We have the official tip times for Saturday’s Regional Final action now that Butler-Florida and UConn-Arizona have been determined. This is directly from CBS Sports.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26 REGIONAL FINALS (4:30-9:00 PM, ET)
4:30PM – CBS: New Orleans: Florida vs. Butler, Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Marty Snider
7:05PM – CBS: Anaheim: Connecticut vs. Arizona, Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Lesley Visser
CBS’ preview for the Regional Finals will be added here shortly.
UPDATE, 12:40 a.m.: Now time for your preview from CBS/Turner for the Saturday action, plus I’ll provide Friday’s tip times for your convenience.
CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES FOR REGIONAL FINALS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ON CBS
Exclusive Coverage Continues with Regional Semi-Finals on Friday, March 25 on TBS and CBS
CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for the Regional finals of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 26 4:30-9:00 PM, ET) on CBS. Florida takes on Butler in the first game, followed by Connecticut playing Arizona.
On Saturday, the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day on CBS followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Villanova head coach Jay Wright (3:00-4:30 PM, ET).
Saturday’s coverage begins on truTv with NCAA Tip-Off (12:00 NOON, ET) with Ernie Johnson, Seth Davis and Steve Smith. Inside March Madness wraps up the day’s action on truTv, following CBS Sports’ game coverage, with Gumbel, Barkley, Anthony, Smith and Wright.
Tip times for the Regional final games on Sunday will be announced on Friday after the conclusion of the day’s games.
Fans also will be able to access the games through NCAA March Madness on Demand. NCAA March Madness on Demand provides live streaming video of every game of the new 68-team tournament as they are broadcast by CBS Sports and Turner Sports, which started with the First Four™ from Dayton, Ohio on March 15, and concludes with the Men’s Final Four® semi-finals and national championship game from Houston, Texas on April 2 and April 4, respectively.
Following are the tip-times and announce/production teams for Friday’s regional semi-final games and Saturday’s regional final games.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)
7:15PM – CBS: Newark I: UNC vs. Marquette, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson
7:27PM – TBS: San Antonio I: Kansas vs. Richmond, Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager
9:45PM – CBS: Newark II: Ohio State vs. Kentucky, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson
9:57PM – TBS: San Antonio II: Florida State vs. VCU, Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager
And Sunday’s Elite tip times will made available after Friday’s games.
