Last year when the NCAA announced a new TV contract with CBS Sports, there was excitement about the prospects of TV coverage being expanded with the addition of Turner Networks (TBS, TNT, and TruTV) that will guarantee that every game through the first 4 rounds will have national coverage. In Central Iowa, TruTV is carried in HD by Mediacom and Dish Network, however, DirecTV does not carry the HD feed of TruTV.
Today, the NCAA and it's TV partners announced the TV schedule for the 2011 men's postseason tournament.
According to a press release from the NCAA, here are some of the programming highlights:
• CBS will air the Final Four semifinals and national championship game for the 30th year, in addition to a total of 26 games throughout the tournament, including the second round, third round, Sweet 16 and Elite 8.
• Turner will air 41 games across its three television networks. TBS will air a total of 16 contests, including games in the second round, third round and Sweet 16.
• TNT will air a total of 12 games, including second round and third round match ups.
•TruTV will tip off the tournament’s coverage airing all First Four, as well as a total of 13 games during the First Four and second round. It also will air the Reese’s College All-Star Game on April 1 as part of NCAA Final Four Friday.
The full schedule of games for the first weekend (March 17-20) look like this, all times are Central:
Thursday-Friday:
11am on CBS
11:30am on TruTV
12:30pm on TBS
1pm on TNT
1:30pm on CBS
2pm on TruTV
3pm on TBS
3:30pm on TNT
5:45pm on TBS
6pm on CBS
6:15pm on TNT & TruTV
8:15pm on TBS
8:30pm on CBS
8:45pm on TNT
8:55pm on TruTV
Saturday, March 19:
11am on CBS
1:30pm on CBS
4pm on CBS
5pm on TNT
6pm on TBS
7:30pm on TNT
6:30pm on CBS
8:30pm on TBS
Sunday, March 20:
11am on CBS
1:30pm on CBS
4pm on CBS
5pm on TNT
6pm on TBS
6:30pm on TruTV
7:30pm on TNT
8:30pm on TBS
Complete scheduling information can be found here: http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2011-02-10/turner-cbs-air-all-ncaa-tourney
No comments:
Post a Comment