Having the official NCAA Tournament Selection Show, CBS is going to have a very busy weekend leading to the Selection Show.
CBS has a packed Saturday with the Conference USA Championship called by Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel, then the Big Ten Tournament semifinals with Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr in Chicago and then the Mountain West Championship taking the place of the Pac-12 Championship which will be aired on ESPN. The Mountain West will be staffed by Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Dan Bonner.
Then on Sunday, Uncle Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery (fresh off doing the Big East Tournament at nearby Madison Square Garden for ESPN) will be in Brooklyn to call the Atlantic 10 Championship. Then it will be the Big Ten Championship.
At 6 p.m. ET, Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Seth Davis and the Perpetually Angry Doug Gottlieb will be in New York for the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show. They’ll unveil the entire 68 team field.
Here’s the CBS press release.
CBS SPORTS’ CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTED BY EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF “NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW”Conference Championships for Conference USA, Mountain West, Atlantic 10 and Big Ten Featured on Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17
CBS Sports’ coverage of CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND is highlighted by the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW on Sunday, March 17 (6:00-7:00 PM, ET), with the exclusive, live, first-time announcement of the pairings for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
CBS Sports begins Championship weekend on Saturday, March 16 (11:30 AM, ET) with the Conference USA Championship followed by the Big Ten Semifinals (1:40-6:00 PM, ET). The Mountain West Championship concludes Saturday’s quadruple-header coverage (6:00 PM, ET).
Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel are courtside for the C-USA Championship from BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Bob Mansbach produces and Chris Svendsen directs. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg, Turner Sports’ Steve Kerr and reporter Tracy Wolfson call the action for for the Big Ten semi-finals from the United Center in Chicago, Ill. CBS Sports’ coordinating producer for college basketball, Mark Wolff, produces and Bob Fishman directs. Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner and Turner Sports’ Reggie Miller team up for the Mountain West Championship from the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Ken Mack produces and Jim Cornell directs.
On Sunday, THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR tips off the day (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET) followed by national coverage of the Atlantic 10 Championship (1:00 PM, ET) and the Big Ten Championship (3:30 PM, ET). The SELECTION SHOW wraps up an exciting weekend of college basketball on the CBS Television Network.
Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery team up for the Atlantic 10 Championship from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Bob Dekas produces and Suzanne Smith directs. Nantz, Kellogg and Kerr return to call the Big Ten Championship.
CBS Sports’ Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis host the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Gumbel, Anthony, Gottlieb and Davis also host AT THE HALF, CBS Sports’ halftime studio show, and THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR
Eric Mann serves as Senior Producer and Bob Matina directs the Network’s coverage. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production CBS Sports.
That’s it for this post.
