List of NCAA Men's Final Four broadcasters

Television

Date	Network	Location	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)	Trophy presentation
1963	SNI^[1]^[2]	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Bill Flemming
1964	SNI	Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)	Bill Flemming	Keith Jackson
1965	SNI	Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)	Bill Flemming
1966	SNI	Cole Field House (College Park, Maryland)	Bill Flemming	Frank Sims
1967	SNI	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Bill Flemming	Frank Sims
1968	SNI	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California)	Bill Flemming	Frank Sims
1969^[3]^[4]	NBC	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Curt Gowdy	Jim Simpson
1970	NBC	Cole Field House (College Park, Maryland)	Curt Gowdy	Jim Simpson
1971	NBC	Astrodome (Houston, Texas)	Curt Gowdy	Tom Hawkins
1972	NBC	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California)	Curt Gowdy	Tom Hawkins
1973	NBC	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)	Curt Gowdy	Tom Hawkins		Jim Simpson
1974	NBC	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	Curt Gowdy	Tom Hawkins
1975	NBC	San Diego Sports Arena (San Diego, California)	Curt Gowdy	Billy Packer	Jim Simpson	Tim Ryan	Al McGuire
1976	NBC	Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Dick Enberg	Curt Gowdy	John Wooden	Bryant Gumbel and Lee Leonard	Billy Packer	Walter Byers
1977	NBC	The Omni (Atlanta, Georgia)	Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg	Billy Packer		Bryant Gumbel
1978	NBC	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)	Dick Enberg	Billy Packer and Al McGuire	John Wooden	Bryant Gumbel
1979	NBC	Jon M. Huntsman Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)	Dick Enberg	Billy Packer and Al McGuire	John Wooden	Bryant Gumbel
1980	NBC	Market Square Arena (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Dick Enberg	Billy Packer and Al McGuire	John Wooden	Bryant Gumbel
1981	NBC	Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Dick Enberg	Billy Packer and Al McGuire	John Wooden	Bryant Gumbel		Walter Byers
1982^[5]	CBS	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Gary Bender	Billy Packer		Brent Musburger		Walter Byers
1983	CBS	University Arena (Albuquerque, New Mexico)	Gary Bender	Billy Packer		Brent Musburger
1984	CBS	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	Gary Bender	Billy Packer		Brent Musburger
1985	CBS	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer		Dick Stockton
1986	CBS	Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer		Jim Nantz
1987	CBS	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer	James Brown	Jim Nantz
1988	CBS	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer	James Brown	Jim Nantz
1989	CBS	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer	Lesley Visser and James Brown	Jim Nantz and James Brown
1990	CBS	McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)	Brent Musburger	Billy Packer	Lesley Visser	Jim Nantz	Mike Francesa
1991^[6]	CBS	Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Lesley Visser and James Brown	Pat O'Brien	Mike Francesa	Dick Schultz
1992	CBS	Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minnesota)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Lesley Visser and James Brown	Pat O'Brien	Mike Francesa
1993	CBS	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Lesley Visser	Pat O'Brien	Mike Krzyzewski (Semifinals only) and John Thompson
1994	CBS	Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer		Pat O'Brien	Rick Pitino (Semifinals only) and Dean Smith
1995	CBS	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Michele Tafoya	Pat O'Brien	Mike Krzyzewski and Quinn Buckner	Cedric Dempsey
1996	CBS	Continental Airlines Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Michele Tafoya and Andrea Joyce	Pat O'Brien	Quinn Buckner and Jim Harrick	Cedric Dempsey
1997	CBS	RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Michele Tafoya and Andrea Joyce	Pat O'Brien	Clark Kellogg and Mike Krzyzewski	Cedric Dempsey
1998	CBS	Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Dean Smith	C.M. Newton
1999	CBS	Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, Florida)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Rick Majerus	Cedric Dempsey
2000	CBS	RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Bill Walton	Cedric Dempsey
2001	CBS	Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minnesota)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Rick Pitino	Cedric Dempsey
2002	CBS	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg	Cedric Dempsey
2003	CBS	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Tom Izzo	Myles Brand
2004	CBS	Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis	Myles Brand
2005	CBS	Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, Missouri)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis	Myles Brand
2006	CBS	RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Dan Bonner	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis	Craig Littlepage and Myles Brand
2007	CBS	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Sam Ryan	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis	Gary Walters and Myles Brand
2008	CBS	Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Billy Packer	Sam Ryan	Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis	Tom O'Connor and Myles Brand
2009	CBS	Ford Field (Detroit, Michigan)	Jim Nantz	Clark Kellogg	Tracy Wolfson	Greg Gumbel	Greg Anthony and Seth Davis	Mike Slive and Jim Nantz
2010	CBS	Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Clark Kellogg	Tracy Wolfson	Greg Gumbel	Greg Anthony and Seth Davis	Dan Guerrero and Jim Nantz
2011	CBS	Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr	Tracy Wolfson	Greg Gumbel	Greg Anthony, Seth Davis, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley	Mark Emmert, Gene Smith and Jim Nantz
2012	CBS	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Jim Nantz	Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr	Tracy Wolfson	Greg Gumbel	Greg Anthony, Seth Davis, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley	Mark Emmert and Jim Nantz
2013	CBS	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Jim Nantz	Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr	Tracy Wolfson	Greg Gumbel	Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley	Mark Emmert and Jim Nantz
2014	CBS (championship game) TBS (national semifinals)	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Greg Anthony and Steve Kerr	Tracy Wolfson	Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Seth Davis, Grant Hill and Reggie Miller	Mark Emmert and Jim Nantz
2015	CBS (championship game) TBS (national semifinals)	Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Jim Nantz	Bill Raftery and Grant Hill	Tracy Wolfson	Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Seth Davis, Steve Smith and Reggie Miller	Mark Emmert and Jim Nantz
2016	TBS	NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas)	Jim Nantz	Bill Raftery and Grant Hill	Tracy Wolfson	Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel	Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Seth Davis, Steve Smith and Reggie Miller	Mark Emmert and Jim Nantz

