2013 NCAA Tournament is Highest Rated in 23 Years

March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

ncaaTurner Sports and CBS Sports’ Exclusive Coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship is Highest Rated in 23 Years

Sunday’s Third Round Coverage Highest Rated in 20 Years; Up 19% vs. 2012

CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive live coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV is averaging a 6.3/14 overnight rating/share, the highest rating for the opening week of the NCAA Tournament in 23 years, when the tournament expanded to its current format, according to Nielsen metered market ratings.

The networks’ combined coverage, from the NCAA First Four to the completion of the third round, is up 5% vs. last year’s comparable 6.0/13 rating.

Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ exclusive third round coverage on Sunday, March 24 – across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – averaged an overnight household rating/share of 7.6/15, the highest rating for the first Sunday of the NCAA Tournament in 20 years (8.5/20 in 1993).  This year’s rating/share is up 19% compared with a 6.4/13 in 2012.

Sunday’s coverage showed audience increases in all four telecast windows including more than 20% in three of the four:

§  The first daytime telecast window (12-2:45 p.m. ET) averaged a 5.4/13, the highest rating for the window since 2002 (5.8/13) and an increase of 26% over last year’s 4.3/11.

§  The second daytime telecast window (3-5:15 p.m.) averaged a 7.2/15, tied with 2007 as the highest rating for the window since 2006 (7.5/16) and up 20% over last year’s 6.0/13.

§  The first primetime telecast window (5:15-9:15 p.m.) averaged an 11.8/22, the highest rating for the window since 1991’s 12.1/24 and a 26% increase over a 9.4/18 in 2012.

§  The second primetime window (8 p.m.-12:15 a.m.) averaged a 6.5/11, up 2% vs. a 6.4/10 in 2012.

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Source:  Nielsen Media Research, based on Metered Market data, Live +SD data stream.  3/19/13 to  03/24/13 vs. 03/13/12 to 03/18/12.  2013 averages based on weighted average of 4 telecast gross across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV.  Historical audiences, CBS 1991 through 2005 based on Live data.  2006 through 2010 based on Live + SD.  2003 based on CBS / ESPN average of First Round. 

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2013 NCAA Tournament Third Round Tip Times for Saturday, March 23

March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

ncaaTURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES AND
MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD ROUND GAMES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23

Exclusive Coverage Continues with Second Round on Friday, March 22

CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip times and match-ups for third round coverage of the 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 23 (Noon-Midnight ET) with all games available in their entirety across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. Exclusive live coverage continues with second round action on Friday, March 22 (11 a.m.-Midnight).

Studio coverage will continue with Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson sharing hosting duties each day. Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony 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 the studio coverage from Turner Studios in Atlanta with analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith on Saturday and Sunday.

Following are the tip times for Friday’s second round games and Saturday’s third round games, as well as the announce and production team assignments. Tip times for the third round games on Sunday will be announced on Friday after the conclusion of the day’s games. For a complete channel guide see the channel finder at NCAA.com/MyChannels.

NCAA March Madness Live® will continue to provide college basketball fans unparalleled multi-screen digital access to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship including live streaming of every game.  The digital suite of products will also feature video highlights, full game replays, real-time game alerts, live game scoring, real-time tournament brackets, personal channel lineup features, live stats, robust social media integration and more.

 

SECOND ROUND GAMES

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22 (Noon-5 p.m. ET)

 

Tip (ET)

Network

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director
12:15 p.m. CBS Philadelphia I Albany vs. Duke Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Lewis Johnson
Steve Scheer/Mike Arnold
12:40 p.m. truTV Kansas City I Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager
Scott Cockerill/Lonnie Dale
1:40 p.m. TBS Dayton I Temple vs. N.C. State Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson
Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
2:10 p.m. TNT Austin I Pacific vs. Miami Tim Brando/Mike Gminski//
Otis Livingston
Vic Frank/Mark Grant
After conc. I CBS Philadelphia II Cincinnati vs. Creighton Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
After conc. I truTV Kansas City II LaSalle vs. Kansas State Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
After conc. I TBS Dayton II James Madison vs. Indiana Nantz/Kellogg/Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
After conc. I TNT Austin II Colorado vs. Illinois Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant

SECOND ROUND GAMES

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22 (6:30 p.m.-Midnight ET)

 
6:50 p.m. TBS Philadelphia III Florida Gulf Coast vs. Georgetown Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
7:15 p.m. CBS Dayton III Iona vs. Ohio State Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
7:20 p.m. TNT Kansas City III Villanova vs. North Carolina Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
7:27 p.m. truTV Austin III Northwestern St. vs. Florida Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant
After conc. III TBS Philadelphia IV Oklahoma vs. San Diego State Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
After conc. III CBS Dayton IV Iowa St. vs. Notre Dame Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
After conc. III TNT Kansas City IV Western Kentucky vs.Kansas Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
After conc. III truTV Austin IV Minnesota vs. UCLA Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant

 

THIRD ROUND GAMES

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 (Noon-Midnight ET)

