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NCAA Tournament Announcing Teams...Announced

Dammit.

Via press release:

The tournament tips off on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14 with the NCAA FIRST FOUR® on truTV. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will be courtside calling the action from Dayton, Ohio on March 13, with Tracy Wolfson reporting. Last year, tournament darling VCU advanced from the inaugural FIRST FOUR® to the NCAA Final Four®. The quartet will team up again when the tournament concludes on CBS Sports with the Final Four® and National Championship game live from New Orleans, La. on Saturday, March 31, and Monday, April 2. This marks the second consecutive year Nantz, Kellogg, Kerr and Wolfson will team-up to work the Final Four® and National Championship.

Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel, along with courtside reporter Lewis Johnson, handle the call for the FIRST FOUR games on Wednesday, March 14.

Following are the announcer pairings for the second and third rounds (Thursday, March 15-Sunday, March 18):

Play-By-Play / Analyst
*Regional Announce Teams

Jim Nantz / Clark Kellogg*
Marv Albert / Steve Kerr*
Verne Lundquist / Bill Raftery*
Kevin Harlan / Len Elmore / Reggie Miller*
Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel
Brian Anderson / Dan Bonner
Tim Brando / Mike Gminski
Spero Dedes / Bob Wenzel

Tracy Wolfson, Craig Sager, Lesley Visser, Marty Snider, Lewis Johnson, Jaime Maggio and Otis Livingston will serve as courtside reporters throughout the tournament.

Studio Coverage

For the second consecutive year, CBS Sports and Turner Sports will utilize two studios, based in New York and Atlanta, to cover all the tournament action. Studio coverage will again be anchored by Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson with Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smith providing analysis throughout the tournament from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Matt Winer anchors the coverage from Turner Broadcasting's Atlanta studio and will be joined by Seth Davis and Steve Smith.

During the Regional semi-finals and finals, Gumbel will remain in the New York studio alongside Barkley, Anthony and Kenny Smith, while Johnson will shift to the Atlanta studios to join Davis and Steve Smith.

Studio coverage for the FIRST FOUR® originates from Atlanta and will feature Johnson, Barkley, Anthony, Davis and Kenny Smith on Tuesday with Winer, Davis and Steve Smith providing analysis on Wednesday.

And with Gus Johnson and Mike Gleason announcing in my heart.

Also, I would totally steal "First Four" for all sorts of crazy ish if they didn't keep posting the reserved symbol by it.

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Don't say it's true...

But I heard that all the tourney games will NOT be online for free, starting this year.

“Say it ain’t so.” <~~Rivers Cuomo said that

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by tnatburks on Feb 22, 2012 4:51 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

It's projected to be ~$3 to get them online.

Well worth the money. I wouldn’t be too worried about it. It will be cheap.

by Remote Cardinal on Feb 22, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions  

all for $3??

That I can budget for bro…“Charge it 2 da game.” <~~ Silkk The Shocker said that

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by tnatburks on Feb 22, 2012 5:27 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

Only have to pay if you don't have TBS

If you have cable, then basically it’s still free.

by Mike Rutherford on Feb 22, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions  

March Madness will NOT be the same without Gus

Saddens and angers me at the same time.

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by LORD KAYOSS on Feb 22, 2012 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

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