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War forces ESPN to air start of tourney
Posted: Thursday March 20, 2003 1:01 PM
Updated: Thursday March 20, 2003 1:06 PM
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Thursday, March 20, 2003
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Midwest
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No. 3 Marquette 72, No. 14 Holy Cross 68
No. 6 Missouri 72, No. 11 S. Illinois 71
No. 5 Wisconsin 81, No. 12 Weber St. 74
No. 13 Tulsa 84, No. 4 Dayton 71
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West
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No. 9 Gonzaga 74, No. 8 Cincy 69 | Closer Look
No. 1 Arizona 80, No. 16 Vermont 51
No. 10 Arizona St. 84, No. 7 Memphis 71
No. 4 Illinois 65, No. 13 Western Kentucky 60
No. 11 C. Michigan 79, No. 6 Creighton 73
No. 5 N.Dame 70, No. 12 UW-Milw. 69 | Closer Look
No. 2 Kansas 64, No. 15 Utah St. 61
No. 3 Duke 67, No. 14 Colorado St. 57
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East
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No. 8 Cal 76, No. 9 N.C. St. 74, OT | Closer Look
No. 1 Oklahoma 71, No. 16 S.C. St. 54
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South
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No. 5 UConn 58, No. 12 BYU 53 | Closer Look
No. 4 Stanford 77, No. 13 San Diego 69
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| Friday's Games |
Midwest
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No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 16 IUPUI, 12:30 pm
No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Utah, 3 pm
No. 2 Pittsburgh vs. No. 15 Wagner, 7:10 pm
No. 7 Indiana vs. No. 10 Alabama, 9:40 pm
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East
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No. 3 Syracuse vs. No. 14 Manhattan, 12:15 pm
No. 7 St. Joseph's vs. No. 10 Auburn, 12:25 pm
No. 6 Oklahoma St. vs. No. 11 Penn 2:45 pm
No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 15 ETSU, 2:55 pm
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Austin Peay, 7:20 pm
No. 5 Mississippi St. vs. No. 12 Butler, 9:50 pm
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South
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No. 1 Texas vs. UNC-Asheville, 12:30 pm
No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Purdue, 3 pm
No. 7 Mich. St. vs. No. 10 Colorado, 7:10 pm
No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 14 Troy State, 7:25 pm
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 15 Sam Houston, 9:40 pm
No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 UNC-Wilm., 9:55 pm
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NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS moved the start of its NCAA men's basketball
tournament coverage to cable channel ESPN on Thursday because of
news coverage of the war in Iraq.
At noon EST, when CBS Sports' pregame show was scheduled to
start, the network told viewers looking for NCAA action to tune
instead to ESPN.
The day's first game, between Marquette and Holy Cross in the
Midwest Regional at Indianapolis, tipped off at 12:20 p.m. EST on
ESPN -- with CBS announcers and production.
"Kind of a strange way to start the tournament, isn't it?" CBS
studio analyst Clark Kellogg said.
It wasn't immediately known how many games would be shifted to
the ca every window today and tomorrow,
if needed. They've sent the first window to us so far," ESPN
spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
"Beyond that I don't know. It's a fluid situation."
ESPN is in about 20 million fewer households than CBS is, while
ESPN2 reaches about 22 million fewer.
If CBS opted to switch games later Thursday or Friday night,
they would be shown on ESPN2. ESPN's previous schedule included NHL
coverage Thursday night and NBA coverage Friday night.
"We'll be updating our viewers frequently. We're working
closely with the news division," CBS Sports vice president
LeslieAnne Wade said.
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