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NCAA | March 11, 2025

CBS Sports and TNT Sports announce 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship commentator teams

Blind ranking 5 iconic March Madness moments, with Andy Katz

TNT Sports and CBS Sports’ combined coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will feature an experienced and deep lineup of announcers.

Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson will call this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four national semifinals on Saturday, April 5 and national championship on Monday, April 7 from San Antonio on CBS. This is the second year in a row they will call the Final Four together.

Former Michigan star and NBA veteran Jalen Rose joins this year’s coverage as a game analyst for the first two rounds and as a studio analyst during the First Four and Final Four. 

Gene Steratore will serve as rules analyst throughout the tournament and will be on-site in San Antonio for the Final Four.

2025 March Madness game announcers

Ernie Johnson will host studio coverage from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, joined by Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith. Adam Lefkoe will host studio coverage from TNT Sports Studios in Atlanta alongside Jay Wright, Candace Parker and Seth Davis. Adam Zucker will also serve as a host from New York, while Wally Szczerbiak and Wright will also make appearances from the CBS Broadcast Center. Jamie Erdahl will provide game updates. 

2025 March Madness studio commentators

The tournament will tip off Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19 with the NCAA First Four on truTV. Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel and reporter Jon Rothstein will call First Four action from Dayton, Ohio. Studio coverage for the First Four will originate from Atlanta with Lefkoe and analysts Wright, Rose and Davis.

Follow us on X (@MM_MBB_TV) and NCAA.com for schedule updates and the latest NCAA tournament broadcast news and information.

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