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Media Praises CBS, Turner For First Full Day Of Tourney Coverage

The first full day of NCAA tournament coverage from CBS and Turner Sports “couldn’t have gone better” on Thursday. The spacing of games across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV “was sufficient that you could get by well enough with one TV and particularly well with a TV and a March Madness on Demand broadband connection” (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 3/18). The AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMEN's Kevin Lyttle writes, "The NCAA couldn't have dreamed a better start to its $10.8 billion, 14-year deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting" (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMEN, 3/18).

USA TODAY's Michael Hiestand writes, "The new normal in NCAA TV has arrived. And it's about time” (USA TODAY, 3/18). The ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH’s Dan Caesar: “So far, so good” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 3/18). With every game airing nationally for the first time, CBS Sports Chair Sean McManus said, “There is infinitely less pressure in doing this, absolutely” (NEWSDAY, 3/18).

FRIDAY'S GAMES
CBS TRUTV
Texas-Oakland Tennessee-Michigan
Memphis-Arizona Duke-Hampton
North Carolina-Long Island Marquette-Xavier
Washington-Georgia Syracuse-Indiana State
TNT TBS
Villanova-George Mason Notre Dame-Akron
Ohio State-UTSA Florida State-Texas A&M
Purdue-St. Peter's Kansas-Boston Univ.
Georgetown-VCU Illinois-UNLV

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