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NCAA Tournament game times, announcer pairings

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Kentucky head coach John Calipari, right, and forward Anthony Davis, center, talk with CBS announcer jim Nantz after the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 2, 2012, in New Orleans. Kentucky beat Kansas 67-59. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Now that the first set of pairings are out there, the teams (duh), now we get the pairings of the guys who will be calling their games.

CBS Sports/Turner Sports released the broadcasting teams and their games for the first three rounds.

The action gets kicked off with the First Four games, with Marv Albert and Steve Kerr on the call first, with Craig Sager -- and his swagged out suits -- on the sidelines reporting. They’ll call the first set of First Round games of (16) North Carolina A&T/(16) Liberty game (at 6:40 p.m. EST) and (11) Middle Tennessee State/(11) St. Mary’s afterward, on Tuesday in Dayton.

Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg with take the second day of First Round games on Wednesday, beginning with (16) LIU-Brooklyn/(16) James Madison at 6:40 p.m. EST, with (11) Boise State/(11) La Salle following. Tracy Wolfson will serve as the sideline reporter. Rachel Nichols will also make her NCAA Tournament debut in the second round (ahem, first round) game featuring Valparaiso and Michigan State.

Here’s all of the second round game dates, times and announcers (all times EST), broken down by region. All games with no time will follow the game ahead of them.

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Midwest Region

Auburn Hills, Mich. -- Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Rachel Nichols

Games: March 21, 12:15 p.m. (3) Michigan State v. (14) Valparaiso; (6) Memphis v. (11) Winner of Middle Tennessee State/St. Mary’s.

Lexington, Ky. -- Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce

Games: March 21, 6:50 p.m. (1) Louisville v. (16) Winner of North Carolina A&T/Liberty; (8) Colorado State v. (9) Missouri.

Philadelphia, Pa. -- Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Lewis Johnson

Games: March 22, 2:10 p.m. (4) St. Louis v. (13) New Mexico State; (5) Oklahoma State v. (12) Oregon

San Jose, Calif. -- Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner/Marty Snider

Games: March 21, 12:15 p.m. (2) Duke v. (15) Albany; (7) Creighton v. (10) Cincinnati

West Region

Salt Lake City -- Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb/Jamie Maggio

Games: March 21, 1:40 p.m. (8) Pittsburgh v. (9) Wichita State; (1) Gonzaga v. (16) Southern

Kansas City -- Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager

Games: March 22, 12:40 p.m. (5) Wisconsin v. (12) Ole Miss; (4) Kansas State v. (13) Winner of La Salle/Boise State

Dayton, Ohio -- Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Tracy Wolfson

Games: March 22, 7:15 p.m. (2) Ohio State v. (15) Iona; (7) Notre Dame v. (10) Iowa State

East Region

Dayton -- Nantz/Kellogg/Wolfson

Games: March 22, 1:40 p.m. (8) North Carolina State v. (9) Temple; (1) Indiana v. (16) Winner of LIU-Brooklyn/James Madison

San Jose -- Anderson/Bonner/Snider

Games: March 21, 7:27 p.m. (5) UNLV v. (12) California; (4) Syracuse v. (13) Montana

Lexington -- Eagle/Spanarkal/LaForce

Games: March 21, 12:40 p.m. (6) Butler v. (11) Bucknell; (3) Marquette v. (14) Davidson

Austin -- Tim Brando/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston

Games: March 22, 2:10 p.m (2) Miami v. (15) Pacific; (7) Illinois v. (10) Colorado

South Region

Kansas City -- Albert/Kerr/Sager

Games: March 22, 7:20 p.m. (8) North Carolina v. (9) Villanova; (1) Kansas v. (16) Western Kentucky

Austin -- Brando/Gminski/Livingston

Games: March 22, 7:27 p.m. (3) Florida v. (14) Northwestern State; (6) UCLA v. (11) Minnesota

Auburn Hills, Ill. -- Lundquist/Raftery/Nichols

Games: March 21, 7:15 p.m. (4) Michigan v. (13) South Dakota State; (5) VCU v. (12) Akron

Philadelphia -- Harlan/ Elmore/Miller/Johnson

Games: March 22, 6:50 p.m. (2) Georgetown v. (15) Florida Gulf Coast; (7) San Diego State v. (10) Oklahoma

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