NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 TV Schedule

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Thursday brings more excitement to the living rooms of college basketball fans. It's the first of two nights of third-round action of the NCAA Tournament.

While that might seem like good news to most, there is some bad news: Gus Johnson will not be able to call every game.

But CBS has announced the broadcast teams for the four sites on tap this weekend:

THURSDAY
Region: East
Site: Syracuse
Announcers: Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas
+ West Virginia vs. Washington, 7:27 p.m.
+ Kentucky vs. Cornell, 9:57 p.m.
+ Winners play Saturday, Time TBA

Region: West
Site: Salt Lake City
Announcers: Gus Johnson and Len Elmore
+ Syracuse vs. Butler, 7:07 p.m.
+ Kansas State vs. Xavier, 9:37 p.m.
+ Winners play Saturda, Time TBA

FRIDAY
Region: South
Site: Houston
Announcers: Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
+ Baylor vs. St. Mary's, 7:27 p.m.
+ Duke vs. Purdue, 9:57 p.m.
+ Winners play Sunday, Time TBA

Region: Midwest
Site: St. Louis
Announcers: Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery
+ Ohio State vs. Tennessee, 7:07 p.m.
+ Michigan State vs. Northern Iowa, 9:37 p.m.
+ Winners play Sunday, Time TBA