CBS Sports Network Provides Sweeping Coverage of NCAA Basketball Championship
By: Claire Hannum Mar. 14, 2013
CBS Sports Network's coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship includes over 90 hours of live studio programming. Coverage tips off on SELECTION SUNDAY, March 17 with NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN (4:00-6:00 PM, ET and 8:00-10:30 PM, ET), providing analysis of the 2013 NCAA Tournament bracket and previewing the matchups.
Tournament programming is highlighted by NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN and NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360, which provide fans complete news, highlights and analysis throughout the Tournament. NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN previews all 67 Tournament games and recaps each day's action. NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360 complements the live NCAA Tournament game coverage with highlights, press conferences, interviews, breaking news and in-depth analysis.
CBS Sports Network will be in Atlanta, site of the 2013 Final Four, beginning on Thursday, April 4. NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN, NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360, and COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS, will air live from Atlanta's Centennial Park. CBS Sports Network will also provide live coverage of Final Four Friday Team Practices from the Georgia Dome during NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360 on Friday, April 5 (11:00 AM-3:00 PM, ET).
CBS Sports Network's NCAA Tournament coverage also includes Encore showings of every 2013 Tournament game that airs on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV.
Studio programming is anchored by Adam Zucker, Brent Stover and Dana Jacobson, who will be joined by analysts Alaa Abdelnaby, Mateen Cleaves, Steve Lappas, Wally Szczerbiak, Pete Gillen, Bob Wenzel, insider Jon Rothstein and CBSSports.com Bracketology expert Jerry Palm. The Network will also feature top current college coaches as guest analysts throughout the Tournament.
Coverage also includes exclusive, behind-the-scenes access with *No. 1-ranked Gonzaga and No. 10-ranked Miami. Beginning on Selection Sunday, CBS Sports Network will embed with both teams throughout the NCAA Tournament chronicling their journeys.
In addition, on Sunday, March 17 (2:00 PM, ET) CBS Sports Network will air MARCH TO HISTORY: DUKE 1992, a one-hour show featuring Verne Lundquist, Len Elmore and Christian Laettner re-living the legendary Kentucky-Duke regional final game in 1992, which was broadcast by Lundquist and Elmore.
Below is a full programming schedule (all times ET), which is also available online at www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
Sunday, March 17
2:00-3:00 PM - MARCH TO HISTORY: DUKE 1992
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
8:00-10:30 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Monday, March 18
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
7:00-9:30 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Tuesday, March 19
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
11:00 PM-12:00 MIDNIGHT - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Wednesday, March 20
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
11:00 PM-12:00 MIDNIGHT - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
12:00 MIDNIGHT-1:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Thursday, March 21
2:30 PM-1:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Friday, March 22
2:30 PM-1:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Saturday, March 23
2:00-8:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Sunday, March 24
2:00-5:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
7:30-8:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
10:00 PM-12:30 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
12:30-1:30 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Thursday, March 28
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
6:30 PM-12:00 MIDNIGHT - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Friday, March 29
4:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
6:30-8:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
10:00 PM-12:00 MIDNIGHT - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
1:00-2:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Saturday, March 30
2:00-2:30 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
4:30-7:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
12:30-1:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Sunday, March 31
2:30-5:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
7:30-8:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
8:00-9:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Thursday, April 4
6:30-7:30 PM - COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS
7:30-8:30 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
Friday, April 5
11:00 AM-3:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360: FINAL FOUR FRIDAY TEAM PRACTICES
5:00-7:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
9:30-10:30 PM - CBS SPORTS PRESENTS 75 YEARS OF NCAA MARCH MADNESS: THE ALL-TIME TEAM
Saturday, April 6
1:30-3:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
11:30 PM-12:30 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Sunday, April 7
11:00 AM-12:30 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
5:00-6:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
Monday, April 8
6:30-9:00 PM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS 360
12:00 MIDNIGHT-1:00 AM - NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAKDOWN
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