The eyes of the college basketball world are all on San Antonio with the Final Four of the men’s NCAA Tournament.
For the second time in men’s NCAA Tournament history, the Final Four is all chalk as it is comprised of all the tournament’s No. 1 seeds in Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida.
While storylines for the national semifinals (and national championship) are largely surrounded by the Final Four teams from the 68-team field that are looking to cut down the nets come Championship Monday, there are also storylines and queries that rise for those that are calling the final three games of the season.
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Here’s what you need to on who is broadcasting the Final Four on CBS:
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Final Four announcers
- Play-By-Play Announcer: Ian Eagle
- Analysts: Grant Hill and Bill Rafferty
- Sideline Reporter: Tracy Wolfson
The Final Four of the men’s NCAA Tournament is being announced by CBS’ lead March Madness crew of Ian Eagle, Grant Hill, Bill Rafferty and Tracy Wolfson.
The 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament is the second year that this specific crew is working a Final Four together, as Eagle joined the crew ahead of last year’s NCAA Tournament after Jim Nantz retired from the Final Four for CBS.
Though Eagle is just in his second season as CBS’ lead men’s college basketball play-by-play announcer, he is a veteran sports broadcaster. He calls the NFL for CBS and is the voice of the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA for the YES Network.
A Duke and NBA legend, Hill led the Blue Devils to two national championships in his four-year career (1990-94) in the ACC. Hill went on to have an 18-year career in the NBA, where he was a seven-time All-Star selection before becoming a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer in 2018. He also won a gold medal with Team USA in the 1996 Georgia Summer Olympics.
Rafferty is one of the most well-known and likable analysts in college basketball and calls games for CBS and Fox. The now 81-year-old Rafferty, who is famous for yelling “Onions!” during broadcasts, coached for 11 years at Seton Hall in the Big East from 1970-81 and Fairleigh Dickinson–Madison from 1963-68.
Wolfson is most known for her reporting in the NFL season for CBS, as she is the sideline reporter for the network’s lead NFL crew that includes Nantz and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. She has been CBS’ lead sideline reporter on the Final Four since 2008.
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Final Four schedule
Here’s a breakdown of the Final Four schedule, including the national semifinals and national championship game:
Saturday, April 5
Monday, April 7
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