CBS/Turner Announces Tip Times for Elite 8 on Saturday, March 24

Ok, CBS/Turner has announced the tip times for the Regional Finals on Saturday.

CBS will handle the rest of the basketball action from Saturday all the way to the Final Four in New Orleans next week. It’ll all begin with NCAA Tip-Off at noon ET on truTV, then it’ll be the NCAA Men’s Division II Championship at 1 p.m. on CBS.

The Road to the Final Four pregame show airs on CBS at 3 p.m., then the West Regional Finals between Florida and Louisville airs at 4:30 p.m. then the East Regional Final between Ohio State and Syracuse will tip off at 7:05 p.m.

We have the announcing assignments and official press release from CBS/Turner.

CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES FOR REGIONAL FINALS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24, ON CBS

Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for the Regional Finals of the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 24 (4:30-9:00 PM, ET), on CBS. Louisville will take on Florida in the first game (4:30 PM, ET) followed by Syracuse playing Ohio State at (7:05 PM, ET).

Saturday’s coverage begins on truTv with  NCAA Tip-Off (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET) with Ernie Johnson, Seth Davis, Steve Smith and VCU head coach Shaka Smart. The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day’s action on CBS followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Kansas State head coach Frank Martin (3:00-4:30 PM, ET).

Below are the tip-times and announce assignments for Saturday’s Regional Final games. Tip times for Sunday’s Regional Final games will be announced after the conclusion of Friday’s games.

Additionally, 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.

REGIONAL FINAL GAMES
SATURDAY, MARCH 24

Time (ET) Network Site Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

4:30 PM CBS Phoenix Louisville vs. Florida Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Len Elmore//Marty Snider
7:05 PM CBS Boston Syracuse vs. Ohio State Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Lesley Visser

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