CBS Sports and Turner Sports Begin Road to the Final Four with NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show on Sunday, March 7, on CBS -

Turner Sports and CBS Sports will begin with the road to the Final Four and the exclusive, live first-time announcement of the pairings for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship airing on CBS on Sunday, March 17 (6-7p.m. ET), during the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show.

Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis will host the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will join Gumbel, Anthony, Gottlieb and Davis via satellite from the United Center, site of the Big Ten Championship, in Chicago. In addition, Mike Bobinski, Chairman of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee, will join the show live from Indianapolis to provide an in-depth look into the selection process.

Immediately following the Selection Show at 7 p.m., the Infiniti Selection Sunday on truTV studio show will provide in-depth analysis of the entire tournament field from Turner Studios in Atlanta. Ernie Johnson will host the one-hour special and will be joined by Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and former Kentucky Wildcat Rex Chapman. Also, Matt Winer will conduct interviews with select members of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee in Indianapolis to discuss the bracket and provide details regarding the group's deliberations throughout the weekend. Anthony, Gottlieb and Davis will also join the show live via satellite from New York.

Additionally, the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show will be available via NCAA March Madness Live at www.ncaa.com/marchmadness, the March Madness Live app on tablets and mobile devices, and will launch from www.CBSSports.com and www.bleacherreport.com.

Game coverage for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship will begin Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20, with the NCAA First Four on truTV presented by Northwestern Mutual, and the tournament concludes with the National Championship Game on Monday, April 8, on CBS.

Follow us on Twitter: @MarchMadnessTV for schedule updates and the latest NCAA Tournament broadcast news and information.

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Media Contacts:

Eric Welch Turner Sports 404-827-5417 eric.welch@turner.com

Dan Sabreen CBS Sports 212-975-5936 dsabreen@cbs.com

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