CBSSports.com is offering up the 10 Best NCAA March Madness games of the past 10 years on demand as it preps for its annual tournament run that will officially start with its selection show March 14.
CBSSports.com will show live video of every game from the first round of the tournament through the semifinal and final games of the Men's Final Four. Its NCAA March Madness on Demand is the largest annual live sports event broadcast on the Internet and the only major sports event that is broadcast live and in its entirety for free on the Internet.
The coverage recorded 7.52 million unique visitors in 2009, a 58 percent increase over 2008 figures. Additionally, there were 8.6 million total hours of video and audio consumed, a 75 percent increase over 2008 figures.
The countdown games, selected by CBSSports.com college basketball columnist Gary Parrish, kick off this week with the No. 10 game, the 2007 second-round Southeastern Regional battle between Ohio State and Xavier. The countdown will continue each Wednesday until Selection Sunday, March 16. You can watch video of the CBS Sports broadcast of the entire game, or just highlights.
CBSSports.com also is providing live streaming webcasts of select CBS Sports broadcasts of the NCAA on CBS, featuring NCAA basketball games from the Big East, Big Ten and SEC conferences.
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