We have a couple of notes from CBS/Turner and CBS Sports Network on the guest analysts each entity will have on their sets.
CBS will bring in St. John’s coach and former ESPN analyst to its New York set to join Greg Gumbel, Ernie Johnson, Jr., Charles Barkley, Kenny “The Jet” Smith and Greg Anthony. In Atlanta joining the Turner set of Matt Winer, Steve Smith and Seth Davis will be Villanova coach Jay Wright.
Take a look at the CBS/Turner press blurb.
THIS JUST IN…
…from CBS Sports and Turner Sports:
Turner Sports and CBS Sports have added Villanova head coach Jay Wright and St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin as guest studio analysts for the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, airing across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV.
Wright will contribute to coverage of the First Four® on truTV from the Atlanta studio on Wednesday, March 14, along with second round action on Thursday, March 15, and Friday, March 16. Wright will appear alongside Steve Smith, Seth Davis and Matt Winer on truTV’s Inside March Madness to wrap up each day’s action at 12:30 a.m. ET.
Lavin will serve as a guest analyst in the New York studio for third round coverage on Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18, joining analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and hosts Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson.
CBS Sports Network says a total of five, count ’em, five current and former coaches joining its studio team. Check it out.
CBS Sports Network Adds College Coaches to 2012 NCAA Tournament Coverage
Rutgers coach Mike Rice, George Mason coach Paul Hewitt, DePaul coach Oliver Purnell, Penn coach Jerome Allen and former Illinois coach Bruce Weber join CBS Sports Network’s coverage of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Rice, Hewitt and Weber serve as guest analysts on Thursday, March 15. Hewitt and Weber return on Friday, March 16, along with Purnell and Allen.
The coaches join the studio team of analysts Wally Szczerbiak, Steve Lappas, Alaa Abdelnaby and Mateen Cleaves, insider Jon Rothstein, CBSSports.com writers Jeff Goodman and Gary Parrish, and hosts Adam Zucker, Dave Ryan and Brent Stover from CBS Sports Network’s New York City studio. For more information and a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
That’s it.
