2025 NCAA Tournament: CBS, Turner reveal broadcasting teams for March Madness

CBS Sports and Turner Sports revealed their star-studded broadcasting teams for the upcoming 2025 NCAA Tournament on Tuesday. They include eight on-site teams across the five round tournament.

Former Michigan star and NBA veteran Jalen Rose joins the NCAA coverage in multiple roles, beginning as a game analyst over the first two rounds of action and then as a studio analyst during the First Four and Final Four games. Gene Steratore returns as the join rules analyst throughout the NCAA Tournament and will be on-site for in San Antonio for the Final Four.

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Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson will be on the call for the final two rounds of this year’s tournament. The Final Four national semifinals on April 5th as well as the April 7 national championship from San Antonio on CBS.

TNT’s Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson returns as the studio host from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, where he’ll once again be joined by Charles Barkley, Clark Kellog and Kenny Smith. Adam Zucker will also serve as the secondary in-studio host from the CBS Studios in New York, alongside Wally Szczerbiak and former Villanova head coach Jay Wright, with Jamie Erdahl adding in-game updates. Meanwhile, Adam Lefkoe will be the lead studio host from TNT Sports Studios in Atlanta alongside Wright, former Tennessee and WNBA superstar Candace Parker and Seth Davis.

The 2025 NCAA Tournament tips off with the First Four games on truTV beginning March 18-19, with Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel and Jon Rothstein calling the action from Dayton, Ohio. The trio will also call first and second round action on truTV.

Rose will be joined by Lisa Byington, Robbie Hummel and Andy Katz for on-site coverage of first- and second-round action. Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood and Dana Jacobson; and Tom McCarthy, Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith and AJ Ross are also handling on-site coverage through the opening two rounds.

Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy and Lauren Shehadi will also be on-hand for on-site coverage through the regional finals. As will Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas and Evan Washburn.