I actually think I have beaten AA to this! The506 has already provided a list of what they apparently have been given information to as the confirmed CBS announcer schedule for the 2nd week of tournament action. The schedule of games has already been provided by CBS, but here are the announcers, and again, there are little surprises here. Actually scratch that. I can't figure out for the life of me why Gus Johnson is not in Memphis.....All jokes aside, here's the Sweet Sixteen schedule! (all times PM eastern)
Thursday, March 26
Connecticut vs. Purdue (Glendale, 7:07) - Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Boston, 7:27) - Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery
Memphis vs. Missouri (Glendale, Approx. 9:37) - Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas
Duke vs. Villanova (Boston, Approx. 9:57) - Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery
Friday, March 27
Louisville vs. Arizona (Indianapolis, 7:07) - Gus Johnson and Len Elmore
Oklahoma vs. Syracuse (Memphis, 7:27) - Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
Michigan State vs. Kansas (Indianapolis, Approx. 9:37) - Gus Johnson and Len Elmore
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (Memphis, Approx. 9:57) - Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
And for those who have brain freeze at the moment and can't matchup the city to its respective region name, here is the breakdown by region name of what announcing team is going where so you don't have to think!
Midwest (Indy): Gus Johnson and Len Elmore
West (Glendale): Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas
East (Boston): Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery
South (Memphis): Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
With the exception of today, this tournament has been mainly lackluster thus far with a lot of predictable results. Let's hope things get shaken up a bit this week of the tournament!
Update: Assuming everything is accurate (and everything given makes sense and would seem to be right, althought the times given by the506 look like they might be off a couple minutes from what CBS gave earlier, although I do not have the mental capacity to recall from those 5-second graphics or what it was exactly in years past), for once, I have beaten AA to an announcing schedule!!! Sorry, it's a pride issue.
If my memory serves me right, we correctly called the announcers at the live blog over at Keith's Sports Journal yeaterday.
ReplyDeleteThis is what we predicted? I don't remember exactly what it was, although I know that this is very close (I was not sure if we mixed and matched two) and the placements seem logical.
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