The press release is in. We have the tip times, networks and announcing assignments for the NCAA Tournament for the third round action on Sunday.
CBS will have the first three games starting at 12:15 p.m. ET with Georgetown vs. North Carolina State from Columbus, OH. That will be followed by Michigan State-Saint Louis at 2:45 p.m. and North Carolina-Creighton at 5:15 p.m.
TNT will have two games starting at 6:10 p.m. TBS’ night begins at 7:10 p.m. and truTV will come in with its lone weekend game and last game of the tournament at 7:45 p.m. with Xavier-Lehigh. After the third round, both TNT and truTV’s NCAA Tournament duties will be finished for 2012.
CBS and TBS will combine for the Sweet 16 on Thursday and Friday.
Here’s the schedule for Sunday.
TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES AND MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD-ROUND GAMES ON SUNDAY, MARCH 18
Exclusive Coverage Continues with Third-Round on Saturday, March 17
CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for third-round coverage of the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 18 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET) with all games available in their entirety across four national television networks: TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. Exclusive live coverage continues with third-round action on Saturday, March 17 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET).
Studio coverage continues with Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson sharing hosting duties each day. Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smith provide analysis throughout the tournament alongside Gumbel or Johnson from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin joins the New York Studio on Saturday and Sunday. Matt Winer hosts the studio coverage from Turner’s Atlanta studio with analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith on Saturday and Sunday.
Following are the tip-times for Sunday’s third-round games, as well as the announce team assignments. Tip-times for the Regional Semi-Final games on Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23 will be announced on Sunday after the conclusion of the day’s games. For a complete channel guide click on MyChannels at NCAA.com/MyChannels.
NCAA March Madness® Live provides a robust suite of products including live streaming video of all 67 games from the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship; personal channel lineup (MyChannel) features and schedule updates; social media integration; and real-time brackets, scores and stats across online and mobile platforms.
THIRD ROUND GAMES
SUNDAY, MARCH 18 (12:00 Noon-12:00 AM, ET)
Time Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 12:15PM CBS Columbus I Georgetown vs. NC State Tim Brando/Mike Gminski// Otis Livingston 2:45 PM CBS Columbus II Michigan St. vs. Saint Louis Tim Brando/Mike Gminski// Otis Livingston 5:15 PM CBS Greensboro I North Carolina vs. Creighton Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg// Tracy Wolfson 6:10 PM TNT Omaha I Florida vs. Norfolk St. Marv Albert/Steve Kerr// Craig Sager 7:10 PM TBS Nashville I S. Florida vs. Ohio Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel// Lewis Johnson 7:45 PM truTV Greensboro II Xavier vs. Lehigh Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg// Tracy Wolfson 8:40 PM TNT Omaha II Kansas vs. Purdue Marv Albert/Steve Kerr// Craig Sager 9:40 PM TBS Nashville II Florida St. vs. Cincinnati Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel// Lewis Johnson
And we are done for the night. I’ll be back sporadically this weekend.
