Perennial powers Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State and UCLA will continue to compete in the CBS Sports Classic college basketball showcase, which has been renewed for the next three years.
The 2017 event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 23 at New Orleans' Smoothie King Center. Dates and locations for the 2018 and 2019 doubleheaders will be announced at a later date. Over the duration of the extension, the programs will face each other in a round-robin format. Matchups for 2017 will feature Ohio State taking on North Carolina and UCLA facing Kentucky. Games in 2018 will include Kentucky-North Carolina and Ohio State-UCLA, while contests in 2019 will feature North Carolina-UCLA and Ohio State-Kentucky. The games will be televised by CBS Sports. Now in its third edition, the 2016 CBS Sports Classic will be held this Saturday, Dec. 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. CBS Sports is in its 36th consecutive season broadcasting college basketball featuring another schedule of elite teams and marquee match-ups this season. The road to the Final Four culminates on CBS with the national semifinals on Saturday, April 1 and national championship on Monday, April 3 from University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.Videos