List of NCAA Final Four broadcasters

=Men's Division I Basketball Tournament=

Notes

* In 1962, ABC showed the NCAA Championship Game on a one-day delayed basis, as part of "Wide World of Sports".

* From 1969 to 1972, both the Consolation (3rd place) Game and the Championship Game were televised on Saturday afternoon as a doubleheader. In 1969 and 1970, Curt Gowdy and Jim Simpson reversed roles for the telecast; Gowdy called the title game and Simpson earlier called the “consy.” In 1973, the final was moved to Monday night, and the consy was no longer televised. In 1982, the consy game was dropped altogether.

* Prior to 1969, the NCAA Championship was never on live network television. However the one-time rival NIT tourney had been on CBS for many years in the 1960s and well into the 1970s. Before the NCAA allowed at-large berths in 1975, the NIT fielded some high quality tournaments.

* In 1976, Dick Enberg and Billy Packer called the first game while Packer teamed with Curt Gowdy for the second game. For the Championship Game, Dick Enberg and Curt Gowdy called it while NBC used Billy Packer as a studio analyst.

* 1982 marked the first year that that the "Selection Show" was broadcast.

* 1987 marked the first year that CBS used the song "One Shining Moment" for its tournament epilogue.

* The 1990 Championship Game marked Brent Musburger's final assignment for CBS Sports as he was dismissed (under great controversy) just a day earlier (April 1).

* Clark Kellogg will replace Billy Packer as CBS' lead basketball color commentator for the 2008-2009 college basketball season and will call the 2009 NCAA Final Four. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jWy9xzro7PuBD8KaWxIaSIuZH0cwD91TS1FO0 The Associated Press: Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer ] ]

See also

* NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Television
* Men's college basketball on television

Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Notes

* There was no TV coverage of the national semifinals prior to 1985.

See also

* 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament#Television and radio

Sources

* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php Sports Broadcast History Forums]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=76.0 1969-1973 NCAA Tournament Announcers (from Jeff79)]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=78.0 1974-1981 NCAA Tournament Announcers (from Jeff79)]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=79.0 1982-1986 NCAA Tournament Announcers (from Jeff79)]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=80.0 1987-1991 NCAA Tournament Announcers (from Jeff79)]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=81.0 1992-1996 NCAA Tournament Announcers]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=82.0 1997-2001 NCAA Tournament Announcers]
** [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=83.0 2002-2007 NCAA Tournament Announcers]