CBS, Turner Sports Coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

CBS and Turner Sports are set for their second year of providing shared coverage of the NCAA Men’s Division One Basketball Tournament.

CBS kicks-off coverage Sunday at 6:00p.m. ET with the exclusive announcement of the 68 team tournament field. 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. The selection show will also be available online with NCAA® March Madness® Live.

truTV will then pick-up the coverage at 7:00p.m. ET with the Infinity 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.

Action on the court begins Tuesday and Wednesday with the First Four on truTV beginning each day at 7:00p.m. ET.

Here is breakdown on how many games will be carried by each network:

* CBS will air the Final Four and National Championship Game for for a total of 26 games throughout the tournament, including the second round, third round, Sweet 16® and Elite 8®.Turner will air 41 games across its three television networks. TBS will air 16 contests, including games in the second round, third round and Sweet 16.
* TNT will air 12 games, including second round and third round match ups.
* truTV tips off the tournament’s coverage airing all First Four games, as well as a total of 13 games during the First Four and second and third round games. It also will air the Reese’s College All-Star Game on Saturday, March 31, at 1:00 PM, ET.

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