NCAA March Madness Regional Map Friday 19 Window 1
Here is the map for the Friday morning window 1. CBS does a lot of whip-around coverage and there was a lot of confusion about constant vs main, so this will just be broken down by the game that is set to be broadcast in that city. These are subject to change. The gray places on the map were cities that I was unable to confirm as the starting point for the coverage. The only one I have a real question about is the Columbus, because they have a team in the Big Ten, so you would think they would get the Minnesota game, but they are still fairly close to West Virginia, so they might get their game. If you have confirmation, please put it in the comments and I will update the map.
| Friday Morning Window 1 | ||||
| Game | Announcers | Location | Color | |
| #15 Morgan State vs. #2 West Virginia | Gus Johnson/Len Elmore | Buffalo | Blue | |
| #11 Minnesota vs. #6 Xavier | Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel | Milwaukee | Green | |
| #12 Cornell vs. #5 Temple | Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg | Jacksonville | Lt. Blue | |
These maps are preliminary and subject to change. The author of this website is not affiliated with the NCAA, CBS Sports or any of their affiliates. All maps are copyrighted by the author and are not to be used on other websites. Thanks to the506.com for the maps.
Alaska and Hawaii will both get Minnesota vs. Xavier
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March 17th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I’m not sure what’s so “confusing” about posting constant vs. main; I’d really like to know which stations in my area may or may not have the constant feed. CBS’s whip around style is one of the most obnoxious parts of this obnoxious TV package–an antiquated 20th century relic. I appreciate your efforts, but I look forward to the day when CBS loses the rights and a real network can put this up on multiple platforms to make every game natioanlly available (constantly, I might add).
March 17th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Xavier vs. Minnesota gets most of the coverage. I can’t even name 1 player on each team. Wouldn’t it make sense to have a team like # 2 (should be #1 BTW)West Virginia getting the most coverage? CBS/the NCAA/all sports media once again gives WVU athletics the bird. It never ends. When Huggins was asked for his comments on drawing the 2 seed, he replied “it sucks”. And rightfully so. Wouldn’t it also make sense to put the # 2 seed on tv in primetime (EST prime time, not greenwich, england prime time)!!! The NCAA and the networks SO don’t want WVU to go to the final four. Even if they do, we’ll still continue to be the Rodney Dangefield of college sports. With that….LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 17th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Damn Proud,
I gotta say, your comments aren’t particularly suprising as you probably live in Morganhole, but they are definitely misinformed. Minnesota-Xavier and Cornell-Temple are much more likely to be competitive games than the WVU-Morgan State game, hence the greater national coverage of XU-Minny.
Also, WVU on prime time against Morgan State? You’re totally right, we should probably break into coverage of all national networks to show the Mountaineers. Also, I have to agree that there is a HUGE bias against WVU and the rest of the Big East, they are always getting screwed by the media (please note the HEAVY sarcasm. Give me a friggin break.
March 17th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Didn’t WVU lose to Xavier two years ago? I think Xavier still has a couple players from that team. You don’t remember any of their names????
March 17th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Yeah, but that was 2 years ago. So what does that game have to do with WVU getting the shaft when it comes to tv coverage, despite being # 2 (and as mentioned above, should be #1)?
March 17th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Clayton,
I always hear about how crappy CBS covers the NCAA tournament, but who’s to say that ESPN would do any better? Everyone assumes that ESPN would use ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNnews (or some combination of 4 ESPN stations) to cover all games nationally. However, look at how ESPN covers the Women’s NCAA Tournament. The primary ESPN feed uses “whip-around” coverage for a majority of the country, while people in the local markets of the participating teams receive an ESPN alternate feed which feature the “constant” feed of the game (and those feeds aren’t even in HD). Currently if you want the watch all the women’s games, you must subscribe to it (just like how MMM is). And I would imagine that if ESPN got the rights, they wouldn’t just give everyone all the games; they would want to make money from subscribers.
March 17th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Mike.. couldn’t agree with you more. What’s great about the NCAA Tournament is that everyone cares to some extent about every game since pretty much everyone watching the tournament probably filled out a bracket or 7. If you’re that gung ho about having access to every game, you can buy Mega March Madness, or just go online where CBS gives you every game for free. But I like the whip-around coverage because you know that if there’s a game coming down to the wire somewhere else, they’ll get you there to see the finish. ESPN would probably just flash a score alert at the bottom of the screen and run a highlight 15 minutes later. That’s not the NCAA Tournament we all know and love, that’s a Tuesday night during the regular season.
March 17th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
NYC Dave,
that is so true! If ESPN had the tournament, we would see “Score Alerts” every 30 seconds telling us who’s shooting a free throw, or who just took a timeout. ESPN has too much clutter on the screen!
March 17th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
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Could not agree more. Especially for first round games, the ones that are likely to be competitive are the ones that get the larger audience. Nobody outside of West Virginia wants to see a game that will get out of hand after five minutes. Not only is it good for the viewer, it’s good for business (more eyeballs = more commercial viewers).
March 17th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I would agree with your argument about interested fans buying the package, but the problem is, even when you buy the package, you still don’t get the constant feeds. You get the retarded whip around coverage, even when you’re presumably paying to have access to every game. Memo to CBS–when I buy all the games, I can decide when I want to ‘whip around’ and I don’t need to be flipped from game to game at the whim of your editorial opinion on which is the best game. That’s my BIGGEST gripe with CBS, is that the pay per view channels (and the streaming internet feeds) should be the constant feeds. Let casual fan America watch the whip arounds on free TV–I should be allowed to see the games I want to see when I am the one paying directly for the freaking service.
March 17th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
why would you want to listen to Elmore or Kellog anyway, Spanarkle will be a relief.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Get DirecTV and their March Madness package and you won’t have to deal with CBS’s crappy decision making…… It’s not that hard. I’ve had every game in HD for the past 5 years for a price of approx $80 each year. Well worth it.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:40 am
ChannelSurfing.net
Extend your laptop to the big screen and enjoy the game that you want to watch.
It’s Free! The bathroom is close and the food and beverages are inexpensive.
Or pay $80+ for Direct TV coverage. Or go to a pub with no sound, $5 drafts, and then wait in line to dispense of the $5 drafts.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:28 am
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