March Madness: CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Sked, On-Air Talent
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 07:03PM NYSJ Sports-Entertainment Business News Service
March 7, 2023: Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and CBS Sports today named its broadcast teams and schedule for their combined coverage of the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
All 67 games from the 2023 Men’s Tournament will again be televised across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and via NCAA March Madness Live.
Following Selection Sunday on March 12 on CBS (6 PM ET), the Tournament begins with the NCAA First Four March 14-15 on truTV.
The First Round is March 16-17, Second Round March 18-19, Sweet 16 March 23-24 and Elite Eight March 25-26.
CBS will broadcast 24 games throughout the tournament including the National Championship, Final Four Semifinals, Elite 8, Sweet 16 and First and Second round games.
TBS will televise 18 games including the Elite 8, Sweet 16 and First and Second round games.
truTV will air a total of 13 games, including the First Four and the First and Second rounds.
TNT will televise 12 games including First and Second round games.
NCAA March Madness Live returns as the digital destination for direct access to all 67 games.
CBS Sports and WBD Sports will also return March Madness Confidential, providing exclusive, behind-the-scenes access of select NCAA Tournament teams, with features airing during studio coverage and on NCAA.com, to chronicle their Tournament journeys.
WBD Sports and CBS Sports will present integrated game and studio productions with pre-game, halftime, bridge and postgame shows from studios in New York and Atlanta.
Studio shows will include The Road to the Final Four and Nissan NCAA Tip-Off pre-game shows, AT&T at the Half, Capital One Tournament Central and the Inside March Madness presented by Buick post-game show.
Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and reporter Tracy Wolfson will call this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semi-finals on Saturday, April 1 and National Championship on Monday, April 3, from Houston's NRG Stadium, airing on CBS.
This is the eighth consecutive men's tournament they have called the Final Four together.
This will mark Nantz’s 32nd and last Final Four as lead play-by-player announcer, a position he has held since 1991.
This year will also mark Nantz’s 37th overall NCAA Tournament, having served as studio host from 1986-90.
New and expanded commentator roles for this year’s coverage will include:
• Jay Wright joining as a studio analyst throughout the Tournament, including the Final Four
• Stan Van Gundy joining as a game analyst through the Regional Finals; Evan Washburn and Lauren Shehadi serving as game reporters through the Regional Finals.
Greg Gumbel will host studio coverage from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, joined by Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith and Wally Szczerbiak.
Ernie Johnson will host studio coverage from WBD Studios in Atlanta alongside Jay Wright, Candace Parker and Seth Davis.
Adam Zucker and Adam Lefkoe will also serve as hosts from New York and Atlanta, respectively.
Gene Steratore will serve as rules analyst throughout the Tournament and will be on-site in Houston for the Final Four.
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