ESPN at the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

ESPN at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

College GameDay to be at site of the Final Four and the National Championship

All games to be herd on ESPN Radio in New York Chicago

Monday, March 12, 2012


ESPN will feature all the complete coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship from the 2012 tournament during ESPN and ESPN2 programming and across its platforms, including SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, ESPNEWS, ESPN.com, WatchESPN and ESPN International. From the First Four and Second and Third Round, to the Final Four and the National Championship game.

SportsCenter and College GameDay will have the complete coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (which airs on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV). SportsCenter will had highlights, analysis and recap throughout the tournament with anchors Steve Levy, Scott Van Pelt, Jay Harris, John Anderson, Linda Cohn and Stuart Scott, while the College GameDay crew led by Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps, Jay Blias and Dick Vitale will had reaction from the games during the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. editions and on College GameDay Scoreboard (on ESPN2). College GameDay will air on March 15-16 at 4 p.m. on ESPN with highlights, latest scores, analysis and live press conference from the second round.

As part of the NCAA’s new multi-year agreement with ESPN in late December, College GameDay and SportsCenter will be at the site of the Final Four and the National Championship for the first time as ESPN will had extensive coverage of the Final Four and the National Championship from New Orleans on SportsCenter at the Final Four on Saturday, March 31st (anchored by Linda Cohn and Bram Weinstien at 11 p.m. ET) and Monday, April 2nd (anchored by Linda Cohn and Robert Flores at 11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET) respecting with the College GameDay crew anchored the coverage from New Orleans with highlights, analysis, reaction, live press conference and exclusive interviews.

All of ESPN programming is also available streaming live on WatchESPN.com and on the WatchESPN app. ESPN International will air the entire NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship (including the Final Four and the National Championship) across Latin America (Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America), the Middle East and Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, Europe, Japan and Canada (via TSN). ESPN.com will feature news, scores and videos from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

ESPN Radio, available to 750 affiliated stations across the country, will have NCAA content during their programming throughout the tournament including Mike and Mike in the Morning (6 a.m.-10 a.m.), The Herd with Colin Cowherd (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), The Scott Van Pelt Show (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), The Doug Gottlieb Show (4 p.m.-7 p.m.) and Hill & Schlereth (7 p.m.-10 p.m.). ESPN Radio SportsCenter will provide updates and scores from the Men’s Basketball Championship every 30 minutes. In addition, ESPN Radio’s owned-and-operated stations in New York and Chicago will carry all games from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament (via Dial Global Sports/Westwood One Radio Network).

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