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CBS Sports & TNT Sports Reveals 2025 NCAA Tournament Commentator Teams: Full List

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CBS Sports and TNT Sports have revealed the commentator teams for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. View the full list below.

Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, And Tracy Wolfson Are The Top Team

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Jan 17, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; TNT play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle during the game between the LA Clippers and the Philadelphia 76ers at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Ian Eagle will be the top play-by-play announcer for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Eagle will work alongside Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson as the tournament’s top team.

The Eagle-led group will call every major round, including the Final Four and National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. This marks the second consecutive year this team will announce the Four Four.

The next three announcer teams will call games for the first and second weekends, including the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.

  • Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, Allie LaForce
  • Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, Lauren Shehadi
  • Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Evan Washburn

The following four crews will announce games for the first and second rounds:

  • Lisa Byington, Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose, Andy Katz
  • Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein
  • Tom McCarthy, Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith, AJ Ross
  • Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, Dana Jacobson

The trio of Dedes, Spanarkel, and Rothstein will announce the First Four in Dayton on truTV. The games will be played on Tuesday, March 18, and Wednesday, March 19.

Former official Gene Steratore will serve as the rules analyst for the entire tournament and will be in San Antonio for the Final Four.

Which Announcers Will Be Working In The Studio?

Charles Barkley (L) and Ernie Johnson Jr. attend 2018 NBA Awards.
Charles Barkley (L) and Ernie Johnson Jr. attend 2018 NBA Awards on June 25, 2018, in Santa Monica, California. | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner Sports

Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson will anchor studio coverage for CBS in New York.

Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Clark Kellogg will join Johnson in the New York studio.

Additional studio members include Adam Zucker and Wally Szczerbiak.

Adam Lefkoe will anchor TNT Sports’ studio coverage from Atlanta with analysts Jay Wright, Candace Parker, and Seth Davis.

Reporter Jamie Erdahl will provide game updates.

2025 NCAA Tournament Dates

  • Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 16 on CBS
  • First Four: March 18-19
  • First round: March 20-21
  • Second round: March 22-23
  • Sweet 16: March 27-28
  • Elite Eight: March 29-30
  • Final Four: April 5
  • NCAA championship game: April 7