March 14, 2011

Times and Announcer Pairings for the First Two Rounds of the Tournament

As always Justin and Myself along with the gang will be live blogging the entire tournament starting on Tuesday with the play-in-games First Four. Via CBSSports.com here's the times and announcer pairings for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

FIRST ROUND GAMES
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
6:40, truTV, Dayton -- UNC Asheville vs. UALR (Nantz/Kellogg/Kerr)
9:10, truTV, Dayton -- UAB vs. Clemson (Nantz/Kellogg/Kerr)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16
6:40, truTV, Dayton -- UTSA vs. Alabama St. (Gus Johnson/LenElmore)
9:10, truTV, Dayton -- Southern California vs. VCU(Johnson/Elmore)

SECOND ROUND GAMES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17 (12:00 Noon-5:00 , ET)
12:15, CBS, Tampa -- West Virginia vs. UAB/Clemson (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel)
12:40, truTV, Wash. D.C. -- Butler vs. Old Dominion (Tim Brando/Mike Gminski)
1:40, TBS, Denver--I Louisville vs. Morehead St. (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery)
2:10, TNT, Tucson -- Temple vs. Penn St. (Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner)

2:45, CBS, Tampa -- Kentucky vs. Princeton (Eagle/Spanarkel)
3:10, truTV, Wash. D.C. -- Pittsburgh vs. Asheville/Ark-LR (Brando/Gminski)
4:10, TBS, Denver -- Vanderbilt vs. Richmond (Lundquist/Raftery)
4:40, TNT, Tucson -- San Diego St. vs. Northern Colorado (Harlan/Miller/Bonner)

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17 (6:30 -12:00 AM, ET)
(announce and production teams same as day games) 
6:50, TBS, Tampa -- Florida vs. UC Santa Barbara(Eagle/Spanarkel)
7:15, CBS, Denver -- BYU vs. Wofford (Lundquist/Raftery)
7:20, TNT, Wash D.C. -- Connecticut vs. Bucknell (Brando/Gminski)
7:27, truTV, Tucson -- Wisconsin vs. Belmont (Harlan/Miller/Bonner)

9:20, TBS, Tampa -- UCLA vs. Michigan St. (Eagle/Spanarkel)
9:45, CBS, Denver -- St. John’s vs. Gonzaga (Lundquist/Raftery)
9:45, TNT, Wash. D.C. -- Cincinnati vs. Missouri (Brando/Gminski)
9:57, truTV, Tucson -- Kansas St. vs. Utah St.(Harlan/Miller/Bonner)

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 18 (12:00 Noon-5:00 , ET)
12:15, CBS, Tulsa -- Texas vs. Oakland (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr)
12:40, truTV, Charlotte -- Michigan vs. Tennessee (Nantz/Kellogg)
1:40, TBS, Chicago -- Notre Dame vs. Akron (Spero Dedes/Bob Wenzel)
2:10, TNT, Cleveland -- George Mason vs. Villanova (Gus Johnson/Len Elmore)

2:45, CBS, Tulsa -- Arizona vs. Memphis (Albert/Kerr)
3:10, truTV, Charlotte -- Duke vs. Hampton (Nantz/Kellogg)
4:10, TBS, Chicago -- Texas A&M vs. Florida St. (Dedes/Wenzel)
4:40, TNT, Cleveland -- Ohio St. vs. UTSA/Alabama St. (Johnson/Elmore)

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17 (6:30 -12:00 AM, ET) 
6:50, TBS, Tulsa -- Kansas vs. Boston U. (Albert/Kerr)
7:15, CBS, Charlotte -- North Carolina vs. Long Island (Nantz/Kellogg)
7:20, TNT, Chicago -- Purdue vs. St. Peter’s (Dedes/Wenzel)
7:27, truTV, Cleveland --   Xavier vs. Marquette (Johnson/Elmore)

9:20, TBS, Tulsa -- UNLV vs. Illinois (Albert/Kerr)
9:45, CBS, Charlotte -- Washington vs. Georgia (Nantz/Kellogg)
9:50, TNT, Chicago -- Georgetown vs. Southern California/VCU (Dedes/Wenzel)
9:57, truTV, Cleveland -- Syracuse vs. Indiana St. (Johnson/Elmore)

2 comments:

  1. Looks like I'll have to flip between the channels a lot during the tournament. I really can't wait for it to start!

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  2. @Steve: The great thing about this new format is that you're given the choice of flipping around the channels instead of waiting on CBS to cut into another game.

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