NEW
YORK, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
will offer listeners nationwide extensive coverage of
NCAA® March Madness® – a favorite time of year for sports
fans – carrying play-by-play of the entire 2022 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Championship, as well as expanded play-by-play
coverage of this year's NCAA Division I Women's Basketball
Championship. In addition to tournament game broadcasts,
listeners will also get the most in-depth expert analysis leading
up to and throughout the tournament on SiriusXM's exclusive 24/7
college sports talk channels.
From the First Four® on March
15-16 through the Final Four® and National Championship game
on April 2 and 4 SiriusXM will air
every game - from the tip to the final buzzer - of the 2022 NCAA
Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
SiriusXM will air NCAA Division I Women's Basketball
Championship games, this year carrying more live play-by-play than
ever before, from the Sweet 16 games through the Women's Final
Four® and championship game.
All Men's and Women's NCAA Tournament game broadcasts are
provided to SiriusXM by Westwood One, the official network radio
partner of the NCAA.
Tournament match-ups and SiriusXM channel assignments will be
available at siriusxm.com/sports starting Monday, March 14.
On Selection Sunday®, March 13,
SiriusXM listeners will get up-to-the-moment coverage as tournament
teams and first round match-ups are announced. On Mad Dog
Sports Radio (SiriusXM channel 82), Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and
Steve Torre will host special
Selection Sunday coverage live from 5:00 to
9:00 pm ET. ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM (channel 84) will
air Selection Sunday specials from 5:00 to
11:00 pm ET. At 5:00 pm
ET, Fran Fraschilla and
Jon Crispin will host coverage of
the men's bracket reveal, then Nicole
Auerbach and Krista Blunk
will take over as the women's bracket is announced at 8:00 pm ET. The official NCAA Tournament
Selection Show produced by Westwood One will air on CBS Sports
Radio (SiriusXM channel 158) from 6:00 to
9:00 pm ET and will cover the reveal of both the men's and
women's tournament brackets. The shows will feature
interviews with special guests, including team coaches as well as
NCAA Men's Basketball Committee Chair Tom
Burnett and NCAA Women's Basketball Committee Chair
Nina King.
Throughout the tournament, SiriusXM's exclusive, dedicated
college sports channels – ESPNU Radio, SiriusXM ACC Radio, SiriusXM
Big 12 Radio, SiriusXM Big Ten Radio, SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio and
SiriusXM SEC Radio – will offer daily expert analysis from former
players, coaches and other college sports insiders. These
channels will be a place for fans to call in and discuss the
performances of their favorite teams and conferences.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, in his final NCAA Tournament
with his Blue Devils, will continue to host his weekly SiriusXM
show throughout the tournament. Basketball and Beyond with
Coach K airs on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM and is available on the
SXM App.
The next series of episodes of Christopher Russo's SiriusXM original podcast –
Digging Up The Past – will debut weekly throughout the
tournament, and will feature Russo and guests looking back at the
history of the NCAA Tournament from the late 1970s through the
1980s. The first episode in this series, which focuses on the
famous 1979 Tournament that featured the Magic Johnson-led Michigan
State Spartans facing Larry Bird and
the Indiana State Sycamores, is available now on the SXM App:
siriusxm.us/DiggingUpThePast.
Men's and Women's Tournament games, as well as SiriusXM's
exclusive 24/7 college sports talk channels, are available to
listeners nationwide on SiriusXM radios in their cars and on the
SXM App. Streaming access is included for most
subscribers.
NCAA, March Madness, First Four, Final Four and Selection Sunday
are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
About SiriusXM
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entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.
SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million
listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free
tiers in North America, and
deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and
podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest
ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make
it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics
and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media,
leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech
capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers.
SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers
satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment
businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to
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to: www.siriusxm.com.
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