Notes

1960s

In 1962, ABC showed the NCAA Championship Game on a one-day delayed basis, as part of Wide World of Sports.
From 1969 to 1972, both the Consolation (3rd place) Game and the Championship Game were televised on Saturday afternoon as a doubleheader. In 1969 and 1970, Curt Gowdy and Jim Simpson reversed roles for the telecast; Gowdy called the title game and Simpson earlier called the “consy.” In 1973, the final was moved to Monday night,^[7] and the consy was no longer televised. In 1982, the consy game was dropped altogether.
Prior to 1969, the NCAA Championship was never on live network television. However, the one-time rival NIT tourney had been on CBS for many years in the 1960s and well into the 1970s. Before the NCAA allowed conferences to receive multiple bids in 1975, the NIT fielded some high-quality tournaments.

1970s

In 1976, Dick Enberg and Billy Packer called the first game while Packer teamed with Curt Gowdy for the second game. For the Championship Game, Dick Enberg and Curt Gowdy called it while NBC used Billy Packer as a studio analyst.
The 1979 championship game between Larry Bird's Indiana State Sycamores and Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans to this day, remains the highest-rated^[8] game in the history of televised college basketball.

1980s

1982 marked the first year that the Selection Show was broadcast.
1987 marked the first year that CBS used the song "One Shining Moment" for its tournament epilogue.
In 1989, Lesley Visser became the first woman to cover the Final Four.

1990s

The 1990 Championship Game marked Brent Musburger's final assignment for CBS Sports as he was dismissed (under great controversy) just a day earlier (April 1).
CBS did not use a sideline reporter for the 1994 Championship Game.

2000s

In 2008, CBS' studio team did not travel to the Final Four site. Instead, Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis remained at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
Clark Kellogg replaced Billy Packer as CBS' lead basketball color commentator for the 2008–2009 college basketball season and called the 2009 NCAA Final Four.^[9]

2010s

Despite CBS' contract to carry the tournament until 2013, the NCAA had the option of ending the agreement after the 2010 championship. This led to speculation that ESPN would snag the rights to future tournament games.^[10] However, on April 22, 2010, the NCAA signed a 14-year agreement with CBS and Turner Broadcasting System worth more than $10.8 billion, allowing CBS to continue airing the entire regional finals through the national championship, with CBS and Turner splitting coverage of earlier rounds in the now 68-team field. After 2015, the regional finals will be shared and the Final Four and National Championship alternating between CBS and TBS.^[11]
† Expected announcer, subject to change.

