Announcer Assignments for NCAA Tournament - First and Second Round

• ts1227

  

  http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/ncaa-tournament-schedule-with-times-announcers/3827/
  
  THURSDAY/SATURDAY
  Oklahoma City: Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner
  New Orleans: Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas
  Providence: Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery
  San Jose: Spero Dedes and Bob Wenzel
  
  FRIDAY/SUNDAY
  Buffalo: Gus Johnson and Len Elmore
  Milwaukee: Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel
  Jacksonville: Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
  Spokane: Tim Brando and Mike Gminski
• ytownfootball

  

  San Jose and Milwaukee got jobbed.
• Terry_Tate

  

  The Syracuse/Gonzaga second round game will be epic. Gotta have one big time game with Gus Johnson announcing, and I'm going to predict that's it.
• Azubuike24

  

  What about Vermont beating Syracuse AGAIN with Gus calling it?
  
  As for sites getting jobbed, they have to send a team everywhere. At least James Brown isn't calling games anymore.
• ytownfootball

  

  Azubuike24 wrote: What about Vermont beating Syracuse AGAIN with Gus calling it?
  
  As for sites getting jobbed, they have to send a team everywhere. At least James Brown isn't calling games anymore.

  Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel
  
  I mean, I've never heard of either of these two...Spanarkel?...WTF
  
  not that it matters but...geesh
• wildcats20

  

  Ian Eagle does a lot of NFL games for CBS as well as some of the regular season bball games.
• ts1227

  

  Yeah, if you haven't heard of Ian Eagle, you must never watch the NFL on CBS.
• Azubuike24

  

  Spanarkel and Eagle aren't bad. Jim played at Duke. I don't mind that trio. I wish they had Greg Anthony calling games though. He's better than Gminski and Bonner IMO. The best pairing is Dick Enberg with Jay Bilas. Enberg is one of the worst at this stage, and Bilas is probably the most articulate, but opinionated.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  I follow Gus Johnson
• wildcats20

  

  Brando and Gminski work well together though AZ, which is why they will NEVER be broken up lol.
  
  And Enberg needs to retire, yesterday.
• ytownfootball

  

  I know Ian Eagle, but I didn't put 2+2 together, and I really don't watch CBS too much as a Browns fan, usually too pissed off to watch much after that and haven't caught him enough for him to make an impression I guess.
  
  Bilas gets people pissed but I don't mind listening to him, as you say he is articulate.
• sportswizuhrd

  Times to go with the announcer assignments(1st round times only) Taken from fangsbites.com
  
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 18 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET)
  12:20 PM - Oklahoma City I, Florida vs. BYU, Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner
  12:25 PM - New Orleans I, Notre Dame vs. Old Dominion, Dick Enberg/Jay Bilas
  12:30 PM - Providence I, Villanova vs. Robert Morris, Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery
  2:30 PM - San Jose I, Vanderbilt vs. Murray State, Spero Dedes/Bob Wenzel
  
  approximately 2:50 PM - Oklahoma City II, Kansas State vs. North Texas, Harlan/Bonner
  approximately 2:55 PM - New Orleans II, Baylor vs. Sam Houston, Enberg/Bilas
  approximately 3:00 PM - Providence II, Richmond vs. St. Mary’s, Lundquist/Raftery
  approximately 5:00 PM - San Jose II, Butler vs. UTEP, Dedes/Wenzel
  
  THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)
  7:10 PM - Oklahoma City III, UNLV vs. University of North Iowa, Harlan/Bonner
  7:15 PM - New Orleans III, Kentucky vs. East Tennessee State, Enberg/Bilas
  7:20 PM - San Jose III, Marquette vs. Washington, Dedes/Wenzel
  7:25 PM - Providence III, Georgetown vs. Ohio, Lundquist/Raftery
  
  approximately 9:40 PM - Oklahoma City IV, Kansas vs. Lehigh, Harlan/Bonner
  approximately 9:45 PM - New Orleans IV, Texas vs. Wake Forest, Enberg/Bilas
  approximately 9:50 PM - San Jose IV, New Mexico vs. Montana, Dedes/Wenzel
  approximately 9:55 PM - Providence IV, Tennessee vs. San Diego State, Lundquist/Raftery
  
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19 (12:00 Noon-5:00 PM, ET)
  12:15 PM - Buffalo I, West Virginia vs. Morgan State,Gus Johnson/Len Elmore
  12:25 PM - Milwaukee I, Xavier vs. Minnesota, Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel
  12:30 PM - Jacksonville I, Temple vs. Cornell, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg
  2:30 PM - Spokane I, Purdue vs. Siena, Tim Brando/Mike Gminski
  
  approximately 2:45 PM - Buffalo II, Clemson vs. Missouri, Johnson/Elmore
  approximately 2:50 PM - Milwaukee II, Pittsburgh vs. Oakland, Eagle/Spanarkel
  approximately 3:00 PM - Jacksonville II, Wisconsin vs. Wofford, Nantz/Kellogg
  approximately 5:00 PM - Spokane II, Texas A&M vs. Utah State, Brando/Gminski
  
  FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 19 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET)
  7:10 PM - Buffalo III, Gonzaga vs. Florida State, Johnson/Elmore
  7:15 PM - Milwaukee III, Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech, Eagle/Spanarkel
  7:20 PM - Spokane III, Michigan State vs. New Mexico State, Brando/Gminski
  7:25 PM - Jacksonville III, Duke vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff/Winthrop, Nantz/Kellogg
  
  approximately 9:40 PM - Buffalo IV, Syracuse vs. Vermont, Johnson/Elmore
  approximately 9:45 PM - Milwaukee IV, Ohio State vs. UC Santa Barbara, Eagle/Spanarkel
  approximately 9:50 PM, Spokane IV, Maryland vs. Houston, Brando/Gminski
  approximately 9:55 PM, Jacksonville IV, California vs. Louisville, Nantz/Kellogg
• reclegend22

  

  ytownfootball wrote:Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel
  
  I mean, I've never heard of either of these two...Spanarkel?...WTF
  
  not that it matters but...geesh

  Spanarkel played at Duke He's been doing college games for a long time, but I don't particularly "hope" my team is ever broadcasted by him. Eagle is worse. I hate his voice. I don't know why. Just hate it.
  
  Duke got robbed. I don't like Nantz. He's there because of the Duke-Louisville game (which, I imagine, will be one of the highlight second round games for CBS, and likely that lone national game on Sunday at noon), and CBS thinks he "takes the game to another level." And Kellogg was great when he was in the studio with Greg, but not so much in the booth. Ehh.
  
  I REALLY wanted Enberg, but never have such luck. Kevin Harlan or Gus Johnson would have been nice, too.
  
  More importantly, where's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
• reclegend22

  

  Thanks for bringing all that here, sportswizurd. Appreciate it.
• ytownfootball

  

  I plead ignorant on Sparkalicious, having played for Duke may explain my innability to recognize him.
• reclegend22

  

  Haha Spanarkalicious. Yes, I could see where that be a random as hell announcer to see broadcasting the NCAAs if you didn't know him.
• CinciX12

  

  Why does a game in Milwaukee tip off at 12:25? So 11:25 there? How is that even remotely a good idea or fair to those 2 teams?
  
  Same thing for BYU and Florida in Oklahoma City?
• wildcats20

  

  San Jose games as well.
• CinciX12

  

  True, I didn't notice the San Jose games.
  
  Guess thats another incentive to get a higher or a much lower seed.