The 68-team NCAA tournament field won’t be decided until March 12, but Turner Sports and CBS Sports announced the broadcasts teams that will call the 67 games among the four networks carrying the contests.
As expected, Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson will call the Final Four, Turner and CBS confirmed in a news release on Thursday. This will be the third time the same quartet has called both the national semifinal and championship games, which will again be televised on CBS.
Coverage of the games will be split amongst TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. The games can also be streamed on NCAA March Madness Live.
Debbie Antonelli is among the newcomers to the broadcast teams for March Madness, becoming the first woman since Ann Meyers 21 years ago to serve as an analyst. Former UCLA and St. John's coach Steve Lavin, who works at Fox Sports, will also make his NCAA tournament analyst debut.
Very excited, thankful to MANY!!! Can't wait to get to work!! https://t.co/lcWOh88B1u
— Debbie Antonelli (@debbieantonelli) March 2, 2017
Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel will again be the main studio hosts with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Clark Kellogg adding their insights.
