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Television coverage of NCAA tournament this year it all  literally - Nothing says the NCAA basketball in turmoil as the words of Gus Johnson, a down-to-the-wire game.

"Cool" Johnson shouted on Saturday, when Washington Isaiah Thomas well, coldbloodedly ended up in the Pac-10 championship in overtime against the Arizona jump shot at the buzzer.

UCLA fans always like to play call of Johnson's semi-final 2006 West Regional, where the Bruins had 17 points to beat Gonzaga in the final seconds.

"What a game!" Johnson yelled that Jordan Farmar made a steal and a pass to Luc Richard Mbah a Moute for a layup in the final seconds. "What a fight, amazing, after being down 17!"

It was not so much as your words, tone excited as any fan, UCLA or otherwise, who watched at home.

Some aspects of tournament coverage this year of the NCAA are different. CBS has partnered with Turner networks, which means that every game will be fully televised for the first time on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. No more "live look-ins" and the anxieties that have not submitted their alma mater, while the local CBS outlet gives a game you do not care.

Some of the voices of celebrities such as Turner NBA Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Marv Albert will be in the mix, as well as staples such as CBS and Jim Johnson Nantes.

Nantes, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr are still the No. 1 team and make the last four games. Johnson and Len Elmore are together again as the No. 2 team and begin their experience in the NCAA Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio, calling the Alabama State of Texas at San Antonio and USC at Virginia Commonwealth Games .

Studio show offers a mix of analysts CBS and Turner - Greg Gumbel, Ernie Johnson, Barkley, Smith, Greg Anthony, Seth Davis, Matt Winer, Steve Smith.

There are a lot of votes.

David Levy, president of sales, distribution and sport for Turner, said the CBS-Turner merger is "the empowerment of the viewer control clicker." In recent years, with only CBS game show viewers were erratic coverage - a game out of their local decided they wanted to, and excerpts from other games.

"It's much better," said Levy.

As you can see truTV (ask your local cable operator). Or, as Barkley told David Letterman on "Late Show" Monday night, "We are starting [Tuesday]. We gave you two days to try to find truTV. Good luck. "

Check your local cable operator or monitor manual to see if the distributor can offer high-definition truTV. Orange County, for example, offers truTV Cox HD Channel 792 through the NCAA tournament.

But enthusiasm is Gus Johnson, who has a special tracking (do not call it a cult, said Johnson - who does not like cults). Gus Johnson is a Facebook page (not hers), and groups of fans and plenty of videos on YouTube.

Johnson said he did not consciously worked to develop a style. I love everything he does.

For example, while the action was non-stop at Staples Center on Saturday in the championship game, Johnson said Thomas Washington has continued to make great shots.

"I grew up in Detroit, Isiah Thomas, we asked him to Zeke, was everything to me," Johnson said. "Now I'm here another of Isaiah Thomas, and I thought:" This is kind of cool. "

"It could have hit 20 shots in a row, he could have missed 20 in a row, he had the same behavior. He was so under control ... So we come to the end, the timing is off, the game clock is 12 years, he has the ball, no feelings, you can see, he thinks: "I'll take it with me," when it passes through, step back, take a jump shot and it is nothing but string. All I could think of was two things. Wow, he is a young Zeke, and it was cold blooded. Just in cold blood. "

And so, Thomas shot ended with the championship game, Johnson said, was a "cold blood". Now it's on YouTube. And Johnson is scheduled in Dayton, the second word of the story unfold.