 
12:15 p.m. CBS Auburn Hills I VCU vs. Michigan Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Rachel Nichols
Bob Dekas/Suzanne Smith
After conc. 1 CBS Auburn Hills II Memphis vs. Michigan St. Lundquist/ Raftery// Nichols
Dekas/ Smith
5:15 p.m. CBS Lexington I Colorado State vs. Louisville Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
Bob Mansbach/Chris Svendsen
6:10 p.m. TNT Salt Lake City I Harvard vs. Arizona Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jamie Maggio
Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
7:10 pm TBS San Jose I Oregon vs. St. Louis Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//
Marty Snider
Craig Silver/Renardo Lowe
After conc. I CBS Lexington II Butler vs. Marquette Eagle/Spanarkel//LaForce
Mansbach/ Svendsen
After conc. I TNT Salt Lake City II Wichita St. vs. Gonzaga Dedes/Gottlieb//Maggio
Mack/Cornell
After conc. I TBS San Jose II California vs. Syracuse/Montana Anderson/ Bonner//Snider
Silver/Lowe

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Turner Sports and CBS Sports Add University of Pittsburgh Head Coach Jamie Dixon as Guest Studio Analyst

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have added University of Pittsburgh head men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon as guest studio analyst for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship airing across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV.

Dixon will join host Matt Winer and analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith for the third round games on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, from Turner Studios in Atlanta.

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Denver at Maryland Tips off NIT Second Round

March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
nit-espnExclusive coverage of the entire 76th National Invitation Tournament (NIT) continues today, March 21, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU with Denver at Maryland. First Round upsets include Robert Morris over No. 1 seed Kentucky, Mercer over No. 2 seed Tennessee and Stony Brook over No. 2 seed Massachusetts.
All 31 NIT games will air across ESPN networks, with quarterfinal action continuing from campus sites. The NIT Semifinal games tip-off at Madison Square Garden on ESPN2, Tuesday, April 2,beginning at 7 p.m., and the NIT Championship will follow on Thursday, April 4 at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Play by play commentator Bob Wischusen will be joined by analysts Bill Raftery for the semifinals and Bob Knight for the final game of the tournament.
2013 NIT Second Round Schedule:
Date Time (ET) Game / Commentators Network
Thu, March 21 7 p.m. NIT Second Round: Denver at Maryland
Mike Patrick & LaPhonzo Ellis		 ESPNU
Fri, March 22 8 p.m. NIT Second Round: Arizona State at Baylor

Dave Lamont & TBD
 ESPN2
  9:30 p.m. NIT Second Round: Stony Brook at Iowa

Mike Couzens & Paul Biancardi
 ESPNU
Sat, March 23 Noon NIT Second Round: Stanford at Alabama

Rich Hollenberg & Miles Simon
 ESPN
Sun, March 24 11 a.m. NIT Second Round: St. John’s at Virginia

Mike Crispino & Dereck Whittenberg
 ESPN
Mon, March 25 7 p.m. NIT Second Round: Robert Morris at Providence

TBD & Tim Welsh
 ESPN or ESPN2
  9 p.m. NIT Second Round: Mercer at BYU

Dave Pasch & Bill Walton
 ESPN or ESPN2
  10 p.m. NIT Second Round: Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss
Roy Philpott & Joe Dean, Jr.		 ESPNU
 
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2013 NCAA Tournament Delivers Most Watched First Thursday in 22 Years

March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

ncaa2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on TBS, CBS, TNT and truTv is Most-Watched First Thursday Since 1991

Thursday’s NCAA Tournament Coverage Delivers a 5.5 U.S. HH Rating and 8.1 Million Total Viewers

NCAA Tournament to Date is Most Watched in 20 Years

CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive second round coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV on Thursday, March 21, combined to deliver the most viewed (8.1 million total viewers) first Thursday of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship since 1991, when the tournament expanded to four telecast windows, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals.

Thursday’s coverage earned a Fast National U.S. household rating/share of a 5.5/12, +4% vs. 2012, 5.3/13, the highest average rating for the first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament in 19 years (5.6/14, 1994).

The 2013 NCAA Tournament to date, including the First Four, is averaging a 5.0/11, +6% from last year’s 4.7/11, and is tied with the highest-to-date rating since 2006 (5.0/11).

Overall, the 2013 NCAA Tournament to date is the most-watched in 20 years (1993).  The First Four and Thursday’s coverage averaged 7.4 million viewers, +7% vs. 6.9 million viewers last year.  

-          The first telecast window of the day combined to earn a 4.0/13, +14% vs. last year’s 3.5/13.

-          The second telecast window of the day combined to earn a 5.1/13, +6% vs. last year’s 4.8/13.

-          The third telecast window of the day combined to earn a 7.1/12, +11% vs. last year’s 6.4/12.

-          The fourth telecast window of the day combined to earn a 5.9/11 vs. last year’s 6.4/12.

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Source: Nielsen Media Research, based on Fast National Data, Live +SD data stream. 3/19/13 to  03/21/13 vs. 03/13/12 to 03/15/12.   2013, 2012 and 2011 averages based on weighted average of 4 telecast gross across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. Historical audiences, CBS 1991 through 2005 based on Live data. 2006 through 2012 based on Live + SD. 2003 based on CBS / ESPN average of First Round.

