CBS and Turner have announced the crews broadcasting all 67 games for the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
In just one week, the road to Houston will begin for the 68 teams trying to bring home a national championship by winning the 2016 NCAA Tournament. For the 25th straight season, CBS will be broadcasting a majority of the action, while the Turner Sports networks (TBS, TNT and truTV) will be broadcasting games for the sixth straight time.
For the first time in nearly five decades, the national championship game will not be on a broadcast network, as TBS will show both the semifinal games as well as the title contest. Tuesday, the broadcast partners announced the eight crews that will be giving the play-by-play and analyzing all the action over the 2016 NCAA Tournament’s three-week period:
(Play by Play) Jim Nantz /(Analysts) Bill Raftery and Grant Hill / (Sideline) Tracy Wolfson
Brian Anderson / Steve Smith / Dana Jacobson
Verne Lundquist / Jim Spanarkel / Allie LaForce
Kevin Harlan / Reggie Miller and Dan Bonner / Lewis Johnson
Ian Eagle / Chris Webber and Len Elmore / Evan Washburn
Spero Dedes / Doug Gottlieb / Ros Gold-Onwude
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas / Jamie Erdahl
Carter Blackburn / Mike Gminski / Jaime Maggio
The top four crews listed will be announcing games during Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight weekend, with the crew led by Nantz behind the mic during the final weekend. The First Four tournament games will be done by the last two crews listed.
Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel will again co-host the first week of action from the studio in New York with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Clark Kellogg. Matt Winer will be joined by CBS Sports Network analyst Wally Szczerbiak, Seth Davis and college coaches from the second studio in Atlanta.