2005 March Madness on CBS.

[Sparkman87]

1) Who says next week is HD? Hasn't been HD until the Final Four lately. There will be multiple games at the same time until Elite 8 for sure.

CBS says so.  See here:

HARRIS CORPORATION AND CBS SPORTS TEAM UP TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF 2005 MARCH MADNESS GAMES TO BE BROADCAST IN HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL REGIONALS, FINAL FOUR AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN HDTV

24 First Round Games to Air in HD

39 NCAA Tournament Basketball Games to Be Broadcast In HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound

NEW YORK, February 14, 2005 – Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) and CBS Sports announced today an agreement in which Harris will sponsor High Definition Television (HDTV) coverage of the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship for a second consecutive year, and the number of games broadcast in High Definition (HD) will increase dramatically from 12 to 39.

HD coverage will include 24 High Definition games from four of the eight first round sites March 17-20. The four sites will be split with two being Thursday/Saturday sites, while the other two will be Friday/Sunday locations. In 2004, HD games originated from only one first round site.

This year's Sweet Sixteen will be even sweeter in that all 12 games from the four regional sites in Chicago, Albuquerque, Austin and Syracuse will air in HD. In 2004, only one regional site broadcast HD games.

[Joseph S]

CBS says so. See here:

No, CBS says they will broadcast more than the 16 HD games they did last year.

CBS is asserting no influence to stop CBS58 from what they are doing now and did nothing last year when they multicast all the way to the final four.