Filed Under: CBS, NCAA Basketball, Ratings, TBS, TNT, truTV

SI NCAA Tournament Preview Features Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, Kansas’ Ben McLemore, Gonzaga’s Kelly Olynyk and Syracuse’s Michael Carter Williams on Four Regional Covers

March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

SI-2Sports Illustrated Predicts Louisville

Will Win NCAA Championship

NCAA Tournament Preview Features Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, Kansas’ Ben McLemore,

Gonzaga’s Kelly Olynyk and Syracuse’s Michael Carter Williams on Four Regional Covers

(NEW YORK – Mar. 19, 2013) – Sports Illustrated predicts that Louisville will cut down the nets as the NCAA basketball champion in the March 25, 2013 issue of SI, on newsstands Wednesday. In her bracket in this week’s SI NCAA Tournament Preview, senior writer Kelli Anderson says that Miami, Gonzaga and Georgetown will join the Cardinals in the Final Four, with Louisville defeating Miami for the title.

Anderson writes: “It’s true: Defense wins championships. The Cards’ path hasn’t been easy, but guard Peyton Siva & Co. make it look like so much fun.” (PAGE 36)

As part of the SI NCAA tournament preview, senior writer Tim Layden profiles Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, who is featured on one of four regional SI covers this week. Kansas’ Ben McClemore, Gonzaga’s Kelly Olynyk and Syracuse’s Michael Carter Williams are featured on the three additional regional covers. This marks the 16th time Indiana and Kansas have been featured on an SI cover, the seventh time for Syracuse and fifth for Gonzaga.

In his profile, Layden describes how Oladipo’s journey from overlooked recruit to one of the best players in the country could be due in part to his odd relationship with his father Chris. Layden writes:

“The effect of this father-son relationship is impossible to fully know. He is very close to his mother and three sisters, all of whom text him constantly. He has improved dramatically as a player, and some suggest that this is partly because of his odd relationship with his father.” (PAGE 46)

Chris Oladipo, who is from the African nation of Sierra Leone and met his wife Joan in Nigeria before moving to the United States, tells Layden in an exclusive interview that he has in fact seen his son play a few games and that his style of parenting simply differs from most Americans. He says, “I believe what the father should be is an anchor, to keep the ship from running away. He should be a stabilizing influence in the child’s life.” (PAGE 44)

Victor denies that his father has ever seen him play, but says he loves him and understands that he instilled a tough love culture in the Oladipo household.  His mother Joan, who did attend most of Victor’s games, tells Layden: “I know Victor really missed that his father wasn’t at the games.” (PAGE 44)

No matter what has led to Oladipo’s meteoric rise, an NBA scout tells Layden:

“Here’s a guy who was just barely on [the NBA’s] radar at the start of the year, probably not even in the top 100 in the country. Now he’s probably going to go in the lottery. It’s very unusual to make a climb like that in one year.” (PAGE 40)

To download high res images of the covers click here | Find more coverage here

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Also in this week’s NCAA Tournament Preview:

 

The SI Men’s and Women’s All-America Teams

Men’s:

Trey Burke (PG, Michigan)*

Marcus Smart (PG, Oklahoma State)

Doug McDermott (PF, Creighton)

Kelly Olynyk (PF, Gonzaga)

Cody Zeller (C, Indiana)

*Player of the Year

Coach of the year: Jim Larranaga (Miami)

Women’s

Brittney Griner (C, Baylor)*

Chiney Ogwumike (PF, Stanford)

Skylar Diggins (PG, Notre Dame)

Elana Delle Donne(G-F, Delaware)

Odyssey Sims (PG, Baylor)

*Player of the Year

Coach of the year: Muffet McGraw (Note Dame)

Seth Davis picks his annual All-Glue Guy Team:

Mike Hart (SG, Gonzaga)

Kyle Anderson (PF, UCLA)

Melvin Ejim (SF, Iowa State)

Roosevelt Jones (SF, Butler)

Nate Lubick (PF, Georgetown)

Travis Releford (SG, Kansas)

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Find more on this week’s issue at Inside SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, including:

·         Seth Davis profiles longtime NCAA basketball referee Ted Valentine, who has turned into an inviting target for fans across the country due to his stylistic flourishes on the court and the infamous run-in with Bob Knight 15 years ago. Find more coverage here. (PAGE 64)

·         Jon Wertheim fails in his attempt to find Benny Anders, the eccentric swingman of the famed University of Houston Phi Slamma Jamma era who is nowhere to be found. Find more coverage here. (PAGE 72)

·         Kelli Anderson takes a look at four lesser known players who fill key roles on the top four NCAA women’s title contenders. Find more coverage here. (PAGE 56)

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Filed Under: NCAA Basketball, Sports Illustrated

2013 NCAA Tournament Tip Times and Talent Release

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

ncaaCBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS’ EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF 

2013 NCAA® DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TIPS OFF MARCH 19

Announce and Production Teams Assigned for NCAA First Four™ and Second Round Coverage

Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will tip off with first round coverage of the NCAA First Four™ on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20 (6 p.m. ET; both days), on truTV. Second-round game coverage will begin Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22 (Noon-Midnight; both days), with all games available live in their entirety across four national television networks – CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV.  Additionally, on Thursday and Friday, truTV will televise a one-hour pregame show at 11 a.m.

Marv Albert and Steve Kerr will call the action, with Craig Sager courtside for the two First Four games on Tuesday. Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg, along with courtside reporter Tracy Wolfson, will handle the call for the First Four games on Wednesday.  Studio coverage for the First Four originates from Atlanta and features Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Steve Smith and Rex Chapman on Tuesday with Matt Winer, Seth Davis, Smith and Chapman providing analysis on Wednesday (6 p.m.; both days).

