NCAA Tournament 2015 TV schedule and announcers for the round of 64
March Madness is set to begin and announcers will have a chance to leave us with memorable calls.
The NCAA Tournament is officially set to begin on Tuesday, March 17 with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio and will be followed by the madness of 32 games on Thursday and Friday, and another 16 games on Saturday and Sunday. With each of those games there's the chance of craziness and memorable calls from the the crew assigned to cover the games.
The four play-in games kick off the NCAA Tournament beginning on Tuesday, but the main festivities and arguably the two-best back-to-back days on the sports calendar wait for later in the week. That is when the second round of the NCAA will begin on Thursday and carry on to Friday. While work productivity may be at an all-time low during that stretch, there will be nearly non-stop college hoops with 16 games scheduled for each day. The action will begin around lunch time and continue late into the night.
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Once again, the combination of TNT, TBS, CBS and truTV will combine to handle the early round coverage. That means up to four games going at once. If we’re lucky that will also mean plenty of great games happening at the same time and possibly even upsets hitting within minutes of each other. It will all make for a hectic, but enjoyable, few days.
Here are the announcers scheduled to make the calls in each game for the first 36 games of the NCAA Tournament:
Tuesday, March 17 (First Round)
Game: Manhattan vs. Hampton, 6:40 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Lewis Johnson
Game: BYU vs. Ole Miss, 9:10 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Lewis Johnson
Wednesday, March 18 (First Round)
Game: Robert Morris vs. North Florida, 6:40 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
Game: Boise State vs. Dayton, 9:10 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
Thursday, March 19 (Second Round)
Game: Notre Dame vs. Northeastern, 12:15 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Lewis Johnson
Game: Iowa State vs. UAB ,12:40 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
Game: Baylor vs. Georgia State, 1:40 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl
Game: Arizona vs. Texas Southern, 2:10 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Rachel Nichols
Game: Butler vs. Texas, 2:45 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Lewis Johnson
Game: SMU vs. UCLA , 4:10 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
Game: Xavier vs. BYU/Ole Miss, 5:10 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl
Game: VCU vs. Ohio State, 5:40 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Rachel Nichols
Game: Villanova vs. Lafayette, 6:50 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Lewis Johnson
Game: Cincinnati vs. Purdue, 7:10 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
Game: North Carolina vs. Harvard, 7:20 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl
Game: Utah vs. Stephen F. Austin, 7:27 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Rachel Nichols
Game: N.C. State vs. LSU, 9:20 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Lewis Johnson
Game: Kentucky vs. Hampton/Manhattan, 9:40 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
Game: Arkansas vs. Wofford, 9:50 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl
Game: Georgetown vs. Eastern Washington, 9:57 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Rachel Nichols
Friday, March 20 (Second Round)
Game: Kansas vs. New Mexico State, 12:15 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Marv Albert/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Craig Sager
Game: Michigan State vs. Georgia, 12:40 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill//Tracy Wolfson
Game: Northern Iowa vs. Wyoming, 1:40 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Spero Dedes/Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
Game: West Virginia vs. Buffalo, 2:10 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
Game: Wichita State vs. Indiana, 2:45 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Marv Albert/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Craig Sager
Game: Virginia vs. Belmont, 3:10 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill//Tracy Wolfson
Game: Louisville vs. UC Irvine, 4:10 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Spero Dedes/Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
Game: Maryland vs. Valparaiso, 4:40 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
Game: Oregon vs. Oklahoma State, 6:50 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Marv Albert/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Craig Sager
Game: Duke vs. North Florida/ Robert Morris, 7:10 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill//Tracy Wolfson
Game: Iowa vs. Davidson, 7:20 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Spero Dedes/Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
Game: Oklahoma vs. Albany, 7:27 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
Game: Wisconsin vs. Coastal Carolina, 9:20 p.m., TBS
Announcers: Marv Albert/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Craig Sager
Game: San Diego State vs. St. John’s, 9:40 p.m., CBS
Announcers: Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill//Tracy Wolfson
Game: Gonzaga vs. North Dakota State, 9:50 p.m., TNT
Announcers: Spero Dedes/Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
Game: Providence vs. Boise State/Dayton, 9:57 p.m., truTV
Announcers: Ian Eagle/Doug Gottlieb//Evan Washburn
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