Tourney Tid-Bits

A short deviation from the T-P-S-type reports I'm working on:

CBS has released who will be paired up for each site at this year's tourney:

http://www.cbssports.com/cbssports/story/11509998

Some notables:
+What a year for the Gophers to get the 'A'-Team! The "Billy Packer-less" pairing of Jim Nance and Clark Kellogg will be in Greensboro, as the Gophers get the "A-Team" announcers as a product of playing at the same site as Duke and UNC.

+Gus Johnson and Len Elmore are paired up in the Minneapolis Region... I can hear "Ha HAA!" and "Rise and Fire" coming from Kirby Puckett Place already.

+Personally, I'm glad Kevin Harlan is in Portland - to call the Zags game.


I mentioned this in a previous e-mail, but I find it really odd that 3 #1 seeds are playing in the 1:30/2pm time-slot, and 3 #2 seeds and 2 #1 seeds are playing on Thursday. Only 3 schools of the 8 on the top two lines will be playing in prime time... a HUGE shift from previous years where 1s and 2s took the prime-time, and late night spots. Meanwhile, 3 of the 7/10 match-ups are in the 6pm time slot. Maybe I'm the only one that finds this interesting, but as a TV guy I'm intrigued - and glad - they made the shift.