CBS Sports’ 31st consecutive season of college basketball tips off on Saturday, Dec. 3 (12:00 NOON, ET) with a national broadcast featuring North Carolina taking on Kentucky. CBS Sports’ 2011-12 schedule includes 44 games featuring top teams from 11 conferences, including five Conference Championships.
CBS Sports’ lead announce college basketball announce team is Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg for the fourth consecutive year. Bob Dekas serves as Coordinating Producer, College Basketball, and Bob Fishman is the lead director.
Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
Highlights of the 14-week Regular-Season schedule include:
44 Regular-Season Match-ups – 11 Conferences:
42 men’s contests, two women’s games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from top conferences including the Big Ten, Big East, Atlantic Coast, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and Atlantic 10.
Outstanding Non-Conference Games:
North Carolina at Kentucky – Saturday, Dec. 3
Duke vs. Washington – Saturday, Dec. 10
Memphis at Louisville – Saturday, Dec. 17
Louisville at Kentucky – Saturday, Dec. 31
UCLA at St. John’s – Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at Madison Square Garden
Key Conference Contests
Wisconsin at Michigan – Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
Kansas at Texas – Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
Michigan at Michigan State – Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012
Connecticut at Syracuse – Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
UNLV at New Mexico – Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
Vanderbilt at Kentucky – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
Pittsburgh at Louisville – Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012
Memphis at Tulsa – Saturday, March 3, 2012
Kentucky at Florida – Sunday, March 4, 2012
Wildcard Weekends – Big Ten (Sunday, Feb. 19; Sunday, Feb. 26; Sunday, March 4) and Pac-12 (Saturday, March 3).
Women’s National Doubleheader highlighted by:
Connecticut at Notre Dame – Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012
Five Conference Championships on CBS Sports
Championship Weekend Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11, 2012, where the Big Ten, Pac-12, Conference USA and Atlantic 10 crown their regular-season champions and earn automatic bids to the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship.
CBS Sports also broadcasts the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game on Sunday, March 4, 2012.
The complete 2011-12 broadcast schedule follows.
2011-12 CBS SPORTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE GAME TIME COVERAGE
Sat., Dec. 3 North Carolina @ Kentucky 12:00 – 2:30 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sat., Dec. 10 Duke vs. Washington 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
Sat., Dec. 17 Butler vs. Purdue 2:00 – 4:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Memphis @ Louisville 4:00 – 6:00 PM Regional
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.
AND
Gonzaga vs. Arizona
Key Arena, Seattle, Wash.
Sat., Dec. 31 Louisville @ Kentucky 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Sat., Jan. 7 Michigan State @ Penn State (Women’s) 2:00 – 4:00 PM National
Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pa.
UConn @ Notre Dame (Women’s) 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Purcell Pav. at Joyce Ctr., Notre Dame, Ind.
Sun., Jan. 8 Wisconsin @ Michigan 1:30 – 4:00 PM National
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich. OR
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 14 Oregon @ Arizona 3:30 – 6:00 PM National
McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz. OR
1:00 – 3:30 PM
Sun., Jan. 15 Indiana @ Ohio State 4:30 – 6:30 PM National
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio OR
1:30 – 4:00 PM
Sat., Jan. 21 Alabama @ Kentucky 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Michigan @ Arkansas 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark.
Kansas @ Texas 4:00 – 6:00 PM Regional
Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
AND
UConn @ Tennessee
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Sat., Jan. 28 Texas @ Baylor 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Sun., Jan. 29 Michigan @ Ohio State 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Sat., Feb. 4 Marquette @ Notre Dame 1:00 – 3:00 PM Regional
Purcell Pav. at Joyce Ctr., Notre Dame, Ind.
AND
Vanderbilt @ Florida
O’Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.
Sun., Feb. 5 Michigan @ Michigan State 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Breslin Student Evts. Ctr., E. Lansing, Mich.
Sat., Feb. 11 UConn @ Syracuse 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Sun., Feb. 12 Illinois @ Michigan 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Feb. 18 UCLA @ St. John’s 1:00 – 3:00 PM Regional
Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
AND
UNLV @ New Mexico
The Pit/Bob King Court, Albuquerque, N.M.
Sun., Feb. 19 Big Ten Wildcard 1:00 – 3:00 PM National
Michigan State @ Purdue
Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.
OR
Indiana @ Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
OR
Penn State @ Wisconsin
Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.
Sat., Feb. 25 Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
UCLA @ Arizona 2:00 – 4:00 PM Regional
McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.
AND
Villanova @ Georgetown
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Missouri @ Kansas 4:00 – 6:00 PM National
Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
Sun., Feb. 26 Pittsburgh @ Louisville 2:00 – 4:00 PM National
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.
Big Ten Wildcard 4:00 – 6:00 PM National
Wisconsin @ Ohio State
Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
OR
Indiana @ Minnesota
Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.
OR
Purdue @ Michigan
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., March 3 Memphis @ Tulsa 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
Donald W. Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Okla.
LSU @ Auburn 2:00 – 4:00 PM Regional
Auburn Arena, Auburn, Ala.
AND
Pac-12 Wildcard 2:00 – 4:00 PM Regional
Washington @ UCLA
Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, Calif.
OR
Utah @ Oregon
Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Ore.
OR
Colorado @ Oregon State
Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Ore.
OR
Washington State @ USC
Galen Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Louisville @ Syracuse 4:00 – 6:00 PM National
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Sun., March 4 Kentucky @ Florida 12:00 – 2:00 PM National
O’Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.
Missouri Valley Championship 2:00 – 4:00 PM National
Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Mo.
Sun., March 4 Big Ten Wildcard 4:00 – 6:00 PM National
Ohio State @ Michigan State
Breslin Student Evts. Ctr., E. Lansing, Mich.
OR
Michigan @ Penn State
Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pa.
OR
Illinois @ Wisconsin
Kohl Center, Madison, Wisc.
Sat., March 10 Conference USA Championship 11:30 – 1:40 PM National
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn.
Big Ten Semifinal #1 1:40 – 3:40 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Big Ten Semifinal #2 4:00 – 6:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Pac-12 Championship 6:00 – 8:00 PM National
Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Sun., March 11 Atlantic 10 Championship 1:00 – 3:30 PM National
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
Big Ten Championship 3:30 – 6:00 PM National
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
(source: CBS)