Following are the tip times for the First Four games, as well as the announce and production team assignments for the second round games.  Tip times for the third round games on Saturday will be announced on Thursday after the conclusion of the day’s games. Sunday’s tip times will be released after the conclusion of play on Friday.  Fans can access a Channel Finder for every tournament game at www.ncaa.com/march-madness.

NCAA March Madness Live® will provide college basketball fans unparalleled multi-screen digital access to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship including live streaming of every game.  The digital suite of products will also feature video highlights, full game replays, real-time game alerts, live game scoring, real-time tournament brackets, personal channel lineup features, live stats, robust social media integration and more.

 

FIRST ROUND GAMES

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

 
Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director
6:40 p.m. truTV Dayton I N.C. A&T vs. Liberty Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//
Craig Sager
Rodney Vaughn/Andy Goldberg
After conc. I truTV Dayton II Mid Tennessee  vs.
St. Mary’s		 Albert/Kerr//Sager
Vaughn/Goldberg

 

FIRST ROUND GAMES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
6:40 p.m. truTV Dayton I LIU-Brooklyn vs.
James Madison		 Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson
Vaughn/Goldberg
After conc. I truTV Dayton II Boise St. vs. LaSalle Nantz/Kellog//Wolfson
Vaughn/Goldberg

 

SECOND ROUND GAMES

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21 (Noon-5 p.m. ET)

 

Tip (ET)

Network

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director
12:15 p.m. CBS Auburn Hills I Valparaiso vs. Michigan State Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//

Rachel Nichols
Bob Dekas/Suzanne Smith
12:40 p.m. truTV Lexington I Bucknell vs. Butler Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel//
Allie LaForce
Bob Mansbach/Chris Svendsen
1:40 p.m. TBS Salt Lake City I Wichita St. vs. Pittsburgh Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//

Jamie Maggio
Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
2:10 p.m. TNT San Jose I New Mexico St. vs.

Saint Louis

 Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//

Marty Snider
Craig Silver/Renardo Lowe
After conc. I CBS Auburn Hills II Mid Tennessee /
St. Mary’s vs. Memphis		 Lundquist/Raftery/Nichols
Dekas/Smith
After conc. I truTV Lexington II Davidson vs. Marquette Eagle/Spanarkel//LaForce
Mansbach/Svendsen
After conc. I TBS Salt Lake City II Southern U. vs. Gonzaga Dedes/Gottlieb//Maggio
Mack/Cornell
After conc. I TNT San Jose II Oregon vs. Oklahoma St. Anderson/Bonner//Snider
Silver/Lowe

 

SECOND ROUND GAMES

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21 (6:30 p.m.-Midnight ET)

(Announce and Production Teams Same as Day Games)

 
6:50 p.m. TBS Lexington III N.C. A&T/Liberty vs.

Louisville

 Eagle/Spanarkel//LaForce
Mansbach/Svendsen
7:15 p.m. CBS Auburn Hills III South Dakota St. vs.

Michigan

 Lundquist/Raftery/Nichols
Dekas/Smith
7:20 p.m. TNT Salt Lake City III Belmont vs. Arizona Dedes/Gottlieb//Maggio
Mack/Cornell
7:27 p.m. truTV San Jose III California vs. UNLV Anderson/Bonner//Snider
Silver/Lowe
After conc. III TBS Lexington IV Missouri vs. Colorado St. Eagle/Spanarkel//LaForce
Mansbach/Svendsen
After conc. III CBS Auburn Hills IV Akron vs. VCU Lundquist/Raftery/Nichols
Dekas/Smith
After conc. III TNT Salt Lake City IV Harvard vs. New Mexico Dedes/Gottlieb//Maggio
Mack/Cornell
After conc. III truTV San Jose IV Montana vs. Syracuse Anderson/Bonner//Snider
Silver/Lowe

 

SECOND ROUND GAMES

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22 (Noon-5 p.m. ET)

 

Tip (ET)

Network

Site

Game

Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

Producer/Director
12:15 p.m. CBS Philadelphia I Albany vs. Duke Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Lewis Johnson
Steve Scheer/Mike Arnold
12:40 p.m. truTV Kansas City I Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin Albert/Kerr//Sager
Scott Cockerill/Lonnie Dale
1:40 p.m. TBS Dayton I Temple vs. N.C. State Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson
Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
2:10 p.m. TNT Austin I Pacific vs. Miami Tim Brando/Mike Gminski//
Otis Livingston
Vic Frank/Mark Grant
After conc. I CBS Philadelphia II Cincinnati vs. Creighton Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
After conc. I truTV Kansas City II Boise St./LaSalle vs. Kansas State Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
After conc. I TBS Dayton II LIU Brooklyn/James Madison vs. Indiana Nantz/Kellogg/Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
After conc. I TNT Austin II Colorado vs. Illinois Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant

 

SECOND ROUND GAMES

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22 (6:30 p.m.-Midnight ET)

(Announce and Production Teams Same as Day Games)
6:50 p.m. TBS Philadelphia III Florida Gulf Coast vs. Georgetown Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
7:15 p.m. CBS Dayton III Iona vs. Ohio State Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
7:20 p.m. TNT Kansas City III Villanova vs. North Carolina Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
7:27 p.m. truTV Austin III Northwestern St. vs. Florida Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant
After conc. III TBS Philadelphia IV Oklahoma vs. San Diego State Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Johnson
Scheer/Arnold
After conc. III CBS Dayton IV Iowa St. vs. Notre Dame Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson
Wolff/Fishman
After conc. III TNT Kansas City IV Western Kentucky vs.

