Westwood One Radio's 2009 NCAA Tournament Announcers

I thank Matthew Hesselson at Westwood One Radio for getting these to me quite quickly. I have some news to break to you, but I’m going to bury the lead for a second here. First, here are the announcers for Westwood One for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

1st/2nd Rounds—Thursday, March 19th and Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Philadelphia, PA, Wayne Larrivee and John Thompson

Greensboro, NC, Bill Rosinski and TBA

Kansas City, MO, Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen

Portland, OR, Dave Sims and P.J. Carlesimo



1st/2nd Rounds—Friday, March 20th and Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Miami, FL, Tom McCarthy and Kevin Grevey

Dayton, OH, Mark Champion and Kelly Tripucka

Minneapolis, MN, Brad Sham and Reid Gettys

Boise, ID, Ted Robinson and Bill Frieder



Regionals—Thursday, March 26th and Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Boston, MA, Kevin Kugler, John Thompson and Dave Gavitt

Glendale, AZ, Wayne Larrivee and Bill Frieder



Regionals—Friday, March 27th and Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Indianapolis, IN, Kevin Harlan and PJ Carlesimo

Memphis, TN, Ian Eagle and Pete Gillen

Final Four—Saturday, April 4th and Monday, April 6th, 2009

Detroit, MI——–Ford Field

Play-by-Play: Kevin Kugler

Analyst: John Thompson

Analyst: Bill Raftery

Reporter: Jim Gray

Host: Tommy Tighe

Note that announcer crew pairings and site assignments are still subject to change.

Now the NCAA Women’s Tournament and note the assignment of Stacey Dales, formerly of ESPN to Oklahoma City and the Midwest Regional Finals.

Regional Finals – Monday, March 30th

Raleigh
, Brad Sham/Ann Meyers-Drysdale

Berkeley, Jim Kozimor/Krista Blunk

Regional Finals – Tuesday, March 31st

Trenton,
Justin Kutcher/Ann Schatz

Oklahoma City, Craig Way/Stacey Dales

Women’s Final Four and Championship – Sunday, April 5 & Tuesday, April 7

St. Louis
, Beth Mowins/Debbie Antonelli, Host: Joe Tolleson

So there are your announcing assignments for both the Men’s and Women’s Tournaments for Westwood One.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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