When the conference tournaments end on Sunday, CBS/Turner Sports pick up the coverage of the NCAA Tournament in the evening with the Selection Show and of the matchups in the 68 team field at 6 p.m. ET. Then truTV comes in with its own show, NCAA Hardcore Brackets at 7 p.m.
For the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show, Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis will be on the set while Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will comment from Indianapolis where they will call the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and championship over the weekend.
Then for NCAA Hardcore Brackets, the aforementioned will be joined by Turner Sports’ Charles Barkley and Kenny “The Jet” Smith.
We have details from CBS/Turner.
TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS BEGIN “ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®” WITH “NCAA® BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW” ON SUNDAY, MARCH 11 ON CBS
NCAA HARDCORE BRACKETS SHOW ON truTV FOLLOWS WITH FIRST-EVER REVEAL OF THE NCAA SELECTION COMMITTEE’S TEAM RANKINGS FROM 1 TO 68CBS Sports Broadcasts Exclusive, Live Announcement of 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Field of 68
CBS Sports and Turner Sports begin the ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR as CBS Sports broadcasts the exclusive, live first-time announcement of the pairings for the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 11 (6:00-7:00 PM, ET) during the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW.
CBS Sports’ Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis host the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Turner Sports’ Steve Kerr join Gumbel, Anthony and Davis via satellite from the site of the Big Ten Championship at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. In addition, Jeff Hathaway, Chairman of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, joins live from Indianapolis, Ind. to provide an in-depth look into the selection process.
Immediately following the Selection Show, truTV will air NCAA HARDCORE BRACKETS (7:00-8:00 PM, ET), a new one-hour show providing in-depth analysis, including the public release of the Selection Committee’s 1 to 68 team rankings for the first time in NCAA Championship history. Gumbel hosts and is joined by Turner Sports’ Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith as well as Anthony and Davis. Hathaway and Mike Bobinski, Vice Chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2012-13 season, will join the show to discuss the bracket and provide exclusive details regarding the committee’s deliberations throughout the weekend. The show is part of the NCAA’s expanded educational initiative to enhance understanding of the championship selection process.
Additionally, the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW will be available online and mobile via NCAA® March Madness® Live, which can be launched from NCAA.com, CBSSports.com and SI.com.
Game coverage for the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship begins on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14 with the NCAA FIRST FOUR™ on truTV, and the tournament concludes with the National Championship game Monday, April 2 on CBS.
That will do it.
