NCAA TELEVISED GAMES INCLUDE UVA

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1993                   TAG: 9303170038
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium
NCAA TELEVISED GAMES INCLUDE UVA
Virginia's opening-round game Friday in the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be among the regional telecast offerings on Roanoke's WDBJ (Channel 7).
The Virginia-Manhattan game will tip off about 2:50 p.m. Friday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
The exclusive CBS coverage of the tournament will provide four first-round games Thursday and Friday plus cut-ins to other games during noon-5 p.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight shows.
The weekend CBS coverage of the second round, with game selections still tentative, will include four games Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. and three on Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.
The Channel 7 schedule also is subject to change because of NCAA blackout rules, which will become effective for the Roanoke-Lynchburg telecast market if the first- and second-round games at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., are not sold out.
The WDBJ schedule, subject to change, with tipoff times approximated by CBS: THURSDAY 12:30 p.m., Southeast Region at Orlando, Fla.: Evansville vs. Florida State. 2:45 p.m., East Region at Winston-Salem, N.C.: Holy Cross vs. Arkansas (or 2:55 p.m., Southeast Region at Orlando, Fla.: Tulane vs. Kansas State). 8:10 p.m., Midwest Region at Chicago: Southern Illinois at Duke. 10 p.m., East Region at Winston-Salem, N.C.: East Carolina vs. North Carolina (or Southeast Region at Orlando, Fla.: Tennessee State at Seton Hall. FRIDAY 12:35 p.m., Southeast Region at Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee-Chattanooga vs. Wake Forest. 2:50 p.m., East Region at Syracuse, N.Y.: Manhattan vs. Virginia. 8:10 p.m., West Region at Tucson, Ariz.: Coastal Carolina vs. Michigan. 9:55 p.m., Midwest Region at Indianapolis: Wright State vs Indiana.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB