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CBS SPORTS' COLLEGE BASKETBALL TRIPLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTED BY NO. 1-RANKED OHIO STATE VS. NO. 23-RANKED ILLINOIS AND NO. 10-RANKED TEXAS VS. NO. 2-RANKED KANSAS ON SATURDAY, JAN. 22

CBS Sports' college basketball schedule continues with a tripleheader on Saturday, Jan 22 (12:00 NOON-6:00 PM, ET) featuring five of the nation's top 25 teams highlighted by national coverage of *No. 1 Ohio State playing No. 23-ranked Illinois (12:00 NOON, ET).  Regional coverage of Tennessee taking on*No. 8-ranked Connecticut and Stanford playing UCLA (2:00 PM, ET) follows. National coverage of *No. 10-ranked Texas battling *No. 2-ranked Kansas (4:00 PM, ET) concludes the day.

 

Gus Johnson and analyst Greg Anthony will be on hand at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. to handle the call for Ohio State-Illinois. Steve Scheer produces and Brian Lilley directs.

 

Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner are courtside for Stanford-UCLA from Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. Ross Schneiderman produces and Andy Goldberg directs.

 

Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery handle the call from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. for Tennessee-Connecticut. Craig Silver produces and Jim Cornell directs.

 

Verne Lundquist joins CBS Sports' lead college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg to call the action from Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas for Texas-Kansas.  Bob Dekas, CBS Sports' coordinating producer for college basketball, produces and Chris Svendsen directs.

 

AT THE HALFÒ, CBS Sports' halftime studio show, hosted by Tim Brando along with Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis, provides all the day's news, scores and highlights live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

*AP Poll as of 1/17/11

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CBS Sports Contact:    Jen Sabatelle      (212) 975-4120         jsabatelle@cbs.com