Kansas

 Albert/Kerr//Sager
Cockerill/Dale
After conc. III truTV Austin IV Minnesota vs. UCLA Brando/Gminski/Livingston
Frank/Grant

 

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Filed Under: CBS, NCAA Basketball, TBS, TNT, truTV, Turner

Women’s College Basketball: Season Rewind with ESPN Announcers

March 14, 2013 By 1 Comment

espnWomen’s College Basketball: Season Rewind with ESPN Announcers

Top Plays, Moments, Venues and More, along with espnW highlights

ESPN is home to the most extensive  women’s college basketball coverage and the 2012-13 season saw many memorable moments by play-by-play veterans Beth Mowins and Pam Ward, along with analysts Rebecca Lobo, Kara Lawson, Carolyn Peck, LaChina Robinson and Stephanie White. This top crew plus so many dedicated women’s basketball announcers called over 150 exclusive games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 during the 2012-13 regular season.

A look at the best games and moments they experienced, favorite stops along the way and top surprises.

Most memorable game

Lobo: The Connecticut at Notre Dame three-overtime game was this year’s highlight

Mowins: Notre Dame vs. Connecticut Big Monday three-overtime game

Robinson: Connecticut at St. John’s – game was tied at the half and it was a great game start to finish
Ward: UConn at Notre Dame’s triple-overtime game in Skylar Diggins’ last home game

Biggest surprise team

Lobo: Notre Dame and Tennessee – both lost a lot last year and came back strong

Mowins: Dayton out of the A10 with a 26-1 regular-season record

Peck: I am most surprised by the play and success of Notre Dame – I thought the Irish would have to go through some growing pains and rebuilding this season.

Robinson: Syracuse – they grabbed the three seed in tournament in the competitive BIG EAST

Ward: Dayton – after losing four starters from last year’s A10 Championship team – Dayton is one of only three one-loss teams in the regular season

White: Colorado of the Pac-12 at 24-5 in the regular season

Breakout player that you saw

Mowins: Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride and Connecticut’s Stephanie Dolson

Peck: Theresa Plausance of LSU increased her scoring from 4.5 to 17.0 points per game

Robinson: Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride

Ward: Alexis Jones of Duke – the freshman guard has filled a huge gap with Chelsea Gray’s season-ending injury

White: Cal’s Layshia Clarendon

Most memorable play or moment

Mowins: Brittney Griner’s spin dunk vs. Kansas State

Peck: The half-court shot by Brittney Sykes during the Syracuse vs. St. John’s game

Robinson: Half-court shot by Penn State’s Alex Bentley against Nebraska at the Bryce Jordan Center

Ward: Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride – whose 3-pointer sent the ND-UConn game into double-overtime – it was the first and only three ND hit all game

Game with the best crowd you witnessed

Lobo: Duke at Connecticut at Gampel Pavilion was an electric crowd

Peck: Maryland for the rematch with Duke – the crowd had been fueled by tweets after Maryland’s men upset Duke and rushed the floor

Ward: A difficult choice but the Louisville crowd for the Kentucky game – a fun early-season matchup

Favorite or most memorable non-game action moment

Mowins: The couple that changes outfits in a quick second

Robinson: Seeing North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell shagging (dancing) at midcourt
Ward: No question – Quick Change, the couple who changes clothes in an instant throughout their show.

White: The dog races at Minnesota

Best venue to call a game

Lobo: Gampel Pavilion at UConn and the Purcell Pavilion at Notre Dame had the best environments Peck: It was fun to have our studio set at the XL Center for the Baylor/UConn game – I always enjoy when our whole game crew can be in the same place

Robinson: Syracuse’s Carrier Dome

Ward: Maryland’s Comcast Center is a palace, and I love the feel of Marquette’s Al McGuire Center – a perfect modern gym with an old-time feel

Best college town or favorite place you visited

Lobo: After the Stanford-UConn game, Doris (Burke), Dave (O’Brien) and I went to a great restaurant in San Francisco – great food and company – can’t beat that

Mowins: Visiting Syracuse for Dinosaur BBQ

Peck: I always enjoy the opportunity to go back to Nashville – there is no place like the San Antonio Taco Company

Robinson: In Chicago working the Louisville at DePaul game – we visited Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse

Ward: Montell’s in Nashville for food – great Southern food

When the cameras are not rolling….

Lawson: I like to sit back in studio and focus on the games that are going on

Peck: While watching games in studio, I make comments that crack up Kara (Lawson). When she laughs, her eyes water and she does everything she can to avoid messing up her makeup! And snacks are a must.

Robinson: Of course tweet – @Live2Inspire

Ward: I like to sit back and enjoy the atmosphere, while trying to bother Rebecca (Lobo) as much as I can

Big Monday Numbers Up

With more games on ESPN platforms, the ratings saw a boost in 2012-13.

