Cable will make TV Madness less maddening

Through the joint CBS/Turner 14-year, $10.8 billion NCAA deal, CBS will carry 26 games, followed by TBS (16), truTV (13) and TNT (12). Cable TV brings new flexibility to NCAA coverage, even though TNT and TBS are not accessible in about 16 million TV households and truTV is not available in 24 million. On weekdays, CBS largely avoided having NCAA action between 5 and 7 p.m. ET because it conflicted with local news on its affiliate stations.