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Thursday CBS Coverage Maps: What You'll See

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:47:42 -0700

One of the fun but also sometimes frustrating aspects of the NCAA Tournament is that CBS televises multiple games at once. This can lead to some exciting in-game looks at close exciting games, but it also means you might be missing the game you really want to see. CBS released their coverage maps of Thursday's opening round action, and I've linked to the maps for each time-slot below.

Smallest Coverage

Sam Houston St vs Texas (6%) - Pretty much only seen in Texas and fringe areas of New Mexico, but chopped off by UNT/KSU in Texas too.

Biggest Coverage

Florida vs BYU (54%) - Only three games in the 1st session.

CBS Regional Coverage Maps (from HD Sports Guide)

Window 1: 12:30 PM ET - Coverage Map
12:20 Florida vs BYU - 54%
12:25 Old Dominion vs Notre Dame - 27%
12:30 Robert Morris vs Villanova - 19%

Window 2: 2:30 PM ET - Coverage Map

2:30 Murray St vs Vanderbilt - 21%

2:50 North Texas vs Kansas St - 46%
2:55 Sam Houston St vs Baylor - 6%

3:00 St. Mary's vs Richmond- 27%

Window 2a: 5:00 PM ET
Available in areas of interest only
4:40 UTEP vs Baylor

Window 3: 7:00 PM ET - Coverage Map
7:10 Northern Iowa vs UNLV - 9%
7:15 ETSU vs Kentucky - 32%
7:20 Washington vs Marquette - 31%
7:25 Ohio vs Georgetown - 28%

Window 4: 9:30 PM ET - Coverage Map

9:40 Lehigh vs Kansas - 44%
9:45 Wake Forest vs Texas - 19%
9:50 Montana vs New Mexico - 31%
9:55 SDSU vs Tennessee - 9%

Here's what important regions/cities will be seeing:

New York/Tri-State Area

12:30 - Robert Morris/Villanova

2:30 - North Texas/Kansas St

7:00 - Ohio/Georgetown

9:30 - Lehigh/Kansas

- No surprise that NYC gets the 2 Big East games. The northeast gets Lehigh/Kansas as the #1 seed default, but there will definitely be switching around at night.

Los Angeles/Southern California

12:30 - Florida vs BYU

2:30 - North Texas/Kansas St

7:00 - Washington/Marquette

9:30 - SDSU/Tennessee

- Interesting at the 2:30 slot that they're going with the #2 Kansas St over California team St. Mary's vs Richmond.

Chicago

12:30 - Old Dominion vs Notre Dame

2:30 - North Texas/Kansas St

7:00 - Washington/Marquette

9:30 - Lehigh/Kansas

- With no Midwest teams playing at 2:30 & 7:30, Chicago simply gets the default top seed games in those slots.

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NCAA First Round Announcer Pairings: Friday

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:46 -0700

The tournament gets under way with the sweet sounds of Kevin Harlan. The lead Packer/Nantz crew is in Jacksonville so won't be heard from on Thursday.. they're covering Duke like they did last year. Newcomer Spero Dedes along with Bob Wenzel are relegated to the west coast to do the weird 2:30/5:00 time slot.. yet they have perhaps 2 of the most interesting games, where UTEP is a trendy pick over Butler and Murray St is easily the class of the #13 seeds. The Thursday night set of games seems particularly lacking in drama.

FRIDAY MARCH 19
Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
12:15 PM	Buffalo	Morgan St vs West Virginia	Gus Johnson/Len Elmore
12:25 PM	Milwaukee	Minnesota vs Xavier	Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel
12:30 PM	Jacksonville	Cornell vs Temple	Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg
2:30 PM	Spokane	Siena vs Purdue	Tim Brando/Mike Gminski
2:45 PM	Buffalo	Missouri vs Clemson	Johnson/Elmore
2:55 PM	Milwaukee	Oakland vs Pittsburgh	Eagle/Spanarkel
3:00 PM	Jacksonville	Wofford vs Wisconsin	Nantz/Kellogg
5:00 PM	Spokane	Utah St vs Texas A&M	Brando/Gminski

Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
7:10 PM	Buffalo	Florida St vs Gonzaga	Johnson/Elmore
7:15 PM	Milwaukee	Georgia Tech vs Oklahoma St	Eagle/Spanarkel
7:20 PM	Spokane	New Mexico St vs Michigan St	Brando/Gminski
7:25 PM	Jacksonville	Play-In vs Duke	Nantz/Kellogg
9:40 PM	Buffalo	Vermont vs Syracuse	Johnson/Elmore
9:45 PM	Milwaukee	UCSB vs Ohio St	Eagle/Spanarkel
9:50 PM	Spokane	Houston vs Maryland	Brando/Gminski
9:55 PM	Jacksonville	Louisville vs California	Nantz/Kellogg

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NCAA First Round Announcer Pairings: Thursday

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:52:35 -0700

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 18 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET)
Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
12:20 PM	Oklahoma City	Florida vs BYU	Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner
12:25 PM	New Orleans	Old Dominion vs Notre Dame	Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas
12:30 PM	Providence	Robert Morris vs Villanova	Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery
2:30 PM	San Jose	Murray St vs Vanderbilt	Spero Dedes/Bob Wenzel
2:50 PM	Oklahoma City	North Texas vs Kansas St	Harlan/Bonner
2:55 PM	New Orleans	Sam Houston St vs Baylor	Enberg/Bilas
3:00 PM	Providence	St Mary's vs Richmond	Lundquist/Raftery
5:00 PM	San Jose	UTEP vs Butler	Dedes/Wenzel

Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
7:10 PM	Oklahoma City	Northern Iowa vs UNLV	Harlan/Bonner
7:10 PM	New Orleans	ETSU vs Kentucky	Enberg/Bilas
7:20 PM	San Jose	Washington vs Marquette	Dedes/Wenzel
7:25 PM	Providence	Ohio vs Georgetown	Lundquist/Raftery
9:40 PM	Oklahoma City	Lehigh vs Kansas	Harlan/Bonner
9:45 PM	New Orleans	Wake Forest vs Texas	Enberg/Bilas
9:50 PM	San Jose	Montana vs New Mexico	Dedes/Wenzel
9:55 PM	Providence	SDSU vs Tennessee	Lundquist/Raftery

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NCAA First Round: Friday CBS Announcer Pairings

Shawn Siegel — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:55:27 -0700

The people's favorite Gus Johnson joins Len Elmore in Minneapolis to cover the day's best set of games. Meanwhile, the solid Lundquist/Raftery combo can be considered CBS' lead pair of the day as they get the #1 overall seed Louisville, #1 Pittsburgh, and 2 potentially close 8-9 games.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20
Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
12:15 PM	Miami I	Syracuse vs. Stephen F. Austin	Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel
12:25 PM	Dayton I	Oklahoma St. vs. Tennessee	Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery
12:30 PM	Minneapolis I	Kansas vs. North Dakota State	Gus Johnson/Len Elmore
12:30 PM	Boise I	Marquette vs. Utah State	Craig Bolerjack/Bob Wenzel
After conc. I	Miami II	Arizona State vs. Temple	Eagle/Spanarkel
After conc. I	Dayton II	Pittsburgh vs. E. Tennessee St.	Lundquist/Raftery
After conc. I	Minneapolis II	West Virginia vs. Dayton	Johnson/Elmore
After conc. I	Boise II	Missouri vs. Cornell	Bolerjack/Wenzel

Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
7:10 PM	Miami III	Utah vs. Arizona	Eagle/Spanarkel
7:10 PM	Dayton III	Louisville vs. Morehead St	Lundquist/Raftery
7:20 PM	Minneapolis III	Boston College vs. USC	Johnson/Elmore
7:25 PM	Boise III	Xavier vs. Portland State.	Bolerjack/Wenzel
After conc. III	Miami IV	Wake Forest vs. Cleveland St	Eagle/Spanarkel
After conc. III	Dayton IV	Ohio State vs. Siena	Lundquist/Raftery
After conc. III	Minneapolis IV	Michigan State vs. Robert Morris	Johnson/Elmore
After conc. III	Boise IV	Florida State vs. Wisconsin	Bolerjack/Wenzel

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NCAA First Round: Thursday CBS Announcer Pairings

Press Release — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:45:56 -0700

NCAA Tournament Round One: Thursday CBS Announcer Pairings

Not surprising, Final Four pair Nantz/Kellogg get the event's first game, which leads into North Carolina, and then Duke in the evening. Portland has perhaps the most interesting set of games on Thursday, with Harlan/Bonner covering two 12-5 games, and two more 13-4s, all of which may feature potential upsets.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET)

Tip (ET)

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst

12:20 PM

Greensboro I

LSU vs. Butler

Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg

12:25 PM

Kansas City I

Memphis vs. Cal. St. Northridge

Tim Brando/Mike Gminski

12:30 PM

Philadelphia I

BYU vs. Texas A&M

Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn/Jay Bilas

2:30 PM

Portland I

Purdue vs. Northern

Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner

After conc. I

Greensboro II

North Carolina vs. Radford

Nantz/Kellogg

After conc. I

Kansas City II

California vs. Maryland

Brando/Gminski

After conc. I

Philadelphia II

Connecticut vs. Chattanooga

Enberg/Blackburn/Bilas

After conc. I

Portland II

Washington vs. Mississippi

Harlan/Bonner

Tip (ET)

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst

7:10 PM

Greensboro III

Texas vs. Minnesota

Nantz/Kellogg

7:10 PM

Kansas City III

Clemson vs. Michigan

Brando/Gminski

7:20 PM

Philadelphia III

Villanova vs. American

Enberg/Blackburn/Bilas

7:25 PM

Portland III

Gonzaga vs. Akron

Harlan/Bonner

After conc. III

Greensboro IV

Duke vs. Binghamton

Nantz/Kellogg

After conc. III

Kansas City IV

Oklahoma vs. Morgan State

Brando/Gminski

After conc. III

Philadelphia IV

UCLA vs. VCU

Enberg/Blackburn/Bilas

After conc. III

Portland IV

Illinois vs. Western Kentucky

Harlan/Bonner

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET)
Tip (ET)	Site	Game	Play-by-Play/Analyst
12:20 PM	Greensboro I	LSU vs. Butler	Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg
12:25 PM	Kansas City I	Memphis vs. Cal. St. Northridge	Tim Brando/Mike Gminski
12:30 PM	Philadelphia I	BYU vs. Texas A&M	Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn/Jay Bilas
2:30 PM	Portland I	Purdue vs. Northern	Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner
After conc. I	Greensboro II	North Carolina vs. Radford	Nantz/Kellogg
After conc. I	Kansas City II	California vs. Maryland	Brando/Gminski
After conc. I	Philadelphia II	Connecticut vs. Chattanooga	Enberg/Blackburn/Bilas
After conc. I	Portland II	Washington vs. Mississippi	Harlan/Bonner