  • ESPN2’s Big Monday Presented by Bud Light series saw a 33 percent increase with a 0.4 household rating (11 games) compared to last season’s 0.3 rating (10 games)
  • UConn’s two appearances in February were top raters this season as they matched up against the top two teams in the nation in No. 1 Baylor and No. 2 Notre Dame (three overtimes)
  • The triple-overtime thriller between third-ranked Connecticut at No. 2 Notre Dame (ND wins 97-87) brought in a 0.6 household coverage rating

o    The battle saw a rise in the rating each quarter hour, peaking at a1.0 rating in the final 15 minutes

o    Combined, the final 45 minutes — featuring mostly overtime action — averaged a 0.9 household coverage rating

o    In the Hartford/New Haven metered market, the game earned a 13.5 rating

  • The matchup between top-ranked Baylor and No. 3 Connecticut (BU won 76-70) fetched a 0.7 rating

o    It was ESPN2’s highest overnight rating (0.7 metered market rating) for a women’s basketball regular-season game since Dec. 30, 2010 when Connecticut-Stanford averaged 1.5 metered market rating

o    In the Hartford/New Haven metered market, the game earned a 11.9 metered market rating

espnW Rewind

espnW had in-depth and complete coverage of the 2012-13 women’s college basketball season.

Highlight’s include:

The top players in the nation – the “3 to See” trio of Elena Delle Donne (Delaware), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame) and Brittney Griner (Baylor) made a preseason visit to ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios on October 17 for a preseason Car Wash through several ESPN platforms, including Mike & Mike in the Morning, First Take, SportsCenter and ESPN Radio.

Throughout the day, espnW had a continuous stream of behind-the-scenes video and photos and a complete description of the visit.

 

Top writer Graham Hays spent quality time with the trio offering an in-depth look.

Also on espnW this season:

Continuing Coverage

Women’s basketball coverage continues on ESPN with the exclusive live announcement of the 64-team NCAA Championship field as part of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special Presented by Capital One on Monday, March 18, at 7 p.m. ET, with ESPNU offering a bonus hour of coverage on the NCAA Women’s’ Basketball Selection Special Extended Coverage Presented by Capital One at 8 p.m. All 63 games of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will air on ESPN networks for the eighth consecutive year.

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ESPN Men’s College Basketball Season Rewind

March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
ESPN_CollegeBasketballThe Best Plays, Moments, College Towns and More from the 2012-13 Regular Season
 
Through more than 1450 games on the ESPN networks this season, ESPN’s roster of analysts have seen it all from the best game-winning baskets to the best venues, warm-up music and local eats. Heading into the finale of Championship Week Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, ESPN’s Jay Bilas, Doris Burke, Dan Dakich, Sean Farnham, Fran Fraschilla, Seth Greenberg and Andy Katz reflect on the season that was and share some of what stood out to them most.
 
