Today, CBS airs a top ten college basketball matchup between the Kansas Jayhawks and The Ohio State Buckeyes live from Columbus, OH.
Tim Brando will call the game and be joined by this week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast guest, Clark Kellogg plus Greg Anthony.
CBS unleashes Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis in the studio for At The Half. That is proving to be a dangerous combo.
Here’s the preview from CBS Sports.
CBS SPORTS FEATURES TOP TEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL MATCH-UP WITH NO. 7-RANKED OHIO STATE TAKING ON NO. 8-RANKED KANSAS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22
Sneak Peak of CBS Sports’ BEHIND THE MIC Show Celebrating 75 Years of NCAA March Madness
CBS Sports’ college basketball coverage continues with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 22 (4:00 PM, ET)with *No. 7-ranked Ohio State taking on *No. 8-ranked Kansas. Tim Brando, Clark Kellogg and Greg Anthony call the action live from Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Steve Scheer produces and Steve Milton directs.
AT THE HALF, CBS Sports’ halftime studio show features analysts Doug Gottlieb and Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis. Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs.
In addition, CBS Sports will stream the Ohio State-Kansas game, as well as select games from the entire 2012-13 college basketball schedule, live on CBSSports.com. The games are available exclusively on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile.
On Saturday, Dec. 29 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET), CBS Sports tips-off its celebration of 75 years of NCAA March Madness with BEHIND THE MIC, a one-hour special featuring on-air voices of the NCAA tournament reliving the greatest moments and sharing their memories calling the action. Below are video clips from the show that include:
• Dick Enberg talking about one of his last visits with John Wooden, in which Enberg says:
“I kissed him on the forehead and when I left, I felt I kissed God. God doesn’t make anyone perfect, but he came very close with John Robert Wooden.”Video: http://cbsprt.co/VUwir5
• Verne Lundquist, Len Elmore and Christian Laettner reliving the legendary Duke- Kentucky regional final game in 1992. Laettner opens up about stepping on Kentucky’s Aminu Timberlake, saying:
“I want people to know that I wanted to do more than that. I wanted to do more, but in a millisecond, I said, ‘You can’t. That would be too much. You’ll get kicked out of the game.’”Video: http://cbsprt.co/VUwlD2
• Composer David Barrett talks about how a waitress in Michigan and Larry Bird inspired the idea for the iconic song “One Shining Moment.”
Video: http://cbsprt.co/VUwIxy
Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
*Coaches Poll as of 12/17/12
One more post coming up.
