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NCAA tournament expansion draws closer despite TV revenue questions
CBS and Turner do not have an escalator clause in their contract and would not have to pay more if the field is expanded.
ESPN announces full scope of record-setting NCAA Women’s Tournament
The 2024 NCAA Women's Tournament shattered just about every record you can think of.
Fans complain but what time should the men’s and women’s championship games start?
UConn-Purdue national championship averages 14.8 million viewers, slightly up from 2023
The title game avoided a second-consecutive record-low ratings number.
2024 men’s Final Four viewership slightly up from last year
The Final Four slightly ticked up from last year, despite this year's games airing on cable.
South Carolina-Iowa averages 18.7 million viewers, most-watched basketball game since 2019
Ian Eagle does his best Bill Raftery impression
"I do a better Raft than Raft."
‘SNL’ spoofs March Madness postgame coverage, Kim Mulkey
SNL took aim at March Madness commentary with a funny skit skewering the postgame coverage.
2024 NCAA Tournament Final Four announcing schedule
UConn is two wins away from repeating as national champion, and that is definitively the biggest story going...
2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament Final Four announcing schedule
The 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament has entered its final days, and we’re tantalizingly close to the dream national...
‘The Bird & Taurasi Show’ highlights ESPN’s MegaCast Final Four broadcasts
The NCAA Women's Tournament Final Four and National Championship are getting the MegaCast treatment.
Let’s guess the viewership of Iowa-LSU’s Elite Eight showdown
Will Iowa-LSU break a ratings record for ESPN?
2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament Elite 8 announcing schedule
All four #1 seeds have advanced in the women’s bracket, and each will take on the #3 seed...
Dan Hurley: UConn fans ‘obnoxious as ****’
"So everyone hates us."
Stan Van Gundy: ‘Can anyone compete with UConn?’
It's a good question.
2024 NCAA Tournament Elite 8 announcing schedule
UConn moved a step closer to a national championship repeat on Thursday by smashing last year’s national runner-up...
Clark Kellogg’s Duke-Houston analogy cracks CBS studio team up
"Trying to figure out how to make it happen."
2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament Sweet 16 announcing schedule
Caitlin Clark and Iowa remain on a collision course with both LSU but they need to get by Colorado first.
2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Sweet 16 announcing schedule
The 2024 NCAA Tournament was almost as chalky on the men’s side as the women’s, with 12 of...
Ian Eagle talks calling everything from SHEBA Gravy Race to Final Four: ‘The approach, believe it or not, is very similar.’
Caitlin Clark, Iowa smash another NCAA Tournament viewership record in West Virginia win
The game delivered the third-biggest audience for any women's tournament game in 20 years.
Caitlin Clark, Iowa post NCAA Women’s Tournament viewership record
Caitlin Clark and Iowa delivered another viewership record for their first NCAA Women's Tournament game this year.
Andy Katz on the Sweet 16, Barack Obama’s bracket, and life after ESPN
2024 NCAA Tournament averaging record viewership through first three days
Through three days, March Madness is on fire for CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery.