Most memorable game
Bilas: The Louisville at Notre Dame five overtime game. I was fortunate to be at the UConn-Syracuse six overtime game, and this was almost as fun. It wasn’t much of a game until the final 47 seconds but from then on it was epic.
Burke: The tight 79-76 Duke win at home over Miami, with unranked Maryland’s upset over No. 2 Duke a very close second.
Dakich: Minnesota winning at home against top-ranked Indiana on Feb. 26.
Farnham: It was struggling Illinois at home rallying from nine down with four minutes remaining to knock off No. 1 Indiana and ignite their run back into NCAA contention.
Fraschilla: Watching Butler top No. 1 Indiana in Indianapolis.
Greenberg: The Zags-Butler game – hard to imagine a game ending that way. Both teams won and lost the game in the final 30 seconds.
Katz: Opening weekend of College GameDay when Gonzaga and Butler battled down to the wire.
Biggest surprise team
Bilas: Miami – I thought the Hurricanes would be good but I was surprised to see how good. This team is older, versatile and plays with great pace and maturity.
Farnham: Georgetown – a team that struggled to score at times that lost their second-leading scorer in Greg Whittington, yet have won nine straight with Otto Porter playing at an All-American level.
Fraschilla: Kansas State.
Breakout player
Bilas, Dakich and Katz: Victor Oladipo.
Bilas, “I don’t know who saw this coming, but I didn’t believe that he’d have this type of offensive impact. I knew he could guard anyone, but he plays both ends of the court with dynamic impact.”
Fraschilla and Farnham: Kelly Olynyk.
Farnham, “Without question, Gonzaga’s Kelly Olynyk – no one was sure what to expect from him but he has led the Zags to their best season ever.”
Greenberg: Miami’s Shane Larkin went from just another guy to ACC Player of the Year.
Most memorable play or moment (dunk, half-court shot, court storming, etc.)
Bilas: The final play of the Gonzaga-Butler game. For Roosevelt Jones to steal the inbound pass was one thing, but the floater was tremendous. As Brad Stevens said, ugliest jump shot in the game, and the prettiest floater.
Dakich: Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe blocking IU’s Cody Zeller above the rim, igniting the Barn and his team.
Farnham: My 83-foot shot from section 221 of Minnesota’s Williams Arena.
Fraschilla: Kansas’ Elijah Johnson scoring 30 points in the second half and overtime at Iowa State.
Greenberg: Being as I am the commissioner of court storming – during the NC State-North Carolina storming of the court when CJ Leslie recued the young man in the wheelchair.
Katz: Butler’s Rotnei Clarke’s 3-pointer to Marquette in Maui.
Best crowd
Bilas: Indiana when hosting Michigan. The crowd was tremendous from start to finish, an awesome environment.
Burke: Maryland’s crowd was electric as they beat Duke.
Dakich: The excitement and energy of the Minnesota crowd during the IU game.
Farnham: A lot of great environments in the country, but the Breslin Center at Michigan State is a spectacular venue to call a game at.
Fraschilla: Kansas State at Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse.
Greenberg: Kansas has the best pregame in college basketball and the venue sends chills up your spine.
Katz: Michigan State vs. Connecticut at Ramstein Air Base.
Best venue
Bilas: Allen Fieldhouse at Kansas is an amazing place. Words cannot describe it.
Burke: Cameron Indoor.
Dakich: IU’s Assembly Hall with Carrier Dome a close second.
Farnham: Love the elevated floor at Minnesota’s Williams Arena.
Fraschilla: It is not even close – Allen Fieldhouse, the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral of college basketball.
Katz: Hangar 5 in Germany for the Air Forces Classic.
Favorite place you visited this year
Bilas: UCLA because of the 75 degrees and the sun being out every day, plus you can’t forget the trips to In-N-Out Burger – ridiculously good!
Burke: Always been a favorite of mine – Jaleo restaurant in Washington, D.C.
Dakich: Nick’s English Hut in Bloomington, Ind.
Farnham: Tough to argue that there is a more passionate fan base and best community than Spokane, Wash., quietly with great food with Churchill’s Steaks, Wild Sage and Thai Bamboo.
Fraschilla: Eating at Varsity Donuts in Manhattan, Kan., with Brent Musburger and our crew. It’s a couple thousand-calorie morning.
Greenberg: Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse, N.Y.
Best warm-up music
Bilas: Kansas – the Rock Chalk to the Alma Mater and the swaying back-and-forth, that is one great atmosphere.
Burke: ‘Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – on so many teams’ warm-up music.
Dakich: Wisconsin’s Kohl Center.
Farnham: Whoever does not have the Harlem Shake on their lineup.
Fraschilla: The National Anthem played by the Baylor Bears band will make you cry.
When in-studio, favorite thing to do when the cameras are off
Bilas: I hate to be simple, but I just watch the game. I may take some notes, but why would I do anything else when I love watching the games.
Dakich: Tweet as many pictures as possible.
Farnham: Get some downtime and eat at the ESPN Café.
Greenberg: Trying to keep Jay Williams in one place for more than 15 seconds, and also watching Karl organize his son’s Bar Mitzvah and still knowing everything that was going on in the games.
Katz: Talking basketball and life with my studio partners.
 
College basketball ratings on ESPN
ESPN’s three largest audiences for a college basketball game this 2012-13 season:  Then-No. 3 Indiana defeating No. 1 Michigan on February 2 is the most-viewed and highest rated with an average of 4,035,000 viewers, a 2.9 coverage rating and 2,867,000 households; then-No. 1 Indiana beating No. 4 Michigan State on February 19 is the second largest audience of the season with an average of 3,733,000 viewers, a 2.7 coverage rating and 2,677,000 households; then-No. 3 Duke defeating No. 5 Miami 79-76 on Saturday, March 2, averaged 3,416,000 viewers, a 2.5 coverage rating and 2,459,000 households was the third most-viewed and third highest-rated regular-season men’s college basketball game this season.
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SiriusXM Announces Extensive Coverage of 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship

March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

siriusxmSubscribers nationwide get access on SiriusXM to every minute of every game

SiriusXM College Sports Nation and Mad Dog Radio channels offer daily analysis and interviews, plus live coverage from Atlanta for the Final Four®

NEW YORK – March 13, 2013 – Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) will broadcast every game of the 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, offering subscribers nationwide uninterrupted access to play-by-play of every match-up from the First Four® on March 19 and 20 through the Final Four® and national championship game in Atlanta on April 6 and 8.

All tournament games will be available to SiriusXM listeners in their entirety, with no blackouts, on Sirius channels 91, 92, 93, 94 and 85 and XM channels 91, 190, 191, 192 and 85. Tournament match-ups and SiriusXM channel assignments will be available at www.siriusxm.com/collegesports starting Monday, March 18.

On Selection Sunday, March 17, SiriusXM will offer an evening of selection show specials that will give listeners live updates and analysis as tournament teams and match-ups are announced.  Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Steve Torre will host live from 5:00 to 9:00 pm ET on Mad Dog Radio (channel 86).  Then from 9:00 pm to midnight ET, listeners can tune into continued coverage hosted by 1990 National Coach of the Year Bobby Cremins and Jason Horowitz on SiriusXM College Sports Nation (channel 91).  The shows will feature interviews with special guests, including team coaches and selection committee chair Mike Bobinski, and will give fans a place to call in and share their reactions and opinions as the field is revealed.

Fans can also follow everything happening throughout the tournament on SiriusXM College Sports Nation, SiriusXM’s all-college sports channel.  Listeners will hear live play-by-play of tournament games plus daily talk and analysis from a roster of hosts that includes three-time ACC Coach of the Year Bobby Cremins, Hall of Fame Michigan State guard Mateen Cleaves, two-time SEC Coach of the Year Bruce Pearl, former Villanova and UMass coach Steve Lappas, former University of Vermont coach Tom Brennan, and college basketball experts Tim Brando, Mark Packer, Jeff Goodman and Jason Horowitz.

Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, will continue to host his weekly talk show, Basketball and Beyond with Coach K, throughout the tournament.  Listeners can hear the show Wednesdays at 7:00 pm ET on Mad Dog Radio and again at 11:00 pm ET on SiriusXM College Sports Nation.

SiriusXM College Sports Nation hosts will be in Atlanta broadcasting live from Thursday, April 4, through Tuesday, April 9, delivering fans all the latest news and talk from the Final Four.  Mad Dog Radio’s Adam Schein will host his show, Schein on Sports, from Atlanta on April 5 and 6.

SiriusXM will also offer coverage of the NCAA® Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, providing listeners with full coverage of every regional final, the Women’s Final Four® and championship game.

All NCAA Tournament broadcasts are provided to SiriusXM by Dial Global Sports.

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About Sirius XM Radio

 

Sirius XM Radio Inc. is the world’s largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 24 million subscribers.  SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S., from retailers nationwide, and online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM programming is also available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for Android, Apple, and BlackBerry smartphones and other connected devices. SiriusXM also holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million subscribers.

On social media, join the SiriusXM community on Facebook, facebook.com/siriusxm, Twitter, twitter.com/siriusxm, Instagram, instagram.com/siriusxm, and YouTube at youtube.com/user/Sirius.

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College Basketball Fans Tune To Comcast Sportsnet Philly For Local NCAA Tournament News

March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

csn-comcast-phillyPHILADELPHIA- (March 14, 2013) – Comcast SportsNet, the leader in local sports coverage, provides college basketball fans with extensive coverage of all the local and national teams as they fight for the right to be crowned National Champion. Leading up to the NCAA Tournament, Comcast SportsNet and The Comcast Network will air men’s and women’s conference tournament action from the Atlantic 10 and CAA conferences.

Conference Tournament Coverage

Comcast SportsNet and The Comcast Network will air select games from the Atlantic 10 and CAA Conference Tournaments beginning on Friday, March 15. The schedule is below:

CSN Philly:

Friday, March 15

A10 Quarterfinals Game #1 – 12 p.m. (LIVE) – St. Louis vs. Charlotte or Richmond

A10 Quarterfinals Game #2 – 2:30 p.m. (LIVE) – La Salle vs. Butler or Dayton

Saturday, March 16

CAA Women’s Semifinal Game 2 – 4:30 p.m. (LIVE)

Sunday, March 17

CAA Women’s Championship Game – 8:00 p.m. (2pm TD – airing live on TCN)

The Comcast Network:

Friday, March 15

A10 Quarterfinals Game #3 – 6:30 p.m. (LIVE) – VCU vs. Xavier or St. Joseph’s

A10 Quarterfinals Game #4 – 9 p.m. (LIVE) – Temple vs. UMass or George Washington

Saturday, March 16th

CAA Women’s Semifinal Game #1 – 2 p.m. (LIVE) Teams TBA

CAA Women’s Semifinal Game #2 – 7 p.m. (TD from 4:30 p.m.) – Teams TBA

Sunday, March 17th

CAA Women’s Championship Game – Live at 2 p.m. -  Teams TBA

Exclusive NCAA Tournament Coverage

This Sunday, March 17, Comcast SportsNet will air a special one-hour edition of “SportsNite” beginning at 6 p.m.  The network will have a team of reporters at Villanova, Temple and La Salle to get immediate reaction from players and coaches.  Viewers will also get to weigh in during “SportsNite” and throughout the Tournament by using the hashtag #HoopsTalk.

On Wednesday, March 20 at 9:30 p.m., Comcast SportsNet will air “Tournament Time” a 30-minute live special hosted by Amy Fadool, and featuring Drexel University’s Bruiser Flint, CSNPhilly’s hoops analyst and former Villanova Wildcat John Celestand, and with  local college basketball expert Michael Bradley, as they discuss the road ahead for the local teams. “Tournament Time” will replay on Comcast SportsNet on Thursday, March 21 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Once the Tournament begins, Comcast SportsNet will follow the local teams both on-air and online with daily news reports on “Daily News Live,” “SportsNite,” “SportsRise” and online at www.CSNPhilly.com.

CSNPhilly.com

The online home of Comcast SportsNet, CSNPhilly.com will have reporters covering the local teams and Amy Fadool will host a weekly video highlighting tournament ups and downs.  Fans can also print out their NCAA Tournament bracket starting Monday, March 18.

Comcast SportsNet sponsors Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Breakfast

On Monday, March 18th Comcast SportsNet’s Neil Hartman and CSNPhilly.com’s Dei Lynam join the Philly 6 Basketball Coaches for the 15th Annual Philadelphia Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Breakfast.  Held on the floor of the famed Palestra, Temple’s Fran Dunphy, Saint Joseph’s Phil Martelli, Penn’s Jerome Allen, Drexel’s Bruiser Flint, La Salle’s John Giannini and Villanova’s Jay Wright and other media personalities share their picks for the NCAA Tournament. For more information on the Coaches vs. Cancer program, visit www.phillycoachesvscancer.org.

Filed Under: Comcast, NCAA Basketball
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