March 17, 2023

CBS Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Announce Tip Times and
Matchups for Second Round Games on Saturday, March 18
  
Exclusive First Round Coverage Continues Friday, March 17
  
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and CBS Sports have announced tip times and matchups for
Second Round coverage of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on
Saturday, March 18 (Noon-Midnight ET), with all 67 games available live in their entirety across
four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and NCAA March Madness
Live.  The night’s coverage will conclude with Inside March Madness presented by Buick on
TBS.  Exclusive live coverage will continue with First Round action on Friday, March 17,
beginning at Noon, ET.
  
Following are tip times and commentator assignments for Saturday’s Second Round games. Tip
times for the Second Round games on Sunday, March 19, will be announced on Friday after the
conclusion of the day’s games.
  
This year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 1, along with the
National Championship on Monday, April 3, will air on CBS.  

Second Round Games – Saturday, March 18

Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
12:10 p.m. CBS Orlando, FL (13) Furman vs. (5) San Diego Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner / Stan Van
St. Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
2:40 p.m.* CBS Orlando, FL (5) Duke vs. (4) Tennessee Harlan / Bonner / Van Gundy //
Shehadi
5:15 p.m.* CBS Des Moines, IA (8) Arkansas vs. (1) Kansas Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie
LaForce
6:10 p.m. TNT Sacramento, (15) Princeton vs. (7) Missouri Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood //
CA Dana Jacobson
7:10 p.m. TBS Birmingham, (9) Auburn vs. (1) Houston Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery / Grant Hill //
AL Tracy Wolfson
7:45 p.m.* CBS Des Moines, IA (10) Penn St. / (7) Texas A&M Anderson / Jackson // LaForce
vs. (2) Texas
8:40 p.m.* TNT Sacramento, (7) Northwestern vs. (15) UNC Nessler / Haywood // Jacobson
CA Asheville / (2) UCLA
9:40 p.m.* TBS Birmingham, (8) Maryland vs. (1) Alabama Nantz / Raftery / Hill // Wolfson
AL
*Approximate tip times

Below are the previously announced tip times and commentator assignments for Friday’s First
Round.

First Round Games – Friday Afternoon, March 17

Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
12:15 p.m. CBS Columbus, OH (10) USC vs. (7) Michigan St. Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas //
Jamie Erdahl
12:40 p.m. truTV Greensboro, (14) Kennesaw St. vs. (3) Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Evan
NC Xavier Washburn
1:30 p.m. TNT Denver, CO (14) UC Santa Barbara vs. (3) Lisa Byington / Steve Smith / Avery
Baylor Johnson // Andy Katz
2:00 p.m. TBS Albany, NY (12) VCU vs. (5) Saint Mary’s Spero Dedes / Deb Antonelli // AJ
Ross
2:45 p.m.* CBS Columbus, OH (15) Vermont vs. (2) Marquette Catalon / Lappas // Erdahl
3:10 p.m.* truTV Greensboro, (11) Pitt vs. (6) Iowa St. Eagle / Spanarkel // Washburn
NC
4:00 p.m.* TNT Denver, CO (11) NC State vs. (6) Creighton Byington / Smith / Johnson // Katz
4:30 p.m.* TBS Albany, NY (13) Iona vs. (4) UConn Dedes / Antonelli // Ross
First Round Games – Friday Evening, March 17
Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter
6:50 p.m. TNT Columbus, OH (16) Fairleigh Dickinson vs. (1) Catalon / Lappas // Erdahl
Purdue
7:10 p.m. CBS Greensboro, (11) Providence vs. (6) Eagle / Spanarkel // Washburn
NC Kentucky
7:25 p.m. TBS Albany, NY (12) Drake vs. (5) Miami Dedes / Antonelli // Ross
7:35 p.m. truTV Denver, CO (14) Grand Canyon vs. (3) Byington / Smith / Johnson // Katz
Gonzaga
9:20 p.m.* TNT Columbus, OH (9) Florida Atlantic vs. (8) Catalon / Lappas // Erdahl
Memphis
9:40 p.m.* CBS Greensboro, (14) Montana St. vs. (3) Kansas Eagle / Spanarkel // Washburn
NC St.
9:55 p.m.* TBS Albany, NY (13) Kent St. vs. (4) Indiana Dedes / Antonelli // Ross
10:05 p.m.* truTV Denver, CO (11) Arizona St. vs. (6) TCU Byington / Smith / Johnson // Katz
*Approximate tip times