Sirius is hittin the hoops this weekend with live coverage of the Men's Final Four games at the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in St. Louis.

On Saturday evening (April 2) SIRIUS Sports will broadcast the semi-final contests beginning at 5:30pm (Eastern) with a pre-game show, immediately followed by the Illinois versus Louisville game, then the North Carolina versus Michigan State game at around 8:45pm.

Both games will be heard on SIRIUS Sports Action, channel 123.

Then you got Monday (April 4) with a special Championship Game preview show from 6pm to 8pm also on on SIRIUS Sports Action, channel 123 with Dave Sims and Dave Gavitt hosting the show. Finally you get the good stuff, starting with a pre-game show, of live coverage of the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game beginning at 8:30pm.

(go Illinois!)

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide uninterrupted and non-preempted coverage of every March Madness match-up from the opening tip of the opening round game on March 15 through the final buzzer of the championship game on April 4.

This marks Sirius as the first radio broadcaster to provide national coverage of March Madness in its entirety. Sirius is the exclusive satellite radio provider of every game of the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship as part of a multiyear radio agreement.

Want to see the whole schedule? Click this entry to see the entire lineup.