concludes on Monday, April 6 with the National Championship game (9:00 PM, ET).

All games from the four regional sites will be broadcast in high definition.

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 Clark Kellogg. (Added by TCN - ironically, the original release has Jim Nantz paired with Billy Packer as its been for so many years. It was corrected by CBS).

THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)

7:07 PM Glendale I
Connecticut vs. Purdue

Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas

7:27 PM Boston I
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier

Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery

9:37pm after conc. I Glendale II
Memphis vs. Missouri

Enberg/Bilas

9:57pm after conc. I Boston II
Duke vs. Villanova

Lundquist/Raftery

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

7:07 PM Indianapolis I
Louisville vs. Arizona

Gus Johnson/Len Elmore

7:27 PM Memphis I
Oklahoma vs. Syracuse

Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg

9:37pm after conc. I Indianapolis II
Kansas vs. Michigan State

Johnson/Elmore

9:57pm after conc. I Memphis II
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga

Nantz/Kellogg

Should be fun! Enjoy!

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