NEW YORK, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer listeners nationwide comprehensive coverage of the 2018 NCAA®
Division I Men's Basketball Championship, airing every minute of
every game on both satellite radios and the SiriusXM app, and
providing in-depth daily coverage of the tournament on its
exclusive 24/7 college sports talk channels.
SiriusXM listeners nationwide can hear every game in its
entirety from the First Four® on March
13 and 14 through the Final Four® and national championship
game in San Antonio on
March 31 and April 2.
All Men's NCAA Tournament game broadcasts are provided to
SiriusXM by Westwood One, the official network radio partner of the
NCAA® and the NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
Tournament match-ups and SiriusXM channel assignments will be
available at www.siriusxm.com/collegebasketballschedule.
Throughout the tournament, ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM, as well as
SiriusXM ACC Radio, SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio and SiriusXM SEC Radio,
will offer the most extensive and in-depth college basketball news
and tournament talk available on radio. SiriusXM's 24/7 college
sports channels showcase lineups of expert analysts and hosts that
includes former coaches Jim Baron,
Tom Brennan, Bobby Cremins, Fran
Fraschilla, Bill Frieder,
Seth Greenberg, John Thompson III, former Arizona State star
Eddie House, as well as Chris Childers, Sean
Farnham, Mark Packer and
Chris Spatola.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has led the Blue Devils to
five National Championship titles, will continue to host his weekly
SiriusXM show throughout the tournament. Basketball and Beyond
with Coach K airs weekly on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM.
SiriusXM will also offer coverage of the NCAA Division I Women's
Basketball Championship, providing listeners with live play-by-play
of every regional final, the Women's Final Four® and championship
game. All Women's NCAA Tournament radio broadcasts are produced by
Westwood One.
SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to Men's and Women's
tournament games, as well as SiriusXM's exclusive 24/7 college
sports talk channels on SiriusXM radios, and those with streaming
access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app
and at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart
TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos
speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn
more.
March Madness, NCAA, First Four, Final Four, and Selection
Sunday are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
About SiriusXM
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well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are
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SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and
information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™,
SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers
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through SiriusXM Aviation™ and SiriusXM Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a
variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in
SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and
convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen
vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and
turn-by-turn navigation.
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