NCAA Tournament 2015: Announcer pairings

NCAA basketball anouncer Bill Raftery

The NCAA Tournament announcer pairings were realsed Wednesday, along with several broadcast changes including the addition of Chris Webber, Steve Lappas and Steve Smith as game analysts.

Former Michigan State star Mateen Cleaves will be part of the March Madness studio team with Matt Winer and Seth Davis. CBS Sports and Turner Sports will provide combined coverage beginning March 17.

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The pairings for this year’s event:

— Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson as the lead team for the Final Four and championship game.

— Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Len Elmore and Craig Sager.

— Verne Lundquist, Jim Spanarkel and Allie LaForce.

— Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner and Rachel Nichols.

— Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb and Evan Washburn.

— Brian Anderson, Steve Smith and Lewis Johnson.

— Spero Dedes, Mike Gminski and Jaime Maggio.

— Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas and Jamie Erdahl.

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