Where to watch the 2011 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

By Ryan Berenz

The NCAA Tournament is down to the Regional Semifinals, or in common parlance, the Sweet 16. CBS and TBS air the games nationally beginning March 24 at 7pm ET and continuing March 25 at 7pm ET. Coverage of the Regional Finals airs on CBS March 26-27. You can find the entire tournament TV schedule and results here, complete with announce teams. Here’s the release from CBS/Turner:

CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES AND ANNOUNCE TEAMS FOR REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS

Exclusive Coverage Continues with Regional Semi-Finals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25

CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip-times, match-ups and announce teams for its exclusive coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET) with all games available in their entirety on TBS and CBS.
The announce teams for the Regional semi-finals and finals are as follows:

Play-By-Play/Analyst/Reporter
Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Tracy Wolfson
Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Lesley Visser
Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Marty Snider

Studio coverage continues with Greg Gumbel hosting along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smith from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Ernie Johnson hosts the studio coverage from Turner’s Atlanta studio with analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith.

Tip times for the Regional final games on Saturday will be announced on Thursday after the conclusion of the day’s games. Sunday’s tip times will be released after the conclusion of play on Friday.

Fans also will be able to access the games through NCAA March Madness on Demand. NCAA March Madness on Demand will provide live streaming video of every game of the new 68-team tournament as they are broadcast by CBS Sports and Turner Sports, which started with the First Four™ from Dayton, Ohio on March 15, and concludes with the Men’s Final Four® semifinals and national championship game from Houston, Texas on April 2 and April 4, respectively.

[Update from CBS/Turner on the addition of Tom Izzo, Jay Wright and B.C. associate coach Joe Jones being added to the networks’ Sweet 16 coverage:]

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo joins CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, serving as a guest analyst in the Atlanta studio.  Izzo will work the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET), which airs across TBS and CBS. He joins the studio team of analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith, who played at Michigan State while Izzo served as an assistant coach, along with host Ernie Johnson.

Villanova head coach Jay Wright joins CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and host Greg Gumbel from the New York Studio. Wright serves as guest analyst for CBS Sports’ coverage of the regional finals on Saturday, March 26, including THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR® beginning at 3:00 PM, ET.  Wright, Barkley, Anthony, Smith and Gumbel wrap up the day’s action on truTV for Inside March Madness presented by Buick at 10:00 PM, ET.

Boston College associate coach Joe Jones joins March Madness on Demand’s coverage of the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25. Jones joins analyst Marques Johnson and host Jason Horowitz. All games will be available on MMOD, which is available on NCAA.com, CBSSports.com and SI.com. In addition, the games will be available nationally on live television across TBS and CBS.

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