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Lisa Byington Becomes First Woman to Call Play-by-Play for NCAA Tournament

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Announcer and reporter Lisa Byington will become the first woman to call play-by-play in the history of the NCAA tournament.

Byington and Tom McCarthy were added as play-by-play announcers for this year's tournament, which features two broadcast teams for CBS and Turner Sports. Byington began working as a March Madness reporter with CBS and Turner in 2017.

She began her broadcasting career with WBKB-TV in Alpena, Mich., before moving to WLNS-TV in Lansing. In her next job, Byington made her first appearance with the Big Ten Network in 2007 during the network's opening football weekend.