Starting Saturday, CBS begins its 31st season covering college basketball culminating in the NCAA Tournament. Overall, CBS will air 44 regular season games involving 11 conferences. The season premiere of the NCAA on CBS will be North Carolina at Kentucky called by Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg. CBS will carry 42 men’s games and two women’s games. And on the weekend of March 10, CBS will carry four championship games including the Big Ten and the Pac-12.
I’ll need a page break because I’ll post the entire CBS college basketball schedule. We get CBS’ press release on the schedule. Check it all out below in living color.
CBS Sports COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2011-12 REGULAR-Season SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTED BY TOP TEAMS FROM 11 CONFERENCES
FIVE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHT CBS SPORTS’ 31st CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON
CBS Sports’ 31st consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 3 (12:00 NOON, ET) with a national broadcast featuring North Carolina taking on Kentucky. CBS Sports’ 2011-12 schedule includes 44 games featuring top teams from 11 conferences, including five Conference Championships.
CBS Sports’ lead announce college basketball announce team is Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg for the fourth consecutive year. Bob Dekas serves as Coordinating Producer, College Basketball, and Bob Fishman is the lead director.
Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
Highlights of the 14-week Regular-Season schedule include:
44 Regular-Season Match-ups – 11 Conferences:
- 42 men’s contests, two women’s games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from top conferences including the Big Ten, Big East, Atlantic Coast, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and Atlantic 10.
Outstanding Non-Conference Games:
- North Carolina at Kentucky – Saturday, Dec. 3
- Duke vs. Washington – Saturday, Dec. 10
- Memphis at Louisville – Saturday, Dec. 17
- Louisville at Kentucky – Saturday, Dec. 31
- UCLA at St. John’s – Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at Madison Square Garden
Key Conference Contests
- Wisconsin at Michigan – Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
- Kansas at Texas – Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
- Michigan at Michigan State – Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012
- Connecticut at Syracuse – Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
- UNLV at New Mexico – Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
- Vanderbilt at Kentucky – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
- Pittsburgh at Louisville – Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012
- Memphis at Tulsa – Saturday, March 3, 2012
- Kentucky at Florida – Sunday, March 4, 2012
Wildcard Weekends – Big Ten (Sunday, Feb. 19; Sunday, Feb. 26; Sunday, March 4) and Pac-12 (Saturday, March 3).
Women’s National Doubleheader highlighted by:
- Connecticut at Notre Dame – Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012
Five Conference Championships on CBS Sports
- Championship Weekend Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11, 2012, where the Big Ten, Pac-12, Conference USA and Atlantic 10 crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship.
- CBS Sports also broadcasts the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game on Sunday, March 4, 2012.
After the break, it’ll be the entire CBS Sports 2011-12 college basketball schedule.
2011-12 CBS SPORTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 3
North Carolina @ Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, 12:00 – 2:30 PM, NationalSaturday, December 10
Duke vs. Washington, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y., 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalSaturday, December 17
Butler vs. Purdue, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN., 2:00 – 4:00 PM, NationalMemphis @ Louisville, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Regional
Gonzaga vs. Arizona, Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, RegionalSaturday, December 31
Louisville @ Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalSaturday, January 7
Michigan State @ Penn State (Women’s), Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, NationalUConn @ Notre Dame (Women’s), Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Sunday, January 8
Wisconsin @ Michigan, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI, 1:30 – 4:00 PM OR 4:30 – 6:30 PM, NationalSaturday, January 14
Oregon @ Arizona, McKale Center, Tucson, AZ, 3:30 – 6:00 PM OR 1:00 – 3:30 PM, NationalSunday, January 15
Indiana @ Ohio State, Value City Arena, Columbus, OH, 4:30 – 6:30 PM OR 1:30– 4:00 PM, NationalSaturday, January 21
Alabama @ Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalMichigan @ Arkansas, Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark., 2:00 – 4:00 PM, National
Kansas @ Texas, Erwin Center, Austin, TX, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Regional OR
UConn @ Tennessee, Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, RegionalSaturday, January 28
Texas @ Baylor, Ferrell Center, Waco, TX, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, NationalSunday, January 29
Michigan @ Ohio State, Value City Arena, Columbus, OH, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, NationalSaturday, February 4
Marquette @ Notre Dame, Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Regional AND
Vanderbilt @ Florida, O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, RegionalSunday, February 5
Michigan @ Michigan State, Breslin Student Events Center, E. Lansing, MI, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, NationalSaturday, February 11
UConn @ Syracuse, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, NationalSunday, February 12
Illinois @ Michigan, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, NationalSaturday, February 18
UCLA @ St. John’s, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Regional AND
UNLV @ New Mexico, The Pit/Bob King Court, Albuquerque, NM, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, RegionalSunday, February 19
Big Ten Wildcard, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, National
Michigan State @ Purdue, Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, IN OR
Indiana @ Iowa, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA OR
Penn State @ Wisconsin, Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.Saturday, February 25
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalUCLA @ Arizona, McKale Center, Tucson, AZ, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Regional AND
Villanova @ Georgetown, Verizon Center, Washington, DC, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, RegionalMissouri @ Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, National
Sunday, February 26
Pittsburgh @ Louisville, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, NationalBig Ten Wildcard, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, National
Wisconsin @ Ohio State, Value City Arena, Columbus, OH OR
Indiana @ Minnesota, Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN OR
Purdue @ Michigan, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MISaturday, March 3
Memphis @ Tulsa, Donald W. Reynolds Center, Tulsa, OK, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalLSU @ Auburn, Auburn Arena, Auburn, AL, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Regional AND
Pac-12 Wildcard, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Regional
Washington @ UCLA, Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA OR
Utah @ Oregon, Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR OR
Colorado @ Oregon State, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, OR OR
Washington State @ USC, Galen Center, Los Angeles, CALouisville @ Syracuse, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, National
Sunday, March 4
Kentucky @ Florida, O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, NationalMissouri Valley Championship, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, National
Big Ten Wildcard, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, National
Ohio State @ Michigan State, Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, MI OR
Michigan @ Penn State, Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA OR
Illinois @ Wisconsin, Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.Saturday, March 10
Conference USA Championship, FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN, 11:30 – 1:40 PM, National
Big Ten Semifinal #1, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN, 1:40 – 3:40 PM, National
Big Ten Semifinal #2, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, National
Pac-12 Championship, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, National
Sunday, March 11
Atlantic 10 Championship, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, 1:00 – 3:30 PM, National
Big Ten Championship, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN, 3:30 – 6:00 PM, National
And we’re done!
