Fast Break: TBS to Air Final Four in 2014

College hoops title game shifts to cable in 3 years

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After three years of sharing the rights to the NCAA Men’s Division I National Basketball Tournament, CBS and Turner Sports have agreed to accelerate their transition game. Beginning in March 2014, TBS will begin carrying the two national semi-final games, better known as the Final Four.

Per terms of the original pact, TBS was to begin hosting the Final Four in 2016.

The revision of the April 2010 agreement ensures that yet another high-profile sporting event is making the jump to cable.

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