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TNT Sports and CBS Sports will provide exclusive coverage of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship from Phoenix, Arizona, featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide, NC State Wolfpack, Purdue Boilermakers and UConn Huskies competing for this year’s National Championship.
TBS, TNT and truTV will televise the NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 6, and the National Championship on Monday, April 8, with all pregame and postgame coverage and live games also streaming on NCAA March Madness Live and Max’s B/R Sports Add-On.
Saturday’s first NCAA Men’s Final Four game will tip off at 6:09 p.m. ET with NC State — making their first NCAA Men’s Final Four appearance since the Jimmy Valvano-led “Cardiac Pack” title run in 1983 — taking on the Purdue Boilermakers, who will look to avenge their shocking First Round loss in last year’s tournament to No. 16 FDU with the program’s first-ever NCAA National Championship.
Then, 40 minutes after the completion of the first game, Alabama will make the team’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Men’s Final Four, matching up against UConn, looking for their sixth overall title and the first to do so back-to-back since the ‘06-’07 Florida Gators.
Ian Eagle will call the action — his first NCAA Men’s Final Four as lead play-by-play announcer — alongside analysts Grant Hill and Bill Raftery and reporter Tracy Wolfson. Gene Steratore will serve as rules analyst for the fifth straight year.
NCAA Men’s Final Four coverage will tip off at 3 p.m. with The Final Four Show Built by The Home Depot, live from Phoenix. Adam Lefkoe will host alongside analyst Seth Davis and two-time Women’s Division I NCAA Basketball Champion Candace Parker.
Later at 4 p.m., At the Final Four presented by Nissan, and at 5 p.m., At the Final Four, will be hosted by Ernie Johnson alongside analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith and Jay Wright with additional commentary from Parker and Davis throughout the show. Coverage will include live interviews with the Final Four coaches and exclusive behind-the-scenes access with NCAA March Madness Confidential. Additionally, the broadcast will include a look-in to Jonas Brothers performance from Saturday’s Coke Studio LIVE at the March Madness Music Festival.
TBS, TNT and truTV will televise the Men’s National Championship on Monday, April 8, with Capital One Championship Central pregame coverage starting at 7 p.m., followed by the opening tip at 9:20 p.m. Nightly coverage will conclude with Inside March Madness presented by Buick on both Saturday and Monday.
Monday’s pregame show will feature Johnson, Barkley, Kellogg, Smith and Wright live from inside the arena. The night’s coverage will showcase special guests and taped performances from Sunday’s Capital One Jamfest® at the March Madness Music Festival featuring Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys.
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