Dial Global's Announcing Assignments For The 2012 NCAA Tournament

We have the announcing teams for all of the venues for Dial Global’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament. Dial Global is the radio rightsholder for the tournament, purchasing Westwood One last year.

John Tautges will be the host for the entire tournament. The play-by-play announcers include some familiar names like Ted Robinson, Dave Sims, Dave Ryan of CBS Sports Network, Brad Sham, Wayne Larrivee, Ian Eagle, Kevin Calabro and Kevin Kugler.

Dial Global’s analysts will consist of John Thompson, Bill Frieder, Pete Gillen, Fran Fraschilla, Kevin Grevey, Kyle Macy and others.

Take a look at the announcing teams and where they’ll be assigned for the games.

NCAA Tournament Announcers

VENUES and ANNOUNCERS

The studio host for the entire NCAA Men’s Tournament will be John Tautges.

First Round: Tuesday, March 13th & Wednesday, March 14th

Dayton, OH————-University of Dayton Arena———-Dave Ryan and Alaa Abdelnaby

2nd/3rd Rounds: Thursday, March 15th and Saturday, March 17th

Pittsburgh, PA———-Consol Energy Center—————-Scott Graham and Kevin Grevey
Louisville, KY————KFC Yum! Center———————Ted Robinson and Kyle Macy
Albuquerque, NM——The Pit———————————–Dave Sims and Michael Cage
Portland, OR————Rose Garden—————————Kevin Calabro and Bill Frieder

2nd/3rd Rounds: Friday, March 16th and Sunday, March 18th

Greensboro, NC——–Greensboro Coliseum—————-Gary Cohen and Reid Gettys
Columbus, OH———-Nationwide Arena———————Wayne Larrivee and John Thompson
Nashville, TN———–Bridgestone Arena———————Brad Sham and Pete Gillen
Omaha, NE————-CenturyLink Center——————–Kevin Kugler and Tom Brennan

Regionals: Thursday, March 22nd and Saturday, March 24th

Boston, MA————TD Garden——————————-Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen
Phoenix, AZ———–US Airways Center———————-Dave Sims and Bill Frieder

Regionals: Friday, March 23rd and Sunday, March 25th

Atlanta, GA————Georgia Dome—————————Ian Eagle and John Thompson
St. Louis, MO———Edward Jones Dome——————-Wayne Larrivee and Fran Fraschilla

Division II Championship: Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Highland Heights, KY——–Bank of Kentucky Center—————-John Sadak and Perry Clark

Final Four: Saturday, March 31st and Monday, April 2nd

New Orleans, LA————–Louisiana Superdome

Kevin Kugler (Play-by-Play), John Thompson & Bill Raftery (Analysts), Jim Gray (Courtside Reporter), John Tautges (Pregame/Halftime Host), Bill Walton (Pregame/Halftime Analyst)