HBO's 'Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel' is devoting a full hour to a special program Wednesday night on the state of college sports in America.

The special airs three days before the men's NCAA Final Four in Houston, and promises an "entertaining and substantive dialogue on the current state of big-time athletics in college sports."

The show will be divided into two segments: "The Money Trail" and "Pay to Play."

In "The Money Trail," correspondent Bernard Goldberg examines the notion of student-athletes remaining untainted amateurs while generating pro-type revenue for their schools.  In "Pay to Play," correspondent Andrea Kremer delves into the controversial and complex subject of premium college-bound athletes receiving benefits that are prohibited by the NCAA.

Click below for more information and to watch clips from the show.

CHARLOTTE -- Billy Packer says he would be "a shocker" if Duke makes it to the 2011 men’s Final Four. If North Carolina does, however, Packer said it would be "no surprise at all."

Packer, 71, told me that today while I interviewed him about college basketball. The interview was in conjunction with an event Packer has going this Monday at 7 p.m. at Spirit Square in uptown Charlotte called "Inside the Brackets." At that 90-minute event, Packer, Bob Knight, Phil Ford and Mike Gminski will talk college basketball and speculate about the just-released NCAA 68-team bracket.

Come on, admit it. Isn't there a little piece of you that will miss the dulcet, albeit cranky, tones of Billy Packer's voice during this year's NCAA Tournament?

As we all know, CBS shelved the long-time basketball announcer to make room for Clark Kellogg. On the eve of this season’s NCAA tournament, Packer, 69, spoke with The Charlotte Observer’s David Scott about his time as one of the sport’s most recognizable figures and his newest project, a tournament-focused show on Fox Sports he co-hosts with Bob Knight called “Survive And Advance.”

March seems a little empty without Billy Packer to rile up college basketball fans, but the former CBS analyst hasn't completely disappeared. And he's no more subdued than he ever was.

Clark Kellogg's impossible to miss in the press room. The 6-7 CBS analyst would stand out in any room but Kellogg was particularly conspicuous on Sunday at the UNC-Duke game for a different reason.

He's not Billy Packer.

Billy Packer and Bob Knight have lined up a gig to do a series of shows on the NCAA men's basketball tournament — from a race and sports book in Las Vegas.

In an interview with The News & Observer's Roger van der Horst today, Billy Packer says he's done at CBS — and will not get behind the microphone for others.

Packer had worked a record 34 straight NCAA Final Fours as an outspoken analyst and commentator on college basketball.

Billy Packer travels back in time to see what his television career might have been like had he not gone into sports broadcasting.