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Friday / March 29.
  • NCAA Tournament Tip Times for Friday & Saturday

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    CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip times and commentator teams for the Regional Finals of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 24, on TBS and via NCAA March Madness Live.  Loyola (IL) will take on Kansas St. in the first game at 6:09 p.m. ET, followed by Florida St. playing Michigan at 8:49 p.m.

    Following are the tip times and announcer assignments for Friday’s Regional Semifinals on CBS and TBS – with Infiniti NCAA Tip-Offcoverage at 6 p.m. on TBS – and Saturday’s Regional Finals on TBS.  Tip times for Sunday’s Regional Finals on CBS will be announced after the conclusion of Friday’s games.

    This year’s NCAA Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, March 31, along with the National Championship on Monday, April 2, will air on TBS, with corresponding TeamCast presentations on TNT and TruTV.

     

    Regional Semifinals – Friday, March 23 (7 p.m.-Midnight ET)

    Tip (ET)

    Network

    Site

    Game

    Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter

    7:07 p.m.

    CBS

    Omaha I

    (5) Clemson vs. (1) Kansas

    Jim Nantz / Grant Hill / Bill Raftery // Tracy Wolfson

    7:27 p.m.

    TBS

    Boston I

    (5) West Virginia vs. (1) Villanova

    Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Allie LaForce

    After conc. I

    CBS

    Omaha II

    (11) Syracuse vs. (2) Duke

    Nantz / Hill / Raftery // Wolfson

    After conc. I

    TBS

    Boston II

    (3) Texas Tech vs. (2) Purdue

    Eagle / Spanarkel // LaForce

     

    Regional Finals – Saturday, March 24 (6-11 p.m. ET)

    6:09 p.m.

    TBS

    Atlanta

    (11) Loyola (IL) vs. (9) Kansas St.

    Brian Anderson / Chris Webber // Lisa Byington

    8:49 p.m.

    TBS

    Los Angeles

    (9) Florida St. vs. (3) Michigan

    Kevin Harlan / Reggie Miller / Dan Bonner // Dana Jacobson

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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