All times Eastern, and CBS may switch these five or 10 minutes earlier/later for viewing purposes across the country. And, courtesy of Awful Announcing, we know where the announcing crews are headed.
Thursday:
Greensboro (Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg)
LSU/Butler: 12:20
North Carolina/Radford: 2:50
Texas/Minnesota: 7:10
Duke/Binghamton: 9:40
Kansas City (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner)
Memphis/Cal State Northridge: 12:25
California/Maryland: 2:55
Clemson/Michigan: 7:10
Oklahoma/Morgan State: 9:40
Philadelphia (Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery)
BYU/Texas A&M: 12:30
Connecticut/Chattanooga: 3:00
Villanova/American: 7:20
UCLA/VCU: 9:50
Portland (Ian Eagle, Jim Sparnarkel)
Purdue/Northern Iowa: 12:30
Washington/Miss. State: 3:00
Gonzaga/Akron: 7:25
Illinois/Western Kentucky: 9:55
Friday:
Boise (Craig Bolerjack, Dan Wenzel)
Marquette/Utah State: 12:30
Missouri/Cornell: 3:00
Xavier/Portland State: 7:25
Florida State/Wisconsin: 9:55
Dayton (Dick Enberg, Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas)
Oklahoma State/Tennessee: 12:25
Pittsburgh/East Tenn. State: 2:55
Louisville/Ala. St-Morehead St: 7:10
Ohio State/Siena: 9:40
Miami (Tim Brando, Mike Gminski)
Syracuse/Stephen F. Austin: 12:15
Arizona State/Temple: 2:45
Utah/Arizona: 7:10
Wake Forest/Cleveland St.: 9:40
Minneapolis (Gus Johnson, Len Elmore)
Kansas/North Dakota State: 12:30
West Virginia/Dayton: 3:00
Boston College/Southern Cal: 7:20
Michigan State/Robert Morris: 9:50
My two cents: Region with the best draw, Greensboro; region with the clunker, Minneapolis, but we get to listen to Gus, so all’s forgiven.
