On Sunday, CBS Sports airs the official NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show at 6 p.m. ET. It marks the 32nd consecutive year that the Tiffany Network will air the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Greg Gumbel will host and be joined by Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will be in Chicago, IL, site of the Big Ten Championship, to analyze the 68 team field. NCAA Tournament Selection Committee Chairman Mike Bobinski will be the featured guest to discuss the reasoning behind the picks and why some were left out.
That will be followed by Selection Sunday on truTV hosted by Ernie Johnson in Atlanta with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Rex Chapman. Matt Winer will be on hand conduct interviews.
Here are the particulars of Selection Sunday on CBS and Turner Sports.
CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS BEGIN ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® WITH “NCAA® BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW” ON SUNDAY, MARCH 17 ON CBS
SELECTION SUNDAY ON truTV follows With In-Depth Analysis of the Bracket and Interviews with NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee Members
CBS Sports Broadcasts Exclusive, Live Announcement of 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Field of 68Turner Sports and CBS Sports begin the road to the Final Four with the exclusive, live first-time announcement of the pairings for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship airing on CBS on Sunday, March 17 (6:00-7:00 PM, ET) during the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW.
Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis host the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr join Gumbel, Anthony, Gottlieb and Davis via satellite from the United Center, site of the Big Ten Championship, in Chicago, Ill. In addition, Mike Bobinski, 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 at 7:00 PM, ET, the SELECTION SUNDAY ON truTV studio show will provide in-depth analysis of the entire tournament field from Turner Studios in Atlanta. Ernie Johnson hosts the one-hour special and will be joined by Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and former Kentucky Wildcat Rex Chapman. Also, Matt Winer will conduct interviews with select members of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee in Indianapolis to discuss the bracket and provide details regarding the group’s deliberations throughout the weekend. Anthony, Gottlieb and Davis also will join the show live via satellite from New York.
Additionally, the NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION SHOW will be available via NCAA® March Madness® Live at www.ncaa.com/marchmadness, the March Madness Live® app on tablets and mobile devices, and will launch from www.CBSSports.com and www.bleacherreport.com.
Game coverage for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship begins on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20 with the NCAA FIRST FOUR™ ON truTV, and the tournament concludes with the National Championship game Monday, April 8 on CBS.
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