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First-round NCAA TV games

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The first-round primary games for KCBS (Channel 2) have been selected. USC plays Kansas State at 4:10 p.m. Thursday and UCLA plays Mississippi Valley State at 6:40 p.m. Thursday.

That leaves the Cal State Fullerton-Wisconsin game -- which will be played at almost the same time as the UCLA game -- to go to Orange County station KDOC (Channel 56), which appears on Channel 29 on Time Warner cable systems in Ventura County.

CBS always tries to schedule times to enable regional teams to be shown in their own markets, but Channel 2 said no request was received by Cal State Fullerton. Normally, such a game would have been put on KCAL (Channel 9), which is also owned by CBS, but Channel 9 will be carrying a Lakers game on Thursday night. So an arrangement was worked out with KDOC.

On radio, KLAC (570 AM), which usually carries UCLA games, will also be carrying the Lakers on Thursday, so the game will shift to KTLK (1150 AM). KSPN (710 AM), which is the flagship station for USC, will broadcast the Trojans game. KSPN is also airing other tournament action from the Westwood One network.

The TV and radio schedule for Thursday and Friday follow:

Thursday:
9:25 a.m. NCAA Tournament: Kansas vs. Portland State at Omaha, Neb., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
11:30 a.m. NCAA Tournament: Kentucky vs. Marquette at Honda Center, KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
4:10 p.m. NCAA Tournament: USC vs. Kansas State at Omaha, Neb., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
6:40 p.m. NCAA Tournament: UCLA vs. Mississippi Valley State at Honda Center, KCBS (Ch. 2), KTLK (1150 AM), KSPN (710 AM)
6:50 p.m. NCAA Tournament: Cal State Fullerton vs. Wisconsin at Omaha, Neb. KDOC (Ch. 56)

Friday:
9:25 a.m. NCAA Tournament: Gonzaga vs. Davidson at Raleigh, N.C., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
11:50 a.m. NCAA Tournament: San Diego vs. Connecticut at Tampa, Fla., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
4:25 p.m. NCAA Tournament: Oregon vs. Mississippi State at North Little Rock, Ark., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)
6:30 p.m. NCAA Tournament: Arkansas vs. Indiana at Raleigh, N.C., KCBS (Ch. 2), KSPN (710 AM)

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Jim Carlisle writes Tuesday sports columns and Friday TV-Radio columns for The Star. He has been on the sports staff of the Star (and its Thousand Oaks predecessor, the News Chronicle) since 1983. Jim pledges in his blog not to take sports — or himself — too seriously.

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