College Basketball on CBS presented by State Farm is a presentation of men's NCAA Division I basketball games on CBS. In 1982, CBS Sports obtained broadcast television rights to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship from NBC . Besides being their first year covering the NCAA tournament, 1982 also marked the first year that the Selection Show was broadcast. For their inaugural season, CBS had to scramble to arrange a regular season schedule as NBC still held exclusive rights to certain conferences. CBS also signed Billy Packer away from NBC to be its top analyst . Packer also... played a key role in helping CBS put together its schedule. In the 1981–82 season, CBS did however, happen to obtain contracts with the Metro and Missouri Valley Conferences. During the 1982 tournament, CBS introduced 11:30 games on Thursday and Friday nights of for the first two weekends. CBS also aired an NBA game in the noon timeslot on Sunday, March 14 while only showing a doubleheader of NCAA games.
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| On the air: | November 28, 1981 |
| Network: | CBS |