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Monday, March 14, 2016

Westwood One Presents March Madness Coverage

Westwood One will present exclusive coverage of the 2016 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

Full play-by-play action from all 67 men’s basketball games includes the First Four®, games from all eight first-round and second-round sites, plus the regional semifinals and finals. In addition, Westwood One will broadcast the NCAA Men’s Final Four® on Saturday, April 2, and the National Championship Game on Monday, April 4, live from NRG Stadium in Houston. Complete NCAA Men's tournament coverage can be heard on more than 500 radio stations nationwide and via SiriusXM radio. All 67 Division I men’s games will also be streamed online for free at NCAA.com/MarchMadness and on westwoodonesports.com. Additionally, the broadcasts will be available for fans on mobile devices via NCAA March Madness Live, TuneIn.com, and the free TuneIn app. 

The trio of Kevin Kugler, Hall of Fame Coach John Thompson, and Clark Kellogg will announce all the action for the Final Four and the National Championship. Kellogg will be doing double-duty in Houston, simultaneously serving as a studio analyst for CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ television coverage. Immediately following the pregame show broadcast on the TV set, Kellogg will make his way courtside to the Westwood One radio broadcast position to join Kugler and Thompson. Then he will rejoin TV for halftime before repeating the process in the second half and postgame.

Kevin Kugler, Clark Kellog, John Thompson
Jim Gray will serve as courtside reporter and three-time NCAA Player of the Year and Hall of Famer Bill Walton will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame analysis for The Final Four® and the National Championship.

In addition to Kellogg and Thompson, Westwood One's coverage of NCAA® March Madness® also features a wealth of renowned commentators and analysts, including former All-Americans Jim Jackson, Kelly Tripucka, Dan Dickau, Eric Montross, and Kevin Grevey; former SEC Player of the Year Will Perdue; former Connecticut standout Donny Marshall; and former coaches Mike Montgomery, and P.J. Carlesimo.

The roster of tournament play-by-play announcers includes Kugler, Ian Eagle, Gary Cohen, Tom McCarthy, Scott Graham, John Sadak, Wayne Larrivee, Kevin Calabro, Brandon Gaudin,and Chris Carrino.

Jason Horowitz and Coach Bill Frieder will anchor the network coverage from Westwood One's New York City studios. Brad Heller will anchor Westwood One’s coverage on the satellite, online, and mobile platforms.

For a complete schedule of games, announcer bios, exclusive audio content, and a list of radio stations airing Westwood One’s broadcast of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship, log on to westwoodonesports.com.

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