March 27, 2002

CBS SPORTS BROADCASTS THE NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR FOR THE 21ST CONSECUTIVE YEAR ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30, LIVE ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Oklahoma, Indiana, Kansas and Maryland Vie For College Basketball's National Championship

Oklahoma, Indiana, Kansas and Maryland are headed to Atlanta, Ga., for the 2002 NCAA Men's Final Four broadcast live on Saturday, March 30 (6:00-11:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. CBS Sports culminates its exclusive coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship with the National Championship game on Monday, April 1 (9:00 PM, ET-conclusion) from the Georgia Dome.

The Network's coverage, hosted by Greg Gumbel and Clark Kellogg, tips off on Saturday with THE FINAL FOUR SHOW (4:00-6:00 PM, ET). The first national semifinal begins at 6:07 PM, ET featuring Oklahoma versus Indiana. Forty minutes after the game concludes, Kansas takes on Maryland to determine the final participant in Monday night's championship game. For the 12th consecutive year, Jim Nantz and Billy Packer will be courtside to call the action of all three games. Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian serve as reporters.

THE FINAL FOUR SHOW will feature tournament highlights, critiques of the four teams and interviews with coaches and players. Contributing to the program will be Bernstein, Keteyian, Dick Enberg and Lesley Visser. Following is a list of pre-game features to be broadcast by CBS Sports:

• Byron Mouton, Maryland's starting small forward, is dedicating his season to his brother Kevin, who was tragically found shot to death in his car in Houston this past December. Mouton left the team for five days and struggled for two months while grieving for his brother. During that time, his teammates have taken an active role in helping him in his hour of need.
• Kansas' first team All-America junior forward Drew Gooden continues his on-court transformation into one of the most dominant players in the game.
• Strictly raised by his grandparents, Oklahoma's Hollis Price has been a model student/athlete for the Sooners, flourishing under his grandparents' upbringing. Price's mom has recently been released from prison, and he is trying to help his mother get her life back on track.
• Indiana's long and storied basketball history is chronicled from the long shadow cast by Bob Knight to the recent edition of Hoosier Hysteria under head coach Mike Davis.

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THE FINAL TWO SHOW, broadcast on Sunday, March 31 (3:30-4:30 PM, ET), features a behind-the-scenes look at the 65-team field of the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship from the opening tip to the Final Four. CBS Sports, utilizing exclusive footage from locker rooms, bus rides, coaches meetings and hometown celebrations, chronicles the highs-and-lows of more than 30 teams from start to finish of their ultimate journey down the Road to the Final Four. Gumbel narrates and Ross Schneiderman produces. A special preview of the show will be featured during THE ULTIMATE ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP (12:00 Noon-12:30 PM, ET).

Monday evening's national championship game will be preceded by PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP with Gumbel, Kellogg, Bernstein and Keteyian live from the Georgia Dome.

Bob Dekas, coordinating producer of CBS Sports' NCAA basketball coverage, will produce the 2002 Final Four, and Bob Fishman will direct. Eric Mann produces the preview and halftime programs, and Bob Matina directs.

Terry Ewert is Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

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(The CBS Sports Press Department can be reached in Atlanta at 404-584-2343 beginning March 27.)

CBS SPORTS 2002 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Time (ET) Game(s) and Specials Coverage

Sat., March 30 3:30-4:00 PM USBWA PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHOW National

Presented by Kinkos

4:00-6:00 PM THE FINAL FOUR SHOW National Georgia Dome

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        6:00-11:00 PM   NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR   National
                Oklahoma vs. Indiana
                Maryland vs. Kansas
                Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Georgia

Sun., March 31  12:00 Noon-12:30 PM     THE ULTIMATE ROAD       National

                 TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

        3:30-4:30 PM    THE MIDAS FINAL TWO SHOW        National
                Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Georgia

        4:30-6:00 PM    CBS SPORTS SPECIAL:
                GLORY IN BLACK AND WHITE:       National
                The Story of the 1966 NCAA Champions    

Mon., April 1 9:00 PM-Conclusion PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP National

                Georgia Dome
                Atlanta, Georgia

                NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL 
                CHAMPIONSHIP    National

                Georgia Dome

                Atlanta, Georgia

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Press Contact:          Jerry Caraccioli

Manager, Communications
CBS Sports
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