As you are to know by now, we’ve done a post on the NCAA Tournament announcer pairings for each of the last few years. With Monday’s release of the pairings, it’s time to do it again.
Before we start, let’s take a look at last year’s pairings, and then compare them to this year’s:
2017 PAIRINGS
- Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson
- Brian Anderson/Chris Webber or Clark Kellogg/Lewis Johnson
- Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce
- Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson
- Ian Eagle/Steve Lavin/Evan Washburn
- Spero Dedes/Steve Smith/Len Elmore/Ros Gold-Onwude
- Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Jamie Erdahl
- Carter Blackburn/Mike Gminski/Debbie Antonelli/Lisa Byington
2018 PAIRINGS
- Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson
- Brian Anderson/Chris Webber/Lisa Byington
- Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce
- Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson
- Brad Nessler/Steve Lavin/Evan Washburn
- Spero Dedes/Steve Smith/Len Elmore/Ros Gold-Onwude
- Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Jamie Erdahl
- Carter Blackburn/Debbie Antonelli/John Schriffen
So, on the whole, there aren’t a lot of cosmetic changes here.