NEW YORK -- College basketball fans will see a whole lot more of the NCAA tournament on TV this March, including during prime time on the first Sunday night, according to a report.
CBS and Turner Sports, in the first year of a joint 14-year, $10.8 billion deal to broadcast the tournament, will announce Thursday that fans will get to see all games in their entirety thanks to staggered tip-off times and expanded coverage in the early rounds, USA Today is reporting.
Games will be seen on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV, allowing organizers to spread out start times in contrast to the regional coverage offered in years past. CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco told the paper the plan is to "create nonstop basketball from noon [ET] to midnight."
The tournament is expanding from 65 to 68 teams this year.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
--My thoughts are missed. On one hand it's nice to be able to see all the games but on the other hand having 4 tv's going at once is tradition. I am completely against the prime time Sunday games though. By that time I'm almost dead to the world.
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