Television 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1 television

1.1 studio hosts
1.2 studio analysts
1.3 commentary teams

1.3.1 team stream broadcasts

television

cbs sports , turner sports held joint u.s. television broadcast rights tournament under ncaa march madness brand. beginning in 2016, rights final 4 , championship game began alternate between turner , cbs, turner networks broadcasting 2016 final 4 , championship; conventional telecast aired on tbs, accompanied team stream broadcasts on tnt , trutv featured commentary , coverage focused on each participating team. turner employed multi-channel presentation of semifinals in 2014 , 2015, first time used final. marked first time in tournament history national championship game aired on cable channels, , ended cbs streak of broadcasting 34 consecutive national championship games.

for 2016, selection show on cbs expanded two-hour broadcast—a move proved unpopular viewers due decreased speed @ participating teams unveiled. these issues exacerbated leak of full bracket shortly broadcast, spread on twitter. although ratings selection show had steadily decreased on past 4 years, 3.7 overnight rating broadcast lowest in 20 years. cbs sports chairman sean mcmanus admitted extended special failure, stating haven t had specific discussions think agree serve of including fan release brackets in little more timely manner .

studio hosts

greg gumbel (new york city , houston) – first round, second round, regionals, final 4 , national championship game
ernie johnson jr. (new york city, atlanta, , houston) – first round, second round, regional semi-finals, final 4 , national championship game
matt winer (atlanta) – first four, first round , second round

studio analysts

charles barkley (new york city , houston) – first round, second round, regionals, final 4 , national championship game
swin cash (atlanta) – first four
seth davis (atlanta , houston) – first four, first round, second round, regional semi-finals, final 4 , national championship game
johnny dawkins (new york city) – second round
doug gottlieb (new york city) – regionals
ron hunter (atlanta) – first round
clark kellogg (new york city , houston) – first round, second round, regionals, final 4 , national championship game
reggie miller (houston) – final 4 , national championship game
kenny smith (new york city , houston) – first round, second round, regionals, final 4 , national championship game
steve smith (houston) – final 4 , national championship game
kevin stallings (atlanta) – second round
wally szczerbiak (atlanta) – first four, first round, second round , regional semi-finals
buzz williams (atlanta) – regional semi-finals

commentary teams

jim nantz/bill raftery/grant hill/tracy wolfson – first , second rounds @ des moines, iowa; south regional @ louisville, kentucky; final 4 , national championship @ houston
brian anderson/steve smith/dana jacobson – first , second rounds @ st. louis, missouri; east regional @ philadelphia, pennsylvania
verne lundquist/jim spanarkel/allie laforce – first , second rounds @ brooklyn, new york; west regional @ anaheim, california
kevin harlan/reggie miller/dan bonner/lewis johnson – first , second rounds @ raleigh, north carolina; midwest regional @ chicago
ian eagle/chris webber/len elmore/evan washburn – first , second rounds @ providence, rhode island
spero dedes/doug gottlieb/rosalyn gold-onwude – first , second rounds @ spokane, washington
andrew catalon/steve lappas/jamie erdahl – first 4 @ dayton, ohio (tuesday); first , second rounds @ denver, colorado
carter blackburn/mike gminski/jaime maggio – first 4 @ dayton, ohio (wednesday); first , second rounds @ oklahoma city.

team stream broadcasts

final four


chad mckee/eduardo nájera/jessica coody – oklahoma team stream on tnt
scott graham/brian finneran/kacie mcdonnell – villanova team stream on trutv
wes durham/brendan haywood/dwayne ballen – north carolina team stream on tnt
tom werme/roosevelt bouie/donovan mcnabb – syracuse team stream on trutv


national championship game


wes durham/brendan haywood/dwayne ballen – north carolina team stream on tnt
scott graham/brian finneran/kacie mcdonnell – villanova team stream on trutv




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