JIM SPANARKEL
(CBS Sports Broadcaster)

Sixth year as analyst for CBS Sports' NCAA Men's Basketball Championship coverage...also calls regular-season men's games for CBS Television Network...works as a co-host on NBA TV.... served as analyst for NBA's New Jersey Nets television broadcasts...currently serving as analyst for ESPN Plus on Big East games...has also broadcast college games for SportsChannel America and Big East Network and high school games for New Jersey Network...serves as First Vice President and Certified Financial Planner at Merrill Lynch...selected by Philadelphia 76ers as 16th pick overall in 1979 draft...after one year in Philadelphia moved to Dallas Mavericks for four seasons...led Dallas in scoring during 1980-81 season averaging 14.4 points per game...former All-America and Academic All America at Duke University (1978, '79)...1979 graduate of Duke University with degree in history...born June 28, 1957 in Jersey City, N.J....lives in Rutherford, N.J., with wife, Janet, and four children.