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<p>CBS SPORTS' EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF REGIONAL SEMIFINALS OF NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES ON FRIDAY, MARCH 24 </p>
Tip-Times Announced for Regional Finals on Saturday, March 25
CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship continues on Friday, March 24 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET) with broadcasts of the regional semifinals. The regional finals will be broadcast on Saturday, March 25 (4:30-9:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, March 26 (2:30-7:00 PM, ET). On Saturday LSU takes on Texas and Memphis plays UCLA.
On Saturday, March 25, the Division II Men's Basketball Championship (1:00-3:00 PM, ET) tips-off the day followed by THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR®, hosted by Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis (3:00-4:30 PM, ET).
Bob Dekas is the coordinating producer of CBS Sports' NCAA basketball coverage, and Bob Fishman is the lead director. Eric Mann is Senior Producer. Mann, Vin DeVito and David Winner produce THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR studio coverage and Bob Matina directs. Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
Following are the tip-times and announce/production teams for Friday's regional semifinal games and Saturday's regional final games.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET) - All Sites HDTV
Tip (ET) Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter Producer/Director 7:10 PM Minneapolis I Villanova vs. Boston College Jim Nantz/Billy Packer//Jim Spanarkel Bob Dekas/Bob Fishman
7:27 PM Washington I Wichita State vs. George Mason Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Mike Gminski Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
9:40 PM Minneapolis II Florida vs. Georgetown Nantz/Packer//Spanarkel
Dekas/Fishman
9:57 PM Washington II Connecticut vs. Washington Lundquist/Raftery//Gminski
Wolff/Smith
SATURDAY, MARCH 25 (4:30 PM-9:00 PM, ET)
Tip (ET) Site Game Play-By-Play/Analyst//Reporter Producer/Director 4:40 PM Atlanta Texas vs. LSU Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas//Bob Wenzel Bob Mansbach/Mike Arnold
7:05 PM Oakland Memphis vs. UCLA Gus Johnson/Len Elmore//Tracy Wolfson Steve Scheer/Mark Grant