2014 NCAA Tournament 3rd Round Tip Times and Announcing Assignments for Saturday, March 22

CBS/Turner has released the tip times for Saturday, March 22 which will begin the 3rd Round of the NCAA Tournament.

CBS will have a quadrupleheader starting at 12:15 p.m. ET with Florida vs. Pittsburgh from Orlando, FL and ending with Wisconsin vs. Oregon from Milwaukee, WI.

TBS and TNT will also air two games each. truTV takes the night off.

Here are the games for Saturday.

NCAA March Madness TBS-CBS-TNT-truTVCBS Sports and Turner Sports Announce Tip Times and Match-Ups for Third Round Games on Saturday, March 22

Exclusive Coverage Continues with Second Round Action on Friday, March 21

Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will continue Saturday, March 22 (12:00 NOON-Midnight ET) with all games available live in their entirety across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. Exclusive live coverage continues with second round action on Friday, March 21 (12:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET).

Studio coverage will continue with Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson sharing hosting duties each day. Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith will provide analysis throughout the tournament alongside Gumbel or Johnson from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Matt Winer will host studio coverage from Turner Studios in Atlanta with analysts Seth Davis, Grant Hill and Steve Smith on Saturday and Sunday.

Following are the tip times for Saturday’s third round games, as well as the announce and production team assignments. Tip times for the third round games on Sunday will be announced on Friday after the conclusion of the day’s games.

Third Round Games
Saturday, March 22 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET)

Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
12:15 pm CBS  Orlando I Florida vs. Pittsburgh Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//Kristine Leahy
Approximately 2:45 p.m. CBS Orlando II Louisville vs. St. Louis Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//Kristine Leahy
5:15 p.m. CBS  Milwaukee I Michigan vs. Texas Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel//Lewis Johnson
6:10 p.m. TNT  Spokane I San Diego State vs. North Dakota State Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio
7:10 p.m. TBS  Buffalo I Syracuse vs. Dayton Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Allie LaForce
Approximately 7:45 p.m. CBS  Milwaukee II Wisconsin vs. Oregon Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel//Lewis Johnson
Approximately 8:40 p.m. TNT  Spokane II Michigan State vs. Harvard Spreo Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio
Approximately 9:40 p.m. TBS  Buffalo II Villanova vs. Connecticut Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Allie LaForce

That will do it.

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