NCAA Basketball on CBS
| College Basketball on CBS | |
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Logo as part of CBS Sports' new look launched on February 7, 2016
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| Genre | College basketball telecasts |
| Presented by | See List of College Basketball on CBS personalities |
| Theme music composer | Bob Christianson |
| Opening theme | "CBS NCAA Basketball Theme" |
| Ending theme | "One Shining Moment" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 34 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 120 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company(s) | CBS Sports |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBS (1981–present) CBS Sports Network (2006–present) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) (1981–2005), 1080i (HDTV) (1999–present) |
| Original release | November 28, 1981 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | NCAA March Madness (CBS and Turner Sports) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
College Basketball on CBS (usually referred to on-air as the Road to the Final Four) is the branding used for broadcasts of men's NCAA Division I basketball games that are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.
From 1982 to 2015, CBS Sports obtained broadcast television rights to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship from NBC (which had been airing the game since 1969). Beginning in the 2016 season, TBS will hold the rights to broadcasting the NCAA Division I Championship in Men's Basketball in even-numbered years, while CBS will continue to air the game this time in odd-numbered years.
From 1966-1975, CBS provided national television coverage for selected games from the National Invitation Tournament. Before 1975, the NCAA only allowed one team per conference to play in the NCAA tournament. Therefore, the NIT got many top teams and was considered somewhat comparable in quality to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
In the early part of this era (circa 1966-1968), CBS carried one game on the opening Saturday and the championship game the following Saturday. By 1969, CBS moved their first round coverage from Saturday to Sunday to avoid conflicting with the NCAA tournament regional finals coverage on NBC. In the process, the NIT title game went head-to-head with the NCAA consolation game. The same would be true on both counts for the next three years.
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