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WRAL-TV To Offer Expansive Coverage of NCAA Tournament |
For
the third year running, WRAL-TV will offer all of the 63 NCAA games on
CBS between its analog and digital channels. NCAA coverage begins this
Thursday, March 14th, with the Kentucky-Valpariso matchup in the East,
the Oklahoma State-Kent State matchup in the South and the Miami-Missouri
matchup in the West at 12:25pm on Thursday, March 14.
 NC State's Anthony Grundy will take the court with the #7 seed Wolfpack on Friday. |
With the capabilities offered by its additional digital channels, WRAL-TV will broadcast as many as four simultaneous games during the first and second round.
As during the ACC Tournament in early March, WRAL-TV will air post-game news conferences on the NewsChannel during the NCAA Tournament.
CBS will offer nine early-round games in high-definition (HD) this year, and WRAL-TV will offer those HD broadcasts via sister station FOX50 on WRAZ' digital channel 49.
The Final Four and Championship games will be broadcast in HD. These games will be simulcast on WRAL-TV and WRAL-DT.
Check WRAL.com for games times and channels for Second Round, Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and the National Championship.
THE SCHEDULE:
| Wednesday
March 13, 2002 Press Conferences |
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| Time | WRAL-DT 53.2/Cable 256 |   |
| 4:30pm | Wake Forest Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| 6:30pm | UNC Charlotte Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| 7:00pm | Duke Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| 9:30pm | UNC-Wilmington Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| Thursday
March 14, 2002 First Round Games/Regional & Press Conferences |
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| Tip-off time | WRAL-TV5 | WRAL-DT 53.2/Cable 256 | WRAL-DT 53.1/Cable 257 | WRAL-DT 53.2/Cable 258 | WRAL-TV 53.4/Cable 259 |
| 12:59pm | Kentucky vs Valparaiso | Oklahoma St vs Kent State | Miami vs Missouri | ||
| 1:30pm | NC State Pre-Game Press Conference | ||||
| 2:42pm | Wake Forest vs Pepperdine | Alabama vs Florida Atlantic | Ohio State vs Davidson | Marquette vs Tulsa | |
| 4:45pm (approximate) | Wake Forest Post-Game Press Conference | ||||
| 4:59pm | WRAL News | Oregon vs Montana | |||
| 7:00pm | Maryland Pre-Game Day Press Conference | ||||
| 7:40pm | Notre Dame vs Charlotte | So. Cal. vs UNC Wilmington | Gonzaga vs Wyoming | Kansas vs Holy Cross | |
| 9:40pm (appromximate) | UNC Charlotte Post-Game Press Conference | ||||
| 9:57pm | Duke vs Winthrop | Indiana vs Utah | Arizona vs UC Santa Barbara | Stanford vs Western Kentucky | |
| Midnight (approimate) | Duke Post-Game Press Conference | ||||
| Friday
March 15, 2002 First Round Games/Regional & Press Conferences |
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| Time | WRAL-DT 53.2/Cable 256 |   |
| 2:15pm (approximate) | NC State Post-Game Press Conference | |
| 3:45pm | Duke Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| 4:30pm | Wake Forest Pre-Game Day Press Conference | |
| Midnight (approximate) | Maryland Post-Game Day Press Conference | |
POSTED: March
13, 2002