Tag: NCAA Tournament

How CBS snared the NCAA Tourney rights from NBC 40 years ago – in a competitive world of 3 networks

By  04/04/2021 1

The Landscape Four decades ago, most of the sports television universe consisted of the […]

CBS/Turner’s Jim Spanarkel sparkles; Former Duke star and NBAer explains the game in helpful and simple terms

By  03/31/2021 0

It’s been a year of setbacks for Jim Spanarkel. When he arrived in Indianapolis for […]

March Madness: CBS and Turner announce Sunday and Monday 2nd round times, networks and talent

By  03/21/2021 0

The partner networks, CBS and Turner, announced the times, networks and talent for today and […]

Media predicts the tourney; SI’s Pat Forde: Winthrop upsets Villanova, SI’s Sweeny: Ohio knocks off Virginia

By  03/19/2021 0

After it was cancelled at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, March […]

Halby’s Morsels: Tourney voices; Top 5 MSG sporting events ever and the broadcasters who covered them

By  03/17/2021 1

Looking ahead to the NCAA Tournament: CBS’ Sean McManus said that the format this year […]

Busy week: Media focuses on NFL and college playoffs, coaching choices and March Madness plans

By  01/09/2021 0

With the NFL playoffs starting today, the media had lots to say this week. […]

Halby’s Morsels: NCAA issues RFP for network radio rights starting with March’s tourney; Other nuggets

By  12/22/2020 1

The NCAA Tournament Here’s the latest on the battle for the network radio rights to […]

Halby’s Morsels: End of the World; NCAA Tourney; Neil Funk; A busy fall; Entercom silences update voices

By  03/20/2020 1

Neil Funk It’s too bad that retiring Chicago Bulls’ television announcer Neil Funk, 73, won’t […]

Halby’s Morsels: Calling games in empty arenas? It’s happened; In ’81, Reagan was shot day of finals

By  03/13/2020 2

Yesterday, the NCAA followed what the NBA, MLB and NHL did earlier. It cancelled both […]

Conference tournaments play on; TV networks busy against an alarming and muted backdrop

By  03/11/2020 1

UPDATED: So a partial score become a final  score–St. John’s-Creighton, a Big East Tourney game […]

Tourney in empty buildings? CBS’ McManus and Turner’s Zucker are in constant contact with NCAA

By  03/10/2020 0

Charles Barkley was asked whether the public was overreacting to the coronavirus. He essentially said […]

Halby’s Morsels: Coronavirus scraps CBS/TNT’s tourney production meeting; Remembering Ed Ingles

By  03/09/2020 1

The annual CBS/Turner production meeting that’s held in New York prior to the NCAA […]