Radio

National

Date	Network	Location	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
1984	CBS Radio	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	Dick Stockton (semifinal and championship) John Rooney (semifinal)	Dave Gavitt and Curt Gowdy
1985	CBS Radio	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)	Cawood Ledford (semifinal and championship), John Rooney (semifinal)	Dave Gavitt and Curt Gowdy
1989	CBS Radio	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	Cawood Ledford (Semifinal and Championship) and John Rooney (Semifinal)	Quinn Buckner		Ron Franklin
1990	CBS Radio	McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)	Cawood Ledford (Semifinal and Championship) and John Rooney (Semifinal)	Quinn Buckner		Ron Franklin
1991	CBS Radio	Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Cawood Ledford (Semifinal and Championship) John Rooney (Semifinal)	Ron Franklin (Semifinal) Quinn Buckner (Semifinal and Championship)
1992	CBS Radio	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minnesota)	Cawood Ledford semifinal and Championship John Rooney semifinal	Quinn Buckner
1993	CBS Radio	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	John Rooney	Bill Raftery
1995	CBS Radio	Kingdome (Seattle, Washington)	John Rooney (UCLA-Oklahoma State and Championship Game) Marty Brennaman (Arkansas-North Carolina)	Bill Raftery (UCLA-Oklahoma State and Championship Game) Ron Franklin (Arkansas-North Carolina)
1997	CBS Radio	RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	John Rooney (Semifinal and Championship) Marty Brennaman (Semifinal)	Bill Raftery (Semifinal and Championship) Ron Franklin (Semifinal)
1999	Westwood One	Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, Florida)	John Rooney (Duke-Michigan State and Connecticut-Duke) Marty Brennaman (Connecticut-Ohio State)	Bill Raftery (Duke-Michigan State and Connecticut-Duke) Ron Franklin (Connecticut-Ohio State)		Ron Franklin
2002	Westwood One	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	John Rooney (Semifinal and Championship) Marty Brennaman (Semifinal)	Bill Raftery (Semifinal and Championship) Ron Franklin (Semifinal)		Dave Sims
2003	Westwood One	Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Bill Raftery
2004	Westwood One	Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Bill Raftery
2005^[12]	Westwood One	Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, Missouri)	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges
2006^[13]	Westwood One	RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges
2007^[14]	Westwood One	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Kevin Harlan	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	Tommy Tighe
2008	Westwood One	Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	Tommy Tighe
2009	Westwood One	Ford Field (Detroit, Michigan)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	Tommy Tighe
2010	Westwood One	Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges	Bill Walton
2011	Westwood One	Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges	Bill Walton
2012	Dial Global	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges	Bill Walton
2013	Dial Global	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	John Tautges	Bill Walton
2014	Westwood One	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Bill Raftery	Jim Gray	Jason Horowitz	Bill Walton
2015	Westwood One	Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)	Kevin Kugler	Clark Kellogg	Jim Gray	Jason Horowitz	Bill Walton
2016	Westwood One	NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas)	Kevin Kugler	John Thompson and Clark Kellogg	Jim Gray	Jason Horowitz	Bill Frieder and Bill Walton

Local

Date	Teams	Flagship station
1989	Duke	WDNC (Duke)
	Illinois	WDWS (Illinois)
	Michigan	WJR–AM (Michigan)
	Seton Hall	WPAT–AM (Seton Hall)

References

↑ SNI endeared itself forever to basketball fans when it covered the NCAA final from Louisville in 1963, the year Loyola of Chicago rallied in the second half to upset presumably invincible Cincinnati. This telecast came up with an upset of its own. It went on against Have Gun, Will Travel and Gunsmoke and beat them both in the ratings.
↑ Mar 20, 1963 - nament for the national basketball championship Saturday night will be telecast nationally for the first time since 1954. A spokesman for the said Sports Network Inc an independent company which bought package telecast rights for the 1963 tournament expects up to 140 television ...
↑ "TV coverage history of the NCAA Tournament (1969-present)". Classic Sports TV and Media. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
↑ "Chronology of NCAA Tournament TV coverage (1969-1981)". Classic Sports TV and Media. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
↑ "Chronology of NCAA Tournament TV coverage (1982-1990)". Classic Sports TV and Media. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
↑ "Chronology of NCAA Tournament TV coverage (1991-2011)". Classic Sports TV and Media. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
↑ "The first NBC prime time NCAA basketball title game". Classic Sports TV and Media. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
↑ Sports Media Watch: National Championship numbers game.
↑ The Associated Press: Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer Archived September 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ ESPN to snag the Final Four? Don Surber, Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)
↑ NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Expands To 68 Teams; CBS Adds Turner To Television Team (press release via TV by the Numbers)
↑ http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=127873&pt=archive
↑ http://westwoodone.com/site/pressrelease?pid=22342
↑ http://images.westwoodone.com/images/pdf/2007%20NCAA%20Announcers.pdf

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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Structure	Selection process Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game

Venues	Venues

Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player

Media & culture	Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"

Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets

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