Turner Sports and CBS Sports Announce Tip Times and Match-Ups for
Third Round Games on Sunday, March 23
Exclusive Coverage Continues with Third Round Action Saturday, March 22
CBS Sports and Turner Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship will offer a full slate of third round games on Sunday, March 23 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET) available live in their entirety across four national television networks - TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. Exclusive live coverage continues with third round action on Saturday, March 22 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET).
Studio coverage will include Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson sharing hosting duties each day. Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith will provide analysis throughout the tournament alongside Gumbel or Johnson from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Matt Winer will host studio coverage from Turner Studios in Atlanta with analysts Seth Davis, Grant Hill and Steve Smith on Saturday and Sunday.
Following are the tip times for Saturday's and Sunday's third round games, as well as the announce and production team assignments.
Third Round Games
Saturday, March 22 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET)
Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
Producer/Director
12:15 pm CBS Orlando I Florida vs. Pittsburgh Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//Kristine Leahy
Jonathan Segal/Renardo Lowe
After conc. I CBS Orlando II Louisville vs. St. Louis Anderson/Bonner//Leahy
Segal/Lowe
5:15 p.m. CBS Milwaukee I Michigan vs. Texas Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel//Lewis Johnson
Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
6:10 p.m. TNT Spokane I San Diego State vs. North Dakota State Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio
Ryan Galvin/Mark Grant
7:10 p.m. TBS Buffalo I Syracuse vs. Dayton Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Allie LaForce
Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
After conc. I CBS Milwaukee II Wisconsin vs. Oregon Eagle/Spanarkel//Johnson
Mack/Cornell
After conc. I TNT Spokane II Michigan State vs. Harvard Dedes/Gottlieb//Maggio
Galvin/Grant
After conc. I TBS Buffalo II Villanova vs. Connecticut Lundquist/Raftery//LaForce
Mansbach/Smith
Third Round Games
Sunday, March 23 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET)
Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
Producer/Director
12:15 pm CBS St. Louis I Kansas vs. Stanford Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony//Tracy Wolfson
Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
After conc. I CBS St. Louis II Wichita St. vs. Kentucky Nantz/Anthony//Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
5:15 p.m. CBS San Antonio I Iowa State vs. North Carolina Marv Albert/Steve Kerr //Craig Sager
Scott Cockerill/Lonnie Dale
6:10 p.m. TNT Raleigh I Tennessee vs. Mercer Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols
Craig Silver/Mike Arnold
7:10 p.m. TBS San Diego I UCLA/Tulsa vs. Stephen F. Austin Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski//Otis Livingston
Vic Frank/Andy Goldberg
After conc. I truTV San Antonio II Creighton vs. Baylor Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
After conc. I TNT Raleigh II Virginia vs. Memphis Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Nichols
Silver/Arnold
After conc. I TBS San Diego II Arizona vs. Gonzaga Catalon/Gminski//Livingston
Frank/Goldberg
The Final Four on Saturday, April 5 will be televised on TBS for the first time along with "teamcasts" or team-specific telecasts airing on TNT and truTV. The National Championship Game on Monday, April 7 will air on CBS for the 33rd consecutive year.
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