The 2022 NCAA Tournament is one week away with First Four games set to tip off in Dayton on Tuesday, March 15 and Wednesday, March 16. With that, CBS Sports and Turner Sports have announced their broadcast pairings for NCAA Tournament coverage on CBS, TNT, TBS, and truTV.
Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, and Grant Hill, with Tracy Wolfson reporting will be the No. 1 broadcast team, calling the Final Four semifinal games (April 2) and the national championship (April 4).
The three other crews that will move on to the second weekend (March 24-27) of regional semifinals and finals are as follows:
- Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, reporter Allie LaForce
- Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel, reporter Jamie Erdahl
- Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Reggie Miller, reporter Dana Jacobson
And the remaining four teams that will broadcast the first weekend of NCAA Tournament (March 17-20) games:
- Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Avery Johnson, reporter Lauren Shehadi
- Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, reporter Andy Katz
- Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli, reporter AJ Ross
- Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, reporter Evan Washburn
The two First Four games on truTV will be called by Tom McCarthy, Steve Lavin, and Avery Johnson, with Jon Rothstein reporting. Studio coverage will be hosted by Nabil Karim with analysts Candace Parker, Seth Davis, and Rex Chapman.
Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson will host regular NCAA Tournament studio coverage in New York with analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith, and Wally Szczerbiak during the first week of play. Karim will host in Atlanta with Parker, Davis, and Chapman, joined by coaches yet to be announced.
Additionally, Dwyane Wade will contribute in Atlanta through the Sweet 16. Adam Lefkoe will anchor the update desk in New York during the first and second rounds.
Gumbel stays in New York for the tourney’s second week while Johnson moves to Atlanta.
Along with TV coverage, viewers can watch NCAA Tournament games via the NCAA March Madness Live app. Schedule updates, news, and information will also be available @MM_MBB_TV on Twitter and NCAA.com.
Ian Casselberry is a sports media columnist for BSM. He has previously written and edited for Awful Announcing, The Comeback, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, MLive, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation. You can find him on Twitter @iancass or reach him by email at iancass@gmail.com.
