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.

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

1^st/2^nd Rounds—Friday, March 20^th and Sunday, March 22^nd, 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 26^th and Saturday, March 28^th, 2009

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

Glendale, AZ, Wayne Larrivee and Bill Frieder

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

Indianapolis, IN, Kevin Harlan and PJ Carlesimo

Memphis, TN, Ian Eagle and Pete Gillen

Final Four—Saturday, April 4^th and Monday, April 6^th, 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.